PERSOL HOLDINGS to Invest in Anifie Inc.

Updated：February 21, 2022

The comprehensive personnel service provider PERSOL HOLDINGS CO., LTD. (based in Minato-ku Tokyo; President and CEO: Takao Wada) to invest in Anifie Inc.（based in Irvine, California, U.S.A.; CEO： Yohei Iwasaki、hereinafter “Anifie”）, an NFT Metaverse startup, helping enterprises develop white label metaverse space and NFT contents to realize new business opportunities to creators and enterprises. The investment was made via PERSOL VENTURE PARTNERS LLC (based in Minato-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Takeyuki Kato, former “PERSOL INNOVATION FUND LLC”), who leads the group in investment to create new businesses and services through open innovation.

Overview of Anifie Inc.

Anifie helps creators and enterprises develop their own metaverse space and module based NFTs which can be attached with 3D avatars as skins or collectibles. It enables to create valuable digital IP contents at scale. Anifie was founded by Japanese serial entrepreneur, Yohei Iwasaki, teaming up with John Oetjen, Grammy winning producer, and Patrick Woodland, renowned composer for film and TV such as ‘Sex and the City’

Reference: Overview of PERSOL VENTURE PARTNERS

About PERSOL HOLDINGS <https://www.persol-group/co.jp/>

Since its founding in 1973, Tempstaff Co., Ltd. (now PERSOL TEMPSTAFF CO., LTD.) group companies have been involved in a comprehensive human resources services—from placing temporary and permanent staff to outsourcing services and career transition (outplacement) support. The holding company, formed in October 2008 as Temp Holdings Co., Ltd., changed its name to PERSOL HOLDINGS CO., LTD. in July 2017.
The company is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, First Section (stock code 2181) and recorded sales of 950,722 million yen (fiscal year ended March 2021).

About PERSOL

Under the Group Vision “Work, and Smile,” the PERSOL Group engages in diverse services concerning people and organizations, which include temporary staffing service “Tempstaff,” career improvement service “doda,” IT-outsourcing, and design development.
We are also working on the next generation of innovations by integrating human resource services and technologies, offering services such as career improvement service “MIIDAS,” empowering of technology talent and construction support for DX organizations “TECH PLAY,” and a cloud-based mobile POS cashier “POS+.”