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What’s Hachimenroppi?

What’s Hachimenroppi?

Launched e-commerce services for restaurants in Tokyo and three other prefectures. Instead of relying on the traditional procurement route from the central wholesale market, build unique procurement channels sourcing products from local markets and producers nationwide, creating a network for low cost and high-quality items offered in a wide selection. This has allowed us to secure major support from individual small- and medium-sized restaurants committed to the quality of their food.

What’s Hachimenroppi?

Clients

Built on the concept of only maintaining a roster of clients that we would personally want to patronize, even if others would be profitable. We believe this business model will allow us to gain the support of society in the medium- and long-term and ultimately be profitable.

  • 141(Hiroo)

  • Mamashita(Ebisu)

  • Kageyamaro(Jiyugaoka)

  • BEE8(Shibuya)

  • pipal(Shibuya)

  • Sakanabar(Roppongi)

  • Oto(Asakusa)

  • Teriya(Musashi Koyama)

  • Kohakukyu(Marunouchi)

  • Shiki no Sato(Asakadai)

  • Otaru Masazushi(Ginza)

  • Nami no Ue(Ebisu)

  • Asobigasaki(Roppongi)

  • Napule(Roppongi)

  • Yamakashi(Hachioji)


Products

Procuring seafood, fruit/vegetables, and meat not only from the central wholesale market, but local markets and producers nationwide.

Products

*Alcohol is sold through Hachimenroppi Alcohol, Inc. (a wholly-owned subsidiary).

*Product lineup changes from day to day. There are on average 2,000-3,000 items listed.

Strengths

System development

Perishable food is an area existing package systems struggle to accommodate; independently develop and operate not only a shopping site management system, but payment management systems, shipping/fulfillment systems, warehouse management systems, and marketing systems.

Product lineup

A supply chain management system that involves clients and suppliers allows us to focus specifically on perishable foods and high mix, low volume lots that major companies struggle with. In addition, long years of existing relationships allows for setting beneficial terms regarding payment sites and procurement costs, etc.

Logistics

Existing courier companies struggle with same-day chilled delivery. Creating a dominant structure in-house for these deliveries will allow us to manage delivery timeframes, costs, and shipment area. Operating our own fulfillment center also allows for efficiently managing product quality and sanitation.

Payment management

Partnering with Raccoon Co., Ltd. to obtain purchasing data we have accumulated for over five years. This allows us to build a unique payment infrastructure for small- and medium-sized restaurants the credit management of which existing payment methods failed to accommodate. In addition to further filtering, liquidating debts allows for creating a business structure in which operating capital is not needed.

Marketing

Instead of a sales style dependent on specific personnel, using social media and ad networks to acquire new clients and achieve low CPA. Integrated management of client data and use of a marketing automation system also allows for improving ARPU and efficiently and cost-effectively managing clients.

Organization

Organization

Market Conditions

The market for “last one mile” distribution to downstream consumers (restaurants) is estimated at 10T JPY in value. Patrons of these restaurants tend to prefer unique, individual shops to chain restaurants. However, the ingredients sought by small- and medium-sized restaurants are usually perishable foods which the major fulfillment operators do not excel at, and these small shops also do not have robust payment and distribution systems in place, so the major players tend to avoid selling to them. As a result, the market for distribution at the last one mile to small- and medium-sized restaurants is supported in an incomplete fashion by many tens of thousands of fragmented small- and medium-sized fulfillers.

Organization

In order to focus primarily on perishable foods (seafood, vegetables/fruit, meat, etc.), an area major delivery agents do not excel at, build up a structure that incorporates information systems and other advances while slowly building out a portfolio of small- and medium-sized restaurant clients, shoring up payment processing and logistics, and ultimately procurement. Then, using those business structures and capital to actively expand into the non-perishable foods (frozen and alcohol) market, drive out major delivery providers and achieve the leading share of the market for fulfillment services on the “last one mile” to downstream consumers.

Organization

Strategy

Using IT to suitably meet the needs of small- and medium-sized shops allows for enhancing products, logistics, and marketing. Having external operators use these allows for changing costs to profits and maximizing free cash flow. Then reinvest free cash flow to expand share of market.

Organization

Company Profile

Company name Hachimenroppi, Inc.
Established May 14, 2007
Capital 48,000,000 JPY
Address 6-8 Toyomi-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0055
Officers
President
Masanari Matsuda

Director
Mitsuru Sekine

Director
Yuki Kanayama

Director
Hidejiro Naito

Auditor
Rina Sumino

Auditor
Eisuke Ito

Auditor
Taisuke Matsumoto

History

May 2007: Established Energy Agent Co., Ltd. (now Hachimenroppi, Inc.)

June 2009: Energy Agent Co., Ltd. becomes functionally dormant.

April 2011: Launched the Hachimenroppi service.

December 2011: changed company name to Hachimenroppi, Inc.

