[Business Succession] Angle Create, operator of Business Media "Business Journal", Acquires Video Production Business
Rocketstar Inc. announces that its investee, Angle Create Inc. (operator of the business media "Business Journal"), has acquired the video production business from ADS Inc. This strategic acquisition aims to enhance "Business Journal" by integrating video production and SNS operation expertise, accelerating its transformation into a video-centric media platform. This marks Rocketstar's first roll-up project for its #1 fund, as part of a broader strategy to support SME succession and value enhancement through strategic M&A.
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Rocketstar Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Takeshi Ogihara; hereinafter referred to as "Rocketstar") announces that Angle Create Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Hayato Iijima; hereinafter referred to as "Angle Create"), which was succeeded through our company's search fund, has acquired the video production business from ADS Inc. (Headquarters: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; President: Satoru Abe; hereinafter referred to as "ADS").
This matter is part of a growth strategy through business acquisition by investee Angle Create, and it is the first roll-up project for Rocketstar's No. 1 fund.
■Background and Objectives
Rocketstar supports the business succession and value enhancement of small and medium-sized enterprises through its search fund.
Angle Create is a company that evolved from Business Journal Inc., which was succeeded in 2025 by searcher Hayato Iijima, supported by our company's search fund.
The "Business Journal" operated by the company has grown into an online media with a stable reader base due to its unique analysis and content strength in the business domain. On the other hand, in response to recent changes in the media environment, particularly the expansion of information consumption centered on video and SNS, evolving content delivery methods have become an important management issue.
Against this backdrop, Angle Create positioned strengthening the video domain as an important growth strategy and promoted collaboration with ADS Inc., which has expertise and a proven track record. Rocketstar has supported this initiative.
Through this business acquisition, Angle Create will acquire know-how and a system for video production and SNS operation, accelerating the video mediafication of "Business Journal". Roll-ups, which involve executing additional M&A for post-succession companies to accelerate growth, are positioned as an important first step in our strategy.
■Business Synergies
Through this matter, we anticipate the creation of the following synergies:
① Fusion of Media × Production Capabilities
By combining media assets with tens of millions of annual reach and the video production, editing, and operation know-how derived from ADS, we will establish a system capable of mass-producing high-quality tie-up videos and original programs with even shorter lead times.
② Enhancement of Video SNS Support Services
By adding ADS's video production capabilities to the video SNS operation support for platforms such as YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram that we have provided so far, we will strengthen our end-to-end service from planning to shooting, editing, and channel operation.
③ Expansion of Business Journal TV Programs
By combining the "insight" of the Business Journal editorial department with ADS's creative power, we will elevate content sought by business early adopters, such as interview videos with business KOLs and corporate executives, to the next stage.
■Future Prospects
Taking this opportunity, Angle Create envisions the following further growth strategies:
・Strengthening the program production system for Business Journal TV and significantly expanding subscriber numbers.
・Expanding the service lineup for video SNS operation support for corporations (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram).
・Improving the production quality of tie-up video content and establishing a mass production system.
・Providing new branding support by combining AIO (AI Overview Optimization) with video content.
Rocketstar will continue to support the company's efforts to enhance its corporate value.
Furthermore, Rocketstar will continue to contribute to the sustainable development of Japanese companies through business succession and management support via its search fund.
■Comment from Hayato Iijima, Representative Director of Angle Create Inc.
This matter is a crucial step for Angle Create to rapidly advance the strengthening of its video domain. By combining the know-how in video production and SNS operations cultivated by ADS with our media operation capabilities, we will further enhance the content value of "Business Journal". As a post-succession growth strategy, we will evolve our business centered around media × video × SNS and leap to the next stage.
■Comment from Satoru Abe, President and Representative Director of ADS Inc.
We have decided to transfer our video production business to Angle Create.
We feel great potential in the company's strengths as a media outlet and its ambition for growth, and we sincerely hope that this business will develop in new ways.
We hope that the production capabilities and know-how we have built up will lead to further value creation in the future.
■Comment from Hiroshi Hatta, Partner in Charge at Rocketstar Inc.
This matter is the first roll-up project, executing M&A as a post-succession growth strategy, and is a very significant initiative for our company.
By combining the media assets held by Angle Create with the production capabilities of ADS, we believe that business value enhancement beyond mere functional expansion can be achieved.
Going forward, Rocketstar will continue to provide strategic growth support to post-succession companies and achieve sustainable corporate value enhancement.
■What is a Search Fund?
This is a "succession-based entrepreneurship" where individuals aspiring to management (searchers) receive investment from investors, rather than their own funds, to succeed SMEs with growth potential and aim to enhance corporate value as managers.
Unlike business creation (0→1) in entrepreneurship, it requires inheriting existing business, organizational, and cultural value, and leading to the next stage through transformation and growth (1→10→100).
The option of being a searcher who achieves business re-growth is gaining attention as a third form of entrepreneurship and a new career path for individuals who want to face the essence of management.
■About Rocketstar Inc.
Rocketstar Inc. is a group specializing in improving the value of small and medium-sized enterprises. Under the philosophy of "Pioneering the Future with the Power of Management," we stand on the front lines of management with succession entrepreneurs and have made it our mission to contribute to the re-growth of companies and the development of the Japanese economy.
Furthermore, through our search fund, we facilitate business succession and build the foundation for a new era where many entrepreneurs who will lead the future are active. In our search fund, successors (searchers) who respect the owner's wishes and are committed to taking over management, along with like-minded investors, form a team and are seriously engaged in enhancing corporate value. Together with everyone facing the weighty and noble decision of management, we will achieve long-term growth and sustainable value creation.
Company Name: Rocketstar Inc.
Origin of Company Name: The desire to produce star companies like "Shitamachi Rocket" (a popular Japanese novel/drama about a small business).
Headquarters Location: 15th Floor, Mita NN Building, 4-1-23 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0014
President and CEO : Takeshi Ogihara
Established: February 13, 2023 (On a "Taian" and "Tora no Hi" - auspicious days in the Japanese calendar)
Business Activities: Search fund business, consulting business
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