About the efforts of Euglena
Euglena CFO Intimate Merger Appointed Outside Director
Intimate Merger becomes president of Euglena Co., Ltd. as a super science partner
Promote corporate and business growth of both companies through "data science" x "advanced technology"

Euglena Co., Ltd.

　Euglena Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President: Mitsuru Izumo) is pleased to announce that Ryoji Yanashi, president of Intimate Merger Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Intimate Merger), a data marketing company. We are pleased to announce that Mr. Akihiko Nagata, who is in charge of finance and management strategy of the Company, has been appointed as an outside director of Intimate Merger Co., Ltd.
　With the appointment of both companies, we will promote the creation of synergies by combining our mainstay "advanced technology" and Intimate Merger's "data science", and work to promote the growth of both companies' companies and businesses.

Left: Akihiko Nagata (Euglena Co., Ltd.) Right: Ryoji Yasushima (Intimate Merger Co., Ltd.)

　Mr. Ryoji Yasushima, who has been appointed as our super science partner, studied data science at Keio University Graduate School of Media and Governance, and after graduating from the top, he is the largest social game company in Japan. As a young manager, I worked on the business utilization of huge amount of user data and platform development. After that, DMP, which provides about 470 million audience data *, established the largest company, Intimate Merger, and solved various industry issues from the academic perspective of a data scientist and the business perspective of a manager. We support by utilizing data.
* Platform for managing various information data accumulated on the Internet

　As the first venture company listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange from the University of Tokyo, we are promoting diversified business development in the healthcare field such as food and cosmetics, and the energy / environment field such as biofuel development. By welcoming Mr. Yasushima as a super science partner, we will add Mr. Yasushima's knowledge of "data science" to our company centered on "advanced technology" and promote further development in marketing.

　In addition, Nagata, a director of the Company, promoted listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers in 2012 and listing on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2014 as an officer in charge of business strategy, M & A, financing, public relations / IR and management departments, and is a group company. Euglena Investment Co., Ltd., we are working on investment and development of real tech ventures. By assuming the position of Outside Director of Intimate Merger, we will support the growth of Intimate Merger by utilizing the abundant knowledge we have cultivated in venture growth.
　The details are as follows.

About the efforts of our company and Intimate Merger

■ Implementation items
Akihiko Nagata, who is in charge of finance and management strategy of the Company, has been appointed as an outside director of Intimate Merger, and Ryoji Yasushima, the president of Intimate Merger, has been appointed as a super science partner of the Company. We create synergistic effects from the combination of "science" and "advanced technology" and support the growth of each business and company.

Euglena Co., Ltd. and Akihiko Nagata>
Graduated from Keio University Faculty of Commerce. Joined an independent private equity fund and belongs to the private equity and consulting departments. In 2008, he became a director of the Company. Since the unlisted period of the Company, he has been in charge of business strategy, M & A, financing, capital tie-up, public relations / IR, and management department. Familiar with the strategy and finance fields that support technology. Currently, he is in charge of our finance, management strategy, biofuel business division, etc., and also serves as the representative of Japan's largest technical VC "Real Tech Fund".

<About Intimate Merger Co., Ltd. Ryoji Yasushima>
Graduated from Keio University Graduate School of Media and Governance at the top. Won the 3rd place in the world at the RSCTC 2010 Discovery Challenge, the world's largest statistical algorithm contest. After joining a social game company listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, he also serves as the youngest manager in multiple departments related to platform development. Established Intimate Merger Co., Ltd. in 2013. Currently, the company uses about 470 million audience data, which is one of the largest in Japan, to support corporate DMP construction and data marketing. Also, as a data marketing practitioner, he writes on various stages and at "MarkeZine" and "Sales Promotion Conference".

■ About each company
<About Euglena Co., Ltd.>
In 2005, we succeeded in establishing the world's first outdoor mass culture technology for the Euglena In Euglena and Chlorella, we are also conducting research toward the production of biofuels. Listed on TSE Mothers in December 2012. TSE First Section market change in December 2014. The management philosophy is "to make people and the earth healthy".

・ President: Mitsuru Izumo
・ HP: http://www.euglena.jp/
・ Business: Research and development and production of microalgae such as Euglena
　　　　　　　　　Manufacture and sale of microalgae foods and cosmetics such as Euglena
　　　　　　　　　Biofuel technology development for microalgae such as Euglena
　　　　　　　　　Business development, investment, etc. of biotechnology-related business
・ Location: 5-33-1 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo

<About Intimate Merger Co., Ltd.>
A data marketing company established in June 2013. Using Japan's largest audience data of about 470 million and high analysis technology, we mainly support DMP construction and data utilization of national clients and large-scale portal sites, data analysis, and cooperation business with data utilization channels. .. As of June 2017, the company has more than 2,400 DMP and marketing solution implementation accounts.

・代表取締役社長：簗島 亮次
・ＨＰ　　　　　：https://corp.intimatemerger.com/
・事業内容　　　：マーケティングアプリケーション開発・販売事業、データマイニング事業
・所在地　　　　：東京都港区六本木3-5-27 六本木山田ビル4F
・サービスに関するお問い合わせ：03-5797-7997

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