Scala, Inc.
TTSE:4845331.00
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ISIN
JP3548520000
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- CEO
- Hideaki Nitta
- Full Time Employees
- 429
- Sector
- Technology services
- Industry
- Information technology services
- Address
- Shibuya Hikarie Tokyo TY Japan 150-8510
- IPO Date
- May 1, 2001
- Website
- scalagrp.jp
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- Scala, Inc. (TSE: 4845) operates as an IT conglomerate primarily providing digital transformation (DX) solutions, human resources (HR) services, trading card game (TCG) e-commerce, and incubation initiatives in Japan. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo, the company structures its operations across four key segments through subsidiaries including Scala Communications, Inc., EGG CO., LTD., ASPLA inc., Scala PLAYce, Inc., and SOCIALX, INC.; the DX Business, its largest segment at over 50% of revenue, delivers SaaS/ASP services such as i-search (internal website search engine), i-ask (FAQ system), i-assist (web chatbot), i-livechat (web chat), i-dentify (incoming call authentication), and SaaS-type IVR (interactive voice response), alongside SES (system engineering services), custom software development, alliance-based co-creation solutions like public facility reservation systems with xID Inc. and healthcare platforms with Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Furusato Nozei taxation management systems, frailty prevention apps for local governments, call center operations via Scala Service, Inc., and media distribution services; the HR Business offers new graduate recruiting support for university student athletes and career education through ASPLA inc., plus mid-career job change services via GeaREmake, Inc. established in January 2024; the TCG Business (formerly EC Business, renamed July 2025) runs Yuyu-Tei, Japan's leading e-commerce platform for buying, selling, and strategizing competitive trading card games with over 315,000 members, overseas direct sales launched in December 2024, and an inventory management system sold to wholesalers; the Incubation Business provides strategic M&A advisory and DX support for growth-market listed companies, plus public-private co-creation via SOCIALX's Gyaku Propo platform, SOCIALX IMPACT FUND (launched with QR Investment Ltd. for ¥600mn impact investing in startups solving social issues, targeting ¥1.0bn by end-2025), and SOCIALX Acceleration OEM for MUFG Bank, Ltd. initiatives matching 15 startups to 31 local government projects in August 2025. In recent developments, Scala completed two-year business structural reforms by FY6/25 (ended June 30, 2025), divesting non-synergistic services, selling all shares in Nihon Pet Small-amount Short-term Insurance Company and Retool, Inc., liquidating Leoconnect, Inc. and SCSV-1 Investment Limited Partnership, returning to profitability with ¥751mn operating income (from prior ¥1,448mn loss) and revenue of ¥8,179mn, while launching SES at Scala Communications, co-creation DX in healthcare/livestock, frailty prevention in 20+ local governments (¥100mn annual sales), overseas TCG direct delivery, TCG distribution base expansion (doubling capacity April 2025), a three-year medium-term plan (FY6/26-28) targeting ¥11,800mn revenue and ¥1,100mn operating income (13.0% revenue CAGR, 25.2% Non-GAAP operating income CAGR) via AI efficiencies and double-digit growth in DX/HR/TCG, FY6/26 forecasts of ¥8,800mn revenue (+7.6%) and ¥630mn operating income with proactive investments in human resources/infrastructure/M&A, a ¥17.0 per share dividend (up ¥0.5 from FY6/25's ¥16.5, targeting ~50% of net income before tax excluding extras), plans to open new HR bases in Sendai or Fukuoka around February 2026, and a Prime Market continued listing improvement plan following FY6/25 criteria shortfall. The company primarily serves corporations, local governments, financial institutions, and gaming enthusiasts in Japan, with overseas TCG expansion and ambitions for government/overseas markets under its new mid-term strategy.