Notice of Business Acquisition from ASKISS CO.,LTD.
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Cocone Connect Corporation(Head office: Setagaya-ku, Tokyo; President: Yosuke Tomita), a wholly owned subsidiary of Cocone Corporation (Head office: Setagaya-ku, Tokyo; President: Yosuke Tomita; hereinafter ” Cocone” ), which develops and operates the character dress-up application “Pokecolo” , has acquired the “noen konkatsu(Marriage Hunting in the Farm)” and other application businesses of ASKISS CO.,LTD. (Head office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President: Kazumi Kitagami; hereinafter “ASKISS”) on June 1, 2021.
Purpose of Business Transfer
The Cocone Group plans, develops, and operates CCP(*) services, in which users enjoy virtual space with avatars, as the core of its business.
The “noen konkatsu(Marriage Hunting in the Farm)”(**) series operated by ASKISS has been supported by customers as a service facing the theme of “men and women in the digital space.
In the post-digital shift world accelerated by the Corona disaster, we believe that “connections between men and women in the virtual digital space” will become a more important theme in the future virtual digital space and digital world, and we have decided to take this assignment in order to develop the Cocone Group.
The Cocone Group will take on the challenge of enhancing matching in the digital space and expanding its digital assets in order to realize a digital world.
*CCP: Character Coordinating Play. A service in which “characters” exist, has “coordinating” elements, and you can “play”.
**”noen konkatsu(Marriage Hunting in the Farm)”: A farm game where you can dress up in matching avatars, get married, and have matching outfits.
You can enjoy pseudo-romance and find lovers and marriage partners by engaging in marriage activities on bulletin boards and chat rooms. A series of works, “bokujo konkatsu(Marriage Hunting in the Ranch) ” is also being developed.
Outline of Business Transfer
Details of acquisition: Application business (“noen konkatsu(Marriage Hunting in the Farm)”, “bokujo konkatsu(Marriage Hunting in the Ranch) “, “Puzzle & Tailors”) of ASKISS CO.,LTD.
Date of transfer: June 1, 2021 (Tuesday)
Outline of the Transferring Company
Company name: ASKISS CO.,LTD.
Representative: Kazumi Kitagami, President and Representative Director
Established: June 2013
Location: Yushin Building Shinkan 7F, 3-27-11 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Outline of the Assignee Company
Company name: Cocone Connect Corporation(a wholly owned subsidiary of Cocone Corporation)
Rep: Yosuke Tomita, Representative Director
Establishment: April 2021
Location: 3-1-18 Wakabayashi, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo
Contact: info@cocone.co.jp
Outline of parent company to be transferred
Company name: Cocone Corporation
Rep: Yosuke Tomita, Representative Director
Established: September 2008
URL: https: //www.cocone.co.jp/
Location: 3-1-18 Wakabayashi, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo
Business: Social network service business, language business, and education business
