Plan and Team
In November 2022, the company received a total investment of 92 million yen, mainly from angel investors, to establish the base of the company.
Using this seeds fund, we have been integrating the technology development that has been carried out at various universities and research organizations through the nation, establish a construction scheme for the 200+ radar sites to cover entire Japanese coasts, and develop multiple different kinds of user applications to serve for various market segments.
After completing a detailed business plan based on the above efforts, we have solicited for the capital investment of 212 millions yen at the end of March 2024, to enable us to start the initial round of the radar facility constructions in some selected geographical areas. Nationwide deployment will be proceeded after confirming the success in this initial operation.
Board Members
Tetsuzo Matsumoto
Representative Director
Chairman CEO
Former Executive Vice President and CSO of SoftBank Mobile Inc. (After retirement in 2013, he has been working as advisors to several telecommunications carriers around the world.)
Former Senior Vice President of Qualcomm Inc. Chairman and President of its Japanese subsidiary.
Former General Manager of Telecommunications and Multimedia Division of Itochu Corporation.
Dr. Satoshi Fujii
Director
Vice Chairman CTO
Ph.D. , Emeritus Professor at University of the Ryukyus
HF radar research has been his lifework, including his time working at NICT. Through this carrier, he established a deep and wide-ranged knowledge of ocean physical phenomena.
Mitsuo Makino
Representative Director
President COO
During his tenure as Development Bank of Japan and Mayor of Iida City (4 terms, 16 years), he had launched various projects, some of which have become national models.
During his time as mayor, he served as Vice Chairman of the National Association of Mayors and as an expert member of the National Economic and Fiscal Advisory Council.
Kazuo Nakamura
Director
Executive Vice President CFO
Served as CFO at multiple multinational companies in deverse industries, such as AOL , TBWA , OCC (submarine telecommunication cable), JLT, and Heidelberg (print machine manufacture).
Early career including experiences in public accounting in the U.S. (Price Waterhouse) and management consulting (A.T. Kearney) in Japan. Master in internation management.