Digital Garage Inc.

Created Japan's first personal homepage 'TOMIGAYA'.

Launched Japan's first personal homepage 'Tomigaya'

Created Japan's first personal homepage 'Tomigaya'

Began homepage creation business (eccosys, From Garage).

Started homepage creation business (eccosys, From Garage)

Began homepage creation business (eccosys, From Garage)

Internet World Expo '96, the world's first 'cyber-space expo' connecting 80 countries. In charge of technical aspects for Japan.

World. Jr. Summit: event connected children from 40 countries by the Internet, hosted by Isao Okawa. Digital Garage provided technical services.

Supported Internet streaming media event, and managed public Internet access spaces (Internet World Expo, 96).

'Internet Café in Shibuya'(with IBM)

Responsible for Japan's technical HQ for the world's first 'Cyber-space Expo' connecting 80 countries, Internet World Expo '96

Provided technical cooperation for the first 'Jr. Summit' connecting children from 40 countries via the Internet, hosted by Isao Okawa

Connected TV media and Internet cafes (Internet World Expo, 96)

Internet World Expo '96, the world's first 'cyber-space expo' connecting 80 countries. In charge of technical aspects for Japan

World Jr. Summit: event connecting children from 40 countries via the Internet, hosted by Isao Okawa. Digital Garage provided technical services

Supported Internet streaming media event, and managed public Internet access spaces (Internet World Expo, 96)

'Internet Café in Shibuya' (with IBM)

Internet World Expo '96, the world's first 'cyber-space expo' connecting 80 countries. In charge of technical aspects for Japan

'Internet Café in Shibuya' (with IBM)

Introduced the world's first commercial Internet provider to Japanese market.

Localized and launched Infoseek search engine service in Japan (In 1999 sold to Disney Group).

Established Digital Advertising Consortium, a consortium of advertising agencies specializing in Digital Media advertising.

Japan's first robot-based search engine.

Established of first consortium in advertising industry.

Introduced the world's first commercial Internet provider in Japan

Started localization of robot-based search service (sold to Disney Group in 1999)

Established a consortium specializing in digital media advertising

Launched Japan's first robot-based search service

Established the first consortium in the advertising industry

Introduced the world's first commercial Internet provider to Japan

Localized and launched Infoseek search engine service in Japan (sold to Disney Group in 1999)

Established Digital Advertising Consortium, a digital media advertising agency group

Established Japan's first advertising industry consortium

Localization and sales of Ultraseek search technology began (Now sold under 'Autonomy Ultraseek' brand).

Provided robot-based (spider-based) search technology for corporate and government use.

Developed and sold the Japanese version of the core search technology 'Ultraseek' (now sold as 'Ultraseek')

Provided robot-based (spider-based) search technology for corporate use

Started localization and sales of Ultraseek search technology (now sold as 'Autonomy Ultraseek')

Provided robot-based (spider-based) search technology for corporate and government use

Developed and sold the Japanese version of Ultraseek search technology

Localization and sales of Ultraseek search technology began (now sold as 'Autonomy Ultraseek')

Sonic Net JAPAN Localized and adapted of the popular rock-music site from the U.S. (Internet broadcast of Fuji-Rock Festival)

"Fit- Kansei": Web User Survey System with Cluster Analysis jointly developed with the Communication Science Institute

Launched first online CD shop in Japan

Began music-related database service

Opened Japan's first online CD shop

Introduced open-source application server, Zope

Established the Electric Commerce Institute to provide marketing, e-commerce consulting, and Internet-related research services

Launched Web Nation: EC Site offering music and entertainment related products. Developed fully automated supply chain (Fulfillment and payment systems) (developed with the cooperation of TIS, Yamato Transport Co., Ltd and Lilac Co, Ltd) Registered business patent for above system (October 2002, service transferred to IQI)

Introduced Open-source Zope Launched E-commerce site with automated logistical system (including: Inventory status confirmation, delivery detail selection, etc.) Jointly developed e-commerce portal for convenience store chains with Lawson

