Next Generation Corporate Development Division

Corporate Development

Through an investment platform established in Singapore, the United States, Japan, and India, we make strategic investments in consumer-related businesses with high-growth potential. As a long-term partner for our investee companies, we will continue to support their growth and help them enhance their value.

Project Example

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  R.G. Barry
  We operate multiple lifestyle brands, including Dearfoams, the top-selling house slipper brand in the U.S., and Baggallini, a casual bag brand created with high-performance textiles. Centered around R.G. Barry, we are building a scalable lifestyle brand business platform in the U.S.
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  Tim Hortons
  We are the exclusive franchisee of Tim Horton’s, a major coffee chain brand from Canada with over 5,000 locations worldwide, in Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Plans are in place to open hundreds of new locations over the next decade.
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  ETVOS
  Marubeni operates the Japanese skincare and cosmetics brand ETVOS. Its products, developed to be gentle on the skin and functional, are popular among a wide range of consumers. Using ETVOS as a launch pad, we will continue to build a platform business in the Japan health and beauty sector.
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  Jacobson Group
  The Jacobson Group operates multiple footwear brands, including Gola—a heritage British sneaker brand, founded in 1905—across more than 30 countries. Marubeni acquired these brands through R.G. Barry as part of our roll-up strategy for our lifestyle brand business platform.
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  Clarks® and Timberland®
  Via R.G. Barry, Marubeni has acquired the licensing rights for house slipper products from both the British footwear brand Clarks®, which began with sheepskin slippers developed in 1825 and now operates in over 100 countries worldwide, and the globally acclaimed American outdoor lifestyle brand Timberland®, which combines outstanding functionality and fashion for outdoor and indoor use.
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  AIG Asia Ingredients Corporation
  As Vietnam's leading supplier of food ingredients and functional food materials, AIG offers over 3,000 products and serves more than 3,000 clients. Marubeni will continue to capture the growth of Vietnam's rapidly expanding food and beverage market through our investment in AIG.
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  Oneject
  Oneject is a major Indonesian manufacturer of medical consumables, producing and selling syringes with a safety mechanism, blood bags, and dialysis equipment. It is also working to diversify its portfolio of safe, high-quality, domestically produced products, furthering its transformation into a comprehensive medical consumables manufacturer.

Startup Investments

Through investments in startups and venture funds both in Japan and overseas at Marubeni Ventures, our corporate venture capital arm, we are accumulating expertise and know-how about the world’s most advanced and innovative technologies and innovations, contributing to the creation of new business models.

Corporate Venture Capital

At Marubeni Ventures, we gain insight into the world’s most innovative technologies and business models through investments in startup and venture funds globally. We support the growth of our startup companies, where appropriate forming business alliances, and apply the insight we gain to help Marubeni create new business models.

Marubeni Ventures’ Investees

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  Floadia
  Manufacturing a low cost and low energy consumption Flash Memory IP Core
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  Orbit Fab
  Refueling satellites in outer space.
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  LPIXEL
  LPIXEL developed the EIRL series, an AI-based diagnostic imaging support system for medical settings, as well as IMACEL, which assists with image analysis in the life sciences field.
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  River
  Development of practical electric scooters for the Indian market

Next Generation Media Business

We are working to build a new media business centered on social media, video games, video distribution sites, and other Internet media targeting the next generation consumers.