Creating new businesses through strategic alliances built on existing operations

「また、成長戦略の柱であるM&Aの第２弾として、2026年４月よりラジエンスウエア社を連結子会社としたことにより、同社の業績が当第１四半期連結累計期間から寄与いたしました。」

「To date, we have pursued capital and business alliances and development collaborations under our Win-Win investment model. We will continue working to realize multiple collaboration pipelines in Japan and overseas, including M&A transactions currently in progress or under negotiation, at an early stage, build new businesses, and implement a strategy for sustained growth. In particular, in the medical business, we are pursuing an M&A strategy based on relationships with nationwide sales agents, and M&A transactions involving 株式会社ISM (hereinafter, “ISM”) and ラジエンスウエア株式会社 (hereinafter, “ラジエンスウエア”) have now been completed.」

「From the current fiscal year, we have been developing a strategic partnership with the APAMAN Group. To scale up over the medium term through organizational restructuring and laboratory expansion at our Philippine offshore base, we are establishing a development structure capable of handling large-scale projects worth approximately ¥500 million annually, promoting the acquisition of major customers, and developing top-notch engineers with advanced technical skills and the ability to work in a Japanese-language environment through our proprietary training program, in preparation for expansion into global markets.」

「At our Philippine subsidiary AWS (Advanced World Solutions,Inc.), we will expand the dedicated development laboratory for オージス総研, “OGIS-Ubicom Philippines Laboratory,” to establish a development structure capable of handling annual orders of more than ¥300 million in the first year, fiscal 2024 (April 2024 to March 2025). At the same time, we will accept secondees at the leadership level from オージス総研, with the aim of scaling our business expansion under the Economic Security Promotion Act over the long term and on a sustained basis together with オージス総研.」

「We have also been promoting research activities in the United States from our satellite office at the Silicon Valley venture capital firm “GoAhead Ventures,” in which we have invested, as well as initiatives aimed at collaborating with Israeli technology companies, and will continue to strengthen our initiatives involving advanced technologies.」

「In the United States, with the aim of continuing to research the latest local developments in the AI and healthcare fields, which we view as strategic markets, build networks, and secure opportunities for business partnerships with leading U.S. companies, we decided to invest in GoAhead Ventures’ third fund, following our investment in its second fund in 2019.」

「Investment aimed at creating future business opportunities and building collaborative relationships, with a view to the medium- to long-term growth potential of the femtech market and its contribution to the SDGs.」

「To promote the full-scale horizontal rollout of the Insurance Knowledge Platform, we are conducting proof-of-concept tests with multiple life insurers and have begun development with an early launch in view.」

「As one of these new initiatives, we are promoting the full-scale horizontal rollout of the “Insurance Knowledge Platform,” a payment review search engine using a medical database, and have begun negotiations for collaboration with a major life insurer.」

「We also entered into a Reseller Agreement (reseller contract) with “PhilPaCS,” a Philippine social technology company with strengths in developing and providing platforms for digitizing Philippine government and tax systems, commonly known as “e-government” and “e-tax” platforms, and launched an agency provider business for electronic invoicing and electronic receipt platforms for businesses in the Philippines.」

「We have continued to actively pursue investment activities aimed at realizing one of our business strategy slogans, the “Win-Win investment model through investment in partner companies.” To create new businesses that contribute to the third business initiative identified as a goal for the current fiscal year, the “next-generation IT services platform provider strategy,” we invested in “PhilPaCS,” a Philippine social technology company with strengths in the development and provision of platforms for digitizing Philippine government and tax systems, commonly known as “e-government” and “e-tax” platforms. In addition, with a view to the accelerating adoption of IoT and the 5G era, we joined Idein’s partner program, aiming to promote solution development and provider business activities using its next-generation AI/IoT platform, “Actcast.”」