Launched Web Nation: EC Site offering music and entertainment related products. Developed fully automated supply chain (Fulfillment and payment systems) (developed with the cooperation of TIS, Yamato Transport Co., Ltd and Lilac Co, Ltd) Registered business patent for above system (October 2002, service transferred to IQI)

Joint development of Web User Cluster Survey System 'Fit-Kansei' with the Communication Science Institute

JASDAQ IPO of Digital Garage

Launched auction business platform

Launched first convenience-store-based payment and fulfillment platform business (Registered business model patent jointly with Lawson)

Established G-Port as a joint enterprise with Shaddy, the leading catalog gift company in Japan

JASDAQ, Initial Public Offering of Digital Garage

Developed and launched first convenience-store-based payment and fulfillment system

Started CVS payment and logistics platform business

Launched first auction-platform service with JCB Register business model patent jointly with JCB (Ended in 8th term)

Launched auction business platform

Started Japan's first auction platform business with JCB

Mojo: Purchased rights to E-commerce engine (April 2003, technical cooperation with Sun Microsystems)

Announced Smoothy: management and commerce system for broadband contents

Kakaku.com became a subsidiary of Digital Garage. Kakaku.com is the leading price-comparison site in Japan

Announced strategic business partnership with Image-Quest Interactive (IQI), for entertainment and broad content development

Launched business tie-up with ALC, major publisher of language education materials

Combined WebNation and indiesmusic.com increasing coverage for Indies music market

Announced 'smoothy,' broadband content management and sales software

Repeated entry for Web Nation: EC Site offering music and entertainment related products, with fully automated supply chain development and patent registration

Digital Garage, Inc. announced business and capital partnership with Zion Ltd., provider of consulting services and system development for mobile telephony and Internet technologies DSI joined Zion Group (June 2003, Zion becomes affiliated DG company)

Reestablished Creative Garage, our creative design firm

Established Business and Capital Partnership with Digital Network Appliance Inc., a Broadband Technology Venture Company

Developed integrated solution package tailored to broadband video distribution for television terminal systems, based on Smoothy (a software for content management and content based commerce)

Made Kakaku.com a consolidated subsidiary

Developed integrated solution package for broadband video distribution based on Smoothy

Mojo: Purchased rights to E-commerce engine (April 2003, technical cooperation with Sun Microsystems)

Digital Garage, Inc. announced business and capital partnership with Zion Ltd., provider of consulting services and system development for mobile telephony and Internet technologies DSI joined Zion Group (June 2003, Zion becomes affiliated DG company)

Formed business alliance with InterScope, a major internet research company

Announced investment and business partnership with Interscope

Established 'Technorati JAPAN,' a blog business company

Established DG Incubation, a wholly owned subsidiary to promote agility and efficiency in new business investments

Co-founded venture capital management company with JAIC

Formed new company 'WEB 2.0' with PIA and Kakaku.com to develop next-generation portal sites

Established Technorati Japan for blog search

Became a pure holding company of the group

Formed intermediate holding company DG Solutions

Established DG Media Marketing to cover group media including Kakaku.com and Technorati.jp

Established CGM Marketing jointly with Dentsu, cci, and ADK

Restructured subsidiaries to strengthen and streamline group resources

Co-founded new IR company with Asia Securities Printing, establishing DG&Ibex

Established CGM Marketing with Dentsu, Cyber Communications, and ADK for Web 2.0 context advertising

Invested in the world's largest WiFi community 'FON' through a subsidiary

Supported major real estate advertiser Sogei through an affiliate

Reinforced solutions business in the rapidly expanding real estate IT sector

Fully acquired Shogei, a major real estate advertising company, through subsidiaries

Absorbed subsidiaries ECONTEXT, DG Solutions, DG&Ibex, DG Media Marketing, and Creative Garage, adopting the slogan 'Hybrid Solution Partner'

Formed a partnership with Twitter; DG Incubation supported the development of Twitter Japan

Participated as secretariat in Content Value Study Group to verify media value

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Established 'Open Network Lab,' Japan's first mentor-driven seed accelerator program

