Kazuo Ariake

SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. manufactures audio and video equipment, consumer as well as commercial electronics. The company's operations are carried out through the following divisions: Consumer, Commercial, Components and Others. Consumer division deals with television, DVD player, air conditioners, washing machines, digital cameras, cellular phones and LCD projectors. Commercial division deals with showcases and commercial air conditioners. Components division deals with semiconductors, liquid crystal panels, electronic parts and batteries. The Others division deals with distribution, maintenance and housing. The company was founded in February 1947 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.

Internet Research Institute, Inc. provides internet communication network services. It conducts research and development on network technologies together with the government and academic agencies in various industrial fields. The company was founded on December 09, 1996 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. engages in the provision of financial services centered on banking. It operates through the following business segments: Wholesale, Retail, International, Market Sales, and Headquarters Management. The Wholesale segment covers business for customers of large and medium-sized companies in Japan. The Retail segment handles business for domestic individuals and SME customers. The International segment comprises of business for overseas Japanese and non-Japanese companies. The Market Sales segment corresponds to financial market business. The Headquarters Management segment includes all other businesses not covered by other segments. The company was founded in April 2001 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Ginsen Co., Ltd. engages in the general insurance agency, life insurance agency, building, parking lots and real estate consulting businesses. The company was founded in May 1954 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.

Daiwa Asset Management Co. Ltd. is the wholly-owned asset management subsidiary of Daiwa Securities Group, Inc. (TYO: 8601, ADR: DSEEY) in Japan. Founded in 1959, the firm is headquartered in Tokyo and manages investment trusts for private investors and provides investment advisory and discretionary asset management for institutional investors and overseas asset management companies. Daiwa Asset Management is a signatory of the Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

DX Antenna Co. Ltd. manufactures antenna and other networking equipment. The firm’s products include optical transmitters/receivers, BS antennas, CS antennas, CS/BS multi-beam antennas, wireless LAN antennas, CS/BS receivers, headend devices, two way CATV amplifiers, channel proper amplifiers, converters, level controllers, UHF antennas, VHF antennas, FM antennas, amateur radio antennas, and mixer/band separators. The company was founded on August 1, 1953 and is headquartered in Kobe-shi, Japan.

Huitung Investments (BVI) Ltd invests in companies located in Greater China, primarily in Taiwan, China and the US. The fund focuses on companies operating in the fields of IC design & semiconductors, optoelectronics, electronic components, wireless communications, new materials, software, internet, IT services and biochemistry. It provides financing for early, expansion and later stage capital requirements. It invests both in public and private companies.

SMBC Venture Capital KK (SMBC Venture Capital) is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., itself a subsidiary of publicly traded company Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (TK:8316) founded in 2005. The firm is headquartered in Tokyo.