Mitsumasa Kato

BELLSYSTEM24, Inc. provides customer relationship management solutions. It offers CRM outsourcing, technology, and consulting services. The firm's solutions encompass digital communications, social CRM, voices of customer’s analysis, call reduction, inside sales, operation performance management system, training, Q-One Awards, and Knowledge Ring. The company was founded on September 20, 1982 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Toys "R" Us-Japan Ltd. operates a chain of toy and juvenile products retail stores. Its products include educational toys, dolls, plush toys and character toys, video games, bicycles, sporting goods, stationery, baby clothing, shoes, strollers, car seats, food and formula. The company was founded on November 21, 1989 and is headquartered in Kawasaki, Japan.

AIR LIQUIDE Japan Ltd. engages in the provision of standard and specialty gases that include among others, oxygen, nitrogen, acetylene, argon, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, helium, and hydrogen. It also supplies electronic materials through its ALOHA Advanced Precursors, and provides medical products and services to hospitals and home care. The company was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

SunTelephone Co., Ltd. engages in export and import of telecommunications equipment, parts and materials. It develops telecommunications terminal and transmission terminal devices as well as leases and sells commercial and industrial machinery. The company was founded in December 1948 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Part of Motorola Solutions, Inc., Starnet Technologies, Inc. develops integrated voice and data communications technology and products. The private company is based in Franksville, WI. The company was founded by Jayant Kadambi, Sanjay Dhawan, Ayyappan Sankaran. Starnet Technologies was acquired by Netopia, Inc. on October 14, 1999 for $32.66 million.

Symphony Teleca Services, Inc. develops software solutions and provides consulting services. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

The Resolution & Collection Corp. provides financing services for debt-laden companies. The private company is based in Tokyo, Japan. The Japanese company is ultimately controlled by the Government of Japan.

Aricent, Inc. provides communications software products and services for equipment manufacturers, device manufacturers and service providers. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Pioneer Electronics USA, Inc. manufactures consumer and commercial electronics. Its products include AppRadio, GPS navigation, DVD receivers, CD receivers, digital media receivers, speakers, subwoofers, amplifiers and accessories. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Long Beach, CA.

Baring Private Equity Asia (Japan) (BPEA-JP) is the Japanese office of Baring Private Equity Asia (BPEA), an independent investment firm founded in 1997 and headquartered in Hong Kong with additional offices in Singapore, Shanghai and San Francisco. BPEA focuses on the Chinese private equity market, and looks for diversification across the region, particularly in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Korea. BPEA is an affiliate of UK-based Baring Private Equity International, which in turn was part of ING Group (NYSE: ING) until a 2004 MBO. The UK firm acts as a global platform enabling regionally-owned affiliates to share their global expertise. BPEA-JP was established in 2007 and is located in Tokyo. The firm contributes local expertise to the management of BPEA's Asian private equity investment funds. Their clients and partners are institutional investors including major private equity firms, intermediaries, financial institutions, pension plans, and governmental entities.

GeoTechnologies, Inc. is a technology company based in Tokyo, Japan. and has subsidiaries in China. GeoTechnologies, Inc. aims to solve environmental and social issues through technology with the mission of "meeting the earth with joy". The Japanese company collaborates with industry, government, and academia to create new value, solutions, and knowledge. The company was founded in 1994 and is led by CEO Hiroshige Sugihara.

Part of Toyota Tsusho Corp., Toyotsu Syscom Corp. is a Japanese company that provides information technology services. The private company is based in Nagoya, Japan.

Harman Connected Services Engineering Corp. engages in the provision of software development services. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Part of Toyota Tsusho Corp., Toyota Tsusho Europe SA is a Belgian company that specializes in various industries such as metals, parts & logistics, machinery, chemicals & electronics, food & consumer services, and international trade. Toyota Tsusho Europe is based in Zaventem, BE and operates in 10 countries, providing logistic transport, material and product development, raw material processing, and assembly. The private company has been in operation for over half a century and has built a sales network as the only trading company of the Toyota Motor Group. The company specializes in the food industry, particularly in the grain, food, insurance, and lifestyle sectors, and operates in 39 countries worldwide.

Part of Toyota Tsusho Corp., Toyota Tsusho UK Ltd. is a private company that processes steel and non-ferrous metals, using them in automotive manufacturing and beyond. The company is based in London, UK. The British company is also involved in purchasing and recycling. The company operates in 10 countries and their fields of expertise are Metals, Parts & Logistics, Machinery, Chemicals & Electronics, and Food & Consumer Services. The company has launched a feasibility study in partnership with Uniper to look at the decarbonisation potential of hydrogen. The company was founded in 1991. The CEO is Takashi Hirobe.

Symphony Teleca Corp. develops, manages and supports software for emerging cloud and enterprise mobility solutions. The company was founded on August 31, 2012 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Part of Asia Optical Co., Inc., Dongguan Yorkey Optical Machinery Co. Ltd. is a private company that manufactures optical instruments. The company is based in Dongguan, China.

Pioneer Home Electronics Corp. engages in the manufacture of home electronics. It plans, develops, sells, and markets home audio, visual, and communication-related equipment. IT also supplies electronic and electrical equipment accessories, and materials; and produces computer, video, and audio software products. The company was founded on July 1, 2005 and is headquartered in Kawasaki, Japan.

Part of Asia Optical Co., Inc., Yorkey Optical Technology Ltd. is a Chinese company that manufactures plastic and metallic parts and components for the optical industry. The private company is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Symphony Innovation LLC operates as a holding company which focuses on building artificial intelligence and machine learning companies in healthcare, financial services, retail and CPG, industrial, media, and enterprise markets. The company was founded by Romesh Wadhwani and is headquartered in Los Altos, CA.