Midas Capital Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Hideki Yoshimura; hereinafter referred to as “the Company”) is pleased to announce its investment from the Midas Fund in the newly established Tokihanatsu Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Shinya Umeno; hereinafter referred to as “Tokihanatsu”). Going forward, Tokihanatsu will officially launch its management consulting business, with a focus on sales enablement as its core service offering.
■Background of Tokihanatsu’s Establishment
Tokihanatsu Inc. was founded to operationalize the concept of “sales enablement,” which refers to knowledge gained by the growth of portfolio companies of Midas Capital Inc. The concept of sales enablement mentioned here refers not merely to improving sales productivity, but to identifying key performance indicators that significantly gives impact on business results and enhancing it through intensive training. We recognize this schem as a management consulting business.
In Japan, there is still considerable room for a data-driven approach in sales operations. Tokihanatsu was established with the belief that its expertise in data analysis and talent development could drive the data-driven transformation of sales and elevate corporate management to a higher level.
Tokihanatsu welcomed Shinya Umeno as CEO, who has a background as a data scientist and previously served as an Executive Officer and President of a subsidiary at a Tokyo Stock Exchange First Section-listed company. The Company will continue to support Tokihanatsu’s business activities as a shareholder.
■Services Offered by Tokihanatsu
With the mission of “Empowering People, Management, and Japan,” Tokihanatsu operates sales enablement and management consulting that elevates the productivity of sales organizations, which often rely heavily on individual skills, through the power of data science.
Tokihanatsu will, specifically, provide support programs that enables you to become consistently high-performing teams in the form of accompanied support and product development, by identifing the factors that most contributes to revenue through data analytics from the collection of various sales indicators.
■About CEO, Shinya Umeno
Shinya Umeno was born in 1981 and graduated from the Tokyo Institute of Technology; completed a master’s program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He started his career as a data scientist at TOSHIBA CORPORATION and Rakuten Group, Inc., and later joined Mynet Inc. in 2017. At Mynet Inc., he oversaw company-wide data-driven initiatives. In 2018, he founded mynet.ai, the subsidiary of Mynet Inc., and launched DX consulting and AI development businesses as CEO. Later he was appointed as an Executive Officer at Mynet Inc. in 2019, assumed the role of CEO of Tokihanatsu in February 2023.
◆Company Overview of Tokihanatsu Inc.
Company Name: Tokihanatsu Inc.
Representative: Shinya Umeno (CEO)
Established: February 1, 2023
Website: https://tkhnts.co.jp/
◆Company Overview of Midas Capital Inc.
Company Name: Midas Capital Inc.
Representative: Hideki Yoshimura (CEO)
Established: September 2017
Email: marketing@midascapital.jp
Website: https://midascapital.jp/