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Company Overview
- Company name
- Yappli, Inc.
- Representative
- Yasubumi Ihara
- Headquarter
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41F Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower,
3 Chome-2-1 Roppongi, Minato City, Tokyo 106-0032 - Osaka office
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27F Namba Skyo,
5 Chome-1-60 Nanba, Chuo Ward, Osaka, 542-0076 - Fukuoka office
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Wework,
1 Chome-1-29 Daimyo, Chuo Ward, Fukuoka, 810-0041
Message from CEO
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Representative Director YASUBUMI IHARA
It has been 10 years since the iPhone was born. The smartphone revolution has drastically changed the world in this past 10 years. Innovative companies such as Uber, Instagram, LINE and mercari have all emerged from apps. App technology has reformed digital experience. Apps not only operate in high speed but also enables access to GPS, cameras and other hardware and offers highly convenient functions such as push notification. Such app performance has changed digital experience in the past 10 years and created a stream of services that change the world.
Management Team
Representative Director
Yasubumi Ihara Co-founder, Business
Yasubumi Ihara worked at Yahoo Japan Corporation in media service planning after working at a publishing company. After working as a marketing manager at Citibank, he established First Media, Inc. (currently Yappli, Inc.) with two other members.
Director
Masafumi Sano Co-founder, UX Designer and Developer
Masafumi Sano joined Yahoo Japan Corporation as a new graduate, where he developed the advanced iOS app and smartphone website for Yahoo!Finance. MITOU Youth Creator of FY2007 H2. UX Designer and Developer.
Director
Masumi Kuroda Co-founder, Designer
Masumi Kuroda worked as a production leader at Yahoo Japan Corporation after working at livedoor Co., Ltd. He wrote the efforts of Yahoo Japan Corporation in “Performance Best Practices for Web Developers (published by O’REILLY)”.
Director
Koichi Tsunoda Chief Financial Officer
Koichi Tsunoda graduated from UC Berkeley and worked at a foreign-affiliated investment bank where he was engaged in the execution of M&A in the investment banking department. When he worked as CFO at manabo, Inc., he mainly handled corporate matters such as financial affairs, fund-raising and legal affairs. In 2017, he assumed the position of CFO at Yappli, and has been a director since 2018.
Executive Officer
Yohei Kaneko Chief Communication Officer
Yohei Kaneko experienced marketing, sales and establishment of new businesses at GMO Internet. At age 24, he started his own business that featured “fashion × Internet”, where he handled fashion media and EC for 11 years. He joined Yappli, Inc. in 2016.
Executive Officer
Takahiro Yamamoto Chief Marketing Officer
Takahiro Yamamoto led the launch of a new data analysis and consulting division at IMJ Inc. (Accenture Group), and overseeed the marketing consulting division as a corporate executive officer. In 2019, he joined Yappli as CMO, and assumed the position of Executive Officer since 2020.
Outside Director
Minoru Imano
GLOBIS CORPORATION
Minoru Imano graduated from the Faculty of Law, The University of Tokyo, and worked as a project manager at Arthur Andersen Business Consulting (currently PricewaterhouseCoopers). He has been working at GLOBIS CAPITAL PARTNERS since July 2006. As the Chief Operating Officer (COO), he handles investment in the IT area and is involved in organizational management of GCP.
Outside Director
Shinichiro Hori
YJ Capital Inc.
Shinichiro Hori graduated from Keio University, and after working at Future Architect, he worked as a management consultant and was engaged in investment activities at Dream Incubator. He was involved in ¥5 billion fund sourcing and value creation in the investment for local companies in Vietnam. In 2013, he joined Yahoo Japan Corporation, and currently works for YJ Capital (CEO/COO).
Outside Director
Etsuko Okajima
株式会社プロノバ
Etsuko Okajima became the representative director (resigned) of GLOBIS MANAGEMENT BANK in 2005, after experiencing Mitsubishi Corporation, Harvard MBA and McKinsey & Company. In 2007, she established ProNova and assumed the position of representative director. In 2014, she became the outside director (resigned) for Astellas Pharma Inc. and outside director for MARUI GROUP CO., LTD. She became the outside director for LANCERS, INC. and SEPTENI HOLDINGS CO., LTD. in 2015, and became the outside director for Link and Motivation Inc. in 2016.
