Press Release
Geek Pictures Invests in Sozi, a Business Nurturing Creators
Geek Pictures Inc.; Head office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, President: Tamotsu Kosano, announces its investment in Sozi Inc.; Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, President: Tetsuhiro Miyamura, a company that plans, develops, and operates web services to assist creators’ activities.
■About Sozi
Sozi has been engaging in business to support the sustainable activities of creators since 2017 with its mission, “In the broad world of the internet, we nurture the fertile soil for better creations to bloom.” OFUSE, having released its beta version in 2018 to directly support creators, assists the activities of creators as a web fan letter service that allows people to send a message to their favorite creator paying 2 yen per 1 character.
In 2019, Sozi released the pib app to post creative illustrations. It has created a place to keep connecting creators and new fans with artwork recommendations generated by machine learning.
In 2021, Sozi released POTOFU, a free service that allows creators to quickly and easily create their portfolio page. In addition to the web services mentioned above, Sozi organizes exhibitions and events for artworks and plans and publishes illustration books called the “pib book” to create more places online and offline for creators to show their creativity.
■Background and Purpose of this Investment by Geek Pictures
Besides its main business, which is video content production, such as TV commercial and music video production, Geek Pictures established the creative unit GEEK WONDERS dedicated to the content business, including character intellectual properties, and the animation studio GEEK TOYS Inc. in recent years to deliver content suiting the new age from Japan to the world as a total creative company. Also, it launched the Mosaic Nation NFT platform to support creators and revitalize the art industry. Geek Pictures sympathized with Sozi’s mission, “In the broad world of the internet, we nurture the fertile soil for better creations to bloom,” and decided to offer financial support to Sozi this time.
Geek Pictures matches talented creators and businesses and discovers and nurtures next-generation creators and more to pursue a creator-friendly society. Thus, we will support Sozi’s efforts, which support the creator’s activities and accelerate business to realize a world packed with diverse works.
■Comments from Tamotsu Kosano, President of Geek Pictures
The Sozi team provides services with a warm humanistic touch, which I believe has the power to attract creators and enrich the user experience. President Miyamura’s passion and his team’s constant creation make me have high expectations for the further improvement of this service that makes everyone happy. I feel honored to work together with Sozi and hope to restructure creative value and foster top creators in the “fertile soil” nurtured by the Sozi team.
■About Sozi
Sozi has been engaging in business to support the sustainable activities of creators since 2017 with its mission, “In the broad world of the internet, we nurture the fertile soil for better creations to bloom.” OFUSE, having released its beta version in 2018 to directly support creators, assists the activities of creators as a web fan letter service that allows people to send a message to their favorite creator paying 2 yen per 1 character.
In 2019, Sozi released the pib app to post creative illustrations. It has created a place to keep connecting creators and new fans with artwork recommendations generated by machine learning.
In 2021, Sozi released POTOFU, a free service that allows creators to quickly and easily create their portfolio page. In addition to the web services mentioned above, Sozi organizes exhibitions and events for artworks and plans and publishes illustration books called the “pib book” to create more places online and offline for creators to show their creativity.
■Background and Purpose of this Investment by Geek Pictures
Besides its main business, which is video content production, such as TV commercial and music video production, Geek Pictures established the creative unit GEEK WONDERS dedicated to the content business, including character intellectual properties, and the animation studio GEEK TOYS Inc. in recent years to deliver content suiting the new age from Japan to the world as a total creative company. Also, it launched the Mosaic Nation NFT platform to support creators and revitalize the art industry. Geek Pictures sympathized with Sozi’s mission, “In the broad world of the internet, we nurture the fertile soil for better creations to bloom,” and decided to offer financial support to Sozi this time.
Geek Pictures matches talented creators and businesses and discovers and nurtures next-generation creators and more to pursue a creator-friendly society. Thus, we will support Sozi’s efforts, which support the creator’s activities and accelerate business to realize a world packed with diverse works.
■Comments from Tamotsu Kosano, President of Geek Pictures
The Sozi team provides services with a warm humanistic touch, which I believe has the power to attract creators and enrich the user experience. President Miyamura’s passion and his team’s constant creation make me have high expectations for the further improvement of this service that makes everyone happy. I feel honored to work together with Sozi and hope to restructure creative value and foster top creators in the “fertile soil” nurtured by the Sozi team.
