Today, the traditional capitalist society, with its excessive focus on financial indicators, is reaching its limits. We will challenge social transformation based on well-being, strategically connecting with diverse stakeholders and accelerating the resolution of issues left on earth and the creation of the future through innovation.
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Government innovation-related contracts
3000+
People to be supplied with electricity through the JV
5
Open innovation facilities supported
Programs & Services
Future-Creating Co-Creation Program
ICMG supports the implementation of open innovation by supporting co-creation with the diverse stakeholders in ICMG's network, while making making the invisible ideas and value that lie dormant within companies tangible.
Realization of a co-creation platform that strategically connects with the world
Leveraging ICMG's global network, ICMG provides a hybrid digital/real platform where all kinds of companies, from global giants to start-ups, can share their knowledge opportunities.
Joint Ventures
Not just as accompanying partners, we become [practitioners] ourselves,
so as to innovate and confront social issues together with willful leaders.
Greenway Grid Global Pte Ltd
A joint venture established in Singapore by TEPCO Power Grid, Chubu Electric Power’s power transmission and distribution division, and ICMG Partners. This joint venture in the power transmission and distribution sector was established following the merger of the power generation divisions of TEPCO and Chubu Electric Power Company (JERA), Japan’s largest electric power company. JERA is engaged in the development, investment, and operations of overseas power transmission and distribution projects in Asia, as well as renewable energy and next-generation infrastructure.
CleanGrid Partners Pte Ltd
A joint venture between WEnergy Global, TEPCO Power Grid, and ICMG Partners. This joint venture contributes to and revitalizes local communities through sharing power and electrifying un-electrified areas in micro-grid and solar in Southeast Asia, including the Philippines and Indonesia. They are building world-class solutions that provide clean, reliable, and affordable power for consumers and communities.
Global Thermostat Japan PBC Inc.
A joint venture between Global Thermostat (U.S.) and ICMG Group, it serves as the strategic base for the Asia region, including Japan. It promotes industry-government-academia collaboration across Asia and supports the achievement of net-zero emissions goals in each region through advanced DAC solutions. DAC (Direct Air Capture): A technology that directly captures carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Hitoshi Funahashi
ICMG Group Group CEO
Representative Director and CEO, ICMG
Chairman, Management and Intellectual Assets Subcommittee, Industrial Structure Council/New Growth Policy Subcommittee, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Vice Chairman, New Business Creation Committee, Economics and Finance Association ('08), Vice Chairman, Executive Officer, Central SME Activation Committee ('09/'10)
MBA, Waseda University Graduate School, Ph.
"We create something of value to society."
Founder and President of ICMG Co.
He has worked in a general trading company in the development and export of chemical products for overseas markets and handling national bidding projects, until he joined Recruit Co. Ltd. in 1987. After working in the Human Resources General Service Division and the New Business Development Office, he founded the Business Incubation Division in 1996. He then launched the magazine "Entre" and provided a variety of services including "magazine," "internet," "events," and "individual consulting" as support services for venture companies. In 2000, he founded Accel, Inc. as a successor to the business support project.
In 2001, the company partnered with Intellectual Capital AB, a Swedish intellectual capital rating company, to license and develop a Japanese version of IC Rating®, a method for evaluating the actual value of a company that cannot be shown on its balance sheet. In 2003, he took a stake in the company, and in 2010, he made it a subsidiary.
Today, ICMG is an advocate of intellectual capitalism that ensures fair and appropriate profits for corporate stakeholders, including management, employees, business partners, customers, and shareholders, and conducts research and practice of ICMG's unique "Intellectual Capital Management" method.
Makoto Kigawa
External Director, ICMG Special Advisor, Yamato Holdings, Inc. External Director, Seven Bank, Ltd. External Director, Oki Electric Industry External Director, Higo Bank, Ltd.
Author of "Creating Future Markets" (Nikkei BP, Inc.)
Bachelor of Commerce, Hitotsubashi University
"We will continue to be a challenger toward realizing the richness of a diverse and inclusive society."
After working for Fuji Bank and Mizuho Corporate Bank, he joined Yamato Transport Co., where he was in charge of structural reforms to make the company a holding company and to realize its growth strategy. He also served as President and Representative Director of Yamato Transport, President and Representative Director of Yamato HD, Chairman of Yamato Transport, and President of the Yamato Group Research Institute, Inc.
He has also served as Vice President of the Keizai Doyukai (Japan Association of Corporate Executives) and as a member of the Hitotsubashi University Management Council. He currently serves as an outside director of Seven Bank, Oki Electric Industry, Higo Bank, and others.
Yusuke Tsuji
Executive Officer, ICMG Head of Singapore
Director, ICMG Impact
Kyoto University Graduate School of Engineering
"Create innovations that are intrinsically meaningful to the world."
He joined J.P. Morgan as a new graduate and later, ICMG. He has led numerous co-creation innovation projects, programs, and platforms based on "Purposeful & Impactful Innovation - creating innovations that have intrinsic meaning for the world". In addition to the execution of projects from ideation to commercialization with clients, he has extensive experience in leading the grand design, detailed design, and execution of corporate strategy, innovation strategy, innovation process, organizational design, and various system designs such as HR systems (including many under the direct supervision of the president).
He led the creation of a strategic alliance and joint initiative with UNDP GCTISD in the area of SDGs (obtained approval from UN NY headquarters). He was also elected as Judging Panel and Mentor for various global programs, and on top of that, he teaches a class on Innovation for Well-being at the University of Tokyo.
