Concluded a strategic business alliance with Pegasus Tech Ventures in the U.S. to strengthen cooperation with leading startups

artience Co., Ltd. (President and Representative Director Satoru Takashima, Chuo-ku, Tokyo) has entered into a strategic business alliance with Pegasus Tech Ventures (Founder and CEO Anis Uzzaman, California, USA, hereinafter referred to as Pegasus), a Silicon Valley-based company based in Silicon Valley, U.S., which develops venture investments around the world and supports the innovation of major companies.
Through this alliance, we will strengthen cooperation with leading startups with next-generation technologies in the United States, including Silicon Valley in the United States, as well as in Europe, Israel, and Asian countries, to promote the creation of new businesses globally and the innovation of existing businesses.

artience Co., Ltd. Incubation Center Director Hayato Takahashi commented:
In January 2023, we established a new in-house organization, the Incubation Center, to form a global community of players of various attributes and support activities to shape the future together with challengers who deliver excellent science and technology to society. Through this partnership, we will leverage Pegasus' global startup network to gradually advance business alliances with the world's most advanced startups in our focus fields such as chemicals, materials, semiconductors, environment, energy, and displays."

Pegasus CEO Anis Uzzaman commented:
"We have connected our partners with major operating companies with innovative startups around the world, helping many companies grow and create innovation. In order to further innovate and create new businesses in artience 's business, we will make the most of our global network and extensive experience in supporting startups, and actively support cooperation with the world's most advanced startups. We sincerely hope that this partnership will be an important step in accelerating open innovation in artience."

About Pegasus Tech Ventures

Pegasus Tech Ventures is a global venture capital firm headquartered in Silicon Valley, USA, that receives LP funding from more than 40 major companies around the world. As the largest corporate venture capital (CVC) agency management, we support the innovation of large companies and drive growth on a global scale. So far, in addition to world-leading companies such as SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic, Twitter (now X), Airbnb, SoFi, DoorDash, Coinbase, etc., in Japan, Money Forward, Metaps, Mujin, SkyDrive, Terra Motors, Airtri, Monster Labs, etc. We have accumulated a track record of investing in many promising startups. To date, it has invested in more than 280 venture companies around the world, with total assets under management reaching approximately 300 billion yen.
In addition, Pegasus hosts the Startup World Cup (https://www.startupworldcup.io/), one of the world's largest networking and pitch competitions, with qualifiers held in more than 100 countries and regions around the world to promote innovation on a global scale.
For more information, please visit the official website (https://ja.pegasustechventures.com/).