Press Release
Geek Pictures Invests in Sozi, a Business Nurturing Creators
Geek Pictures Inc.; Head office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, President: Tamotsu Kosano, announces its investment in Sozi Inc.; Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, President: Tetsuhiro Miyamura, a company that plans, develops, and operates web services to assist creators’ activities.
■About Sozi
Sozi has been engaging in business to support the sustainable activities of creators since 2017 with its mission, “In the broad world of the internet, we nurture the fertile soil for better creations to bloom.” OFUSE, having released its beta version in 2018 to directly support creators, assists the activities of creators as a web fan letter service that allows people to send a message to their favorite creator paying 2 yen per 1 character.
In 2019, Sozi released the pib app to post creative illustrations. It has created a place to keep connecting creators and new fans with artwork recommendations generated by machine learning.
In 2021, Sozi released POTOFU, a free service that allows creators to quickly and easily create their portfolio page. In addition to the web services mentioned above, Sozi organizes exhibitions and events for artworks and plans and publishes illustration books called the “pib book” to create more places online and offline for creators to show their creativity.
■Background and Purpose of this Investment by Geek Pictures
Besides its main business, which is video content production, such as TV commercial and music video production, Geek Pictures established the creative unit GEEK WONDERS dedicated to the content business, including character intellectual properties, and the animation studio GEEK TOYS Inc. in recent years to deliver content suiting the new age from Japan to the world as a total creative company. Also, it launched the Mosaic Nation NFT platform to support creators and revitalize the art industry. Geek Pictures sympathized with Sozi’s mission, “In the broad world of the internet, we nurture the fertile soil for better creations to bloom,” and decided to offer financial support to Sozi this time.
Geek Pictures matches talented creators and businesses and discovers and nurtures next-generation creators and more to pursue a creator-friendly society. Thus, we will support Sozi’s efforts, which support the creator’s activities and accelerate business to realize a world packed with diverse works.
■Comments from Tamotsu Kosano, President of Geek Pictures
The Sozi team provides services with a warm humanistic touch, which I believe has the power to attract creators and enrich the user experience. President Miyamura’s passion and his team’s constant creation make me have high expectations for the further improvement of this service that makes everyone happy. I feel honored to work together with Sozi and hope to restructure creative value and foster top creators in the “fertile soil” nurtured by the Sozi team.
■About Sozi
Sozi has been engaging in business to support the sustainable activities of creators since 2017 with its mission, “In the broad world of the internet, we nurture the fertile soil for better creations to bloom.” OFUSE, having released its beta version in 2018 to directly support creators, assists the activities of creators as a web fan letter service that allows people to send a message to their favorite creator paying 2 yen per 1 character.
In 2019, Sozi released the pib app to post creative illustrations. It has created a place to keep connecting creators and new fans with artwork recommendations generated by machine learning.
In 2021, Sozi released POTOFU, a free service that allows creators to quickly and easily create their portfolio page. In addition to the web services mentioned above, Sozi organizes exhibitions and events for artworks and plans and publishes illustration books called the “pib book” to create more places online and offline for creators to show their creativity.
■Background and Purpose of this Investment by Geek Pictures
Besides its main business, which is video content production, such as TV commercial and music video production, Geek Pictures established the creative unit GEEK WONDERS dedicated to the content business, including character intellectual properties, and the animation studio GEEK TOYS Inc. in recent years to deliver content suiting the new age from Japan to the world as a total creative company. Also, it launched the Mosaic Nation NFT platform to support creators and revitalize the art industry. Geek Pictures sympathized with Sozi’s mission, “In the broad world of the internet, we nurture the fertile soil for better creations to bloom,” and decided to offer financial support to Sozi this time.
Geek Pictures matches talented creators and businesses and discovers and nurtures next-generation creators and more to pursue a creator-friendly society. Thus, we will support Sozi’s efforts, which support the creator’s activities and accelerate business to realize a world packed with diverse works.
■Comments from Tamotsu Kosano, President of Geek Pictures
The Sozi team provides services with a warm humanistic touch, which I believe has the power to attract creators and enrich the user experience. President Miyamura’s passion and his team’s constant creation make me have high expectations for the further improvement of this service that makes everyone happy. I feel honored to work together with Sozi and hope to restructure creative value and foster top creators in the “fertile soil” nurtured by the Sozi team.
