Our Company was started in February 1998 in the Shibuya ward of Tokyo under the name of NETAGE, INC. by Kiyoshi Nishikawa to provide incubation services designed specifically to support various Internet businesses （planning and cultivating new business operated over the Internet）. Also in November 1998 we began providing incubation services to our first client “Space Finder” （Spun off to become E-vent Inc. in November 1999） as our first business in the Internet realm. We summarize the various developments in our business below.
- January 2000
- Opto-In mail service called “Vmail” starts （Spun off to become ALTOVISION）
- May 2002
- Headquarters moved to Shinsencho in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo
- February 2002
- Headquarters moved to Maruyamacho in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo
- July 2002
- Online mental health care service called “MTOP” started （Spun off as Life Balance Management in June 2003）
- July 2002
- Online magazine sales service called “Fujisan Magazine Service” spun off to become Fuji Magazine Service Co., Ltd.
- March 2004
- Restructured our business to become a pure holding company and changed our company name to NETAGE GROUP, and NETAGE’s investment division was spun off into Knowledge Capital Partners Co., Ltd. Internet related business division was newly established within NETAGE INC.
- March 2004
- Knowledge Capital Partners turned into a 100% owned subsidiary through exchange of shares （Name changed to NETAGE Capital Partners）.
- December 2004
- Upstairs Inc. turned into a 100% owned subsidiary.
- February 2005
- Loopix Design Co., Ltd. turned into a 100% owned subsidiary （Became a corporation in January 2006）
- August 2005
- DATASECTION Inc. turned into a subsidiary.
- August 2005
- Press release distribution services “＠Press” transferred from E-Mercury Co., Ltd. （Currently called mixi, Inc.）.
- March 2006
- RSS Ads, Inc. turned into a subsidiary.
- March 2006
- Jobweb Inc. turned into a subsidiary.
- March 2006
- Links Co., Ltd. turned into a subsidiary.
- April 2006
- TileFile Inc. established as a subsidiary.
- August 2006
- Listed on the Mothers section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
- September 2006
- 上海網創投資諮詢有限公司 established as a subsidiary in Shanghai, China.
- September 2006
- TAGGY Inc. established as a subsidiary.
- October 2006
- Mirai Yosoo Co., Ltd. turned into a subsidiary.
- October 2006
- 韋伯庫魯信息技術有限公司 becomes an equity accounting method held affiliate.
- December 2006
- Multilingual Outsourcing Inc. turned into an equity accounting method held affiliate.
- January 2007
- Headquarters moved to Meguro Ward, Tokyo.
- March 2007
- Trend Access,Inc. established as a subsidiary.
- March 2007
- APTRESS Co., Ltd. established as a subsidiary.
- April 2007
- Links Corporation absorbed Loopix Design Inc. and adopted the new name of RINES Inc.
- April 2007
- 北京創元世紀投資諮詢有限公司 established as a consolidated subsidiary
- April 2007
- PayMart Inc. established as a consolidated subsidiary
（Excluded from consolidated subsidiaries in March 2008）
- April 2007
- market-x, Inc. becomes a consolidated subsidiary
（Excluded from consolidated subsidiaries in March 2008）
- April 2007
- NCPH Investment Limited Liability Partnership established
（Name changed to ngih Investment Limited Liability Partnership in February 2008）
- May 2007
- I&G Partners, Inc. becomes an equity accounting method held affiliate
（Excluded from equity accounting method held affiliates in March 2008）
- June 2007
- Life Balance Management Inc. turned into a consolidated subsidiary
（Excluded from consolidated subsidiaries in January 2008）
- June 2007
- 3Di, Inc. turned into a consolidated subsidiary
- July 2007
- Headquarters moved to Akasaka Ward, Tokyo
- July 2007
- July 2007 Changed our company name to ngi group, inc.
- July 2007
- NETAGE Inc. divided into consolidated subsidiaries of ngi media, inc., ngi mobile, inc., and ngi technologies, inc.
- July 2007
- Fractalist, inc. becomes an equity accounting method held affiliate
- July 2007
- ngi knowledge, inc. established as a consolidated subsidiary
（Name changed to NETAGE Inc. in March 2008）
- July 2007
- Strategic Investment Partners Co., Ltd. becomes an equity accounting method affiliate
（Excluded from equity accounting method affiliate in March 2008）
- October 2007
- Jiku Lab Incorporated becomes a consolidated subsidiary
- October 2007
- Fujisan Magazine Service Co., Ltd. turned into a consolidated subsidiary from an equity accounting method held affiliate
- December 2007
- Fractalist, inc. absorbs ngi mobile, inc.
- December 2007
- TAGGY, Inc. turned into an equity accounting method held affiliate from a consolidated subsidiary
- December 2007
- ATPRESS Co., Ltd. becomes a fully owned consolidated subsidiary
- February 2008
- DIO JAPAN becomes an equity accounting method held affiliate
- March 2008
- ngi capital, inc. absorbs NETAGE Inc., ngi technologies, inc. and ngi media, inc.
- April 2008
- ngi capital, inc. absorbs RINES Inc.
- May 2008
- ngi group, inc. absorbs ngi capital, inc.