Our expertise

Pharma, skincare, health food, green energy, IT & telecom, travel tech in Japan, Europe and USA

What we do

Pharmaceuticals

  • We develop our own pharma projects
  • We also advise cross border pharma transactions, M&A, licensing and alliances
  • Our seasoned pharma specialists have an extensive track record and network

Skincare

  • We market and distribute BIOEFFECT, a pioneer in growth factors, recombinant proteins, in plants for skincare, in Japan
  • Our partners include the airlines ANA and JAL as wells as major department stores
  • Our online store can be reached here

Health food

  • We are partners with the dairy companies MS Dairies in Iceland and Nippon Luna in Japan for Ísey Skyr, a dairy product
  • We provide seafood M&A advisory in Japan with our strategic partner, Antarctica Advisors International, a leading investment bank focused on the global seafood industry

Green energy

  • We are an agent of Fuji Electric in Iceland
  • We also provide advisory to power-, engineering- and drilling companies as well as government related parties
  • Our advisory includes financing, negotiations and project development

Green IT & Telecom

  • We provide advisory, M&A and partnering, with regards to optic fiber cables, data centers, and other relevant green IT & telecommunication business

Travel Tech

  • We operate the online travel agency www.TripToJapan.com

CSR

  • Corporate Social Responsibility has been the core mission of our company since our establishment in 2010

The Team

We are a diverse team of 15 experts with a vast experience in our focus sectors.

We have high level scientists as well as experienced business people.

We are from Japan, Iceland and France.

Track Record

2023: Pharma

Advised on a $221 m. pharma licensing deal in Japan

2022: IT & Telecom

Advised on a $500 m. telecom M&A deal in Iceland

2021: Health Food

Launched Hansens, an organic ice cream, in Japan

2020: Pharma

Facilitated $500 m. pharma licensing deal in Japan

2020: Pharma

Facilitated Avigan (Favipiravir) from Fujifilm to Iceland

2020: Health Food

Launched Ísey Skyr, a dairy product, in Japan

2020: Skincare

Launched BIOEFFECT, a skincare product, in ANA DF

2019: Green Energy

Facilitated geothermal power agreement in Iceland

2018: Pharma

Participated in acquisition of manufact. site in Iceland

Enzymatica

2018: Pharma

Licensed ColdZyme, a medical device, in Japan

2018: Skincare

Launched BIOEFFECT, a skincare product, in JAL

2018: Skincare

Launched BIOEFFECT, a skincare product, in ANA

2015: Green Energy

Facilitated financing of a geoth. power plant in Iceland

2015: Skincare

Launched BIOEFFECT, a skincare product, in Japan

2014: Green Energy

Facilitated geothermal power agreement in Iceland

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