EDP (“EDP” or the “Company”) was established in September 2009 for the purpose of commercializing the large diamond single crystal production technology developed by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)*. Mr. Naoji Fujimori, CEO, served as the director of the Diamond Research Center at AIST prior to founding EDP. *AIST: The …
Treasure Factory (“TF” or the company) is one of the major retailers of reuse products retail. Their product lineups span from clothes, sports and outdoor goods. Their subsidiaries include: Kindall (pre-owned brand items) and Golf Kids. It has collaborations with moving service providers to buy items which will be discarded. Their mission statement well summaries …
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Kamakura Shinsho (“kamakura” or the “company”) runs two lines of businesses: end of life services (the main revenue source/98%) and the publication of books related to the end of life (the company’s original business). Kamakura’s core strengths lie in its three portal sites which are the platforms for matching target customers with service providers. These …
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Silver Life (“Silver” or the company) is the franchisor/operator of a meal delivery service exclusively for the elderly. Its core business is to ship prepacked foods prepared by their own factories to the franchisees. 1. Investment thesis 1) A stable subsector in a growing senior care sector As baby boomers age, the late stage elderly …
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