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Tokyo, Japan, April 21, 2008 – (JCN Newswire) – J-Seed Ventures Inc. announced the successful completion of the JPY 80 million round of financing by maneo Inc., the pioneer in social lending in Japan. The round was led by J-Seed Ventures and Yasuda Enterprise Development Co., Ltd. J-Seed Ventures also led the company’s first round of financing in April 2007.

maneo expects to be the first company to successfully introduce a social lending market in Japan. The company’s corporate website was launched in March 2008 and the company expects to launch its service this summer.

“We’re excited about launching Japan’s first social lending market,” said Tadatoshi Senoo, CEO and co-founder of maneo. “It's very simple. By cutting out the banks and consumer finance companies, borrowers get lower rates and lenders get higher ones. We are delighted to find in J-Seed Ventures and Yasuda Enterprise Development partners which share our passion for improving the personal financial lives of people all over Japan.”

“Social lending embraces the trends that are defining the current times and we expect it to provide an important alternative to traditional bank lending and consumer financing,” said C. Jeffrey Char, Representative Director of J-Seed Ventures. “We are excited about the company's ability to help people achieve their financials goals and improve their quality of life.”

About maneo Inc.
maneo Inc. plans to offer a user friendly and highly secure online community for people to borrow and lend money through an online auction system. maneo is about helping people lend and borrow money with each other, sidestepping the expense and inconvenience of traditional banks and consumer finance companies. People who want to borrow money register with maneo and create loan listings. Potential lenders register with maneo and bid on the loan listings they are interested in. maneo aggregates the bids with the lowest rates to fund the relevent loans and handles all of the administrative matters relating to the loans. For more information about maneo, visit http://www.maneo.jp/.

J-Seed Ventures Inc.
J-Seed is a Tokyo-based venture incubator and provider of management and technology consulting services. The Company maintains a close relationship with its various group companies and leverages its network to assist ventures to quickly attain profitability. The Company also assists foreign clients in establishing operations in Japan. For more information about J-Seed Ventures, visit http://www.j-seed.com.

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J-Seed Ventures Inc.
Tel: +81-3-3580-1256
e-mail: info@j-seed.com
URL: http://www.j-seed.com/

A new J-Seed partner company, maneo Inc. has launched their corporate website.

maneo Inc. has looked to launch an online marketplace for individual borrowers & lenders, relatively the first stand in Japan.
We are happy to announce that the new innovative business model of P2P finance has been prepared to be introduced by maneo Inc.

What is maneo Inc.?
maneo plans to offer a user friendly and highly secure online community for people to borrow and lend money with a win-win deal system.
maneo hopes people will learn and enjoy the whole new way of money lending system in Japan.

Tokyo, Japan, Sept 26, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Tokyo-based Mobikyo KK, publisher of the industry leading Wireless Watch Japan media site, and Infinita Inc., Japan's leading mobile market research firm, announced today the release of "Japan Mobile Internet Report - Carriers, Handsets, Content and Services," a 202-page market report providing the latest insight and in-depth details on how and why Japan's mobile Internet industry continues to matter to the rest of the world.

With 40% of the world's mobile data revenues, Japan is the most advanced mobile market, where three-quarters of the population use the mobile Web and 4 -in -5 users have already migrated to 3G devices. More than US$1 billion in revenues are generated from mobile content and mobile commerce alone, spanning games, entertainment, shopping, music and social networking; to these, add also the massive revenues from data access and mobile advertising.

Infinita and Mobikyo, two of Tokyo's leading sources of mobile market expertise, have partnered to produce an in-depth, analytical research report explaining the regulatory, technology and business factors that have made - and continue to make - Japan's mobile Internet the world's best. The "Japan Mobile Internet Report" (JMIR) explains in stunning detail why Japan's ecosystem achieves mobile revenues far better than anywhere else and highlights how market players everywhere can capture their share of local profits.

The huge popularity of Japan's mobile Internet ecosystem have been widely reported, but the reasons behind the success and how these lessons apply to mobile markets everywhere are little understood outside of Japan. The report includes a comprehensive catalog of handsets and features, together with how and why device technologies are shaping usage and revenues. JMIR also includes insightful analysis on carrier strategy, tactics and mobile platforms, as well as a review of competitive advantages in the 3.5G era.

Readers of JMIR will learn which lessons from Japan can be applied to create success in other markets, and which are unique to Japan. Readers also receive a condensed analytical review on Japan's mobile evolution, as well as detailed information on the hottest current developments that are bound to hit other markets in 2007-2009.

