Hiroto Morooka

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

JPMorgan Securities LLC (JPMS) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Broker-Dealer Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co., Inc. (NYSE: JPM). JPMS provides research on fixed income, credit, derivatives, emerging markets, foreign exchange, structured finance, technical analysis and bond indices. Their equity analysts cover equities throughout North America, EMEA, Asia/Pacific and the emerging markets. The firm's fixed income team formulates trading and portfolio recommendations for investors in global bonds and other fixed-income markets based on valuations, analytics and market dynamics.

Advantage Partners Inc /JP/ (AP) is an independent Japan-based private equity firm which was founded in 1992 by Taisuke Sasanuma and Richard Folsom. The firm is headquartered in Tokyo. AP invests directly in private equity and manages the MBI private equity funds for a range of domestic and foreign institutions including insurance companies, banks and corporations. The firm has close business ties with wholesale trader Marubeni Corp. (TSE: 8002). AP pioneered private equity investment in Japan and retains a leadership position in the private equity community.

Goldman Sachs Capital Partners is a Private Equity/Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Area founded in 1986. Goldman Sachs Capital Partners is headquartered in New York.

Jefferies (Japan) Ltd. (JJ) is the Tokyo branch and subsidiary of US-based Jefferies Asia Holdings II Pte Ltd., ultimately held by Leucadia National Corp. (NYSE: LUK) in the US. Established in 1996, the firm focuses on Asian markets and provides brokerage and investment banking services to institutional and corporate clients located primarily in Asia and the Middle East. Their activities include sales and trading of Japanese equity, equity-linked and structured products, the distribution of equity research and execution services in cooperation with US and European offices and the provision of electronic connectivity throughout Asia. They issue equity shares through GDRs and ADRs, and are a leading issuer of convertible bonds, high-yield in particular. In-house research covers a variety of industries including the maritime sector, infrastructure, logistics, outsourcing, technology and IT. In addition to Japan, JJ focuses on countries such as China and India, providing a range of services to Chinese and Indian companies, including access to international equity and debt capital markets, securities underwriting, US public and private offerings and cross-border M&A advisory. They also cooperate with private equity and venture capital firms focused on the Chinese and Indian markets.

JAFCO Group Co. Ltd. (JAFCO Group) is the private equity arm of the parent firm, JAFCO (TSE: 8595), founded in 1973. The firm is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. (Broker) (Mizuho Securities-Broker) is the brokerage division of Mizuho Securities Co. Ltd., ultimately owned by Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (TYO: 8411; NYSE: MFG) in Japan. The firm was originally founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Tokyo with a network of offices throughout Japan as well as overseas representation through Mizuho entities or strategic partners (in Great Britain, Switzerland, the US, Hong Kong, Mainland China, South Korea, Singapore and India). Mizuho Securities-Broker provides enhanced equity and fixed income execution services for their clients who includes private individuals in Japan, domestic and foreign institutions, non-financial companies, financial institutions and public corporations in the securities and investment banking fields.

DG Ventures Inc. (DG Ventures) is the venture capital subsidiary of a publicly traded company Digital Garage Inc. (TYO:4819) headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The firm was founded in 2009 by Digital Garage Inc.

Citadel Asia Ltd. is the Hong Kong-based asset management subsidiary of Citadel Enterprise Americas LLC, which is ultimately owned by GFH HFEVA LLC, an investment company headquartered in the US. The firm was founded in 2005 and formerly known as Citadel (Hong Kong) Ltd. Citadel Asia offers multiple investment strategies for high net worth clients.

ACA Investments Pte Ltd (ACA Investments) is a venture capital subsidiary of Sumitomo Corp founded in 2008. The firm is headquartered in Singapore.

Cento Ventures is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2011 by Dmitry Levit. The firm is headquartered in Singapore.

McRock Capital Corp. is an Independent Private Equity/Venture Capital firm founded in 2012 by Scott I. MacDonald and Whitney Rockley. McRock Capital Corp. is headquartered in Toronto.

Saika Co. Ltd. develops analytical applications and provides application consulting services. Its services include XICA adelie, XICA Magellan, XICA rockhopper and XICA academy. The company was founded in Frebuary 2012 by Yoshiaki Hirao and is headquartered in Yubinbango, Japan.

Spiber, Inc. provides research, development, and production of synthetic spider silk. It specializes in the production of artificial spider silk using synthesized genes which persuade bacteria to produce fibroin, a structural protein found in spider silk. The firm analyzes the mechanism of the bimolecular structure of spider silk protein using bioinformatics. The company was founded on September 26, 2007 and is headquartered in Tsuruoka, Japan.

Coent Venture Partners Pte Ltd (Coent Venture) is a venture capital subsidiary of Reapra Pte Ltd founded in 2014 by Shuhei Morofuji and Hideki Fujita. The firm is headquartered in Singapore.

Helpr Asia Sdn Bhd provides chat-based service. It offers gifts and surprises, errands and dispatches, shopping, tickets and travel, laundry, food ordering and research services. The company was founded by Eujean Lee, Wafiq Rodzuan and Ang Kok Seong in 2015 and is headquartered in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.

Segnel Ventures(SEGNEL) is a venture firm headquartered in Singapore. The firm founded by Hideki Fujita in 2015.

Every, Inc engages in the business of animation media, talent management and advertising. Its services include Delish Kitchen, Kalos, MamaDays, Timeline, and Check. The company was founded by Taisei Yoshida and Chiharu Sugawara on September 1, 2015 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

CodersTrust provides provide microfinance and education for students. The company was founded by Michael Christensen, Jancayo Fiebig, Marianne Hyltoft, Asser Smidt and Ferdinand Kjærulff in 2013 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Tapway Sdn. Bhd. combines the transformative powers of big data and the internet of things to help brick-and-mortar businesses in creating superior customer experience. Its products include tapway footfall, tapway CRM, tapway BI and tapway GWS. The company was founded by Lim Chee How and Loh Shye Kang and is headquartered in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.

Lovelife Technologies Sdn. Bhd. operates as a social beauty network application for desktop and mobile devices. The firm designed as a platform to provide information on the latest prestige beauty products. The company was founded by Tan Sasha and is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Synplogen Co., Ltd. is a synthetic biology startup that provides DNA synthesis and DNA library construction services using their proprietary DNA synthesis technologies OGAB™ and Combinatorial-OGAB. The company was founded in 2017 by Akihiko Kondo and Kenji Tsuge and is based in Kobe, Japan. The Japanese company also offers design, development, and analysis services for gene therapy products such as viral vectors through their Gene Therapy Biofoundry™ service.

Genesia Ventures Inc (Genesia Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Tajima Soichi. The firm is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Part of KKR & Co., Inc., Marelli Holdings Co., Ltd. functions as an investment holding Japanese company. The company is based in Saitama, Japan. David J. The company was founded in 2016. Slump has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

Lyra Ventures (Lyra Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Reina Nakamura. The firm is headquartered in Singapore.