Sourcing Brothers and SBI Securities Announce Business Alliance for Enhancing Listed Companies' Equity Value and Startup Growth Support
Sourcing Brothers and SBI Securities have launched a business alliance to strengthen inorganic growth support for listed companies and M&A/growth support for startups, combining their expertise and networks.
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Sourcing Brothers Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representatives: Sota Ozawa, Shotaro Watanabe) and SBI Securities Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Masato Takamura) have announced the start of a business alliance aimed at strengthening inorganic growth support for enhancing the equity value of listed companies and M&A/growth support for ventures and startups.
1. Background and Objectives of the Alliance
The SBI Group possesses unique strengths, including high-quality financial data, a customer base of over 80 million globally, and a diverse range of overseas entities across 26 countries and regions, strategically integrating services from banking and securities to digital assets.
Sourcing Brothers, which entered into a capital and business alliance with SBI Holdings in February 2023 and became an equity-method affiliate, specializes in inorganic growth support such as M&A and CVC (Corporate Venture Capital) operation support for listed and pre-IPO startup companies.
In recent years, the management environment for listed companies has changed significantly. In addition to organic growth, the ability to execute inorganic growth through M&A and CVC is a crucial point for enhancing corporate value. However, building a structure that provides end-to-end support from strategy formulation to sourcing, execution, and PMI (Post-Merger Integration) remains a major challenge for many companies.
Furthermore, ventures and startups have increasing multifaceted support needs depending on their growth phase, such as capital policy, business growth, partnership development, and M&A strategy design and execution.
By combining SBI Securities' broad customer base and financial knowledge with Sourcing Brothers' execution capabilities in M&A, CVC operation, and business growth support, the two companies will provide more effective growth support for both listed companies and startups.
2. Main Content of the Business Alliance
- Inorganic Growth Support for Enhancing Listed Companies' Equity Value: Promoting a series of supports from strategy formulation using M&A/CVC to candidate search, evaluation, execution, and post-investment/post-acquisition growth support.
- M&A and Inorganic Growth Support for Ventures and Startups: Supporting growth opportunities and corporate value enhancement through strategy formulation, partnership and capital policy support, fundraising, and M&A support.
- Strengthening Matching and Deal Creation: Utilizing the networks and customer bases of both companies to create optimal alliance, investment, and acquisition opportunities.
3. Future Developments
Through this alliance, both companies will further strengthen M&A and CVC strategies that contribute to the mid-to-long-term equity value enhancement of listed companies and support the growth of ventures and startups. Furthermore, they will build a support structure across capital markets, business growth, and open innovation to contribute to the sustainable growth of Japanese companies and the development of the startup ecosystem.
4. Comments from Both Companies
Masato Takamura, President of SBI Securities: "Since the capital and business alliance with SBI Holdings in February 2023, we have been collaborating as the SBI Group and highly value Sourcing Brothers' mobility and execution support. With rising demand for inorganic growth, we hope to support clients' goals through this strengthened alliance."
Sota Ozawa, Co-Founder of Sourcing Brothers: "With the recent tightening of listing maintenance criteria in the TSE Growth market, the importance of inorganic growth for listed companies has increased. We want to provide advisory services to a wider range of clients by partnering with SBI Securities to meet this rapidly growing demand."
1. Background and Objectives of the Alliance
The SBI Group possesses unique strengths, including high-quality financial data, a customer base of over 80 million globally, and a diverse range of overseas entities across 26 countries and regions, strategically integrating services from banking and securities to digital assets.
Sourcing Brothers, which entered into a capital and business alliance with SBI Holdings in February 2023 and became an equity-method affiliate, specializes in inorganic growth support such as M&A and CVC (Corporate Venture Capital) operation support for listed and pre-IPO startup companies.
In recent years, the management environment for listed companies has changed significantly. In addition to organic growth, the ability to execute inorganic growth through M&A and CVC is a crucial point for enhancing corporate value. However, building a structure that provides end-to-end support from strategy formulation to sourcing, execution, and PMI (Post-Merger Integration) remains a major challenge for many companies.
Furthermore, ventures and startups have increasing multifaceted support needs depending on their growth phase, such as capital policy, business growth, partnership development, and M&A strategy design and execution.
By combining SBI Securities' broad customer base and financial knowledge with Sourcing Brothers' execution capabilities in M&A, CVC operation, and business growth support, the two companies will provide more effective growth support for both listed companies and startups.
2. Main Content of the Business Alliance
- Inorganic Growth Support for Enhancing Listed Companies' Equity Value: Promoting a series of supports from strategy formulation using M&A/CVC to candidate search, evaluation, execution, and post-investment/post-acquisition growth support.
- M&A and Inorganic Growth Support for Ventures and Startups: Supporting growth opportunities and corporate value enhancement through strategy formulation, partnership and capital policy support, fundraising, and M&A support.
- Strengthening Matching and Deal Creation: Utilizing the networks and customer bases of both companies to create optimal alliance, investment, and acquisition opportunities.
3. Future Developments
Through this alliance, both companies will further strengthen M&A and CVC strategies that contribute to the mid-to-long-term equity value enhancement of listed companies and support the growth of ventures and startups. Furthermore, they will build a support structure across capital markets, business growth, and open innovation to contribute to the sustainable growth of Japanese companies and the development of the startup ecosystem.
4. Comments from Both Companies
Masato Takamura, President of SBI Securities: "Since the capital and business alliance with SBI Holdings in February 2023, we have been collaborating as the SBI Group and highly value Sourcing Brothers' mobility and execution support. With rising demand for inorganic growth, we hope to support clients' goals through this strengthened alliance."
Sota Ozawa, Co-Founder of Sourcing Brothers: "With the recent tightening of listing maintenance criteria in the TSE Growth market, the importance of inorganic growth for listed companies has increased. We want to provide advisory services to a wider range of clients by partnering with SBI Securities to meet this rapidly growing demand."