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Developed solution with startup studio quantum
(Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Banyuki Hattori; hereinafter "First Ascent"), a provider of childcare support services for infants and toddlers, in collaboration with QUANTUM Co, (headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo; Mitsuru Takamatsu, President & CEO; hereinafter "Quantum") have launched "Child First," a service to support new business development and digitalization of existing businesses, specializing in the BabyTech and EdTech areas.
It has long been said that we live in an era of VUCA, where the future is extremely difficult to predict. In order to support the future of children who will live through a future that is difficult to predict, the time and money spent per child is said to be increasing, and in response, companies in various industries are considering expanding into educational services.
Child First is a comprehensive support service for new business development and digitalization of existing businesses in the BabyTech and EdTech fields, such as healthcare services for maternity and educational products for infants and toddlers. We provide one-stop services for new business development, including idea generation, prototyping development, post-launch growth planning, and business plan development. We conduct precedent studies and consumer needs research, design appropriate UI (user interface)/UX (user experience), prioritize functions to be implemented, develop actual products, and conduct post-development marketing PR activities in an integrated manner. The Lean Startup approach enables faster, more risk-minimized, and more cost-effective development than conventional new business development.
First Ascent has been striving to expand the baby tech industry by developing baby tech services in Japan and overseas, such as "ainenne," a smart bed light that helps babies fall asleep, and "Papatte Ikko @ Baby Notebook," a child-rearing support application. First Ascent's expertise in the development of infant/child rearing support services and quantum's idea development methods, consumer-oriented design, and product/service development capabilities will be combined to create services and products that specifically address the issues faced by households raising children.
First Ascent will accelerate new business development and development support in the BabyTech and EdTech areas through joint solution development with Quantum and the launch of "Child First," and will work with various companies to create new value that will help solve issues faced by families raising children. We will work with all companies to create new value that will lead to solutions to the issues faced by families raising children.
About quantum ( https://www.quantum.ne.jp )
quantum is a startup studio that creates new products and services through creativity-driven business development. since its founding in 2016, quantum has launched its own businesses as venture builders and worked with more than 70 companies, startups, and universities on business development, creating a variety of new businesses through co-founding. Since its founding in 2016, we have launched our own businesses as venture builders and have worked on business development with over 70 companies, startups, and universities, creating various new businesses through co-founding.
From now on, quantum will continue to challenge "Zero to Impact" continuously with creativity and implementation power in a culture that values entrepreneurship.
About First Ascent ( https://first-ascent.jp/ )
First Ascent is a startup that provides services for infants and toddlers, such as the parenting support application "Papatte Ikkoiku," CryAnalyzer, which analyzes baby cries, and ainenne, a product that helps babies fall asleep.
First Ascent possesses childcare record data of various child-rearing households accumulated through the operation of services for infants and toddlers as its own business, as well as know-how on service development based on such childcare record data, which it uses to provide advice on service development to large corporations.
Company Profile
Company name: First Ascent Co.
Representative: Tomoyuki Hattori, Representative Director
Established: October 2012
Location: 2F Sagami Building, 7-13-6 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Business activities: Providing "Papatto Ikkoiku@Akachan Notebook," a child-rearing support application, and "ainenne," a bed light to support bedtime routines
Corporate:https://first-ascent.jp
Papa's Childcare:https://papaikuji.info
ainenne:https://ainenne.com
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Company name: First Ascent Co.
Head office address: 2F Sagami Building, 7-13-6 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Established: October 23, 2012
URL: http://first-ascent.jp
E-mail: info@first-ascent.jp
First Ascent, a provider of Papatto Kosodate @ Baby Notebook and ainenne, has launched a new business development and digitalization support service for existing businesses specializing in the BabyTech and EdTech areas in collaboration with QUANTUM.
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