This is a list of the companies in which we have invested with
a brief corporate profile, the date the investment was made,
and the geographical location of the company. To get more detailed
information on the companies just click straight through to
their web sites.
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Commerce Center Inc. (Japan - 9/99):
CCI has an exclusive license to develop and distribute the
Japanese version of B2B platform (e-commerce) software established
by TRADEX Technology Inc. They are "a partner of choice"
for promoting strategic business modeling in the B2B market.
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Three-Ten Inc. (Japan - 5/97):
TTI developed an application software specifically for the
growing nursing care services market in Japan. It is the
only system which is also available on wireless devices
such as I-mode. TTI aims to become a leading mobile system
integration company.
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SiRF Technology, Inc. (USA - 2/95):
SiRF's GPS technology delivers instant location information,
enabling users to find their way anywhere in the world using
devices such as cellular phones and PCs.
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Contents Japan Inc. (Japan - 1/00):
COJ is a leader in producing Internet-based animated cartoons
which can be used in a variety of contents such as games,
home pages and advertisements.
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TurboLinux, Inc. (USA - 92):
TurboLinux Inc. is a leader in Linux-based software solutions,
including core infrastructure workstation and networking
operating systems products and value-added clustering software
to manage network traffic and provide peer-to-peer distributing
computing capabilities.
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Zama Networks Inc. (USA - 98):
Zama is an Internet infrastructure and services company
focused on building and operating a next-generation Internet
backbone network (Ipv6) using owned hubs and nodes connected
by leased transport links.
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FunMail Japan Inc. (Japan - 9/00):
FunMail has developed an engine that automatically transforms
text messages into full color animations with sound effects
and music. FunMail Japan was established as a subsidiary
of FunMail US to expand in particular in the advanced Japanese
wireless market.
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Techno-DOC2000
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Knowledge-Automation Inc. (Japan - 7 /00):
KAI developed a system which unifies various formats of
data by using its original format "CDF" file. It is the
only formatting system available so far which corresponds
to CAD software (2-D/3-D) used by architects, engineers,
illustrators, artists, and others to create precision drawings
or technical illustrations.
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E-Book Initiative Japan Inc. (Japan - 5/00):
EBI is dedicated to expanding the electronic publishing
and digital book markets in Japan. Service started from
November 2000 and texts can be downloaded through the web
site and CATV network, and are also available on CD-ROM.
EBI expects to offer up to 20,000 digital books by the end
of year 2001.
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PacketVideo Corporation (USA - 98):
PVC developed a software to allow two-way video conversations
or Internet video content to be delivered on all wireless
systems including CDMAOne, CDMA2000, WCDMA, GSM, PHS and
others. It is the first company in the world to demonstrate
MPEG-4 video images streaming to mobile devices.
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Navitime Japan Inc. (Japan - 3/00):
Navitime developed a route search engine and map drawing
engine which run on operating systems such as Windows CE,
PalmOS, Linux and Zaurus and can be delivered through mobile
devices.
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