Soul Out Inc.

Established Soulout Co., Ltd. as a 100% subsidiary of Opt Inc. (now Digital Holdings Inc.)

Commenced operations in Tokyo, Nagoya, and Fukuoka

Opened Yokohama and Omiya offices

Opened Niigata and Shizuoka offices

Opened Osaka office

Opened Fukui office

Acquired all shares of Search Life Inc. and made it a subsidiary

Opened Kobe office

Established Tecroco Inc.

20 new graduates joined in FY13 (strengthened new graduate recruitment)

Established the Performance Improvement Support Office

Opened Sapporo office

Invested in Dentsu Digital Networks Inc.

Launched in-house media "LISKUL"

Opened Kyoto office

Established Grow Gear Co., Ltd.

Techro Co., Ltd. launched cloud sourcing for online advertising operations, Draft

Established the Association for Small and Medium-Sized, Regional, and Growing Enterprises' Online Utilization for Market Development, and participated as a founding and supporting member

Entered into a business partnership with Yahoo! Inc.

Former Rakuten Inc. Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Hiroaki An, became a technical advisor

Professor Yo Tanaka of the Graduate School of Strategic Management, Chuo University, became an external director

Fully launched the commission-based e-commerce outsourcing service, Net Sales Agency Service

Obtained Premier Google Partner certification

Launched the e-learning service Jissen! Biz, specializing in talent development in digital and web marketing

In the Yahoo! Marketing Solutions Partner Program, became the first partner to simultaneously obtain the Market Development Partner and Content Marketing Partner special certifications

Launch of the e-learning service "Jissen! Biz" specializing in digital and web marketing talent development

Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers

Co-developed a service with Lucy Co., Ltd., which operates the Buzz Club and supports content marketing

Won the Japan Domestic Best Award in the Growing Businesses Online Awards (Customer Growth Category) at the Google Premier Partner Awards

Obtained Preferred Partner Program certification for the integrated management platform ATOM, supporting the operational efficiency of Yahoo! Promotion Ads

Launched an operation outsourcing solution for media partners of Yahoo! Content Discovery in partnership with Search Life and Yahoo!

Certified as a Basic Sales Partner in the Marketing Partner Program of LINE Ads Platform

Secured Two-Star (★★) status in Criteo's Star Agency System as a Seoul D-out

Expanded an organization specializing in e-commerce support

Opened the Sendai branch office

Professor Yoshihito Maruo of the School of Management, Sekimi Gakuen Women's University, became a marketing advisor

Strategic partnership with Vector Inc.

Received the Search Innovation Award (Search Advertising) at the Premier Partner Awards 2018 hosted by Google Partners

Signed a strategic partnership agreement with LINE Inc. in the SMB sector

Won first place in the Hokkaido area at Yahoo! Japan’s Search Advertising Awards

Received the Bronze Sales Partner award in the LINE Ads Platform category at the LINE Biz-Solutions Partner Award 2019 1st half

Transitioned to the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange

Obtained the ‘Advertising Operations Partner’ designation as a highly specialized ‘Special Certified Partner’ of Yahoo! JAPAN

Founded SO Technologies Inc.

Won the 1st place in the Featured Employer category of the 2019 First Half Strategic Product Award at Indeed Explore for Agency 2019 Summer

Certified as a Silver Sales Partner and the newly established Best SMB Partner in the LINE Ads Platform category of the LINE Biz-Solutions Partner Program

Certified as a Two-Star (★★) partner for two consecutive terms in the Criteo Certified Partners (Star Agency System)

Established an operations center for performance advertising in Shimanto City, Kōchi Prefecture

Signed a strategic partnership agreement with Jōetsu Printing Industry to promote digital innovation among companies in Gunma Prefecture

Double award winner of the Gold Award (Grand Prize among 8 companies) in the video internal newsletter category and the Bronze Award in the special category at the nationwide internal newsletter contest “Internal Newsletter Award 2019”

Received the Best Award in the Shopping Advertising category at the Google Premier Partner Awards 2019

Made Media Engine Inc. a consolidated subsidiary

Certified as a Silver and Best SMB Partner for two consecutive terms in the advertising category of the Sales Partner in the LINE Biz Partner Program for corporate services

Acquired the career information media “CAREER RULES”

Officially released the infrastructure service ‘Likuru L’ that connects customers and stores by SO Technologies

