Programs & Services
Support for New Business Initiatives
Intrepreneur Programme
Overcoming the dilemma of innovation, we create meaningful businesses for the future society in a collaborative manner. ICMG not only partners with clients, but also participates as a stakeholder to implement social execution and realize new value creation.
Purpose / Strategic Focus Design Project
We support the creation and verbalization of social values that are the basis of a company's existence. We not only design the purpose of the project, but we also accompany the client from the design stage to the implementation of the project. The strategic navigator is also designed together.
Innovation and Co-Creation Project
We realize social value creation and corporate transformation through "Source of Value Creation × Co-Creation". We provide consultation services for future co-creation that addresses key issues for the world, Japan, regions, and enterprises, while constructing and implementing management and business foundations.
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of the market
of the market
390Trillion Yen
Domestic Market Size
5.2%
Domestic Market Growth Rate
$14.83
Global Market Size
3.57%
Global Market Growth Rate
Joint Ventures
Not just as accompanying partners, we become [practitioners] ourselves,
so as to innovate and confront social issues together with willful leaders.
GTJ（Global Thermostat Japan)
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.
Takuro Kato
ICMG Director
Graduated from Keio University
"Unleash the potential of organizations and people to accelerate social change."
He joined ICMG in 2008 and has worked on projects in the field of corporate planning. He has experience in establishing innovation mechanisms and assisting large companies in business development in various fields such as electric power, information equipment, chemicals, retail, distribution, and energy.
In addition, he has accomplished the integration of business, human resources, and the organization through numerous practical activities, including corporate transformation, corporate culture improvement, and M&A projects in collaboration with investment firms.
