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KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Invests in Web3 Entertainment Platform Provider Modhaus

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Invests in BitStar, Provider of Social Media Marketing Solutions

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Invests in Activ8, a Metaverse Entertainment Business Operator

KDDI Invests in NordicNinja Fund II, a Venture Fund Targeting Northern Europe

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Invests in DEA, Issuer of DEAPcoin
―Promoting integration with αU and utilization of Web3 to solve social issues―

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Makes Additional Investment in Remote-Controlled and Artificially Intelligent Robot Developer Telexistence

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Invests in Next-generation Live Streaming Platform Provider Light Inc.

KDDI Invests in the ff Red & White Venture Fund Targeting Central and Eastern Europe

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Invests in GITAI Japan, Developer and Provider of General-purpose Work Robots for Outer Space

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Additionally Invests in Cluster, Inc., the Provider of the "Cluster" Metaverse Platform

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Invests in stu, an Entertainment Business that fuses Reality and Virtual Reality

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Invests in New Innovations
―Supporting Automation and Labor-saving by Utilizing KDDI Assets―

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Invests in Sorajima, a Webtoon Production Studio

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Invests in YOGO ROBOT, Provider of Multifunctional Delivery Robots that Can Perform Multiple Services with a Single Robot
―Can be utilized for multiple applications with automatic function switching―

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Invests in NOT A HOTEL, Developer of a New Way to Own a Home

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Invests in PoliPoli, Operator of a Policy Co-creation Platform

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Invests in foriio, Inc, Operator of Portfolio Service
―Co-creating with foriio to expand the creator economy―

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Invests in Kirilys, a Pharmaceutical Company Developing Treatments for Intractable Cancers

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Invests in OPTIMIND Inc., Provider of Route Optimizer Services

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Invests in Mirrativ, a Game Distribution Platform That Enables Game Distribution With a Single Smartphone

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Invests in Gojo & Company, Which Aims to Become a Private Sector Version of the World Bank

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Additionally Invests in SHE, Which Aims to Build a Circular Career Platform Where Users Can Learn and Work

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Invests in Nudge, Provider of Credit Cards That Can Support Companies and Organizations

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Investing in Eclypsium, Firmware level cyber security startup

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Invests in NUNW, Provider of HABET, an NFT Marketplace Specializing in Digital Trading Cards

Aeronext, KDDI SmartDrone, and KDDI
Collaboration for Societal Implementation of Drone Delivery
―KDDI Open Innovation Fund No. 3 invests in Aeronext―

Invested in PharmaX, a family online pharmacy operator
―Aiming to realize medication support based on customers' daily data―

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Invests in TURING Inc., Developer of Level 5 Fully Self-Driving Electric Vehicles

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Invests in SpaceData Inc., Developer of AI That Automatically Generates Digital Twin of Earth from Satellite Data

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Invests in vivola, Which Aims to Resolve Issues in Infertility Treatment Through Use of AI in Women's Health

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Invests in Gaudiy Inc., Provider of Fan Platform Services in Web3 Era

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Invests in mov inc., Provider of the "Kutikomi Com" Batch Management Tool for Word-of-mouth Sites

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Invests in UNBEREAL Inc., Developer and Operator of the "topia" Virtual Karaoke Distribution App

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Invests in MOSH Inc., Provider of Individual Brand Support Services

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Makes Additional Investment in Findy, a Provider Specializing in Services to Support Organizational Development and the Hiring of Engineers

KDDI Open Innovation Fund makes an additional investment in Mojo Vision, the Invisible Computing company, developer of the First True Smart Contact Lenses

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III invests in iPrice Group Sdn Bhd, a venture startup that provides an e-commerce price comparison service across Southeast Asia

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III invests in Airmeet Inc., a venture startup that provides a virtual events platform across the world

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Additionally Invests in RUN.EDGE, Provider of Sports Video Analysis Platforms

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Invests in Tribeau Inc., Provider of the "Tribeau" App for Aesthetic Medicine Reviews and Reservations

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Invests in Veritas In Silicom, Owner of Drug Discovery Technology Platform for Small Molecule Drugs discovery Targeting mRNA

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Invests in TOUCH TO GO, Inc., Developer of Labor-Saving Systems for Retail Stores

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Invests in DAIZ Inc., Food-tech Startup Developing and Producing Plant-based Meat

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Invests in Timee, Inc., Provider of "Timee" Short-Term Freelance Job Matching Service

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Invests in Fast DOCTOR Co., Ltd., Operator of Japan's Largest After-hours Urgent Care Platform "Fast Doctor"

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Strengthens the Food Tech Field Through an Investment in Antway, Operator of the "Tsukurioki.jp" Home Cooking Delivery Service

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III: Investing in Xayn's Development of the Next-Generation Search Engine

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Invests in GINKAN, Provider of the "SynchroLife" Food Discovery Social Media App

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Invests in Mobility Technology Company WhereIsMyTransport

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Makes Additional Investment in Remote-Controlled and Artificially Intelligent Robot Developer Telexistence

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Invests in South Korean Short-form Drama Production Company WHYNOT Media Co., Ltd.

