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confidential March 2016

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confidential

March 2016

Vision confidential

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Ø To contribute in improving the competitiveness of entire Japanese industry through accelerating open innovation of the virtual reality (VR) in Japan

Ø To develop a business foundation and a better environment for the Japanese VR startup to compete in the global market by investing (seed funding), proving industry information, creating communities for developers

What we need in the Japanese VR confidential

Ø  Encouraging the development of unique VR products and contents by establishing an environment where the developers can freely pursue the possibility of VR

Ø  Accelerating the development speed through our TVS incubation center where the newest VR information gathers

We hope to establish an open innovation ecosystem of VR which can facilitate the development of the entire Japanese VR industry

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Details of the program confidential

1. 6 month-program

The participants will develop VR products and services for six months. (January to June 2016)

2. Development and business support

TVS will support the participants to accelerate their development.

3. Mentorship from experts

The participants can get advice from experts from Japan and abroad.

4. Demo Day

Demo Day will be held in March and June 2016. The participants can demonstrate their products and services in front of VC, investors, and industrial companies.

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Mentors confidential

Naoki Aoyagi, Board member and Senior VP at GREE

Takahiko Akiyama, CEO of 4D BRAIN

Eiji Araki, Board Member and VP, Social Games at GREE

Yoshiharu Gotanda, CEO of tri-Ace

Shun Sasaki, CEO of historia Inc

Akihito Shoji, CEO of Delight Works

Tipatat Chennavasin, General Partner at The Venture Reality Fund

Kazuyuki Hashimoto, Senior Director, Entertainment Technology at NVIDIA

Shigeo Maruyama, Founder of Epic/Sony Records, former Chairman of Sony Computer Entertainment and former CEO of Sony Music Entertainment.  

Makoto Yamaguchi, Head of contents business at Fuji Television

Yoichi Wada, Former CEO of Square Enix

Ø Mentors are global leaders and executives from gaming and entertainment industry

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Portfolio companies

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Portfolio (1) confidential

•  Established in December 2015

•  Prize-winning products such as horseback riding simulator “Hashilus” and “Urban Coaster HARDMODE”

•  Has the leading technology in simulator VR and has been operating inside the domestic amusement parks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=435vQUFw6NE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4L8jzDRKTI

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•  Established in December 2015

•  Their product “Insta VR” enables VR contents to create mobile/desktop VR apps in minutes and publish to all VR platforms

•  With increasing number of VR platforms, “Insta VR” publish to every VR platform with just one click

•  Already exceeding 600,000 downloads internaionally

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SE01n2En5Y

Portfolio (2) confidential

•  Established in April 2013

•  Creating escape VR game

•  Mr.Shin, CEO of Yomune, is the founding member of the CEDEC, the largest conference for gaming developers. He is also the leader in the VR industry organizing the largest VR event “Ocufest”

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•  Established in January 2016

•  Creating physics based calculation puzzle

•  Mr. Takahashi, CEO of Oukaichimon, former developer at Koei Tecmo Games with many track records for 3D action games. He is also an organizer of the “Ocufest”

Oukaichimon

Portfolio (3) confidential

•  Established in January 2016

•  Mr. Murashita is currently enrolled at the University of Tokyo and is a student entrepreneur with intern experience at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

•  They are developing a lightweight drone with a camera that is less than 200g which does not interference with the Japanese Civil Aeronautics Act. The current project is a mixture of VR, AR and drone.

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