Shoichiro Suzuki

GESD Capital Partners LLC (GESD) is a private equity firm founded in 1998 by Mark L. Briggs, Sharon B. Duvall, Louis J. Giraudo and Dan J. Stromberg. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Aura Financial Corp. engages in development of loan and lending platform. It offers Lendify, a cloud-based platform available to organizations that helps brands offers their customers loan products. The company was founded by James Gutierrez, Randy Wong, and Kevin Kang in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Azimo Ltd. provides online money transfer services. It also launches Facebook integration to help consumers facilitate money transfer via the social network and is used by the population of foreign-born residents in many countries who send money overseas. The company was founded by Michael David Fletcher Kent, Marta Krupinska, Frederick Samuel Knox and Marek Wawro in 2012 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Part of Rakuten Group, Inc., Rakuten Europe SARL provides a variety of services through the internet, including online shopping, publishing, golf, consulting, security brokerage, consumer finance, travel agency, employment agency, and insurance services. The company is based in Luxembourg, Luxembourg.

Upstart Network, Inc. operates as an online lending platform. It allows clients to raise capital in exchange for a small portion of client’s future income. The company was founded by David Joseph Girouard, Anna Mongayt Counselman and Paul Gu in 2012 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Part of Rakuten Group, Inc., Rakuten Asia Pte Ltd. operates as an e-commerce platform. The company is based in CapitaGreen, Singapore. The CEO of the Singaporean company is Hiroshi Takasawa.

H.I.G. Capital LLC (H.I.G Capital) is a private equity division of H.I.G. Capital LLC founded in 1993 by Sami W Mnaymneh and Anthony A Tamer. The firm is headquartered in Miami, Florida with offices in Europe, Latin America and Middle East.

Rakuten Medical, Inc. operates as a clinical stage biotechnology company which develops tumor-targeted precision therapies. It develops new anticancer therapies based on the photoimmunotherapy platform. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Part of Rakuten Group, Inc., Rakuten Life Insurance Co., Ltd. is a Japanese company that offers insurance services that can be applied for 24 hours a day through the internet. Based in Tokyo, Japan, the company provides reasonable insurance options that can be tailored to an individual's age, gender, and family structure. Customers can also consult with a dedicated advisor face-to-face if they need assistance. Additionally, Rakuten Life Insurance allows customers to accumulate Rakuten points, adding value to their insurance experience.

Rakuten Securities, Inc. engages in the business of brokerage services. It products include spot trading, domestic Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) & Exchange-Traded Note (ETN), real estate investment trust, stock lending services, Initial Public Offering (IPO) shares, domestic and foreign bonds etc. The company was founded on March 24, 1999 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Part of Rakuten Group, Inc., RS Empowerment KK is an investment holding Japanese company. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

dacadoo AG provides a mobile health engagement platforms. It offers life and health insurance solutions, corporate wellness, business solutions, dacadoo go walking game and allows users to measure their health solutions. The company was founded by Peter Ohnemus in 2010 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Keio Innovation Initiative, Inc. (Keio Innovation Initiative) is the venture capital arm of Keio Academic Enterprise Co. Ltd. and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The firm was founded in 2015 by Keio University.