TSUNAMI Network Partners Newsletter May, 2005 introducing venture companies

IKEYA CO., LTD.
   Established in October 1998    Capital stock: 13 million yen (to be increased to 120 million yen
                                                                          in May 2006)
   http://www.ikeya-co.com/ (Japanese)

Rental of play goods for children to be located in a kids corner of a show room, to achieve the mission of “bring gentleness and smile to children”
The clients are retailers having visitors with children
- Distributed in Tokyo metropolitan area and Kansai (Western Japan area including Osaka)
- Including car dealers with over 150 stores,
The rental fee per kids corner is $300 per month and the goods are renewed every four month
Core target is the children from the age 1 to 4 years old

ADOS Co., Ltd.
Established in June 2000 Capital stock: 394.36 million yen
http://www.a-dos.com/ (Japanese)

Development and sales of XML solutions with experiences in B2B data exchange via RosettaNet
Introduced and demonstrated the latest product “ADOS SiteArc”, which automatize cumbersome browser operations in EDI applications by recording the action sequence
- Automatize routine browser operation such as download of data from website, and checking data
- Supports multiple frames, different from the existing automatic browser operation tools
- Returns the results of complex calculation process and fixed values corresponding to the value set on web by using functions and simple language

Three A Corporation
   Established in October 1990    Capital stock: 10 million yen
   http://www.aaa-co.com/ (Japanese)

Design development on print, web, and video media
Video media solutions "motion-NEXT": “motion-Letter” (video mail magazine), “motion-POSTER” (video poster), “motion-Manual” (video manual), and “motion-Learning”(e-learning incorporating TV telephone and video conference system)
E-commerce for lifestyles and business: http://www.waterLIFE.ne.jp/ （website for mineral water and health） and http://www.AGSfan.com (website for lifesytle with flowers specializing Dahlia)

BIOS Research Laboratories, Inc.
Established in May 2000 Capital stock: 77.5 million yen
http://www.bioslab.co.jp/ (Japanese)

Development, manufacturing, and sales of neutraceuticals including “Kotoro Adia S” anti-diabetic functional food using extracts from Siberian Ginseng
Scientific evidence-based products targeted at lifestyle disease based on the screening knowhow accumulated through the analysis service business of drugs and foods
“Adia S” effective for the improvement of insulin resistivity, completely differentiated from the competitors’ products promoting suppression of glucose absorptio
Pipeline of six other products and botanical resources of 5,000 categories for future development of functional foods
Before founding, Dr. Miki was a Director of Research Institute of Terumo after serving as a principal investigator at Harvard Medical School