Announcement of Investment in Equmenopolis, Inc.

MANIES GROUP Co., Ltd. (HQ in Tokyo, Japan) announces that it has invested in Equmenopolis, Inc., a startup company from Waseda University that develops conversational AI agent.

An overview of the company and the investment can be found below.
https://www.equ.ai/en/posts/p-EYTKYA

<Background of investment>
The company’s innovative interactive diagnostic technology has tremendous business potential. We felt that the management team’s deep knowledge of the technology and their spirit to create a world-class business model from Japan would be powerful enough to lead new businesses in Japan in the future.

<About MANIES GROUP Co., Ltd.>
MANIES GROUP Co., Ltd. is “IB trading company” comprised of people from mega-banks and general trading companies. We are the first to identify quality investment opportunities in the fields of overseas ventures, renewable energy, infrastructure, real estate, M&A of privately held companies, corporate restructuring, and AI trading, which have not been focused on yet. We provide a variety of investment information and solutions to institutional investors, individual investors, and general business companies.