Press Release

January 5, 2024
JAFCO Group Co., Ltd.

Notice Regarding Investment in Visionary Inc.
by DISCO Inc.(Portfolio Company)
JAFCO Group Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Keisuke Miyoshi)
hereby announces that DISCO Inc. (Headquarters: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo; President: Masaro Niidome;
hereinafter referred to as “DISCO”), a portfolio company of a fund it operates and manages(JAFCO BO7 Investment Limited Partnership and JAFCO SV7-S Investment Limited Partnership;hereinafter collectively referred to as “JAFCO”), has made an investment in Visionary Inc.
(Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Takuya Konishi; hereinafter referred to as“Visionary”).

With its mission of providing personnel services that benefit the whole, Visionary has built up overa decade of expertise as a specialized personnel service provider focusing on growing industries
such as IT, web, and entertainment.
The company manages personnel dispatch services in addition to its original business of mid-career
personnel introduction services, and it has garnered high praise from both companies and job
seekers alike as a team of experts proficient in matching talent with businesses.

<Current business activities of Visionary>Mid-career personnel introduction services
As a team of experts in recruitment, Visionary supports companies in their talent acquisition efforts.
With its mid-career personnel introduction services, candidates who meet hiring requirements areintroduced to companies, enabling efficient execution of recruitment activities even in situations
that are challenging for companies to handle alone.
For more information, please contact
pr@jafco.co.jp, JAFCO Group Co., Ltd.

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Personnel dispatch services
With its personnel dispatch services, Visionary supports strategic talent management of companies.
This involves dispatching optimal personnel based on the nature of the operations, ensuring theacquisition of competent professionals according to skillset, duration, and other criteria.
Guided by its belief that no service can exist without job satisfaction, Visionary is dedicated tofostering a corporate culture where each employee can experience the joy of their work on a daily
basis. These efforts contribute to the improvement of service quality and customer satisfaction,
creating positive cycles that leads to the growth of the company.
Through its partnership with Visionary, which specializes in talent services focused on growing
industries, DISCO will expand its business foundation in the areas of mid-career personnel
introduction and personnel dispatch, striving even more diligently as a comprehensive HRcompany to face each individual’s career from every perspective and working towards therealization of its management philosophy: “Supporting human development and contributing to theadvancement of society through people.”
JAFCO will aim to contribute to the enhancement of not only DISCO’s and Visionary’s corporate
value but also the overall value of the DISCO Group by maximizing the synergy of the twocompanies.
About Visionary Inc.
Company name

Visionary Inc.

Websitehttps://visionary-inc.com/ (in Japanese only)

EstablishedFebruary 2011

Headquarters

Akihabara HR Building, 2-19-27 Kanda Sudacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Business

Visionary Inc. has a track record of more than 10 years in the fields of mid-description

career recruitment and personnel dispatch services, with a focus on growthindustries.

About DISCO Inc.
Company name

DISCO Inc.

Websitehttps://www.disc.co.jp/en/

Established

October 1973

Headquarters

9F Iidabashi First Building, 2-5-1 Koraku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
For more information, please contact
pr@jafco.co.jp, JAFCO Group Co., Ltd.

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BusinessOffers Caritas Job Hunting and Caritas College Prep services that support thedescription

recruitment of human resources for companies and educational institutions.
Also holds Career Forum, a job hunting event for international students with ahistory of over 30 years, in major cities around the world.

About JAFCO Group Co., Ltd.
Company name

JAFCO Group Co., Ltd.

Websitehttps://www.jafco.co.jp/english

Establishment

April 1973

Address

24F Toranomon Hills Mori Tower, 1-23-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Venture capital firm with the largest cumulative portfolio in Japan,

Business Description

supporting over 1,000 IPOs. Also has experiences of over 20 years inbuyout investment and over 30 years in overseas venture investment.

For more information, please contact
pr@jafco.co.jp, JAFCO Group Co., Ltd.