Review of 2024 and outlook for 2025

Sterling Securities (SS) is working with UNIVA Oak Holdings (UOH) to engage in financial services as part of its support for growing companies.
This time, I will be sharing a look back at last year and an outlook for this year.

"Looking back on 2024"
In cooperation with UOH, SS actively supports companies that are working to improve their corporate value, companies that take on new challenges, and companies that are forging ahead with change. As part of this growth support investment, in February we underwrote equity financing totaling approximately 800 million yen from Matsumoto Co., Ltd., and have since been working closely with the company to help increase its corporate value.

In addition, in order to create new revenue sources for SS, we fully promoted M&A brokerage, financing brokerage, and consulting services in 2024, and our revenues increased. This business is a new field pioneered by Kenji Inagawa, who appeared in the "NAKAMA's New Year's Resolutions" column in the January issue.

"Ambition for 2025"
We will work with companies both inside and outside the group to provide a variety of solutions that go beyond fundraising to support growing companies.

Additionally, as a new initiative this year, we will establish the "UNIVA FUND," which can handle both loans and underwriting of equity financing, and will strengthen our support services for domestic companies that are listed or preparing to be listed. Mr. Inagawa is also taking the lead in preparing for this.

We ask for the cooperation and support of our NAKAMA at the UNIVA Group.

President and CEO, Sterling Securities Co., Ltd.
Managing Director and Group COO, UNIVA Oak Holdings Limited
Toshiaki Muneyuki