Invested in e-book/Contents distribution company 'MEDIA DO'

Started 'Open Network Lab,' a domestic venture creation program

Invested in Path, a personal network service provider

Started providing TweetManager, a tool for supporting Twitter account operation

Formed capital and business alliance with TOSHIBA TEC

Established 'Hamagin DG Innovation Fund' with Yokohama Bank and Digital Garage

VeriTrans, a leading company in e-commerce and online payments, became a wholly owned subsidiary of Digital Garage

Invested in Authense Group, operator of Bengoshi4.com, a legal consultation site

Established Neo Innovation, Inc. in San Francisco for agile software development

Acquired 'VeriTrans,' a leading company in EC payment

Invested in Citrus Payment Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a leading online payment provider in India

econtext ASIA listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

Formed capital and business alliance with CrowdWorks Inc.

Formed capital and business alliance with Netprice.com Inc.

Opened DG717, an incubation center in downtown San Francisco

Established BI.Garage, a joint venture with Dentsu, Cyber Communications, and ASATSU-DK for big data services

Co-founded DENTSU SCIENCEJAM with Dentsu Inc. to develop new businesses using advanced science and technology

Established VeriTrans Shanghai, a joint venture in China

Subsidiary econtext ASIA listed on Hong Kong Stock Exchange

Formed a capital and business alliance with Betaworks Studio, LLC, a startup studio in the US

Invested in PT Bilna, the biggest online baby store in Indonesia

Formed a business alliance with Chartbeat Inc. to promote real-time analytics in Japan

Invested in Betaworks, a US startup studio

Invested in MX Technologies, Inc., a US-based FinTech innovator

Established a joint venture with Kodansha on digital content business for global expansion of Japanese contents and new business incubations

Established joint venture with Kodansha for global content expansion and new business development

Operation support for the open innovation program TOYOTA NEXT, which will create the future's mobility society

Digital Garage and Daiwa Securities Group established "DG Lab Fund," a fund directed towards startups that specialize in next generation technology

Established "Digital Garage First Penguin Award," which honors those who continue to challenge oneself in the fields such as technology, arts, and sports

Digital Garage, Kakaku.com, and Credit Saison established open innovation-based R&D organization "DG Lab"

Changed Our Stock Market Listing from JASDAQ to the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange

Invested in Blockchain Developer Blockstream

Invested as lead investor in renowned creator Rei Inamoto's Business Invention Studio

Supported operation of the open innovation program 'TOYOTA NEXT' to create the future mobility society

Formed the investment fund 'DG Lab No.1 Investment Business Limited Partnership' with Daiwa Securities Group targeting startups with next-generation technology

Established the First Penguin Award to honor those who continue to challenge themselves in fields such as science, arts, and sports, and support their activities

Established 'DG Lab' as an open innovation research organization with Kakaku.com and Credit Saison to create next-generation businesses

Moved from JASDAQ to First Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange

Digital Garage officially launched lifestyle service for wealthy consumers business integration with two subsidiaries leads to development of DG Life Design business

Digital Garage and Kodansha established HOLICS, a compilation media service combining superior magazine content with AI technology

Digital Garage formed a business alliance with PureTech Health, a company which works on advanced incubation business in biotech

Digital Garage began support for startups in Fukuoka region in cooperation with the Fukuoka Directive Council

DG Lab developed all-purpose framework "DG Lab DVEP™" for unique cryptocurrency through blockchain's bitcoin

Full-scale launch of 'DG Life Design,' a lifestyle support business

Launched 'HOLICS,' a compilation media combining magazine content with AI technology, in collaboration with Kodansha

Entered the field of next-generation biotech startups through a partnership with PureTech in the US

Started support for startup entrepreneurship in Fukuoka in cooperation with the Fukuoka Directive Council

Developed 'DG Lab DVEP™,' a general-purpose framework for issuing proprietary cryptocurrencies on the Bitcoin blockchain

Digital Garage and The Hokkaido Shimbun Press Launched "Open Network Lab HOKKAIDO"

Digital Garage launched "Open Network Lab BioHealth", an accelerator program specialized in biotechnology and healthcare

