Yuichi Uchida

BofA Securities Japan Co., Ltd. (BofA Securities Japan) is the wholly-owned Japanese brokerage subsidiary of Merrill Lynch International, Inc., which is ultimately owned by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). Founded in 1998, the firm was formerly known as Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd. (MLJS) and changed their name to BofA Securities Co., Ltd. in line with grobal re-branding from BofA Merrill Lynch to BofA in 2020. They subsequently became BofA Securities Japan Co., Ltd. Headquartered in Tokyo, BofA Securities Japan provides stock and bond trading, capital markets, investment banking and other advisory services to corporate clients, financial institutions and government agencies.

JPMorgan Trust Bank Ltd. is based in Tokyo, Japan. Part of The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., JPMorgan Trust Bank Ltd. is a leader in financial services offering solutions to the world's most important corporations, governments, and institutions. JPMorgan Trust Bank was acquired by The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. from JPMorgan Chase & Co. on March 02, 2009.

D4V Godokaisha (D4V) is an independent venture capital firm headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The firm was founded in 2016 by Tom Kelley, Takano Makoto, Ito Kengo, Taniya Mamoru, Davide Agnelli and Kenichi Nonomura.