i-plug Inc. Forms Capital Alliance with CourseVALU Inc.

i-plug Inc. (Headquarters: Yodogawa-ku, Osaka; Representative Director CEO: Tomoya Nakano), which operates "OfferBox," a new graduate offer-based job hunting service connecting students and companies, announces that it has formed a capital alliance with CourseVALU Inc. (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Kazutora Matsumoto), which operates "POP UP CAMPUS," a workplace experience workshop for university students.

Background of the Alliance

Our company's group mission is to "create a society where human potential overflows through connections," and we aim to realize our Vision 2030: "to become the most chosen platform by the younger generation who will lead the future."

To create a platform where each individual can cultivate their own unique career, we have set strengthening alliances as a key part of our medium-to-long-term strategy. We will further accelerate this initiative through collaboration and co-creation with partner companies to enhance our competitive advantage.

About the Capital Alliance with CourseVALU Inc.

This time, CourseVALU Inc., with which our company is forming a capital alliance as a lead investor, has a mission to "create a Japan where 'individuals' shine and the world admires." It aims to realize a society overflowing with young people who are confident and passionate about what they want to do. Specifically, it plans and operates events, including "POP UP CAMPUS," a workplace experience workshop for university students.

As job hunting becomes earlier and more diverse, we believe that the importance for students to consider their own careers is further increasing. The purpose of this capital alliance is to seamlessly support students from the "phase of considering and exploring their careers," primarily for first and second-year university students, to the "phase of full-fledged job hunting," primarily for third and fourth-year university students.

Specifically, through CourseVALU's strength in career support for younger students, our company will strengthen its "value provision to younger student demographics." While providing students with opportunities for career formation, we also envision business collaboration in the future, such as a smooth transition to our service "OfferBox," thereby expanding value provision throughout their entire university life.

Through this capital alliance as a lead investor, our company aims to realize "to become the most chosen platform by the younger generation who will lead the future."

Comments from Each Company's Representative

Kazutora Matsumoto, Representative Director, CourseVALU Inc.

I want to increase the number of confident young people. To achieve this, career education during university is indispensable, and increasing opportunities to learn about society, especially in the early years, is key. On the other hand, such career education truly demonstrates its value only when connected to job hunting, which begins in earnest from the third year. In that sense, i-plug, which leads the direct recruiting field for new graduates, was an indispensable partner for the society we aim to realize.

I deeply empathize with CEO Nakano's passion for university student career education, and I am very pleased that we can start this year together as the "first year of career education," collaborating with services such as OfferBox VVV Station.

Tomoya Nakano, Representative Director CEO, i-plug Inc.

We decided to form this capital alliance, resonating with CourseVALU's Representative Matsumoto's passionate mission, "to create a Japan where 'individuals' shine and the world admires," and the enthusiastic atmosphere of "POP UP CAMPUS." In this rapidly changing modern era, the importance of "career education" for students to connect with society at an early stage and discover their own potential has never been higher. We are confident that by integrating the know-how of "OfferBox" that we have cultivated with the enthusiastic learning environment of "POP UP CAMPUS" provided by CourseVALU, we can create even greater value. We want to jointly create a new "norm of career education" where young people excitedly envision their future and forge their own paths with their own will.

CourseVALU Inc.

CourseVALU Inc., with the mission "to create a Japan where 'individuals' shine and the world admires," develops, plans, and operates career education content and branding support services. Its main business, "POP UP CAMPUS," holds experiential workshops for companies and students on university campuses, leveraging its strengths in educational engineering and creativity, with a track record of supporting companies such as Daikin, Fujitsu, Calbee, NEC, and Lawson.

【Representative Director】Kazutora Matsumoto

【Number of Employees】5 (including contract employees and interns)

【Official Website】https://coursevalu.com/

【Location】Entrepreneurship Center Room 07, Waseda University Building 19-3, 1-22-3 Nishi-Waseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo

i-plug Inc.

Our company's group mission is to "create a society where human potential overflows through connections." With "OfferBox," a new graduate offer-based job hunting service, as our main business, we aim to realize a platform where each individual can cultivate their own unique career. Established in Osaka in April 2012, we now have offices in Tokyo and Nagoya. On March 18, 2021, we were listed on the Mothers market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (transitioned to the Growth market on April 4, 2022).

【Representative Director】Tomoya Nakano 【Number of Employees】299 (as of March 31, 2025, non-consolidated) 【Official Website】https://i-plug.co.jp 【Location】St. Annex Building 3F, 5-11-8 Nishinakajima, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka 【Group Companies】 ・e-falcon Inc. (https://www.e-falcon.co.jp) Main service: "Aptitude Test eF-1G" (https://www.e-falcon.co.jp/ef-1g) ・Maximise Inc. (https://maximise.jp) Main service: "Tsunagaru Shūkatsu" (https://tsunashu.com/)