Our History
| March 1996 | Establishes Transpacific Inc., predecessor to ValueCommerce |
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| November 1999 | Renames ValueCommerce Co., Ltd Develops proprietary e-commerce marketing program and launches performance-based Internet Ad distribution service |
| April 2005 | Yahoo Japan Corporation (currently LY Corporation) acquires stake in the company through a tender offer bid, making it an equity-method affiliate |
| July 2006 | Lists on the Mothers Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| November 2007 | Acquires 20.3% shares of Web-based services provider JP21, Inc., making it an equity method affiliate (Sold all shares the Company own to JP21 on September 2018) |
| March 2012 | Introduces Executive Officer System |
| October 2012 | Becomes a consolidated subsidiary of Yahoo Japan Corporation (currently LY Corporation), SoftBank Corporation, and SoftBank Group Corporation through acquisition of Company treasury shares |
| November 2012 | Transfers from the Mothers Section to the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| January 2014 | Jin Kagawa becomes President and CEO; kicks off new management regime comprised of executives who are expert in advertising distribution technologies |
| September 2014 | Renews corporate logo and identity |
| December 2015 | Acquires all shares in DIGIMIHO Co., Ltd, a CRM business company, making it a consolidated subsidiary (liquidation of DIGIMIHO completed in June 2021) |
| March 2016 | Makes the transition to a Company with Audit and Supervisory Committee from a Company with the Audit & Supervisory Board |
| August 2016 | Relocates head office to Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo. |
| January 2018 | Mission changed to “Building Together” |
| September 2019 | Acquires all shares in Dynatec inc., a leader in online reservation systems dedicated to official sites of hotels and inns, making it a consolidated subsidiary |
| January 2020 | Acquires all shares in B-SLASH Corporation, a provider of essential e-commerce operation solutions for e-commerce companies, making it a consolidated subsidiary (conducts an absorption-type merger with B-SLASH in July 2020) |
| July 2020 | Merger of B-SLASH Corporation |
| May 2021 | Relocates head office to Kioicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo |
| April 2024 | Mission changed to “Your Success is Our Value” |
| May 2024 | Becomes an equity method affiliate of LY Corporation, SoftBank Corporation, and SoftBank Group Corporation through tender offer of treasury shares |