「We have continued to actively pursue investment activities aimed at realizing one of our business strategy slogans, the “Win-Win investment model through investment in partner companies.” To create new businesses that contribute to the third business initiative identified as a goal for the current fiscal year, the “next-generation IT services platform provider strategy,” we decided to invest in “PhilPaCS,” a Philippine social technology company with strengths in the development and provision of platforms for digitizing Philippine government and tax systems, commonly known as “e-government” and “e-tax” platforms.」

「We have continued to actively pursue investment activities aimed at realizing one of our business strategy slogans, the “Win-Win investment model through investment in partner companies.” Accordingly, we invested in the fund “GoAhead Ventures,” which invests in leading U.S. IT companies, to gain access to new U.S. IT trends, develop research capabilities related to advanced technologies, and promote marketing of our solutions in the United States.」

「We have continued to actively pursue investment activities aimed at realizing one of our business strategy slogans, the “Win-Win investment model through investment in partner companies.” Accordingly, we invested in the fund “GoAhead Ventures,” which invests in leading U.S. IT companies, to promote marketing of our solutions in the United States, gain access to the latest U.S. IT trends, and advance initiatives related to our business.」

「We continue to actively pursue investment activities to realize one of our business strategy slogans, the “Win-Win investment model through investment with alliance partners,” and will continue to advance our ongoing growth strategy by seeking the early realization of multiple domestic and overseas alliance projects currently under consideration and negotiation and the construction of new business pillars.」

「We continue to actively pursue investment activities to realize one of our business strategy slogans, the “Win-Win investment model through investment with alliance partners,” and will continue to advance our ongoing growth strategy by seeking the early realization of multiple domestic and overseas alliance projects currently under consideration and negotiation and the construction of new business pillars.」

「We are also actively pursuing investment activities to realize one of our business strategy slogans, the “Win-Win model through investment with alliance partners.” In addition to the capital alliances with ユニロボット株式会社 in June 2018 and 株式会社Liquid in September 2018, we have already begun collaborating with 株式会社Liquid on lab-based development. Going forward, we will pursue our ongoing growth strategy by seeking the early realization of multiple alliance projects currently under consideration and negotiation and the construction of new business pillars.」

「In December 2018, we changed the organization in anticipation of promoting the future Win-Win investment model and new businesses, and are continuing to build a structure to realize one of our business strategy slogans, the “WINWIN model through investment with alliance partners.” We previously executed capital and business alliances with ユニロボット株式会社 in June 2018 and 株式会社Liquid in September 2018. Through this new structure, we aim to accelerate the realization of multiple alliance projects currently under consideration and negotiation and to build new business pillars.」

「Meanwhile, the “WIN-WIN model through investment with alliance partners,” one of our business strategy slogans, is progressing smoothly. Following the capital and business alliance with ユニロボット株式会社 in June 2018, we entered into a capital and business alliance with 株式会社Liquid in September 2018. The aim is to realize a win-win relationship by using our group's offshore development center, collaborating with solutions using the latest knowledge in artificial intelligence and analytics, developing businesses in the Philippine market, and collaborating on the creation and marketing of new businesses in the healthcare field, including the construction of additional business pillars in the biometric authentication market.」

「On 29 June 2018, we entered into a capital and business alliance with ユニロボット株式会社 and will pursue a win-win relationship by creating new businesses that incorporate the latest knowledge and the Medical and manufacturing solutions on which our group is focusing.」

「In the Medical business, since the current consolidated fiscal year, the company has entered into collaborations and strategic alliances with leading healthcare companies, including providers of medical information databases, companies providing services to medical institutions, and developers of pharmacy and medical systems.」

「In October 2017, in the presence of Rodrigo Roa Duterte, President of the Republic of the Philippines, and relevant cabinet members of the country, the company signed an agreement aimed at expanding and strengthening the Group's business in advanced technology development. It stated that, by strengthening business partnerships within the Group, it would ensure that engineers, project managers and technical experts involved in projects could perform their duties in a Japanese-language environment and contribute to the economic development of the Philippines.」

「By assessing market trends and customer needs, and making maximum use of our group's flexible and agile organizational capabilities, we will actively pursue the creation of the next core business, with strategic alliances in view.」