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OUR BUSINESS

Platform Business

Gotcha!mall is a platform that connects consumers with stores and brands.

We will use the power of technology to match consumers with major retailers and brands, including convenience stores, GMS, supermarkets, drugstores, and fast food outlets, on their smartphones to create an enjoyable and affordable shopping experience.

Gotcha!SHELF a new service that generates personal shelves on smartphones based on users preferences and concerns, is being developed on Gotcha!mall.

Gotcha!mall will expand its reach not only domestically but also internationally, especially in Asia.

※ "Gotcha!mall" and "Gotcha!SHELF" are registered trademarks.
※ "Gotcha!mall" is a patented business model.
※ "Gotcha!SHELF" has a business model patent pending.
※ "Gotcha!SHELF" is currently operating as a beta version.

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AI Solution Business and AI Algorithm Licensing Business

We are engaged in a cycle of AI R&D and social implementation, and are developing a solutions business that utilizes AI to solve a variety of issues, and an algorithm licensing business that applies AI algorithms developed for Gotcha!mall to solve marketing issues.

As part of this effort, Our company and Hokkaido University have formed an equal partnership, combining their respective creative research and commercialization technologies to conduct artificial intelligence research and development with a focus on marketing applications.

Inquiries about Gotcha!mall and AI-related business

TOP MESSAGE

Drawing a grand design for a sustainable future with technology

The world is filled with various challenges. With the complexity of social issues, the power of technology is becoming increasingly essential for solving these problems, and in an information society, it is important to make the most of digital technology.

In particular, AI (artificial intelligence) continues to evolve as an important intelligence field technology that has a significant impact on all industries and lifestyles, and it is a technology that we focus on in research and development.

Our mission is to “draw a grand design for a sustainable future with technology” and create a rich and warm future.

CEO Kazuya Ogawa

KAZUYA OGAWA PROFILE

Profile of Kazuya Ogawa

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He graduated from the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law, Keio University, and is currently enrolled in the doctoral program at the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University. As an entrepreneur, he is creating grand designs for solving social issues through technology, while as a futurist, he is proposing the future with an interdisciplinary approach based on technology.

In 2017, he received the DMA International Echo Award (now the ANA International Echo Award), the world's premier marketing award.
Hokkaido University, Organization for Promotion of Industry-Academia-Regional Collaboration, Research Division of Artificial Intelligence for Marketing Research on artificial intelligence as a visiting professor. Specializes in social system design using artificial intelligence. He has many patents related to artificial intelligence. Member of Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence (Regular Member)
He is also active as a futurist, appearing in various public discourse activities and in Sawai Pharmaceutical's TV and radio commercial "Mirai Labo", advocating the future of medicine.
His book "Does Digital Technology Take Away Human Beings? (Seisen Gendai Bunbun B, Newly Revised Edition), and a Japanese language textbook for high school students, "New Edition of It has been used in many teaching materials and entrance exam questions, including a high school Japanese textbook, "New Edition of Logical Japanese" (Daishukan Shoten), and has become a leading book on the future of technology education. In his recent book, "Two Scenarios of Human Extinction" (Asahi Shinsho), he discusses how to avoid the end roll of human history caused by two scientific technologies, AI and genome editing. He is the author of numerous other technology-related publications.

Kazuya Ogawa Official Site

COMPANY PROFILE

About Us

Company name: Grand Design Co.,Ltd.

Location: GRANDDESIGN PARK Bldg. 1-5-7 Nishi-Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0031, Japan

Bangkok Office(Thailand): 30Fl, G Tower, 9 Rama IX Rd, Khwaeng Huai Khwang, Huai Khwang, Bangkok 10310

  • CEOKazuya Ogawa
  • DirectorShunpei Fujiwara
  • DirectorKatsunari Kobayashi
  • Outside DirectorHitoshi Matsubara
  • Corporate AuditorKazutoshi Masuda
  • Corporate AuditorShigeomi Narita
  • Corporate AuditorAtsuhiko Suwahara

Core business
Inovation business by technology

  • Development and operation of "Gotcha!mall", a platform connecting consumers with stores and brands
  • Development and operation of "AI Solution Business" and "AI Algorithm Licensing Business

Main banks
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation / Mizuho Bank, Ltd.

