V Co., Ltd. begins business partnership with digital content creative team Alche Co., Ltd. to develop Metaverse platform content centered on “Fortnite”
V Co., Ltd. Press release: November 6, 2024 V Co., Ltd. begins a business partnership with digital content creative team Alche Co., Ltd. to develop Metaverse platform content centered on “Fortnite”
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https://alche.notion.site/Alche-Studio-5b36226f39dd420bbfa6dd86e9918f17
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/49339/66/49339-66-0393e4aece247e07fe813791a18f33b2-1920×1080.png ■Background of the partnership In recent years, the term “metaverse” has become popular, and many companies are exploring new business developments that utilize virtual space. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications’ global metaverse market size (sales) trends and forecasts*1, it continues to expand to 4.2 trillion yen in 2021, and is expected to reach 78.8 trillion yen in 2030. . However, in the domestic Metaverse market, highly specialized knowledge and know-how are required to create content and acquire users, making monetization a major issue. “Fortnite” has continued to increase the number of users since its release in 2017, and by 2023 it has become a major market with over 500 million registered users. It is a platform with 5.1 million concurrent users worldwide and over 100 million monthly active users. Since there is already an economic zone of hundreds of billions of scale with hundreds of millions of users, it will be possible to eliminate the cost of attracting users and develop the business that you want to implement as soon as possible. *1 https://www.soumu.go.jp/johotsusintokei/whitepaper/ja/r04/html/nd236a00.html ■Purpose of business alliance Through this partnership, we will combine V’s support for entering the Metaverse and community management know-how with Alche’s advanced “Fortnite” content planning and production capabilities to achieve the following objectives. -Providing high-quality content creation and user experience Collaborative production of attractive worlds and events within “Fortnite” – Business development support in the metaverse market Providing comprehensive support for companies entering the Metaverse realm, especially “Fortnite” -Discord community management solution Support and provision of know-how for launching and operating a community using Discord ■Future outlook Through this partnership, V aims to create new value in the Metaverse area, provide a broader range of proposals and support, and contribute to solving the problems of companies entering the Metaverse market. In addition, we will strive to further develop the virtual commerce field with the aim of gaining the largest domestic share of the virtual item EC market, and will strive to create a life in the virtual world and establish a metaverse economic zone. ■Comments regarding business partnership
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/49339/66/49339-66-35b5b5ddb28e1763d62c461dd8ad586c-596×596.png Alche Co., Ltd. Representative Director and President Daiki Kawa We are very happy to have entered into a partnership with V Company. We are confident that by combining our experience in Fortnite with V Company’s production experience in a wide range of metaverse areas, marketing know-how, etc., we will be able to create new value and advance sustainable content development. !
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/49339/66/49339-66-1b0b56bc6f07b544af576bcacb5a7015-596×596.jpg V Co., Ltd. Representative Director and CEO Kota Fujiwara By collaborating with Alche, we hope to further accelerate business development on Metaverse platforms such as Fortnite. Together, we will expand the possibilities of the Metaverse and contribute to solving the problems of our client companies. ■Alche Co., Ltd. Company Profile
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/49339/66/49339-66-32f3f6dd84c2ccb1fb44278b5316e7bf-1999×1999.png Company name: Alche Co., Ltd. Address: 2-33-2-3F Honmachi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0071 Representative: Daiki Kawa Capital: 10 million yen Website: https://alche.studio/ ■Company profile
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/49339/66/49339-66-e4edad05ebf00fb044c31da29215664a-1000×1000.png Company name: V Co., Ltd. Address: 8th floor, Meguro Center Building, 3-2-1 Kamiosaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0021 Representative: Representative Director and CEO Kota Fujiwara Business content: Business support and development in cutting-edge technology areas such as Metaverse/VR/XR, development and operation of in-house services URL: https://v-inc.jp/ ■Biography of Representative Kota Fujiwara Co-founded a startup that develops an AI recipe suggestion app. After that, he joined Bank Co., Ltd. After being in charge of launching the instant purchase app “CASH” and the deferred payment travel service “TRAVEL Now”, he became independent. After founding V Co., Ltd. in 2019, he launched and operated one of the largest communities in Japan on the major Metaverse platforms “VRChat” and “Roblox”. In August 2024, we raised funds from Nippon Venture Capital, Sony Group, Itochu Corporation, Square Enix Holdings, etc. We are currently expanding our focus on the Metaverse entry support business.
