Company | ACTIVA Inc.

Company

ACTIVA Inc. plans and operates the coupon & point service VOWCHA. We give local shops the same customer tools as large chains, starting from independent shops and their neighbourhoods.

Profile

Company profile

Company name: ACTIVA Inc. (株式会社ACTIVA)
Address: Akasaka Front Town 3F, 4-8-19 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052, Japan
Telephone: +81-3-5050-4769
Representative: Junya Tsutsumi, President & CEO
Founded: 18 July 2024
Corporate number (Japan): 7010401183956
Business: Planning and operation of the coupon & point service VOWCHA
Customer-acquisition support for shops, events and shopping streets; coupon platform for partner apps
Service sites: vowcha.jp（for users）／ application.vowcha.jp（for shops）
Official LINE account: バウチャ！ (Voucha!)

Representative

Junya Tsutsumi

President & CEO

Born in 1965 in Odawara, Kanagawa. Graduated from the Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, and completed the master’s and doctoral programs there. Founded an IT company in 1989 and was a researcher at Carnegie Mellon University in 1991. In 2002 realised the world’s first 3D graphics technology for mobile phones; as a founding member and CTO of HI Corporation led its JASDAQ listing in 2006. Founded Acrodea Inc. in 2004 as President and CEO and took it public on the Tokyo Stock Exchange two years and three months after founding. Advisor to several companies since 2020; founded ACTIVA Inc. in 2024.

Serial founder

Built several businesses: HI Corporation, Acrodea and ACTIVA.

Two listings

Led two companies to public listings; applies that experience to a customer platform for independent shops.

Technology judgment

Designs systems that cost shops and customers nothing, drawing on mobile and AI.

On the ground

Visits shops, shopping streets and events and runs operations personally.

Team

Leadership

Chairman

Shinichi Murai

Founder of Tsutaya Books and co-founder of Culture Convenience Club.

President & CEO

Junya Tsutsumi

Listed HI Corporation and Acrodea.

Director, COO

Tatsuya Fujisawa

At HI Corporation, drove sales of the world’s first mobile 3D engine and the JASDAQ listing.

Director, CTO

Koji Mashita

Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo. A leading figure in large-scale system projects.

Director, CMO

Shiro Nojima

CEO of Ad Tech. Expert in online marketing.

Advisor & co-founder

Takaya Kato

Co-founder of Globis; CEO of VC Cyber F; former executive officer of CSK Holdings.

History

Jul 2024ACTIVA Inc. founded in Minato-ku, Tokyo
Sep 2025VOWCHA proof of concept at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai (live coupon and point operation)
Apr 2026Full launch of VOWCHA; listing of member shops begins, mainly independent shops
Aug 2026Agency agreements with regional companies in Chugoku-Shikoku, Hokkaido, Hokuriku and Okinawa
Sep 2026Events (markets, food festivals) and partner-app integration go live. 396 member shops

Partners

Track record and partners

Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai

Proof of concept at the venue

Sports of Heart

Event partnership

We also work with food festivals, markets and sports events across Japan, and with municipalities and shopping streets.

Access

Office

Akasaka Front Town 3F, 4-8-19 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052, Japan

Walking distance from Akasaka-mitsuke Station (Tokyo Metro Ginza and Marunouchi lines) and Akasaka Station (Chiyoda line).

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