Founded
2014/11/18

Share capital
¥1,389,080,000 (Including capital surplus)

Privacy mark
No.10823424(07)

Authorization number of Secondhand Articles Dealer Act
Tokyo Public Safety Commission No.303311505660

Executive members

CEO : Kazuya Ogawa
He graduated from the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law, Keio University, and is currently enrolled in the doctoral program at the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University. As an entrepreneur, he is creating grand designs for solving social issues through technology, while as a futurist, he is proposing the future with an interdisciplinary approach based on technology.
In 2017, he received the DMA International Echo Award (now the ANA International Echo Award), the world's premier marketing award.
Hokkaido University, Organization for Promotion of Industry-Academia-Regional Collaboration, Research Division of Artificial Intelligence for Marketing Research on artificial intelligence as a visiting professor. Specializes in social system design using artificial intelligence. He has many patents related to artificial intelligence. Member of Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence (Regular Member)
He is also active as a futurist, appearing in various public discourse activities and in Sawai Pharmaceutical's TV and radio commercial "Mirai Labo", advocating the future of medicine.
His book "Does Digital Technology Take Away Human Beings? (Seisen Gendai Bunbun B, Newly Revised Edition), and a Japanese language textbook for high school students, "New Edition of It has been used in many teaching materials and entrance exam questions, including a high school Japanese textbook, "New Edition of Logical Japanese" (Daishukan Shoten), and has become a leading book on the future of technology education. In his recent book, "Two Scenarios of Human Extinction" (Asahi Shinsho), he discusses how to avoid the end roll of human history caused by two scientific technologies, AI and genome editing. He is the author of numerous other technology-related publications.
Kazuya Ogawa Official Site
Director : Shunpei Fujiwara
College of Business Administration, Ritsumeikan University After graduating from the Department of Business Administration, he was engaged in large-scale system development of next-generation mobile communication infrastructure for domestic and overseas markets, and has extensive experience in planning/development, consulting, and project management of new services in multiple fields, including major retailers, manufacturers, restaurant chains, entertainment, and financial institutions based on digital marketing. He has also gained experience in planning/development, consulting, and project management of new services in several fields, including major retailers, manufacturers, restaurant chains, entertainment, and financial institutions. Currently in charge of Corporate Planning. He is mainly responsible for company-wide budgeting, budget control, alliance building with strategic partners, new business development and management, and other business expansion activities. management and general corporate management, including budgeting, budget control, alliance building with strategic partners, and new business development and operation. management, including company-wide budgeting and control, alliance building with strategic partners, new business development and operation, etc.
Director : Katsunari Kobayashi
After working at transcosmos inc. as a CRM business planner, sales manager of a financial institution, participating in the global EC division, and being in charge of the PJ of the absorption merger with Japan Direct Sales, a general mail-order company, he was in charge of the Japan Direct Sales business. Since becoming independent, he has acted as an M&A intermediary for venture companies and assisted in the management and operations of several startup companies. He mainly provided business support to INFORICH Corporation (CHARGE (CHARGE SPOT), and as a director of Automagi Corporation, supported the launch and expansion of its carrier SI and AI businesses.
Currently, as Deputy Head of Sales and Account Executive at transcosmos inc., he is in charge of wide-area distribution as well as the sales division of digital promotion. He contributes to the account strategy, user growth strategy, and business expansion of "Gotcha! mall" based on his wide range of sales knowledge.
Outside Director : Hitoshi Matsubara
