Aiming to contribute to our society, ELEPHANT DESIGN HOLDINGS supports and invests in businesses that create value through discovering and aggregating dispersed resources that remain underutilized.
Economies of agglomeration is a theory to explain the phenomenon by which significant value is built in a short period of time when previously dispersed resources are aggregated. We aim to create businesses with rapid growth potential by deploying the same theoretical approach to online platforms.
Since 1997, we have been consistent with our mission to effectively utilize dispersed online resources.
In 1998, we introduced our first commercially successful case using crowdsourcing and crowdfunding technologies.
Today, as a holding company, we incubate and support businesses in line with our mission.
Platform business that plans, develops and operates open online platforms by gathering wishes of users.
Spun-off from ELEPHANT DESIGN HOLDINGS in 2011.
Production business that connects professionals online with a focus on user experience design.
Spun-off from CUUSOO SYSTEM in 2013.
In accordance with our mission of contributing to society by aggregating dispersed resources, EDH invests and supports companies globally.
By viewing businesses through the lens of a long-term shareholder and taking income gain investment into consideration, we will continue to enhance our business portfolio.
Crowdsourcing in the area of logistics：Provides delivery service that aggregates underutilized capacity of logistic infrastructure in Australia and the U.S.（took part in its founding in 2014）
Crowdsourcing in the area of data science：Provides global crowdsourced translation service that aggregates online multilinguals. (Exited through divestment in 2019)
Resource aggregation of distributed energy：Invests in Asia's distributed energy and partners with ventures on management, technology and funding.
Aggregation of distributed financial opportunities：Provides BNPL technology to EC sites to help realize untapped market caused by cart abandonments.
Crowdsourcing of digital creators and talents：Safely connects users to IP providers such as artists and game creators through IP and billing secured platform. (Invested from start up in 2014）
Aggregation of local farm land productivity：Improves domestic food supply by changing the ties of consumers and small-scale grass-fed farmers across the country.
