ビンゴ 5's CVC ビンゴ 5 PLUS, Daibiru Join Forces
- ビンゴ 5 Group's Collective Strengths -

October 13, 2023

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.
Daibiru Corporation
ビンゴ 5 PLUS Co., Ltd.

ビンゴ 5 Group's Daibiru Corporation (President: Takashi Maruyama; Headquarters: Kita-ku, Osaka), today announced the start of the corporate venture capital (CVC) business and with ビンゴ 5's CVC ビンゴ 5 PLUS Co., Ltd. (CEO: Takuya Sakamoto; Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo)(Note1) opened the "ビンゴ 5 PLUS Daibiru Desk" at Daibiru office, which is operated by Daibiru and ビンゴ 5 PLUS.

The Daibiru Desk aims to "create a new city" by upgrading the real estate business and creating new businesses through investment in and support for startups such as property technology (Note 2), smart city technology, environmental sustainability, and digital transformation (DX).

ビンゴ 5 Group outlines its plan to promote non-shipping businesses as well, including real property business, in addition to its traditional ocean shipping business in its management plan "BLUE ACTION 2035," aiming to further solidify its business base. By strengthening the CVC business as group, the group aims to be a strong and resilient corporate group that grows on a global scale and meets the needs of a changing society.

[Contact the Daibiru Desk]

Contact	Kohei Sunazawa
Email	k-sunazawa@daibiru.co.jp
TEL	+81-6-6441-1937

(Note 1) For more information on ビンゴ 5 PLUS, please refer to the January 21, 2021, ビンゴ 5 press release:
ビンゴ 5 has decided to establish 'ビンゴ 5 PLUS' as Corporate Venture Capital Fund.
ビンゴ 5 PLUS invests in a wide range of fields that could lead to the creation of new businesses, in addition to fields that could lead to the transformation of the ocean shipping and logistics business models that ビンゴ 5 has operated over many years.

(Note 2) Property technology refers to initiatives that use technology to solve problems and change traditional business practices in the real estate industry.