After graduating from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Science, Department of Information Science and Technology, and completing a doctorate at the University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Engineering (Department of Information Engineering), he has been involved in artificial intelligence research since the 1980s. After completing a doctoral course in information engineering at the Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo, he became involved in artificial intelligence research in the 1980s, and after serving as a research officer at the Electronics Research Institute of the Agency of Industrial Science and Technology (currently the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology) of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, he became a professor at Future University Hakodate in 2000 when it opened and vice president of the university in 2004. He served as director of the Future AI Research Center at the university, president of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence and a professor at the University of Tokyo's Research Center for Next-Generation Intelligent Science (2020-2024). He is currently leading artificial intelligence research as a fellow of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, a specially-appointed professor at Future University Hakodate and a professor at the Kyoto Tachibana University's Department of Information Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering. mall, a shopping matching platform that connects consumers and products.
Mall," a shopping matching platform that connects consumers with products, and contribute to the acceleration of its growth as a platform that serves as a hub for consumers, retailers, and manufacturers by strengthening research and development of algorithms that utilize a vast amount of data from actual stores directly connected to its proprietary data.
Operating Officer : Daisuke Murao
Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Musashi Institute of Technology After graduating from the Department of Information Media, joined Toppan Printing Co. He developed and implemented a media strategy for "Shufoo!", one of the largest media for sending customers to actual stores in Japan. After joining Grand Design, he has been consistently engaged in platform development to "connect consumers, stores, and brands. He specializes in integrated communication design to achieve sales expansion and branding by mutually circulating "digital contact points including owned and SNS" and "real contact points such as in-store, inserts, and TV". He serves as a strategic partner for retailers who are challenging transformation through digital shift, and pursues methods to increase the "total amount of excitement and thrill of shopping" through chemical reactions between "people (customers and staff)" and "technology," which are the assets of physical stores.
Operating Officer : Tomoaki Nagano
Seikei University After graduating from the Faculty of Economics, he joined Pioneer Corporation in 1992, where he was engaged in business and product planning for professional video and audio systems, and was involved in content planning and marketing in the early days of communication karaoke and digital signage. In 2005, after launching an in-house venture, he moved to the digital business company of TOMY Corporation, where he was responsible for numerous projects ranging from producing mobile contents for mobile carriers to planning, development, operation, and sales of entertainment contents for corporations utilizing character licenses. He has been in charge of numerous projects. Since the advent of smartphones, he has focused on the digital media business centered on application planning and alliances, managing all aspects of the business.
Since joining Grand Design in 2015, he has been working to expand the platform to continue to provide consumers with "information content that is both entertaining and convenient.
Operating Officer : Hajime Fukami
After graduating from the Faculty of Letters, Keio University, he joined Marui Corporation (currently Marui Group) in 1985. He worked in the company's administrative divisions, including accounting, finance, and internal auditing, and as a full-time employee of the Marui Labor Union (now the Marui Group Union).
He joined Grand Design in October 2021. He is currently promoting the development of an effective and efficient internal
Corporate Auditor : Kazutoshi Masuda
Graduated from Keio University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Management Engineering, and joined Marui Corporation (currently Marui Group) in 1980. He has held positions in human resources, sales planning, sales store manager, and representative of a fintech business company.
He has been a corporate auditor of the Company since June 2023.
Corporate Auditor : Shigeomi Narita
After graduating from Hitotsubashi University, Faculty of Commerce, he joined Hewlett-Packard Japan in 1998, where he worked in accounting. In 2012, he became independent and mainly supported IPO preparation and back-office operations of start-up companies, and was appointed as an outside auditor of several companies.
He has been a corporate auditor of the Company since June 2024.
Corporate Auditor : Atsuhiko Suwahara

ACCESS

  • Japan
  • Thailand
Location

GRANDDESIGN PARK Bldg. 1-5-7 Nishi-Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0031, Japan

6-minute walk from Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line Roppongi Station (Exit 2)
8-minute walk from Roppongi Station (Exit 4a) on the Toei Oedo Line
8-minute walk from Exit 5 of Nogizaka Station on the Chiyoda Line

Location

30Fl, G Tower, 9 Rama IX Rd, Khwaeng Huai Khwang, Huai Khwang, Bangkok 10310

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