H i s t o r y H i s t o r y Corporate Development

2014-16

1. October 2014: Cocktail Make Inc. established in Setagaya-ku, Tokyo
2. Same month, system development business started
3. January 2015: Started video production business
4. May 2015: Head office relocated to Daizawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo
5. July 2016: Head office relocated to Tomigaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
6. September 2016: Start of live-streaming business

2017-

1. April: Released "Video Factory," a video ad mass production service.
2. June: Total number of live transmissions exceeds 100.
3. July: "RICHKA CLOUD STUDIO" trial version released.
4. September: Total number of videos produced exceeds 5,000.

2018-

1. April: Official release of "RICHKA CLOUD STUDIO (then RICHKA)
2. September: Increased capital by a third-party allotment of 50 million yen in a seed round
3. November: Selected as an official tool of the "Yahoo! Creators Program

2019-

1. February: Capital increase through third-party allotment of ¥210 million in Series A round
2. June: Head office relocated to Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
3. July: "RICHKA CLOUD STUDIO" surpassed 100,000 units produced in total.

2020-

1. June: Received Mizuho Innovation Award sponsored by Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
2. Same month, collaboration with "Yahoo! Display Advertising" is launched for joint research.
3. July: "RICHKA CLOUD STUDIO" surpassed 200,000 units produced in total.

2021-

1. January: Company name changed to Ricika Inc.
2. Same month, acquired "Facebook Business Partners (now Meta Business Partners)" and began joint research.
3. February: Won No.1 share in advertising/media industry for video generation software (Deloitte Tohmatsu MIC Economic Research Institute survey).
4. May: Customer satisfaction rate of 90% or higher
5. June: Launched "RICHKA CREATIVE FIRM" to provide one-stop service from strategic planning.
6. July: Rich Communication Research Institute (RC Research Institute) established as an independent research institute.
7. Same month, obtained ISO/IEC 27001 certification, an international security standard
8. September: Capital increase of 800 million yen through third-party allotment in Series B round

2022-

1. January: Started joint research with "TikTok For Business Japan"
2. May: New commercial released
3. July:
4. September: Office renovation

2023-