HISTORY

History

2024

Dec. Formed a capital and business alliance with AI FUSION CAPITAL GROUP CORP., and it became our parent company.
Jul. Launched: [ProTech AI-OCR], a solution that digitizes text information from all types of documents
Jun. We were certified as an official consulting partner of Cybozu.
Apr. Obtained an additional patent for the “Facial Recognition Technology” of [ProTech ID Checker]

2023

Aug. Obtained a patent for the “Identity Verification System” of [ProTech ID Checker]
Jun. Launched: [ProTech My Number IC Authentication], a no-development-required public personal authentication service
May. Established showcase LLM Labs.
Jan. Formed a capital and business alliance with WAVE1 Corporation and jointly developed Vertical SaaS to promote Disaster Prevention DX.

2022

Dec. Received the “23rd Telework Promotion Award” in the telework practice category sponsored by the Japan Telework Association.
Dec. ”OMOTENASHI Suite” was certified as an official product partner of Cybozu.
Jun. Obtained new ISMS cloud security certification “ISO/IEC27017”.
May. Acquired the “AI and high-performance chatbots Sugresu” business.
Apr. Transitioned to the Standard Market following the reorganization of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Jan. Concluded a capital and business alliance agreement with ReYuu Japan Inc.(NIPPON TELEPHONE INC. )
Jan. [Omotenashi Suite] business started,The second [Omotenashi Suite DX]

2021

Nov. Selected as one of the [100 Best Telework Pioneers] in the 3rd year of Reiwa by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
Nov. [Omotenashi Suite] business started,The first [Omotenashi Suite CX]
Mar. We won the tokyo telework Award sponsored by Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Mar. Started providing [ProTech AI Masking], a auto masking service of identity verification documents

2020

Dec. Official launch of PR Automation, a cloud service that promotes PR x DX.
Nov. Concluded a capital and business alliance agreement with AI inside Co.
Apr. Started providing [ProTech ID Checker Type S], a simplified e-KYC system
Mar. ”PR Automation” was developed through the establishment of “PRAP node, inc.“, a joint venture with PRAP JAPAN, inc.

2019

Oct. [ProTech ID Checker], an e-KYC system won runner up in “the Security Award” at the “NIKKEI x TECH EXPO 2019”
Oct. Started providing [ProTech ID Checker], an e-KYC system
Apr. Changed the company name to “Showcase Inc.”

2018

Mar. Started providing [ProTech License Reader], an OCR service

2017

Nov. Started providing [Form Assist Ad], a retargeting service
Aug. Established “Showcase Capital Inc.”, a subsidiary venture capital business company
Jan. Acquired a patent regarding an authentication processing commonization system, with which login becomes possible without inputting data

2016

Dec. Changed markets to the First Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange Market
Jul. Acquired a patent for a technology regarding encryption of personal information using mobile terminals

2015

Oct. Acquired a patent regarding autocomplete for entry forms
Aug. Started providing [SmartLink]
Mar. Listed shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers market
Feb. Started providing [Navicast Ad]

2014

Oct. [Site Personalizer] won the Chairman Special Award at the ASP-SaaS-Cloud Award 2014

2013

Nov. Acquired a patent for [Site Personalizer]
Sep. Started providing [Site Personalizer]
Sep. [Smartphone Converter] won the Advanced Technology Award at the ASP-SaaS-Cloud Award 2013
Jun. Acquired “ISO27001”, the international standard for information security management systems (ISMS)
Apr. Acquired a patent in Singapore　and　Brunei for a smartphone conversion technology
Mar. Acquired the Privacy Mark (P Mark)

2012

Oct. Acquired a US patent for a smartphone conversion technology
Sep. Acquired the [CHUKAI MEIJIN] business, a CMS dedicated for the real estate business
Aug. Acquired a patent with [Navicast]
Mar. Acquired a patent with a smartphone conversion technology

2011

Dec. Transferred the contents management business to HOKUTOSHA Co., Ltd.
May Started providing [Smartphone Converter]

2010

Feb. Acquired a patent for [Form Assist]
Feb. [Form Assist] won the Grand Prix at the ASP-SaaS-ICT Outsourcing Award 2010

2008

Apr. Started providing [Form Assist], an ASP service specialized in EFO (entry form optimization)

2006

Dec. Started providing [Navicast], an inductive LPO service which improves the effectiveness of websites
Nov. Increased capital to 35 million yen by way of third-party allotment for business expansion

2005

Nov. “Futureworks CORP.” and “Smart Image Inc.” merged, and started their operations under the new company name “Showcase-TV Inc.”

2003

May Established Smart Image Inc.

1996

Feb. Established Futureworks CORP. *It became incorporated in 1998