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COMPANY

HISTORY

2007

Jun
Atmovie Pirates K.K., the predecessor of gumi Inc., was established in Shibuya, Tokyo.

2008

Jul
Company name was changed into gumi Inc.
Aug
Social networking service for mobile device "gumi" was launched.

2009

Aug
gumi Inc. launched mobile online games.

2011

Sep
Fukuoka branch was established.
Nov
gumi Inc. ended its platform service ”gumi” and started specialty service, providing contents for external platforms.

2012

Apr
gumi Asia Pte. Ltd was established in Singapore to enhance development and distribution of games in European and American region.
gumi America, Inc. was established to enhance developing games. (Changed its nature of business to investment into XR market in February 2016.)
Jun
gumi ventures Inc. was established to start the investment business.
Jul
gumi Ventures, L.P. in the Cayman Islands (a British Overseas Territory) was established.

2013

Mar
Alim Co., Ltd. was established to enhance developing games.

2014

Mar
gumi Taiwan Ltd. was established to enhance developing games in Asian region.
Sep
gumi ventures Investment Limited Partnership Ⅱ was formed.
Dec
gumi Inc. was listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

2015

Aug
gumi Primus, Inc. was established as a studio for developing games in Korea.
Dec
Tokyo XR Startups was established to enter XR business.

2016

Feb
gumi Inc. invested as a General Partner into “VR FUND, L.P.” ,the venture capital fund intended for investment in global XR market.

2017

Jun
gumi X Reality Inc. was established to invest into XR industries.
Oct
FgG Inc. was established.
Nov
gumi ventures Investment Limited Partnership Ⅲ was formed.

2018

Feb
gumi Cryptos Silent Partnership was formed to enter blockchain business.
Apr
Grams Inc. was established to enhance developing games.

2019

May
gumi Cryptos Inc. was established to invest into blockchain industry.
Nov
gumi X studio Inc. was established to develop XR content.

2021

Sep
gumi Cryptos Capital Fund II was established to strengthen the blockchain investment structure.

2022

Apr
Due to revisions to market classifications by the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the company moved from the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange to the Prime Market.
Jun
gC Incubation Pte. Ltd. (Singapore) and Decima Fund, LP were established to further strengthen investment activities in the blockchain domain.
gC Games Pte. Ltd. (now gC Games Singapore Pte. Ltd.) (Singapore) was established for the primary purpose of developing and distributing blockchain games.
Dec
Entered into a capital and business alliance agreement with SBI Holdings, Inc. and Square Enix Holdings, Inc.

2023

Mar
gC Labs Inc. was established as a new company to manage all blockchain related businesses, excluding fund investment.
May
A portion of the stock management business operated by gumi Inc. and gumi X Reality Inc. was transferred to gC Labs Inc. by means of an absorption-type split.

※All company names mentioned in this website are in their current names.

※XR refers to VR(Virtual Reality), AR(Augmented Reality), MR(Mixed Reality) and etc.