Meleap, which develops the AR sports "HADO", has raised 7.2 billion yen.Give it up to the start of the professional league.Corporate Release | Daily Industry Newspaper Electronic Version

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Release issuance company: Meleap Co., Ltd.

Overseas store business accelerates, and in 52 locations in 23 countries, MELEAP Co., Ltd. (located in Minato -ku, Tokyo, CEO: Hiroshi Fukuda), I Mercury Capital Co., Ltd., DBJ Capital Co., Ltd., Incubate Fund, Canal Ventures Co., Ltd. We are informed that the company, Hide Interchange Co., Ltd., and SMBC Venture Capital Co., Ltd. have been conducting a third -party allotment, and raised a total of 720 million yen. As a result, the cumulative procurement amount was 111 billion yen. Meleap has developed an AR sports business, including Hado, to realize the vision of "giving dreams and hopes to the world with techno sports". With this financing, we will accelerate the development of the store business and further strengthen the watching business to launch the professional league. ■ What is HADO? Hado is a sport using AR technology that emits a head -mounted display on the head and an arm sensor on the arm to emit a technique. It is divided into three to three teams, making full use of techniques such as energy balls and shields, and competing in 80 seconds. ■ Store business overseas accelerates, and it is expanded to 52 locations in 23 countries, and we are currently operating the HADO series in 252 locations in 23 countries such as Asia, North America, South America, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, with a total of over 1.3 million people. I am experiencing it. The overseas ratio in sales has been 60%, and a system that can make money globally has been set up. We will continue to increase the number of stores and increase the number of players. ■ On December 8, which evolves from the World Games to the Pro League, the third world tournament "HADO WORLD CUP 2018" will be held. Representative teams that have won the qualifying rounds held in seven countries around the world (Japan, the United Kingdom, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong) gather and compete for the world's number one. In addition to WORLD CUP, we hold 80 games a year, such as Master's League and Advance CUP, which can only be participated in powerful teams. In the future, we will evolve this tournament business and launch a professional league. For that, we will make a development investment as a broadcast content and focus on increasing the number of viewers. HADO WORLD CUP 2018 site http://meleap.com/tournament/world-cup/■ Battle program "Hado Beast Colossseum" with a prize of 10 million yen has also started as one of the broadcasting business measures, 2019 The AR Sports Hado program "Hado Beast Colosseum" will start on the month. This program is a battle program of seven HADO players "Beast" and the general participant "Challenger". The challenger nominates the beast and fights with the special rules of the program. Each of the beasts has a prize money, and if you win the key beast, you can get the prize of the Beasts you have defeated. If you win 5 games, you can get a total of 10 million yen. By implementing this project, we aim to increase the appeal of broadcasting content and increase the number of viewers. Hado Beast Colosseum Site http://meleap.com/beast_colosseum/■ This round is a total of 7.2 billion yen in Series B. II Mercury Capital, Canal Ventures, and Hide Interchange have invested as new shareholders, and the existing shareholders DBJ Capital, Incubate Fund, and SMBC Venture Capital have been investing in addition to the previous one. At the same time, DBJ Capital's Masafumi Kawai will be the external director of the Company. [Comments by II Mercury Capital Co., Ltd. CEO Shinwa Hiroshi] We will support the ambitious vision of trying to open up a new market called techno sports and provide support. HADO is convinced that it will be a wonderful use of technology, which makes people smile, create connections and enthusiasts. I would like to discuss how to expand the already exciting user community with the team. [Comment by DBJ Capital Co., Ltd. Director Masafumi Kawai] The fusion of technology has greatly expanded the possibility of sports, and an unprecedented innovative experience and a variety of ways of enjoying are being born. MELEAP is trying to realize excitement and excitement to people around the world through the new generation of sports from Japan, and to realize a rich social life with dreams and hopes. I look forward to creating a sports business that will be enthusiastic about the world. ■ Award -winning history ・ Participated in the seventh term of “KDDI ∞ LABO”, awarded the New Excitement Award -The “Slash ASIA 2016” finalist held in May 2016, awarded the PR TIMES Award, in August 2017. , Incubate fund won the first place overall in the seed acceleration program "Incubate CAMP 10th". Established Meleap Co., Ltd.: January 24, 2014 Representative: Hiroshi Fukuda Capital: 1,1113.49 million yen (including capital reserves) Location: 4-1-4 Shiba Park, Minato-ku, Tokyo Melonic 38MT Building URL: http:////// /meleap.com/ Corporate press release to PrTIMES Top

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