Digital Garage and Tokyo Tanshi to Establish Crypto Garage, a JV for blockchain financial service R&D and business in the fintech field

Digital Garage & KDDI entered into a basic agreement on strategic alliance

VeriTrans and Nissen to establish SCORE, a JV in the postpaid shopping business

Digital Garage validated the value of online media; joined the bureau of the contents media value study group for improving advertisement value

DG Lab supported Scaling Bitcoin 2018

ECONTEXT Registered as Electronic Payment Service Provider

Digital Garage launched "Open Network Lab Resi-Tech," a global accelerator program targeting real estate-related startups

VeriTrans and Toshiba Tec established TD Payment, a JV offering multiple payment solutions for POS systems

Launched 'Open Network Lab HOKKAIDO' in collaboration with Hokkaido Shimbun Press

Launched 'Open Network Lab BioHealth,' an accelerator program specializing in biotechnology and healthcare

Established Crypto Garage, a joint venture with Tokyo Tanshi for blockchain financial services R&D and business

Signed a basic agreement with KDDI for strategic alliance

Established SCORE, a joint venture with Nissen for postpaid shopping business

Participated as the secretariat in the Content Value Study Group to verify media value and improve advertising effectiveness

Supported Scaling Bitcoin 2018 through DG Lab

ECONTEXT registered as an electronic payment service provider

Launched 'Open Network Lab Resi-Tech,' a global accelerator program for real estate startups

Established TD Payment, a joint venture with TOSHIBA TEC for POS payment solutions

DG Group’s “Cloud Pay,” a Unified QR Code Payment Solution, Started to Support KDDI’s au PAY

DG Group’s “Cloud Pay,” a Unified QR Code Payment Solution, Started to Support Alipay, AlipayHK, and Kakaopay

7 Companies Established the Japan Digital Therapeutics Consortium and Launch Activities

Digital Garage and Daiwa Securities Group Established DG Lab Fund II for Global Startups with Next-generation Technologies

Digital Garage, Fukuoka D.C., and Fukuoka Growth Next Launched the Smart City Incubation Program, "Open Network Lab FUKUOKA"

Digital Garage Group Launched "Cloud Pay", a Merchant-presented mode Multi-QR Code Payment Solution

Crypto Garage Developed and Executed the Contract of a P2P Protocol Based Crypto Asset Derivative Settled in Bitcoin

Crypto Garage, The First Blockchain and Finance Project Authorized by Regulatory Sandbox in Japan

Supported 'Cloud Pay,' a unified QR code payment service, with support for 'au PAY' by KDDI

'Cloud Pay' added support for Alipay, AlipayHK, and Kakaopay

Seven companies launched the Japan Digital Therapeutics Consortium and began activities

Formed 'DG Lab No.2 Fund' with Daiwa Securities Group for global startups with next-generation technology

Launched 'Onlab FUKUOKA,' a smart city incubation program in collaboration with FDC and Fukuoka Growth Next

Started offering 'Cloud Pay,' a multi-QR code payment solution based on read-and-pay technology

Developed P2P protocol-based crypto asset derivatives trading platform 'SETTLENET' by Crypto Garage

Crypto Garage obtained regulatory sandbox approval as Japan's first blockchain and finance project

Linked the 'Cloud Pay' unified QR code payment solution with 'au Pay' and 'WeChat Pay'

Connected 'Cloud Pay' with 'au PAY' and 'WeChat Pay'

Published the book 'Pitch – Innovative methods of pitching –'

Developed 'Musubell' for centralized real estate contract management

Established the 'Content Media Consortium' with 28 major media companies

Crypto Garage launched 'SETTLENET,' a settlement platform for OTC crypto assets, with commercial service

Expanded office at Shibuya Parco DG Building

Linked 'Cloud Pay' with 'au Pay' and 'WeChat Pay'

Published the book 'Pitch – Innovative methods of pitching –'

Developed 'Musubell' for centralized real estate contract management

Launched 'SETTLENET,' a settlement platform for OTC crypto assets, by Crypto Garage

Renamed the core payment subsidiary from 'VeriTrans, Inc.' to 'DG Financial Technology, Inc. (DGFT)'

Established 'Hamagin DG Innovation Fund' with The Bank of Yokohama

Formed capital and business alliance with TOSHIBA TEC

Developed 'Musubell for Brokerage,' a digital contract management service for real estate transactions

Crypto Garage completed registration as a crypto asset exchange operator for B2B transactions

Rebranded the main payment subsidiary from 'VeriTrans' to 'DG Financial Technology, Inc.'

