Our History | BEENOS

1999

1999.11

Company established at Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo with the objective of facilitating electronic commerce on the Internet

2000

2000.03

Launched Japan’s first online group buying service branded as “Netprice Gathering”

2000.09

Launched the Chibi-gather, a mobile e-Commerce service for NTT DoCoMo’s i-mode- terminals to lead the development of the mobile Internet market based on Internet access via mobile phone handsets

2004

2004.03

Expanded and relocated headquarters to Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

2004.07

Listed on the Mothers section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange

2006

2006.03

Acquired shares in Defactostandard, Ltd., an auction price comparison service provider that collaborates with auction media around the world

2007

2007.02

Became a Holdings Company with the intention of business expansion. Changed name to netprice.com. Gathering is succeeded to child company netprice (the consolidated subsidiary).

2007.04

Established global shopping business ShopAirlines

2007.06

Established auction media business aucfan.com through Defactostandard, Ltd.

2007.08

ShopAirlines launched ShopAirlines America, Inc. (a consolidated subsidiary) in Silicon Valley.

2007.12

Established ShopAirlines America, Inc., the company that manages global shopping service sekaimon, through business alliance with eBay, Inc.

2008

2008.04

Relocated headquarters to Kitashinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo

2008.07

Set up tenso, inc.(former Tenso.com, Inc.) to engage in another new overseas-related business

2010

2010.04

Established Open Network Lab, Inc. with Digital Garage

2011

2011.05

Established ShopAirlines Europe B.V. as a new European headquarter

2011.09

Began Startup Accelerator program Open Network Lab with Digital Garage and Kakaku.com

2012

2012.02

Established monosense, Ltd. (a retail licensing company) via company split from netprice.com, Ltd.

2012.05

Established BEENOS Partners, Inc., a venture capital investing in American startups

2012.11

Established FORii, Inc., an educational app content creating business

2013

2013.01

Established BEENOS Asia Pte. Ltd., a corporation local to Singapore, which invests in businesses residing in emerging nations

2013.07

Began the BEENOS program, a program which invests and cultivates startups

2013.12

Formed capital business alliance with Digital Garage in order to discover and deploy businesses abroad

2014

2014.07

Established BEENOS Plaza Pte.Ltd. (an equity method affiliate) to invest in Indonesian start-up companies.

2014.10

Company name officially changed to BEENOS Inc. with the intent to strive to become like honeybees (BEE) and create a “Platform for the People” that connects entrepreneurs, businesses, people and products

2015

2015.02

Defactostandard, Ltd. formed a business and capital alliance with ITOCHU Corporation to further the market expansion for the brand-name product buyback service “Brandear” and to help each other’s endeavor to grow internationally

2015.11

Founded TAIWAN TENSO, INC. to be the international hub for Customer Support and Marketing operations for tenso, inc.

2015.12

Switched to a company with an Audit & Supervisory Committee for business management to be more transparent by intensifying the Board of Directors’ auditing and oversight while further enhancing its corporate governance and with the aim to increase its corporate value

2016

2016.08

Defactostandard, Ltd., a BEENOS consolidated subsidiary that provides a brand-name product buyback service on the internet, listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers Section

2016.10

Changed our listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange to the First Section

2016.12

Acquired SWATi inc., a company that designs and manufactures novelty goods, as a subsidiary

2017

2017.10

Established BeeCruise Inc., a subsidiary specializing in the development of new businesses

2017.12

Transferred all shares of Netprice Inc. to Aucfan Inc.

2018

2018.03

Acquired JOYLAB, inc. (formerly teikokushuhan Co. Ltd.) a company that purchases and resells alcoholic beverages, as a subsidiary

2019

2019.03

Established FASBEE Inc., a joint venture company to operate a Cross Border EC service specializing in fashion, with Fashion-Co-Lab. Co., Ltd.

2019.12

Established Beenos Travel Inc., an inbound tourism company that operates media websites for inbound tourists to Japan with the main focus on "Travel Bar" , as a subsidiary