Board of Directors

Masanari Matsuda

Representative director

Masanari Matsuda

Masanari Matsuda

Born in 1980. After graduating from the Kyoto University Faculty of Law, joined UFJ Bank Limited in April 2004. In October 2005, joined an independent venture capital firm and became a director of the company. In May 2007, went on to establish Energy Agent Co., Ltd. (now Hachimenroppi, Inc.) and became its president. In June 2009, became a director of G-Mobile, Inc., a company engaged in type 2 telecommunications services. In September 2010, stepped down as director of the company and launched the Hachimenroppi™ service in April 2011.


Mitsuru Sekine

Director

Mitsuru Sekine

Mitsuru Sekine

Born in 1968. After working at a business corporation and certified tax accountant office among others, joined Zappallas, Inc. (TYO: 3770) in June 2004 and took the position of Financial Controller while also serving in the Listing Preparation Office. Founded Lead One Co., Ltd. in February 2006 and took the position of Representative Director. Provided consultation on financial and accounting matters to mid-to-small companies. Joined Hachimenroppi, Inc. in October 2017.Took the position of Director in December 2018.


Yuki Kanayama

Director (non full-time)

Yuki Kanayama

Yuki Kanayama

Born in 1978. He founded VASILY, a company that owns the fashion app "IQON". In October 2017, the company was sold to ZOZO Corporation, which manages "ZOZOTOWN". After serving as the Representative Director and CINO of ZOZO Technologies Inc. he became the Representative Director of ZOZO NEXT Inc. in October 2021. The company is engaged in R&D and new business creation. Took the position of Outside Director of Hachimenroppi, Inc. in December 2021.


Hidejiro Naito

Director (non full-time)

Hidejiro Naito

Hidejiro Naito

Born in 1969. At Accenture, he supported the introduction of organizational design and personnel evaluation systems, and promoted global supply chain reform. In November 2004, he joined SimploMente Corporation, a company that provides comprehensive maintenance outsourcing services to chain restaurants, and in November 2007, he was appointed President and Representative Director, and in December 2013, the company was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers. He retired from the company in March 2016 and has since developed strategy consulting and business development at several companies. In July 2021, he became the director of Gran Manibus Inc. Took the position of Outside Director of Hachimenroppi, Inc. in December 2021.


Rina Sumino

Auditor

Rina Sumino

Rina Sumino

Born in 1980. Certified Public Accountant (Japan). After graduating from The University of Tokyo Faculty of Economics, joined an accounting firm in 2002 and experienced audit of listing companies. After that, experienced M&A advisory (financial due diligence, valuation, financial advisory etc.) at PricewaterhouseCoopers and KPMG. In 2013, joined Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd and experienced M&A related job. In June 2018, became an auditor of Hachimenroppi, Inc.


Eisuke Ito

Auditor (non full-time)

Eisuke Ito

Eisuke Ito

Born in 1978. After graduating from the School of Political Science and Economics at Waseda University in 2001, worked at a major auditing firm to provide auditing for firms preparing for public launch and IPO. Launched the Ito Accounting Office in 2005. Supporting accounting, taxation, and financing functions and assisting with share issues and reorganization for startups, as well as asset management for enterprise and indivual clients. In May 2007, joined Energy Agent Co., Ltd. (currently Hachimenroppi, Inc.) as external auditor.


Taisuke Matsumoto

Auditor (non full-time)

Taisuke Matsumoto

Taisuke Matsumoto

Born in 1980. Graduate of Kyoto University Faculty of Law. An accredited lawyer affiliated with the Field-R legal offices. Provides legal and PR support to clients in the fields of sports, entertainment, advertising, and other areas. In June 2013, became external director of Hachimenroppi, Inc. In June 2018, became external auditor of Hachimenroppi, Inc.


Investors

Investors

Business Expansion

This area has posed numerous difficulties in the past, but by expanding the amount of goods distributed to meet the “last one mile” in downstream demand will allow for improved logistics and greater improvements in procurement, thereby shoring up pricing, quality, and lineup. As a result, this will lead to greater demand and create a unique future marketplace position which competitors cannot reach. Eventually secure 100,000 JPY in average monthly purchases from 30,000 shops and reach 3B JPY a month.

Next, using acquired logistics data, offer A: personnel filling service for cooks; B: shop opening financing service for cooks; and C: overseas expansion support to promote distribution of goods worldwide.

Traditional financial organs will generally not lend to cooks with no credit; treating their past transactions, skills, and delays in payment as a form of negotiable credit from a big data standpoint allows for achieving a greater fidelity of lending. In the rare event that financing should dry up, use collateralized financing allocate a different cook suitable to the property and claw back loans. Selling shop interior design/construction, construction materials, and plateware/cutlery, the intended use of this financing, through a dedicated group company allows for developing a new business.

Offering a service within and without Japan that incorporates the aforementioned sales and HR services and financing in a comprehensive fashion is expected to yield 10billion JPY in annual sales by 2020.

Business Expansion