Leverages Acquires Penmark, Making it a Group Subsidiary
Leverages Co., Ltd. has acquired Penmark Co., Ltd., which operates the university student curriculum management app 'Penmark.' This integration aims to create a seamless support system connecting university life and career formation.
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Leverages Co., Ltd. is pleased to announce that Penmark Co., Ltd. (https://corp.penmark.jp/) has joined the Leverages Group.
### Background
Based on its corporate philosophy of 'pursuing the happiness of all stakeholders through customer creation and encouraging individual growth,' Leverages develops diverse businesses directly linked to solving social issues. Particularly in today's era of declining working-age population, supporting the growth of the young generation who will lead the next era is a critical priority for the company.
Penmark Co., Ltd. is a company promoting university life DX with the mission of 'enriching students' entire lives.' Through its university student curriculum management SNS app 'Penmark' and other services, it aims to eliminate inefficiencies and information gaps in university life. Penmark's vision of 'realizing a society where all students have ambitions and can make decisions looking toward the future' resonates strongly with Leverages' philosophy. By operating together, the companies believe they can contribute to maximizing the potential of the young generation.
Moving forward, the group will combine Penmark's user base of its curriculum management app with Leverages' 'Career Ticket' (https://careerticket.jp/), which provides job hunting and career support for new graduates. This will establish an end-to-end support system throughout the group, from university life to subsequent career formation. Through this, both companies aim to realize a society where each student has clear ambitions and can take on challenges positively.
### Comments from Both Companies
**Naoaki Yokoyama, CEO, Penmark Co., Ltd.**
"I am pleased to announce that Penmark Co., Ltd. has joined the Leverages Group. Since our founding, we have worked to eliminate information gaps and inefficiencies in university life under the mission of 'enriching students' entire lives.' I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the many students, employees, and shareholders who have supported us, allowing us to grow into a service with over 3 million cumulative downloads.
At the same time, with the advancement of earlier and more diverse job hunting, we have felt that there are areas student life support alone cannot reach. I believe what students truly need is integrated support that seamlessly connects university life and career formation. By combining Penmark's track record with Leverages' career support expertise and business execution power, I am confident we can deliver value we could not achieve on our own."
**Tomohide Iwatsuki, CEO, Leverages Co., Ltd.**
"The Leverages Group has continued to expand multi-faceted businesses to solve social issues based on the philosophy of 'pursuing the happiness of all stakeholders through customer creation and encouraging individual growth.' While the environment surrounding the young generation is diversifying, many challenges remain for students to reach the information and opportunities they truly need.
Penmark is a highly ambitious team that has built one of Japan's largest platforms by deeply engaging in students' daily lives through university life DX. Their vision of 'expanding student potential' resonates strongly with our values. Through this acquisition, we will fuse our career support track record with Penmark's robust student base to co-create the next generation standard, supporting students from their student life to their success as members of society."
**Jun-hyuk Cho, Head of Management Planning Office, Leverages Co., Ltd.**
"Penmark joining our group is a crucial move in Leverages' portfolio strategy to establish an overwhelming presence in the youth market. Starting with curriculum management apps, Penmark has established a unique position capturing student behavior with high resolution, showing extremely high affinity with our vertical integration business model.
Going forward, starting with the collaboration with our new graduate support service 'Career Ticket,' we will maximize the provided value by sharing our in-house marketing knowledge and financial base. By combining Penmark's product development capabilities with our business execution power, we intend to build new business models that go beyond existing frameworks and drive the sustainable growth of corporate value for the entire group."
**Ryota Tega, Head of Career Ticket Division, Leverages Co., Ltd.**
"The Career Ticket Division operates career support services for new graduates under the mission of 'Say goodbye to haphazard job hunting.' Centered on agent and scout services, we provide support tailored to each individual..."
### Background
Based on its corporate philosophy of 'pursuing the happiness of all stakeholders through customer creation and encouraging individual growth,' Leverages develops diverse businesses directly linked to solving social issues. Particularly in today's era of declining working-age population, supporting the growth of the young generation who will lead the next era is a critical priority for the company.
Penmark Co., Ltd. is a company promoting university life DX with the mission of 'enriching students' entire lives.' Through its university student curriculum management SNS app 'Penmark' and other services, it aims to eliminate inefficiencies and information gaps in university life. Penmark's vision of 'realizing a society where all students have ambitions and can make decisions looking toward the future' resonates strongly with Leverages' philosophy. By operating together, the companies believe they can contribute to maximizing the potential of the young generation.
Moving forward, the group will combine Penmark's user base of its curriculum management app with Leverages' 'Career Ticket' (https://careerticket.jp/), which provides job hunting and career support for new graduates. This will establish an end-to-end support system throughout the group, from university life to subsequent career formation. Through this, both companies aim to realize a society where each student has clear ambitions and can take on challenges positively.
### Comments from Both Companies
**Naoaki Yokoyama, CEO, Penmark Co., Ltd.**
"I am pleased to announce that Penmark Co., Ltd. has joined the Leverages Group. Since our founding, we have worked to eliminate information gaps and inefficiencies in university life under the mission of 'enriching students' entire lives.' I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the many students, employees, and shareholders who have supported us, allowing us to grow into a service with over 3 million cumulative downloads.
At the same time, with the advancement of earlier and more diverse job hunting, we have felt that there are areas student life support alone cannot reach. I believe what students truly need is integrated support that seamlessly connects university life and career formation. By combining Penmark's track record with Leverages' career support expertise and business execution power, I am confident we can deliver value we could not achieve on our own."
**Tomohide Iwatsuki, CEO, Leverages Co., Ltd.**
"The Leverages Group has continued to expand multi-faceted businesses to solve social issues based on the philosophy of 'pursuing the happiness of all stakeholders through customer creation and encouraging individual growth.' While the environment surrounding the young generation is diversifying, many challenges remain for students to reach the information and opportunities they truly need.
Penmark is a highly ambitious team that has built one of Japan's largest platforms by deeply engaging in students' daily lives through university life DX. Their vision of 'expanding student potential' resonates strongly with our values. Through this acquisition, we will fuse our career support track record with Penmark's robust student base to co-create the next generation standard, supporting students from their student life to their success as members of society."
**Jun-hyuk Cho, Head of Management Planning Office, Leverages Co., Ltd.**
"Penmark joining our group is a crucial move in Leverages' portfolio strategy to establish an overwhelming presence in the youth market. Starting with curriculum management apps, Penmark has established a unique position capturing student behavior with high resolution, showing extremely high affinity with our vertical integration business model.
Going forward, starting with the collaboration with our new graduate support service 'Career Ticket,' we will maximize the provided value by sharing our in-house marketing knowledge and financial base. By combining Penmark's product development capabilities with our business execution power, we intend to build new business models that go beyond existing frameworks and drive the sustainable growth of corporate value for the entire group."
**Ryota Tega, Head of Career Ticket Division, Leverages Co., Ltd.**
"The Career Ticket Division operates career support services for new graduates under the mission of 'Say goodbye to haphazard job hunting.' Centered on agent and scout services, we provide support tailored to each individual..."