Susumu Kitagawa

Benchmark Capital Management Co. LLC (Benchmark Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1995 by Kevin Harvey, Andy Rachleff and Bob Kagle. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

The Royal Academy of Arts, founded in 1768, is an artist-led organization that champions art and artists. The academy is located in Piccadilly, UK, and has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom. The academy's collection tells the story of leading artists and architects, and it offers a range of free activities and resources to support teachers, students, and young people to engage with art and artists. The academy hosts the Summer Exhibition every year since 1769, displaying works in a variety of mediums and genres by emerging and established artists. The academy also offers artist-led workshops, galleries full of art and architecture, and at-home art activities for families, and kids under 16 go free to all exhibitions.

Replify Ltd. provides wide area network optimization solutions. Its virtual software based application acceleration and wide area network (WAN) optimization solutions are designed to accelerate applications, data and file transfer bi-directionally across the WAN, increasing bandwidth throughput and reducing latency. It serves a range of sectors, including financial services, education, construction and utilities. The company was founded by Wesley Darlington and Kevin Donaghy on April 19, 2006 and is headquartered in Belfast, the United Kingdom.

Renault SAS specializes in the construction of motor vehicles. The company was founded on July 7, 1971 and is headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, France.

Nobelpharma Co., Ltd. provides research and development of pharmaceuticals for unmet needs. Its product line encompasses orphan drugs, medicines used for additional efficacy, and pediatric medicines. The company was founded on June 6, 2003 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Part of McCloskey Holdings, Inc., McCloskey International Ltd. is a British company that manufactures and sells screening and crushing equipment. The company is based in Coalisland, UK. The company was founded in 1985 by Paschal McCloskey. Paschal McCloskey has been the CEO since 1985.

Sophia School Corp. operates a private research university and a junior college.

iPS Academia Japan, Inc. engages in licensing patents for iPS cells. It provides management of patents and other intellectual property relating to stem cells, mainly iPS cells, and licensing of the right to use them. The company focuses on licensing of its iPS cell-related patent portfolio including the basic patent relating to the reprogramming factors and the reprogramming method. iPS Academia Japan was founded on June 25, 2008 and is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.

McCloskey International Ltd. offers solutions for crushing, screening and material handling equipment. Its products include crushers, screeners, trommels and stackers. the firm serves the landscaping, mining, aggregates, construction and demolition, waste and recycling industries. The company was founded by Paschal McCloskey in 1985 and is headquartered in Keene, Canada.

Zero-Sum, Ltd. engages in the research and development of mobile applications for mobile markets. The company was founded on June 24, 2004 and is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.

The National Institute of Genetics operates as a research organization.

Analytics Engines Ltd. develops data processing accelerators for processing business and application data. It offers accelerators for applications on processing architectures, such as FPGA, GPU, Intel Xeon Phi, or CPU. The firm serves multi-nationals in a range of fields from aerospace and security to medical imaging and enterprise data processing. The company was founded by Roger Woods and Scott Fischaber in 2008 and is headquartered in Belfast, the United Kingdom.

Questetra, Inc. develops business process management software. It specializes in the development of process improvement, system development, and communication tools. The firm’s solution enables organizations to develop business process management driven workflow systems through software-as-a-service edition and download edition. Its business activities also include website creation and operation; consulting services and computer software program development; and business investment. The company was founded by Genichi Imamura, Akihiro Hatanaka, Hajime Yahagi, Yoshinori Ehara, and Masato Furukubo on April 1, 2008 and is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.

Elliptic Enterprises Ltd. operates as a bitcoin storage company. It provides Elliptic Vault, a storage service for bitcoins; and engages in digital currency lobbying, education, and advocacy for users and businesses. The company was founded by James Sullivan Smith, Thomas Robinson, and Adam Joyce in October 2013 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Kyoto Drug Discovery & Development Co., Ltd. engages in research and development of pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, regenerative medicine products and medical equipment. The company was founded by Noriyuki Kuno and Kunihiro Musashi on May 15, 2015 and is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.

Farmvet Systems Ltd. provides online farm veterinary business management systems and software solutions. Its products include vetimpress, myvetimpress, farmimpress, and pharmimpress. The company was founded by George Cyril John Brownlee in 2010 and is headquartered in Magherafelt, the United Kingdom.

Vifkon Ltd. manufactures superior blast and fire protection systems and solutions. The company was founded by Faris Ali and is headquartered in Jordanstown, the United Kingdom.

Stem Cell & Device Laboratory, Inc. engages in the research and development, manufacturing, and sale of cells, devices, and cell-material integrated products for drug discovery applications. It also engages in the development of new functional and cell compatibility scaffold materials for applications in pluripotent stem cell derived cell studies based on micro-engineering and nanofabrication technologies. The company was founded by Norio Nakatsuji in May 29, 2014 and is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.

Porous Liquid Technologies Ltd. develops a modular platform technology. The firm offers porous liquid, a new class of liquid materials that contain microscopic cavities (pores), each the size of a single molecule. The company was founded by Stuart Lloyd James, Andrew Ian Cooper, Barry Anthony Murrer, and David Merriman James and is headquartered in Belfast, the United Kingdom.