2009

Tokyo's biggest tech party ever -Tech Holiday Party '09

A chance for members of different tech communities to mix, mingle, and celebrate the end of the year. This will be the first ever "Beers for Bytes", an offshoot of the acclaimed "Beers for Books" charity event. The money will be donated to Room to Read's wireless computer lab projects in Nepal and Vietnam, as well as other developing nations. For more information please see, http://ow.ly/G8vR. When: Thursday, December 17th, 2009 Time: 7pm-10pm Where: Fifty Seven B1F 4-2-35 Roppongi, Minato-ku,...

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December 4, 2009 | News

Zenlok announces a new cloud-based free e-mail security service

Tokyo, December 2, 2009 - Zenlok announces a new cloud-based free e-mail security service. No installation is needed for this simple solution that allows you to encrypt and archive e-mails as well as guard against sending important e-mails to the wrong recipient. Introducing Zenlok's all-in-one solution, Zenlok Compliance Plus™...

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December 2, 2009 | News

WIXI's new domain auction service

Tokyo, November 11, 2009 - WIXI KK's new domain auction service is featured in DomainsNews.net. http://www.domainsnews.net/domains-news/wixijp.html...

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November 11, 2009 | News

maneo celebrates 1st anniversary of social lending in Japan

maneo Inc. celebrates its first anniversary since the launch of Japan's first online social lending service. maneo operates Japan’s leading social lending marketplace for people to borrow and lend money through an auction system. More than thirty similar social lending services exist overseas today. Social lending is becoming an increasingly attractive financing alternative compared to more traditional sources of capital like banks and consumer finance companies. To date, maneo has more than 11,000 registered users and has completed more than...

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October 15, 2009 | News

Office Relocation Announcement

J-Seed Ventures, Inc. will be moving to the following address as of October 2, 2009: New Address: SC Building Akasaka 5F 5-4-17 Akasaka Minato-ku, Tokyo 〒107-0052 Map TEL: 03-3568-8880 FAX: 03-6203-8466 Access: 1 minute walk from Akasaka Station (Exit #7) on the Chiyoda Line...

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September 30, 2009 | News

7/11 NetTokyo 2009 - Summer Charity Networking Event

The NetTokyo 2009 Summer Charity Networking Event is coming up this Saturday, July 11th. If you haven't already signed up you can get 3 extra raffles tickets by registering and pre-paying between July 5th and 8th: http://www.nettokyo.jp/register.php 2009 marks the 5th year of NetTokyo - and this year it will be another amazing event with 500 people expected! What is NetTokyo? The biggest summer, Saturday afternoon, network-of-networks charity networking event for the Japanese and international community in Tokyo. The core...

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July 8, 2009 | News

May 21 - Former CEO of Solis Corporation will speak at Waseda Marketing Forum

On May 21, the founder and former CEO of Solis Corporation, Dashaun Nadeau will talk about "Domain2.0: The next generation internet domain business" at Waseda Marketing Forum. For more information, please visit here....

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May 14, 2009 | News

artsea has opened a new shop in Chigasaki

artsea has opened a new Mediterranean style accessory shop by the ocean in Chigasaki. They also have a gallery within the shop and schedule exhibitions regularly. Please stop by their beautiful shop, if you visit Chigasaki this summer. Their originally designed accessories are also available at Rakuten online shop. artsea is a group of talented accessory designers. For more information, please visit their website....

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May 8, 2009 | News

English OK Co., Ltd. acquires Kudos and FIRSTbenefit Brands

Tokyo, Japan - April 28, 2009 - English OK Co., Ltd. a service-English training and promotion business, announced today the acquisition of Kudos Y.K. assets and intellectual property from KK Izanami. The acquired assets and intellectual property include both the Kudos and FIRSTbenefits brands and programs, which have been providing membership benefits in Japan for the past 10 years to organizations such as the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan and British Chamber of Commerce in Japan. "The Kudos and...

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April 30, 2009 | News

J-Seed Presents - Networking event on May 19 (Tue.)

Please come & join us for our networking event at Sam & Dave on May 19 (Tue.) Feel free to bring your friends and colleagues and expand your network with a glass of Vodka Red Bull in your hand! ==================================== DATE: Tuesday, May 19, 2009, 7:00-10:00 p.m. VENUE: Sam and Dave, Hitosugi LIP B1, 4-3-6 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo TEL: 03-3585-0325 MAP: http://gmap.jp/shop-12337.html ADMISSION: 1,000 JPY @ the door **NOTE: We will restrict people who we feel are bothering our guests...

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April 20, 2009 | News

maneo Introduces Japan’s First Guaranteed Social Lending Service, “G-Loan” in Partnership with Orix Credit

Tokyo, Japan, April 9, 2009 – (JCN Newswire) – maneo Inc., the pioneer in social lending in Japan announced today the launch of “G-Loan,” an innovative guaranteed loan program in partnership with Orix Credit Corporation, a member of the ORIX group of integrated financial services companies (NYSE: IX; TSE: 8591). With G-Loan, lenders earn an attractive 1.5% interest with investments starting from as low as 10,000 yen. Lenders selecting G-Loans are able to minimize the risk of default by a...

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April 9, 2009 | News

Mr. Dave Mori from English OK! is featured in Nikkei evening edition

Mr. Dave Mori, a representative director of English OK! is featured in Nikkei news paper published on March 26 (Thurs.) In the article, he talks about the motivation behind the birth of English OK!...

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March 27, 2009 | News

maneo is featured on TV Tokyo

maneo is featured on TV Tokyo Based on the theme of the TV program that focused on "new forms of lending money", maneo is featured in the TV program. Please click here for reading more details. (Japanese only) **TV Tokyo is one of the major TV networks in Japan....

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March 25, 2009 | News

maneo is featured on Fuji TV

maneo is featured as the pioneer of social lending service in Japan on Fuji TV. Read the article with a video here. **Fuji TV is one of the major TV networks in Japan....

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February 17, 2009 | News

J-Seed Presents - Networking event on Feb. 18 (Wed.)

Please come & join us for our networking event at Sam & Dave on February 18 (Wed.) Feel free to bring your friends and colleagues and expand your network with a glass of Vodka Red Bull in your hand! ==================================== DATE: Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 7:00-10:00 p.m. VENUE: Sam and Dave, Hitosugi LIP B1, 4-3-6 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo TEL: 03-3585-0325 MAP: http://gmap.jp/shop-12337.html ADMISSION: 1,000 JPY @ the door **NOTE: We will restrict people who we feel are bothering our guests...

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January 13, 2009 | News