CELSYS, Inc. (“Celsys”) hereby announces that it has decided to conduct an absorption-type merger of its subsidiary &DC3, Inc. (“&DC3”), effective January 1, 2025.
The Group develops and provides services and solutions that offer total support for digital content, from production to distribution. The Company has achieved its initial targets in the development of new services for the Content Distribution Solutions business, in which its subsidiary &DC3, established in 2022, is engaged, and has determined that it is best to streamline management. In addition to these factors, from the perspective of allocating resources within the Group and further strengthening the collaboration between Clip Studio Paint provided by the Company and DC3 provided by &DC3, the Company has decided to make &DC3 a wholly-owned subsidiary and conduct an absorption-type merger effective January 1, 2025.
Based on the technology accumulated in e-book solutions, &DC3 has promoted the development of DC3, a new digital content distribution platform for the Web3 era, as an agile and independent start-up company, completed its research and development project, and achieved results as planned. Under the management of the Company, DC3 will move into an improvement phase to increase stability and usability. We will continue to promote in-house use through collaboration between DC3 and Clip Studio Paint, a product of the Content Production Solutions business of the Company, and through use of these products, and provide solutions to service providers, while controlling development investment.
There will be no significant changes to the policy for providing e-books and DC3 solutions by &DC3 after the Merger, and we will also continue our technical and marketing partnership efforts. Through the Merger, we will maximize synergies between the Content Production Solutions business and the Content Distribution Solutions business, and further strengthen our total support system from production to distribution, thereby striving to sustainably increase our corporate value to meet the expectations of our investors in the future.
What is DC3?
DC3 is a content distribution platform solution provided by &DC3 that treats all digital data as unique “things.” While content distributed on DC3 may be digital, it can be held as a “thing” like in the real world. DC3 does not limit the format of data used, thereby ensuring compatibility with any content currently being distributed. It is of course capable of supporting new content to be created in the future.
For details on DC3 (Japanese only):
https://www.dc3solution.net/
About &DC3, Inc.
&DC3 was established in 2022 as a group company of Celsys. &DC3 aims to explore new possibilities in the digital content business, providing services such as DC3, a platform to realize the distribution of digital content by treating all digital data as unique “things,” and e-book distribution solutions.
&DC3 corporate site (Japanese only):
https://www.and-dc3.com/
DC3 solution site (Japanese only):
https://www.dc3solution.net/
DC3 official X account (Japanese only):
https://twitter.com/dc3_solution
DC3 My Room (Japanese only):
https://my.dc3solution.com/home
About CELSYS, Inc.
With the mission of “Creating a more passionate world,” Celsys offers digital technology to support all people involved in creation.
These include content creation solutions such as the illustration, manga, webtoon, and animation creation app, Clip Studio Paint, and the creator community Clip Studio, as well as the e-book solution, Clip Studio Reader, and next-generation content distribution solution “DC3.” Celsys supports creators and all those around the world who enjoy creative content to bring new forms of expression and passion to life.
https://www.celsys.com/en/
Investor information:
https://www.celsys.com/en/irinfo/
IR questionnaire (Japanese only):
https://www.celsys.com/irinfo_questionnaire/
Investor newsletter (Japanese only):
https://www.celsys.com/irinfo_magazine/
