NAGOYA · HOLDING COMPANY · EARLY-STAGE INVESTOR
We own, run and back technology & media companies.
GiXiO holds equity in three companies — an AI infrastructure firm and two of the web's most-read design and gadget publications — and our director manages each of them directly.
We held a majority stake in SlashGear through to its acquisition, and now write first cheques for founders in AI, media and technology — backed with mentorship and the group's engineering, marketing and infrastructure.
2011
Founded, Nagoya
3
Operating holdings
1
Exit — SlashGear stake, to Static Media
Pre-seed
Where we invest — first cheque, hands-on
01 — HOLDINGS
Managed hands-on by our director, not from a board seat.
02 — EARLY-STAGE INVESTING
Capital, sweat equity — and everything we've learned — for founders at the very beginning.
Capital is the start, not the offer. We invest our own money — and sometimes our own time, taking sweat equity in exchange for hands-on work — decide quickly, and then stay alongside founders — mentorship and advisory from operators, plus shared engineering, marketing, infrastructure and technology from across our group.
STAGE
Pre-seed and seed — as first outside capital, or as sweat equity where our operating work is worth more than a cheque.
SECTORS
AI, media and technology — in Japan and beyond.
WHAT WE LOOK FOR
Technical founders, a working product or prototype, and a clear reason it must exist now.
PROCESS
Send a deck. If it fits, you'll hear from us within two weeks and meet the decision-maker directly.
BEYOND THE CHEQUE
Mentorship & advisory
Regular time with operators who have built, run and sold companies — on product, hiring, fundraising and the hard calls in between.
Engineering & infrastructure
Shared engineering capacity, AI infrastructure and technology from APOLLO11 and the wider group, so early teams ship without building everything themselves.
Marketing & distribution
Marketing support and reach through Yanko Design and The Gadgeteer — audiences of millions of design- and tech-minded readers.
03 — HISTORY
From publisher to holding company.
- GiXiO 株式会社 founded in Nagoya; acquires a majority stake in SlashGear.
- SlashGear acquired by Static Media — the group’s first exit.
- Takes a stake in Yanko Design through advisory shares and an operating partnership.
- Acquires shares in APOLLO11, AI infrastructure for Japanese enterprise.
- Takes over ownership and operation of The Gadgeteer.
- Opens an early-stage investment programme for AI, media and tech founders.
04 — CONTACT
Founders, partners, press — talk to us.
Founders: a deck link is enough to start. Companies exploring partnership or acquisition, and press or institutional enquiries, are equally welcome.
会社概要
GiXiO 株式会社 · 設立 2011年
愛知県名古屋市 · Nagoya, Japan