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Invests in Parallel Corp., Operator of "Parallel", the Voice Call App That Allows Users to Play With Their Friends and Is Popular With the Digital Native Segment

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III invests in PT Qlue Performa Indonesia, a venture startup that provides a smart city platform in Indonesia

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III: Investing in EditForce's Gene Editing Technology

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III invests in FemTech company fermata, which solves women's wellness issues

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III invests in Bizly, provider of SaaS-type services that streamline meeting management

KDDI Open Innovation Fund III makes additional investment in Allganize, provider of business streamlining solutions using natural language understanding AI

KDDI Open Innovation Fund 3 (KOIF III) invests in XR creation and distribution platform operator Psychic VR Lab

KDDI Open Innovation Fund 3 Invested in SHE, Company Operating Career School for Millennial Women

KDDI Open Innovation Fund 3 has invested in Swift Navigation, Inc., the SanFrancisco tech firm building centimeter-accurate GPS technology to power a world of autonomous vehicles

Global Brain has invested in NOIN, Inc., a company running cosmetics e-commerce "NOIN"

Global Brain has invested in LetinAR, a developer of optical solutions for Smart/AR glasses

Global Brain, via KDDI Open Innovation Fund, has invested in The chain Museum Inc., a provider of the art platform "ArtSticker"

Global Brain, via KDDI Open Innovation Fund, has invested in Idein, an AI startup aiming to handle real-world events with software and developing Actcast, a platform service allowing users to build and operate edge computing systems efficiently.

Global Brain has invested in Synamon Inc., a provider of the virtual business platform "NEUTRANS BIZ"

Global Brain has invested in RevComm Inc., a company providing Cloud IP phone with artificial intelligence

Global Brain has invested in Rally, an investment platform that lets investors invest directly in rare alternative assets

Global Brain has acquired the share in SHOWROOM Inc., a company running Live Streaming Service "SHOWROOM"

Global Brain has invested in subsclife, an office and home premium furniture rental service

Global Brain has invested in Findy Inc., a recruitment platform with unique skill assessment technology for high-skilled engineers

Global Brain has invested in PREVENT Inc., a digital health startup company

Global Brain has made an investment in Mojo Vision, Inc., an invisible computing company

Global Brain has invested in Secret Double Octopus, a pioneer of Passwordless Enterprise Authentication

Global Brain has invested in BizteX, an automation technology startup, which offers the first domestic cloud-based RPA solution

Global Brain has invested in RUN.EDGE Limited, a video search and analysis Technology company

Global Brain has invested in Repro Inc., a Marketing Technology SaaS (Software as a Service) company

Open Innovation Fund No. 3 Invests in GTRIIP, a Provider of Biometric Authentication Solutions, Marking the Fund's First Investment from the Singapore Site
―Users need only a smartphone to check in and stay at hotels―

Global Brain has invested in PlaceHolder. Inc., Digital Theme Park Startup

Global Brain has invested in Securitize, Inc., a compliance platform for issuing and managing compliant digitized securities on the blockchain

Global Brain has invested in ONE MEDIA, a video contents provider

KDDI Open Innovation Fund II, announces its follow-on investment in Mad Street Den, an innovative AI x RetailTech startup

Global Brain has invested in Allganize, Inc., Natural Language Understanding and Conversational AI startup, through its KDDI Open Innovation Fund III

Invested in LiveStreamers Inc., the leading production agency specialized in Live streaming.

Global Brain has made an investment in PB Inc., a smart tracker developer

Invested in Moi Corporation, a Japanese startup providing distributed live video streaming service "TwitCasting"

Aspectiva, Global Brain's Israel portfolio startup, was acquired by Walmart

KDDI Open Innovation Fund 3 Invests in Big-Data Integration, Analysis Platform Developer GeoSpock

KDDI Open Innovation Fund invests in Telexistence, Provider of robotics and cloud data services using telexistence technology

KDDI Open Innovation Fund 2 invests in Mad Street Den, Provider of "Vue.AI", an one stop Artificial Intelligence solution.