Report topics include:

Carrier Strategy and Ecosystem Approach
- How carriers, content providers and handset manufacturers work together to create compelling service offerings

Device Features
- How specific technologies on the handset have contributed to device differentiation, usage, sales and revenues

Mobile Search
- How search is transforming the mobile industry and breaking down the walls of the operator's walled gardens and how this affects the entire mobile value chain, and what new alliances are emerging as a result

Mobile Music
- How flat-rate pricing for full-track music downloads and cross-platform (PC/mobile) music stores are changing the game, and how mobile music consumption compares to other digital music distribution channels

Mobile Social Networking (SNS) and User-Generated Content
- Key insights into why services still in their nascent stages elsewhere are fast becoming mainstream in Japan - learn how service providers and carriers tie in mobile gaming, avatars, news and more with mobile social media

Mobile Payment and NFC Applications
- Why operators are pursing non-traffic business opportunities in wireless payments, and how Japanese consumers are using their phones as digital cash, credit cards, train tickets and keys

Mobile TV
- Why reception of mobile TV broadcasts is free in Japan, and how operators, broadcasters and marketers are working together to create new advertising formats

Location-Based Services
- Why location is a feature, not a service - and how mobile applications make use of location information in anything from navigation to security and entertainment

Mobile Advertising
- How it became a US$300 million market, expected to triple in the next three years - and how mobile advertising is shifting from traditional to search-based advertising and affiliate models

Fixed Mobile Convergence
- How content providers deliver a seamless user experience across the PC and the mobile, and how carriers integrate their service offerings across both channels

Who should buy this report:

-- Mobile operators seeking benchmark data on the world's most innovative mobile ecosystem

-- Marketers trying to understand where mobile advertising is headed and how brands should interact with their customers via the small screen

-- Mobile content and application providers looking for cutting-edge service ideas

-- Entrepreneurs who need to validate their local market ideas and insights

-- Analysts, academics, government policymakers

-- Media seeking background analysis on Japan's mobile ecosystem

"Japan Mobile Internet Report - Carriers, Handsets, Content and Services"

A free 50-page .pdf preview is available online via:
http://www.wirelesswatch.jp/reports
http://www.infinita.co.jp/research

Authors:
Christopher Billich, Infinita Inc.
Daniel Scuka & Lawrence Cosh-Ishii,
Mobikyo K.K./Wireless Watch Japan

Published:
5 September, 2007
202 pages including multiple - Tables, Images and Figures

Price:
Single-copy (not for resale, PDF format): US$2,000
Company-wide license (not for resale, PDF format): US$5,000

About Infinita Inc.

Tokyo-based Infinita ( http://www.infinita.co.jp ) was founded in 2005. Originally specializing in technical development and production of mobile websites and applications for the domestic market, the company has since expanded its services to deliver market intelligence and research, providing in-depth analysis from one of the world's hotbeds of technological innovation to a wide range of international clients. Companies relying on Infinita's services include Softbank Mobile, Deutsche Telekom and Itochu Electronics. In addition to the research partnership with Mobikyo K.K., Infinita is a strategic partner of the Mobile Consumer Behavior Lab at the International University of Japan in Niigata.

About Mobikyo K.K.

Based in Tokyo's central Shinjuku Ward, Mobikyo's core business is the production and dissemination of media content, market intelligence and business information aimed at those seeking to establish, expand or strengthen their partnerships and commercial relations with Japan's wireless and IT industries. The company offers a range of information and business promotion services, including Mobile Monday Tokyo community events, the Mobile Intelligence Japan guided mission, research, consulting and referral network and the Wireless Watch Japan media site. For more information, access www.mobikyo.jp

Contact:

Lawrence Cosh-Ishii,
Representative Director,
Mobikyo KK
T: +81-3-5363-9454
F: +81-3-5363-9453
M: info [at] mobikyo.jp
W: http://www.mobikyo.jp

J-Seed Ventures, Inc. announced the relocation of our new headquarters to the following address;

New Address: Kasumigaseki 3-chome Bldg., 2F, 3-6-5 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0013　MAP
TEL: 03-3580-1256
FAX: 03-6203-8466

Effective from September 18th, 2007

Access:
Chiyoda Line Kasumigaseki Station 4 minutes
Chiyoda Line Kokkai-Gijido Mae Station 3 minutes
Ginza Line & Nanboku Line Tameike-Sanno Station 3 minutes
Ginza Line Toranomon Station 5 minutes

On July 3, 2007, Seer Insight Security announces business tie up with LANDesk Software KK for developing and selling of new generation of client system management.

Please click the following link for details.
(http://www.seer.jp/news/pdf/SEERNR066(LDCM).pdf
only in Japanese).