Japan Social Innovation and Investment Foundation has chosen 2 companies to invest a total of 120million yen through their “systems change collective” project.The “system change investment” aims to fundamentally and structurally resolve two social issues of opportunity disparity and regional revitalization. Press releases
Japan Social Innovation and Investment Foundation (Chair of Executive Committee: Shuichi Ohno; Location: Minato-ku, Tokyo, hereinafter “SIIF”), which has been working to expand the impact investment market in Japan since 2017, is working to deepened the value of impact investment through “system change investments” that is being popularized in Western countries to contribute to fundamental and structural solutions to social and environmental challenges with the “System Change Collective Project” (hereinafter “the Project”) In the area of opportunity disparity, SIIF is parternering with AiCAN Corporation (CEO: Kota Takaoka ; Location: Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture; hereinafter “AiCAN”), which develops and provides child abuse response systems. In the area of regional revitalization, SIIF is parterning with A Zero Group inc. (CEO: Daisuke Maki, located in Eida-gun, Okayama Prefecture; hereinafter “A Zero”), which works to revitalize the Nishiawakura Village area in Okayama Prefecture.