KDDI Open Innovation Fund 2 Invests in Euphoria, Provider of "ONE TAP SPORTS" Sports Data Management Service

KDDI Open Innovation Fund 3 invests in IoT device management platform provider Resin.io

KDDI forms KDDI Open Innovation Fund 3 New investments to step up collaborative business creation for the coming 5G era

KDDI Open Innovation Fund has invested in Halo Neuroscience, an innovative startup offering neurostimulation devices, alongside with TPG and Lux Capital.

KDDI Open Innovation Fund has invested in Aspectiva Ltd.,an innovative startup offering comprehensive and valuable insights by analyzing web based consumer opinions through advanced NLP and AI.

[August] August Home, was acquired by Assa Abloy

KDDI Open Innovation Fund has invested in Allganize, Inc., an AI startup solving enterprise workplace automation.

KDDI Open Innovation Fund has invested in ZOYI, a Korean startup providing O2O solutions for retail chains.

[Ossia] Notices regarding the Joint Development of Wireless Power Charging System with Ossia based in USA, and Demonstration Exhibit at CES 2016

KDDI Invests in Aoi.co, Operators of the AOI-ZEMI Smartphone Tutoring School, Through the KDDI Open Innovation Fund

KDDI Open Innovation Fund Invests in Jibo, Inc. Developer of Jibo, an Intelligent Family-Oriented Robot

KDDI Open Innovation Fund invests in Soft Gear, an online game development company

New Investments in August Home, Inc. via KDDI Open Innovation Fund
―For forthcoming Smart Home era―

[VentureBeat] VentureBeat to launch in Japan, partnering with "THE BRIDGE" and "btrax"

au WALLET Card applications surpass 10 million mark!

KDDI Open Innovation Fund Invested in an IoT Technology Company "Monohm Inc."

New Investments in Two Technology Companies via KDDI Open Innovation Fund

KDDI to Partner with RICH MEDIA, Operator of the KamiMado Beauty Site

Experimental ICT Education Study Implemented in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka

5Rocks, Inc., a portfolio company of KDDI Open Innovation Fund, announced a merger transaction with Tapjoy, Inc.

Announcing the Start of the"KDDI Mugen Labo Partnership Program" and the Establishment of the KDDI Open Innovation Fund II

New Investments via KDDI Open Innovation Fund Totaling Approximately 800 million yen in Four Rapidly Growing US Companies

Creema, Inc., operating the handmade marketplace"Creema," and KDDI commences capital and business partnership

More Companies to be funded by the KDDI Open Innovation Fund: Investing in Two Companies That Provide Entertainment Services for Smartphones

Provision of"Moyamoya nanapi for au" in collaboration with nanapi Inc.

About the Efforts toward the Provision of a New Consumption Style via au Smart Pass by Isetan Mitsukoshi, Origami, and KDDI

LUXA, Inc., operator of select outlet EC site, and KDDI enter into a 330 million-yen capital and business tie-up

KDDI Open Innovation Fund Invests in USA Data-Sharing Service Startup, Moxtra Inc, and Intellectual Education Provider, Plumzi Inc

Be devoured by the hottest smartphone games! Starting the new-sensation game media"Game Gift" in business partnership with KDDI

KDDI Open Innovation Fund invested in 5Rocks, Inc., a developer of native mobile game analytic and managing tools.

KDDI Open Innovation Fund invests in nanapi, a one of the largest How-to information portal in Japan

Capital and business partnership commenced with MONOCO, Inc., the operator of a membership e-commerce marketplace for designer products

KDDI Open Innovation Fund invests in Mutations Studio, a game developer for smartphones

Start of Kodomo Park An intellectual education service for au smartphones where parents and kids can learn in a fun way

KDDI Open Innovation Fund invests in RareJob, the market leader in online English learning

KDDI enters into capital and business partnership with Origami Inc., the operator of the next-generation e-commerce platform"Origami"

KDDI Open Innovation Fund invests in London based taxi app venture, Hailo Network Holdings

KDDI Open Innovation Fund invests in 3rd Kind, a game publishing company for smartphones

KDDI and Global Brain jointly hold Open Innovation Conference 2012

Expanding investment targets of the"KDDI Open Innovation Fund" and launching partnerships with respective companies

Partnership between KDDI and 3rdKind

KDDI Open Innovation Fund Invests in Online Classified Advertising Site, ‘JMTY’

KDDI Establishes KDDI Open Innovation Fund Its First Corporate Venture Capital Fund