VALUENEX Japan, Inc. and IP Bridge, Inc. will officially start discussing a collaboration with the aim of combining VALUENEX’s big data analytics technologies and IP Bridge’s world-class IP consulting services to provide clients with unique technologies and world-class IP consulting services together.

VALUENEX Japan, Inc. (“VALUENEX”) has expertise and proprietary big data analytics technologies & methodologies, providing services to a global client base by offering unique insight through text mining and data visualization.

IP Bridge, Inc. (“IP Bridge”) is a leader of intellectual property-related transactions and is Japan's first and largest IP fund. By leveraging high quality IP assets owned by major companies, IP Bridge provides licensing services to a broad range industries, facilitates improvement of corporate values based on IP, and promotes technological innovation by forming business alliances around the globe.

The collaboration of VALUENEX and IP Bridge will merge top-class services to advance the exploration of business alliances and cross-industry cooperation, taking a data-based approach to strategic usage and monetization of intellectual property. This will bolster the growth of companies, expand their innovation in Japan, and strengthen their international competitiveness.

• VALUENEX is closely examining the impact of this matter on its business performance and will announce any details as soon as they arise.