Kohei Katsukawa

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.

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.

Daiwa SMBC Capital Co. Ltd. is a Tokyo-based private equity firm previously known as NIF SMBC Ventures Co. Ltd. A subsidiary of Daiwa Securities Group Co. Ltd. (TSE: 8601), Daiwa SMBC aims to support medium-sized companies and improve their corporate value. Established in 2005 following the merger of NIF Ventures (Daiwa Securities Group) and SMBC Capital (Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group), the firm specializes in identifying investment opportunities, promoting their growth towards an IPO, and ultimately carrying out mergers and acquisitions.

The Group's principal activity is the venture capital operation and financing. The operations are carried out through the following divisions: Investment division deals with investment in venture business of domestic and overseas companies; establishing, operation and management of assets of investment partnerships and Financing division deals with loans, leasing, and other financial services.

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.