Partnered with Light Up, which operates the top-tier grant matching service “J Engine”

Sourldout Group introduces the Full Flex Time system and the Full Remote Work system with no maximum days

The four services operated by SO Technologies—ATOM, Jissen! Online, Likeur GMB, and Likeur L—are certified as eligible tools for the 2020 IT Implementation Subsidy (Regular Category A)

Established a business partnership with Raksul Inc. to strengthen collaboration between TV commercials and digital marketing initiatives

Launched the new graduate recruitment support business "Mission Culture Recruiting"

Release of the BI configuration service "SO Kashika" that integrates and visualizes marketing and management data for small and venture companies

Sourldout Group relocated to an office that aligns with the new way of working based on full remote work and full flex time

Changed the company motto from "Prioritize Duty Over Profit" to "Mutual Prosperity for All"

Released the LINE promotion campaign planning and operation support service "SO Kikakuka"

First selected as a Best Company in the mid-sized category (100–999 employees) of the 2021 "Companies with a Great Work Environment" ranking

Opened the official website for the personalized one-mile software brand "imness"

Mr. Watanabe Chiga appointed as an outside director

Ms. Hamabe Makiko appointed as an outside director

Mr. Okabe Yuki appointed as a statutory auditor

Opened the Okinawa branch office

Invested in the limited liability partnership "Sōhatsu no Kan" No.1 investment project aimed at supporting startup companies

Started providing the ReachLine tool for delivering LINE notification messages

Obtained Google Cloud™ Build partner certification

Collaborated with Priv Tech Inc. to support marketing activities that balance privacy protection and data utilization

Established the "Platform Strategy Promotion Headquarters" to strengthen various corporate services such as Yahoo! Ads, LINE Ads, and LINE Official Accounts

Changed the company name from "Grow Gear Inc." to "And Digital Inc." and commenced operations

Signed an agreement with Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture, on the "Regional Revitalization Entrepreneur System"

Certified "Sapphire" in Criteo Partner Status

Established "EC Consultation Office" to solve challenges of local and SME e-commerce businesses

Partnered with "Shirofune", an advertising automation tool, to improve advertising operations efficiency

Started providing "DATA CONTROL", a data integration solution for the cookie‑free era

Invested in the first whale fund "Digital x Capital" to support SME growth

Opened the Kagawa branch office

Signed two agreements with Unnan City, Shimane Prefecture: "Corporate Challenge System" and "Regional Revitalization Entrepreneur System"

Fully launched "Local Business Satellite", connecting local SMEs and IT vendors/service providers both in person and online

Double‑acquired the gold group certification marks for "YMAA" and "KTAA", certification marks for businesses complying with the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act, Medical Care Act, Prize Indication Act, and Specified Commercial Transactions Act

Recognized as the company that created the most designs using Canva in Japan

Invested in social startup Hera Labo, which aims to transform and expand the welfare sector, through the "Creative Origin Fund"

Released DX e‑learning service "Jissen! DX"

Opened the Chiba branch office

Established the "Diversity & Inclusion Promotion Office"

Launched the "Local Business Owner Hiring" program, a temporary employment system for those aspiring to start businesses in local areas

Joined And Digital as a DX solution partner to build an innovation platform for regional companies

Supported the "Tourist Facility Multilingual Information Posting (Google Business Profile Support)" project in Yamanashi Prefecture with SO Technologies, in collaboration with Signex Corporation

Joined the Hakuhodo DY Group; the parent company and major shareholder changed to Hakuhodo DY Holdings

Former CEO of Media Engine, Togo Murotani, stepped down and succeeded by Shuichi Sugio

The third "Canva Japan Certified Instructor" in Korea was born from Soul Out

Launch of advertising operations for the visual exploration tool "Pinterest" that discovers ideas

Certification under the "EC Utilization Support Partner System" established by the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency

Appointment of Mr. Nii Nori as director

Certification of two domestic partner companies in the newly established "note pro Sales Partner System" by note

Private fashion brand "RTC (R T C)" begins sales on its official EC site

Participation in the "Local Revitalization Telework Promotion Action Declaration" promoted by the Cabinet Office and the Cabinet Secretariat

SO Technologies certified as an "EC Utilization Support Partner" by the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency

Private fashion brand "RTC (R T C)" begins sales on its official EC site

Souleout Group receives the "Bronze" award in the "PRIDE Indicator 2022" for LGBTQ+ initiatives