Announcement of the results of CCC Group's venture partnership and support program "T-VENTURE PROGRAM"

2015.01.21 Press Releases
T-MEDIA Holdings Inc.

-Internet service partnerships with seven venture companies also decided!-

The final public judging session for the T-VENTURE PROGRAM, a support program for venture companies offered by T-MEDIA Holdings, a group company of Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as CCC), which operates T-SITE, TSUTAYA, and T-Points, was held at Shibuya Hikarie Hall on Tuesday, January 20th.

We are pleased to announce that after a rigorous screening process, out of applications from 110 venture companies spanning a variety of lifestyle fields, the Grand Prize was awarded to Agrimedia Co., Ltd., and the Excellence Prizes were awarded to Kotokoto Co., Ltd. and One More Co., Ltd. Additionally, due to the large number of excellent proposals, the "TSUTAYA Award," "T Point Award," and "Judges' Special Award" were quickly announced.

Finally, Chairman of the Judging Committee, Muneaki Masuda (President and CEO of CCC), said:

"We want to provide a system that allows the approximately 50 million T members to work together as a mutual aid society, and the proposals from the 12 companies this time each contained specific suggestions that were very inspiring. In particular, the winning company's proposals successfully incorporated both the efficient aspects of digital technology and the warmth of the real world, such as people and nature.
While online searches allow you to actively search for information within the scope of your knowledge, physical stores allow you to make passive discoveries that you would not have anticipated. However, in order to get people to discover them, they need to come up with a proposal, and this year's winning companies were particularly good at proposing lifestyles. "

The general comment concluded with:

The seven companies selected this time will begin service partnerships this spring on "T-SITE," a new online service that brings together entertainment and lifestyle information tailored to customer preferences.

T-VENTURE PROGRAM final results

Grand Prize
Agrimedia Co., Ltd. / Community farm with cultivation support Service name: Shared field
Reason for the award: This service connects nature and digital, making good use of the strengths of each.

Excellence Award
①One More Co., Ltd. / Mall-type crowdfunding service Service name: GREEN FUNDING
Reason for the award: In order for people to live their own lives, the extent to which they participate and get involved in things themselves is what creates a lifestyle.
② Kotokoto Co., Ltd. / Children's Growth Cinema Service Service name: filme
Reason for the award: The potential is evident in the combination of photography, the pinnacle of digital technology, and children.

Special Jury Award
① Sakano Tochu Co., Ltd. / Regular delivery service of pesticide-free vegetables
Service name: Sakano Tochu
②Zawatt Co., Ltd./Real-time communication flash auction
Service name: Smaoku

TSUTAYA Award
Tsumiki Co., Ltd./Social movie review service
Service name: Filmarks

T-Point Award
Rental Information Co., Ltd./Japan's most advantageous rental portal site
Service name: Cashback rental

Through "T-SITE," T-MEDIA has launched the "T-VENTURE PROGRAM," a partnership program to support venture companies, in order to provide a wide range of services that support customers' lifestyles, in addition to the entertainment field, which was the CCC Group's specialty. Through these efforts, we will continue to strive to create value at T-SITE that can meet the diverse tastes and preferences of our customers.

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Announcement of the results of CCC Group's venture partnership and support program "T-VENTURE PROGRAM"

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