- Business
- Avant Group Corporation (TSE: 3836) provides specialized software, consulting, and business process outsourcing (BPO) services focused on consolidated accounting, group management, business intelligence, and digital transformation primarily to Japanese listed companies and enterprises. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Tokyo's Minato-ku at 2-15-2 Konan, 13th Floor, Shinagawa Intercity Building B, the holding company operates through wholly owned subsidiaries including DIVA Corporation, Avant Corporation, and ZEAL Corporation, serving over 1,100 DivaSystem customers encompassing more than half of the top 100 Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed firms by market cap; core products and services encompass the DivaSystem suite for consolidated accounting, disclosure, and financial reporting including DivaSystem SMD, Compass, Empower, FBX, and Dx-3; timely disclosure information search services; group management support systems; business intelligence and data platform solutions such as ZEUSCloud and integrations with third-party tools like Oracle, IBM Cognos, Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, and SAP Analytics Cloud; corporate performance management (CPM) software; systems integration for data utilization; non-consolidated and consolidated financial closing operations BPO; cash management solutions; and consulting for system implementation, IFRS compliance, budgeting, and management reform. The company maintains a strong recurring revenue model with high customer retention in niche markets driven by regulatory demands for disclosure, governance, and DX, operating domestically across Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya with a historical U.S. presence via DIVA CORPORATION OF AMERICA. In recent developments, Avant Group announced an equity buyback program in November 2025 for 1,500,000 shares representing 4.11% of its capital at a cost of ¥2 billion; continues share repurchases as evidenced by multiple transaction reports in 2024 and 2025; maintains a progressive dividend policy targeting a dividend-on-equity ratio exceeding Tokyo Stock Exchange averages and aiming for 8% long-term with DPS rising to ¥15 for FY2023; underwent a major reorganization in October 2022 transitioning to a pure holding structure with trade name changes and business segment reallocations to Group Governance, Outsourcing, and Digital Transformation units; shifted to the Prime Market in April 2022; and sustains strategic alliances such as with Fluence Technologies for next-generation financial management and past partnerships like Metapraxis Limited since 2021, alongside ongoing investments in cloud migration and R&D for management DX infrastructure.