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Corporate History

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.