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Corporate Venture Investment in Technologies

Corporate Venture Capital” is booming on these days among big companies like Intel, GE, Verizon etc. In order to execute an open innovation in a big company, they would need new business collaborations with startups to expand their business in an innovative way. Beyond 2020, many Japanese companies would see business opportunities for Tokyo Olympic games because many visitors and attendees are expected to be in the city. With that situation, 5G network will be deployed in 2020 and will be utilized especially in city areas. DOCOMO is now focusing on nine strategic areas such as AR/VR, Mobility, Sharing, AI, Fintech, Healthcare, Drones, Work Innovation, and Work Matching. We think that an Artificial Intelligence is one of key areas to look at, and a combination with IoT technologies would work on innovative solutions. This presentation covers our latest business updates of our venture investments with focusing on those strategic areas, especially AI and related data analysis areas.