BTA2024 Application for screening is now being accepted.

Unifa launches "Photo Utilization Support Plan," a free use of its comprehensive childcare ICT service "Lukumi," which has been installed in more than 13,000 locations.

From the Editor

Unifa, which offers the comprehensive childcare ICT service "Rukumi," which has won numerous awards at the BabyTech® Award Japan, has launched a "Photo Utilization Support Plan" with initial and monthly fees of zero yen if conditions are met.
They aim to increase communication among parents and caregivers using photos to create a richer childcare experience.

Let's take a look at the details from the press release.

- The following is content from the press release -

Stronger support for improving the quality of childcare through the use of photographs

(Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Yasuyuki Toki; hereafter "Unifa"), a company that uses technology to solve social issues related to childcare and child rearing, has introduced its comprehensive childcare ICT service "Lucumi" to a total of 13,000 customers.
We will start offering the "Photo Use Support Plan" to encourage more people to use Lukumi, to increase communication among parents and caregivers using photos, and to realize richer childcare.

In recent years, there has been a growing emphasis in the childcare industry on the use of photographs to deepen understanding of children, to reflect on childcare, and to share information with parents and guardians.

Unifa Corporation, a provider of childcare ICT services, has been supporting efforts to improve the quality of childcare through the use of photographs, including efforts to support on-site practice through the provision of "returnable documentation training" and the release of "Luxmy Documentation," which enables the creation of documentation without the burden We have also released "LUXMY Documentation," which allows users to create documentation without the burden of taking photographs.

As part of this effort, we are now offering a new "Photo Utilization Support Plan. The "Photo Utilization Support Plan" allows users who meet certain conditions of use to take advantage of basic functions, including photography, photo sales management, and photo documentation, for ¥0 per month instead of ¥5,000 per month.

1: About the Photo Utilization Support Plan

Outline of the Plan
Monthly fee of 5,000 yen for basic Lukumi functions (Lukumi Class Board, Lukumi Contact Book, Lukumi Otayori, Lukumi Photo, and Lukumi Documentation) will be reduced to 0 yen if the conditions of use are met.

Available Features  
Lukmie Photo: Photo taking application, automatic uploading, sales management functions, etc.
Lukumi Documentation: Save comments, create stories, save PDFs, etc.
Lukumi Contact Book: Contact book application, attendance contact, individual contact function, etc.
Lukumi Otayori: Simultaneous sending of letters, file attachments, and functions for ascertaining parental confirmation, etc.
Lukumi Class Board: Information sharing within the preschool, childcare record management function, etc.

Price
0 yen (Normal: 0 yen initial cost and 5,000 yen monthly cost)

Terms of Use
At least one photo sale using Lukmi-Photo within 6 months from the date of start of use.

Subjects
The plan will be effective for newly subscribed facilities or facilities that renew their subscriptions on April 1, 2022.

For inquiries, please contact
Lukumi's WEB site ( https://lookmee.jp/photo-ouen/ ) to contact us for more information.

Precautions
Other options are also available for a fee.
Please note that we may stop accepting applications for the Photo Utilization Support Plan at any time for certain reasons. Please contact us for details.

2: About Unifa

Unifa is a startup in the "Childcare-Tech" domain that aims to solve social issues related to childcare and childcare. With the company's purpose of "creating new social infrastructures that create happiness for families around the world," Unifa develops and provides "Rukumi," a childcare support service that utilizes IoT and AI. To date, the service has been introduced in more than 33 locations in local governments, and has been installed in more than 13,000 locations in total (*as of November 2021). Through the development of "Smart Nursery School ®︎, Smart Kindergarten ®︎, and Smart Childcare Center ®︎," we are contributing to the creation of an affluent society in which it is easy to work while raising children.

Smart Nursery School" won the Good Design Best 100 of 2021 and the Good Focus Award (New Business Design), a special award, as well as the Advanced Technology Award in the social industry-specific ASP and SaaS category of the ASPIC IoT, AI, Cloud Award 2021, which is given to cloud services that are beneficial to society. In addition, Lukumi received the Advanced Technology Award in the social industry-specific ASP and SaaS category of the ASPIC IoT, AI, and Cloud Award 2021, which is given to cloud services beneficial to society. Unifa was also selected as a J-Startup.

Company Profile

Company name: Unifa Corporation
Representative Director & CEO: Yasuyuki Toki
Established: 2013
Location: Sumitomo Fudosan Chiyoda Fujimi Building 2F, 1-8-19 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Business Overview: Planning, development, sales, and operation of the "Lukumi ®︎" series of childcare support services.
Development and promotion of "Smart Nursery Schools, Smart Kindergartens, and Smart Children's Schools.
Company URL:https://unifa-e.com/