DI’s Works Vol.6

Senior Executive Officer Masahito Ishikawa x Executive Officer Taiji Yoshida - Unraveling DI’s Industry Productions: The Current State and Future Perspectives of Social Impact Bonds (SIB) in Resolving Social Issues.

At DI, we're dedicated to actualizing our mission of "Creating Businesses That Change Society" by engaging in industrial production to develop new businesses. In doing so, we have been advancing our first project utilizing the mechanism of Social Impact Bonds (SIB), a new approach for resolving social issues faced by national and local governments, which harnesses the expertise and funding of private enterprises, to achieve results through outcome-based implementation. We spoke with Masahito Ishikawa, who has been driving the first project, and Taiji Yoshida, who is currently striving to establish SIB schemes with seven municipalities nationwide in Japan, to learn about the current state and prospects of SIB.

Dream Incubator Inc. (DI) is a business production company that offers consulting services for major corporations on a wide range of growth strategies and supports the establishment of new businesses. Drawing on our expertise in business and venture capital investments, we offer support for client business investments and provide M&A assistance as part of our services. In this context, perspectives were shared by Mr. Masami Hamada, responsible for M&A execution support, and Mr. Katsuhiko Handa, who previously oversaw incubation investments and currently provides support for business investments.

In recent years, there has been a noticeable trend towards enhancing school curricula with a focus on "career education." In line with this, third-year students at Oyugakuen Joshi Junior High School have been actively immersing themselves in activities centered around the theme of "occupation."

This endeavor culminated in the realization of a workplace visit, as the school's enthusiasm to offer students an insight into "business production" converged with DI's commitment to contribute to the future of children.

Makoto Miyauchi, who took on the role of Global Head of Dream Incubator Inc.’s (DI) Third Division in April 2023, leads a diverse organization. He defines the fusion of strategic consulting and incubation as "DI-ism" and promotes "glocalization" across various target countries, primarily in Asia. He is dedicated to business production activities that transcend boundaries in various aspects. In this interview, he will discuss the current state and prospects of the Third Division.

Interview with Executive Officer Mr. Kazuya Suzuki & Mr. Masaaki Tashiro

Unshackling Innovation: Pioneering a New Era in R&D with Virtuous Cycle.

Unveiling the Winning Strategy: CEO Credits DX/AI Technologies for M&A Research Institute's Impressive Growth (Part 2)

M&A Research Institute Inc. CEO, Shunsaku Sagami, Reveals the Key Qualities Every Entrepreneur Must Have (Part 1)

An interview with SHIFT CEO Masaru Tange

Part 2: The key to acquiring “Logical Thinking”

An interview with Mr. Kyohei Hosono, Director & COO at Dream Incubator Inc., has been published on the website of the Japan-America Student Conference (JASC), which is the first and oldest international student-run educational and cultural exchange program in Japan. Mr. Hosono was the Japanese Delegation Chair of JASC47. This interview revolves around his reflection on his JASC experience and his global career.

This article will provide the fundamentals of capitalization strategy and funding, including definitions of basic terms and recommended readings.

An interview article between 2 leaders of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) and Dream Incubator (DI) where they come together to discuss in depth the history of their collaborative relationship, focused thematic areas to be addressed in future initiatives, as well as potential social impact generated through a joint effort launched from 2022.

With a vision toward “building a smart zero-waste society,” SHIFT Inc. (“SHIFT”) provides software quality assurance and testing solutions to businesses across many fields. This interview with SHIFT President and CEO Masaru Tange reveals some key traits most entrepreneurs have in common and how high-growth businesses are created.

India is the greatest frontier when it comes to startup investing in the 21st century. An interview with Managing Director Munehiko Eto from Dream Incubator India, parent company of DI India Digital Investment Fund, offers a sneak peak at the current India market landscape attempting to decode the DNA of Japanese companies’ success.

Japan has over 33,000 companies that are 100-plus years old. Of those, over 1,300 businesses have been around for more than 300 years. 99.7% of the country’s businesses will, however, disappear into history even before celebrating their 20th anniversary. What is the secret of corporate longevity? The analysis by Kyohei Hosono, Director and COO of Dream Incubator Inc. (DI), may provide interesting observations into the subject.

The “Open Innovation Challenge TSUBASA 2021”, co-chaired by JICA and IDB Lab, has been successful beyond expectations “with a framework built to systematically source Japanese innovative social solutions,” said Toshitaka Takeuchi, Principal Advisor to IDB Lab’s CEO.

Social impact bonds (“SIBs”) are an innovative outcome-based financing scheme that governments across the globe use to mobilize private capital to tackle some of the most pressing social challenges. The report below aims to provide a brief overview of SIB based on our studies conducted over 2 years.

Following our North Star of “Creating Businesses and Changing Societies”, Dream Incubator Inc. (DI) has always strived to seek better ways of solving global social issues with corporate-startup, public-private collaboration and innovative financing schemes for nurturing socially impactful businesses.

Dream Incubator Inc. and Nippon Koei Co., Ltd. proudly join the Japan International Cooperation Agency ("JICA") as its consultants to work on data collection and fundamental research on matching demand of developing countries with private sector technologies for achieving carbon neutrality, a global mega-trend that is now emerging in developing economies.