The corporate mission of D-POPS GROUP Co., Ltd. (Shibuya, Tokyo; CEO: Kazuhiko Goto; referred to as “our group” from here on), is to multiply the number of growth companies (so-called “unicorn companies”) that will revolutionize society. In accordance with this, our group has made an investment in BLUEISH Inc. (Minato, Tokyo; CEO: Akira Tameto), which operates the industry-specific AI workflow “Omni Workspace”.
Background
Since 2017, our group has actively promoted the business strategies of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and corporate venture capital (CVC) with the intention of realizing a Venture Ecosystem. We have now grown into a conglomerate with 23 group companies and 27 investment companies (at the time of publishing), resulting in an expansion of our ability to support venture companies (i.e., startup companies).
BLUEISH operates under the vision of “realizing a society where companies grow through our value creation, and prosperity circulates among all people involved”, and the mission of “digitalizing all business processes to provide unique and irreplaceable value”. The company develops AI solutions centered on the AI workflow “Omni Workspace”. To avoid ending up with only PoC (Proof of Concept) projects, BLUEISH leverages standardized business manuals and know-how from major BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) companies to achieve high-quality AI implementation in a short period. The company optimizes and automates processes end-to-end, from core business operations to peripheral tasks, while maintaining a system for continuous updates even after production deployment. This approach is intended to create a unique, yet irreplaceable AI platform that goes beyond mere operational efficiency improvements to contribute to strengthening corporate competitiveness and creating new value.
Our group is actively investing in the AI field to realize a Venture Ecosystem with a diverse variety of industries. Based on this investment, we will proceed with stronger business collaboration to support BLUEISH’s further growth.
Comment from Akira Tameto, President and CEO of BLUEISH Inc.
Thank you very much for your investment in BLUEISH.
By receiving this investment, we intend to further accelerate our AI technology development and service expansion, dramatically speeding up the DX promotion of complex business processes that companies face. Additionally, through collaboration with D-POPS GROUP, we hope to create new synergies and work to deliver a future where more and more companies and people can “share the wealth”.
For future pitch events and other important occasions, I’m going to wear the unicorn T-shirt that I received from D-POPS GROUP and do my best to represent our Ecosystem!
Comment from Kazuhiro Goto, President and CEO of D-POPS GROUP Co., Ltd.
We are delighted to have invested in BLUEISH Inc., and to have another wonderful partner join the Venture Ecosystem we are promoting.
We believe that BLUEISH’s BPaaS (Business Process as a Service) business utilizing AI will become increasingly necessary and widespread in society. We are very excited about the prospect of AI utilization spreading even further throughout Japan by embodying AI transformation and achieving complete automation of business processes through “Omni Workspace”. Encountering BLUEISH, a company with such high technical capabilities, felt like a very important opportunity for realizing our Venture Ecosystem. We decided to invest because we wanted to support President Tameto, who is not only an excellent engineer but also has high communication skills and possesses lofty aspirations and a grand vision.
Our group’s vision of “realizing a Venture Ecosystem” aims to contribute to society by supporting the development of startup and venture companies through creating the stage, environment, and platform that will serve as the fertile ground on which those startups can flourish. Moving forward, we will grow together with BLUEISH Inc. under President Tameto’s leadership, and work to enhance BLUEISH’s corporate value.
Comment from Genta Sugihara, Advisor to D-POPS GROUP Co., Ltd.
Generative AI-related startups are emerging daily and evolving at such a breakneck pace (in effect, creating a “red ocean”) that coming in later can also be advantageous. In times like these, assessing and predicting growth areas and models thus becomes quite tricky.
When I met President Tameto of BLUEISH Inc., I was impressed by his inquisitive spirit, his manner of explaining things clearly and sincerely, and his thorough, customer-oriented attitude plainly shown through every word. Moreover, he has a unique background as both a top-level CTO and the highest-ranked Japanese player of a strategy game. Our most agreed-upon opinion was that generative AI is not an optimization tool created to make people obsolete, but rather a tool to empower people—a tool that allows human users to focus on the kind of work that only humans can do. Our group believes that BLUEISH, led by someone like him, has the potential to become an AI-related company that serves society, so we requested to be allowed to invest in them.
At D-POPS GROUP, we aim to realize a Venture Ecosystem where group synergies naturally emerge through investment activities themed around the intersection of “Real Business × People × Technology”. Together with BLUEISH, which has newly joined our Ecosystem, we want to work toward spreading AI transformation that empowers people.
Company Name: BLUEISH Inc.
Company President and CEO: Akira Tameto
Address: 5F VORT Motoazabu, 3-1-35 Motoazabu, Minato, Tokyo
Established: February 9, 2018
Company Website: https://www.blueish.co.jp/
Our company is a corporate group that operates under the mission of “producing numerous growth ventures (unicorn companies) that bring transformation to society”, developing businesses at the intersection of “Real × Technology × Group Synergy”. We are working to create an unprecedented growth platform for startups that can provide one-stop solutions not only to companies within our group, but also to companies outside the group.
Company Name: D-POPS GROUP Co., Ltd.
Company President and CEO: Kazuhiro Goto
Address: 32F Shibuya Hikarie Bldg., 2-21-1 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Incorporated: October 1, 2015 (Established: February 4, 1998)
Company Website: https://d-pops-group.co.jp/en/
