Tamane Ozeki

Caastle, Inc. engages in the business of women’s clothing. It offers shirts & blouses, denim & pants, sweaters, jackets, skirts, casual, night out, fit & flare and floral dresses. The company was founded by Christine Hunsicker and Jaswinder Pal Singh in 2011 and is headquartered in Long Island, NY.

Eastspring Investments Ltd. is the Japan-based asset management subsidiary of Eastspring Investments Group Pte Ltd., ultimately held by Prudential Plc (LSE: PRU) in Great Britain. The firm was founded in 1999 as PPM Investment Trust Investment Advisory Co., Ltd. and became PCA Asset Management Ltd. (Japan) in 2002. They changed their name to Eastspring Investments Ltd. in 2012. Headquartered in Tokyo, Eastspring Investments offers innovative investment solutions to institutional clients. They also sub-advise Japanese funds for external investment managers.

E Ink Corp. develops electronic paper display technologies. It offers electronic ink, films, flexible display, and color variety. The company was founded by Joseph M. Jacobson, Russell J. Wilcox, J. D. Albert, Barrett Comiskey and Jerome S. Rubin in 1997 and is headquartered in Billerica, MA.

Ichigo Asset Management Ltd. (Ichigo) is an independent investment manager headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Ichigo was founded in 2006 and manages assets of individual and institutional clients.

AvanStrate, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of glass substrates for Thin-Film-Transistor (TFT) color liquid crystal displays (LCDs). It offers LCD glass substrates which are used in LCD televisions, LCD monitors for personal computers, mobile phones, touch panels, and three-dimensional televisions. The company was founded on May 21, 1991 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Ichigo, Inc. (Private Equity) (Ichigo-PE) is the private equity subsidiary of Ichigo, Inc (NJ: 2337) founded in 2000. The firm is headquartered in Tokyo.

The Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ), a unique public-private partnership aimed at promoting innovation and enhancing the value of businesses in Japan, was launched in July 2009. Leveraging the rich history of Japanese technological prowess, the INCJ aims to provide financial, technological and management support in order to promote the creation of next-generation businesses through 'open innovation,' or the flow of technology and expertise beyond the boundaries of existing organizational structures. The INCJ will draw on funding as well as management and technological expertise from the public and private sectors. The INCJ is actively reviewing various investment opportunities in areas of environment and energy, electronics and IT, bio-tech, and infrastructure such as water supply, railway service, and nuclear power supply. Each investment will be thoroughly vetted to ensure it meets the exacting standards of the INCJ's Innovation Network Committee, which will make the final investment decisions. The INCJ is capitalized at 92 billion yen, with the Japanese government injecting 82 billion yen and 19 private corporations (refer to details in Appendix below) providing a further 10 billion yen. The government will also provide guarantees up to a total of 800 billion yen for INCJ investments, giving it an investment capability of approximately 900 billion yen (US$10 billion). The INCJ will be established for a period of 15 years.

Innova Dynamics, Inc. invents disruptive advanced materials technologies. It supplies Innlay silver nanowire inks to manufacturers of transparent conductive electrode films and touch sensors. The firm also develops pastes and IonArmour antimicrobial technology platform. The company was founded by Arjun Daniel Srinivas, Michael Young, Alex Mittal and Alexander C. Mittal in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Ichigo Investment Advisors Co., Ltd. engages in the real estate investment trust and YieldCo asset management. The company was founded on December 15, 2004 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

The National Institute of Genetics operates as a research organization.

CerebrEX, Inc. designs and manufactures semiconductors. It develops display technologies for the flat panel display market. The firm's products encompass display controller, PM LSI, backlight LED drivers and controllers relating to display, and IP and macrocells. The company was founded on June 27, 2012 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.

JOLED, Inc. engages in the research, development, manufacture and sale of organic electroluminescent display panels, as well as their parts, materials, manufacturing equipment and its related products. The company was founded on January 5, 2015 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

JDI Display America, Inc. offers computer software developing services. The company is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Kyoto University Innovation Capital Co., Ltd. (KYOTO-iCAP) is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Kyoto University founded in 2014. Kyoto University Innovation Capital Co., Ltd. is headquartered in Kyoto.

Kyulux, Inc. develops organic light-emitting diode. It provides research and development of OLED materials, licensing and manufacturing and sales of OLED materials. The company was founded on March 9, 2015 by Akira Minakuchi and Chihaya Adachi and is headquartered in Fukuoka, Japan.