Formed strategic capital and business alliance with Europe's leading data platform '1plusX' for next-generation advertising in Japan and Asia

Established 'Hamagin DG Innovation Fund' with Yokohama Bank and Digital Garage

Developed 'Musubell for Brokerage,' a service for real estate transaction DX

Crypto Garage completed registration as a crypto asset exchange service provider for institutional crypto markets

Crypto Garage completed registration as a crypto asset exchange operator

Formed capital and business alliance with TOSHIBA TEC

Formed capital and business alliance with Resona Holdings

Launched 'DGFT Invoice Card Payment,' a B2B fintech payment service

Established 'Digital Architecture Lab' for innovative software development

Moved from Tokyo Stock Exchange First Section to Prime Market

Developed 'Pangaea Delivery,' a SaaS for managing multiple online food delivery services

Formed capital and business alliance with JCB for payment solutions

Launched 'DGFT Invoice Card Payment,' a B2B fintech payment solution

Developed 'Pangaea Delivery,' a SaaS for managing multiple online food delivery services

Formed capital and business alliance with Resona Holdings

BI.Garage and the 'Content Media Consortium' announced the 'Quality Media Declaration'

Developed 'Musubell for Property Survey' as part of the real estate DX platform series 'Musubell.'

Strengthened capital and business alliance with Resona Group

Established 'DG Commerce,' a new company for e-commerce site development

Jointly developed medical industry-specific payment service 'Musubell for Medical' with Resona Group

Issued 'Quality Media Declaration' through the 'Quality Media Consortium' involving 30 major media outlets

Launched 'CloudPay Neo,' a terminal-less cashless payment service

Joichi Ito, Co-Founder and Chief Architect of Digital Garage, appointed as the next president of Chiba Institute of Technology

Launched 'GenLab,' a startup studio for next-generation entrepreneurs in generative AI

Started offering 'DGFT Invoice Card Payment for Invoice Issuers,' an early payment collection scheme for SMBs

Launched 'Onlab Open Innovation,' promoting social implementation through collaboration between companies and startups

Crypto Garage began offering digital asset custody and OTC trading services

Collaborated with Kakaku.com on fintech services for the restaurant industry

Developed 'Musubell for Property Survey,' a real estate DX platform series

Started offering 'Quick Money,' a rapid funding service for small and medium enterprises

Established 'DG Commerce,' a new e-commerce site development company

Launched 'CloudPay Neo,' a device-free cashless payment service

Launched STARTUP STUDIO 'GenLab' for next-generation entrepreneurs in generative AI

Launched 'DGFT Invoice Card Payment for Invoice Issuers,' an early payment collection scheme for SMBs

Launched 'Onlab Open Innovation' to promote social innovation and co-creation between companies and startups

Launched 'Quick Money,' a rapid and easy financing service for SMEs

Joichi Ito, Co-Founder and Chief Architect of Digital Garage, appointed as the next president of Chiba Institute of Technology

Reinforced capital and business alliance with Resona Group

Signed a business alliance agreement with DG Financial Technology and au Financial Services for extensive collaboration in payment business

Completed the transfer of shares to make Resona Payment Services a consolidated subsidiary and established a joint CVC fund with Resona HD

Crypto Garage started offering staking services

Established 'Crypto Cafe & Bar,' a web3 membership space as a proof-of-concept for the DAO model

Opened 'Crypto Cafe & Bar,' a web3 membership space as a proof-of-concept for DAO

Crypto Garage added staking service to its institutional digital asset custody lineup