• Company Name

    Uzabase, Inc.
  • Location

    Headquarters
    Branch office
    Overseas
  • Representatives

    Yusuke Inagaki, Taira Sakuma
  • Established

    1 April 2008
  • Capital

    100 million yen (as of December 31, 2023)
  • Employees

    1056 (as of December 31, 2023)
  • Main Business Activities

    Provide business information infrastructure to support decision-making in corporate activities

  • Representative Director and Co-CEO/CTO
    Yusuke Inagaki
  • Representative Director and Co-CEO
    Taira Sakuma
  • External Director,
    Member of Audit &
    Supervisory Committee
    Shintaro Asako
  • External Director,
    Member of Audit &
    Supervisory Committee
    Jumpei Ogura
  • External Director,
    Member of Audit &
    Supervisory Committee
    Naoki Hozoji
  • External Director
    Wanlin Liu
  • External Director
    Yasutaka Fukuda
  • Part-Time Director
    Kazuhiro Yamada

2008

Apr.
Founded Uzabase, Inc.

2009

May.
Released “SPEEDA”

2013

Jan.
“SPEEDA” expands into Asia (Singapore, Shanghai, Hong Kong)
Oct.
Released “NewsPicks”

2015

Oct.
Established NewsPicks, Inc.

2016

Jan.
“SPEEDA” Research Center Opens in Sri Lanka
Oct.
Listed on the Mothers section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange

2017

Jan.
Japan Venture Research Inc. (now INITIAL business) becomes a subsidiary
May.
“FORCAS” is released

2018

Feb.
Establishes UB Ventures, Inc.

2019

Mar.
“SPEEDA China” is released
Nov.
Acquired AlphaDrive, Inc. as a subsidiary

2020

Mar.
Capital and business alliance with Enquire
Apr.
Acquired Mimir, Inc. as a subsidiary
Oct.
Launched “FORCAS Sales”
Withdrew from “Quartz” business

2021

Jan.
Launched “SPEEDA Edge”
Apr.
Absorption-type merger with FORCAS, Inc. and INITIAL, Inc.
Oct.
Establishes UB Datatech Inc.

2022

Dec.
TOB by the Carlyle Group is completed

2023

Feb.
Delisted from the Growth section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange due to the TOB
Jul.
Absorption-type merger with NewsPicks, Inc.

In July 2022, we moved our headquarters office to a new location in Marunouchi.
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