Via KURONEKO Innovation Fund, Yamato Holdings have made an investment in Free Standard Inc. (Tokyo; CEO – Takao Harimoto), a company that develops a solution “Retailor” which enables any brand to implement an in-house circular economy for retailors.

By incorporating Free Standard into the KURONEKO Innovation Fund portfolio, we expect to acquire valuable knowledge about the development of recycling-oriented markets in e-commerce that we can leverage to provide new value.