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We are pleased to announce that the Mitsui & Co. Principal Investment Fund, managed by Mitsui & Co. Principal Investments Ltd. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Nobuyuki Goto; hereinafter "MCPI"), an investment subsidiary of Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Tatsuo Yasunaga; hereinafter "Mitsui & Co."), has reached an agreement on capital participation in Landscape Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and Chairman: Nami Fukutomi; hereinafter "Landscape") and has completed the transaction related to said capital participation.
Landscape is a corporate group that maintains one of Japan's largest databases and provides services that support sales efficiency and growth for client companies through said database. Its business establishment database, "LBC," contains 8.2 million corporate records, covering 99.7% of domestic business locations, and is characterized by its ability to maintain group information regarding capital relationships and headquarters-branch relationships for each company. Furthermore, "uSonar," provided by the company, is a customer data integration tool equipped with LBC. By utilizing the expansion option "Meishi Sonar," a business card management application, it is possible to associate individual contact names with the 8.2 million corporate records. The services provided by Landscape integrate customer information scattered within a company through coordination with the client's existing SFA and MA tools, and support B2B marketing by providing visualization of white space and priority sales targets.
MCPI will leverage the Mitsui & Co. Group's network, expertise in the IT industry, and management improvement skills to support Landscape's further growth, expansion, and strengthening of its management foundation through the enhancement of its sales capabilities. In addition to appointing a part-time director, MCPI plans to dispatch personnel to the field to support the enhancement of Landscape's corporate value.
Nami Fukutomi, the founder who built Landscape's business, will continue her involvement as Representative Director and Chairman and as a shareholder. Together, Nami Fukutomi, the officers and employees, and MCPI will work as one to accelerate future growth and aim for a future public listing of Landscape's shares.
MCPI was established in 2003 as the private equity investment arm of the Mitsui & Co. Group, which possesses a global network. Operating under the slogan of "Challenge and Innovation," MCPI conducts its investment business by leveraging three key strengths: 1) creating corporate value through the utilization of the Mitsui & Co. network, 2) providing management support through the dispatch of personnel to the field, and 3) employing a flexible investment style. MCPI provides investments accompanied by management improvement support to companies both in Japan and overseas.
