FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 2021/07/1

Capital Alliance with Epigno Co., Ltd~ Accelerate DX of Talent Management for Medical Institutions ~M3, Inc. (Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan; CEO: Itaru Tanimura; URL: https://corporate.m3.com/; “M3”below) has announced a capital alliance with Epigno Co., Ltd (Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan; CEO:Fumiyoshi Inui; URL: https://www.epigno.jp/; “Epigno” below), an HR SaaS startup to accelerate DX oftalent management at medical institutes, as an investment for M3’s CVC fund “1P1Y Fund.”

As a result,Epigno has become an equity-method affiliate of M3.
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BackgroundM3 operates m3.com, a specialized web portal for medical professionals that delivers healthcare

related information to its 300,000+ physician members in Japan and offers marketing and clinical trialservices.

In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, recent business expansions have included thedigitalization of functions surrounding clinics, such as online medication counseling and telemedicine.
Services geared to serving medical professionals and medical facilities include Career Solutions such as
job search and placement services for physicians and pharmacists, and Site Solutions which support
medical facility operations, as well as provide home nursing-care services.
Epigno is an HR SaaS startup which develops and distributes “Epital HR” and “Epitaku,” two talentmanagement digitalization tools for medical and nursing-care facilities. These tools enable employers to
optimize its staffing operation as well as education and training programs through elucidation of centrally
accumulated employee data, such as skill sets, performance evaluations, resumes, and training records.
Transparency across engagement and motivation levels of each staff will improve talent management, andcontribute to the organizational revitalization and reduction of turnover, ultimately leading to theimprovement of medical and nursing care quality.

In addition, proprietary AI algorithms for automatedstaff roster creation will optimize operations and allow for medical and nursing professionals to concentrate
their working hours on their patient care. Epigno aims at further service expansion going forward throughimprovement and advancement of these tools through integration of feedback from institutions such as
Tohoku University Hospital and Chiba University Hospital that have already adopted Epigno tools.

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Potential Synergies•

Further acceleration and expansion of services
Epigno will be able to leverage M3 group’s business networks and expertise in talent management
services for medical facilities, in order to provide comprehensive solutions that go beyond mere
sales alliances, to cover needs capturing, recruiting support, retention support and talentmanagement.

•Medical & nursing-care professional platform fortification and new business development
Epigno will enhance its value provision to its customers and expand its business areas such as
digitalization of talent management at medical and nursing-care facilities, fortification of a
medical/nursing-care professional platform, and other new services, by leveraging M3 group’s
broader expertise in medical industry and ample business development experience.

Company Overview
Company: Epigno Co., Ltd.
Established: September, 2016
Headquarters: Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
URL: https://www.epigno.jp/
CEO: Fumiyoshi Inui
Business segment: Provision of operation management system for medical institutes