Advisor
Shogo Kawada
Investor, Co-founder of DeNA
Shogo Kawada got his doctor’s degree in engineering from a graduate school at Tokyo Metropolitan University, and after working at McKinsey & Company, he co-founded DeNA Co, Ltd. in 1999 and became its director. He led the establishment of a series of business as COO. He assumed the position of part-time director in 2008 and became an advisor in 2011. Currently, he is mainly engaged in investment and support for start-up companies in Japan, US and Europe.
Advisor
Shinji Asada
Japan Head of Salesforce Ventures
Shinji Asada graduated from the Faculty of Economics, Keio University and got his MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management. After working at ITOCHU Corporation and ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation, from 2012, he handled investment in domestic and overseas IT start-up companies and hands-on support for invested companies at ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation. In March 2015, he assumed the position of Japan Head of Salesforce Ventures.
Advisor
Takao Ozawa
Managing Corporate Officer of Yahoo Japan Corporation
Takao Ozawa graduated from School of Law, Waseda University, and established Bizseek in 1999. In 2001, he sold Bizseek to Rakuten and joined Rakuten. In 2006, he left the Rakuten Group to take part in many investments and business establishments as a private investor. He joined Yahoo Japan Corporation in 2012, and assumed the position of executive officer and President of Shopping Company in 2013. He was an outside director for Yappli, Inc. from 2013 to 2015. In April 2018, he assumed the position of Managing Corporate Officer and President of Commerce Company of Yahoo Japan Corporation. He is also the Director & Chairperson of Ikyu Corporation, Director of ASKUL Corporation, Director of PayPay Corporation, Director of ValueCommerce Co., Ltd. and Director of User Local, Inc.
History
2013
- April
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First Media Inc. established in Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
- April
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Approx. ¥30 million funded by YJ Capital Inc.
- August
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Yappli offered as OEM from “Yahoo! App Engine” of Yahoo Japan Corporation
- September
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Service enabled for Android apps
2014
- May
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Office moved from Aoyama to Roppongi
2015
- April
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Runner-up in “SLUSH ASIA” Start-up Pitch Contest
- September
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¥330 million in total funded by GLOBIS CAPITAL PARTNERS, Salesforce Ventures, YJ Capital Inc. and private investor Shogo Kawada
- September
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Received “Amazon Web Services Award” in “Tech in Asia”
- October
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Office moved from Roppongi to Akasaka
2016
- June
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PrivacyMark acquired
- June
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Collaboration with Chiba Bank in FinTech business
- September
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“Yappli Summit 2016” held as the first company event
2017
- March
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Adopted effect measurement and analysis tool AppsFlyer and started “Yappli customer attraction support service”
- April
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Company name changed to Yappli, Inc.
- April
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MOBILE MARKETING UPDATE 2017
- August
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Coordination with Salesforce Marketing Cloud
- October
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Approx. ¥670 million in total funded from GLOBIS CAPITAL PARTNERS, the lead investor, and also ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation, YJ Capital Inc., Shogo Kawada as well as bank loan from Mizuho Bank.
2018
- January
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Office moved within Akasaka
- January
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Office opened in Umeda, Osaka
- June
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“Yappli Developers Site” made available
- December
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Osaka Office moved from Umeda to “WeWork Namba Sky O”
2019
- January
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Acquired “GMO App Capsule” of GMO TECH, Inc.
- June
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Office opened in Daimyo, Fukuoka
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Tokyo Office moved from Akasaka to Roppongi 1-chome
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Approx. ¥3 billion funded from Eight Roads Ventures Japan (former Fidelity Growth Partners Japan), the lead investor, and also from SMBC Venture Capital, third-party share issuance to existing shareholders (GLOBIS CAPITAL PARTNERS, YJ Capital Inc.) and debt finance from Mizuho Bank, Resona Bank and Japan Finance Corporation.
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