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JIC Venture Growth Investments has invested in SHAREDINE CO., LTD. (SHAREDINE), through its JIC Venture Growth Fund 2.

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SHAREDINE, with the mission of “Making the World of Food More Accessible and Open” and the purpose of “Driving Social Transformation through the World of Food,” offers a range of services to households and food service businesses. For households, SHAREDINE provides personalized chef services, where chefs arrive at home and take on menu planning, grocery shopping, and cooking. For food service businesses, the company operates “SPOTCHEF,” a platform that matches food businesses with skilled chefs on-demand basis.

In the food service and hotel business industries, which continue to face chronic labor shortages in the post-COVID era, SHAREDINE adds value not only by helping businesses secure highly-qualified chefs while removing skill mismatches on-demand basis, but also by offering chefs flexible work opportunities, broadening their set of skills, and diversifying career paths. In doing so, SHAREDINE contributes to create a sustainable business model for the whole industries. (of the food and hotel business).

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VGI aims to address problems in the food service and hotel business industries, such as chronic labor shortages, low-productivity and service opportunities lost through its investments in SHAREDINE. In addition, SHAREDINE’s solutions are able to provide chefs diversifying work style and overseas career opportunities.

With this funding, SHAREDINE will accelerate to provide robust its platform, acquire chefs and customers on platform, improve their quality of products and develop new products such as chefs career SNS and enhance human resources. VGI’s investment will support SHAREDINE’s rapid growth and address social issues and food service industry’ s challenges.

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_{The information contained in this notice is tentative and subject to change without notice.}