Loadstar Group was established in 2012. Our mission - “Real Estate x Tech to Open Up a New Market” - has been at the core of the company. We have two business areas: Real Estate Investments, which comprises Corporate Funding Business and Asset Management Business, and IT, which offers Crowdfunding Business. Through the synergy of these Real Estate Investments x IT, we, as an entire Group, strongly finished FY2023 with 11th consecutive year of growth in sales and profit.

 

Since more real estate became securitized and investable in the late 1990s, Japan's real estate investment market has been greatly influenced by the global financial markets. Today, Japanese real estate highly attracts foreign investors, and especially Tokyo, known for the city's brand power, has been evaluated as one of the most competitive cities among the major cities in the world.

For the Japanese real estate market, 2023 was a year of increased risk aversion due to the uncertainty in the financial market caused by the continued interest rate hikes in major countries. Despite such conditions, we saw this as an opportunity to acquire properties and aggressively purchased properties in prime locations in central Tokyo. The properties we acquired are the business foundation for the future growth of our Group, and we are firmly determined to enhance the value of our assets through value-up strategies.

 

In 2022, the Group formulated the three-year Medium-Term Management Plan (FY2022-FY2024). In the plan, we aim to increase corporate value by expanding the scale of Asset Management Business and Crowdfunding Business, while at the same time centering on Corporate Funding Business as our business foundation.

In FY2022 and FY2023, we performed our business based on the four business strategies set forth in our Medium-Term Management Plan: “Increase Assets Held on the Balance Sheet,” “Expand AUM in the Asset Management Business,” “Increase and Diversify OwnersBook Assets,” and “Bolster ESG-Related initiatives,” and as a result, we successfully achieved the record-high profits.

FY2024 is the final year of the Medium-Term Management Plan. We know that our targets are high, and competition for acquiring superior real estate in the real estate market remains intense, but we, as one Group, will continue to make every effort to execute our four business strategies.

 

Our Group comprises a select group of talented people. We have created an environment in which all our members can act as professionals and demonstrate their strengths and calibers to the fullest, including their expertise, communication skills, sincerity, spirit of challenge, and ability to break through.

Our culture encourages our people who have long experienced in the real estate, finance, and IT to learn, while fully exercising their abilities, and to come up with unique ideas that can create new business opportunities - all of which, the management team respects. I am confident that, if we continue to build up these moments, they will grow throughout the Group and further enhance the corporate value.

As a President, I will continue to grasp the big picture of the rapidly changing social structure driven by the advancement of IT. I will take the lead for the Group by bringing the agility and expertise - our Group's strength- together and seek to achieve sustained growth.

 

In 2021, the Group established the Sustainability Committee (formerly the SDGs Initiative Promotion Committee). In order to respond to the trust of our shareholders and investors, we will continue to read market trends and enhance our track records. In addition, we are working to tackle social issues aiming to contribute to the creation of a sustainable society.

Looking to achieve sustainable growth, we will focus on our execution with high aspiration and challenging spirit, while calmly watching the ever-changing business environment.

 

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