Digital Garage Reaches Basic Agreement on Strategic Partnership with Ion Pacific to Drive Transition to Circular Investment Portfolio and Achieve 30 Billion Yen Off-Balancing Target

Digital Garage, Inc. announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for a strategic partnership with Ion Pacific Holdings Limited, a leading global secondary fund manager. The partnership aims to enhance the secondary market centered on Japan, expand liquidity provision, and build a next-generation investment and analysis infrastructure. This initiative accelerates Digital Garage's transition to a circular investment portfolio model and pushes forward the achievement of its 30 billion yen off-balancing target. The two companies will also discuss transferring major investment assets held by DG Ventures to jointly formed fund vehicles, allowing Digital Garage to focus resources on its core payment, data, and financial infrastructure businesses.