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Hitachi Digital is a new global digital services company that is redefining enterprise digital transformation at the convergence of cloud, data, and AI. With approximately 38,000 professionals in 27 countries and more than 880 active clients, we combine product and software engineering with enterprise systems, cloud, data, AI, and operational expertise, backed by more than 100 years of Hitachi experience building and operating mission-critical infrastructure. Hitachi Digital brings together digital engineering and operations, grounded in industry knowledge, so customers can engineer and operate with resilience. Our digital services include product and software engineering, AI development lifecycle (AIDLC) framework, cloud and data solutions, enterprise solutions, and robust systems integration and operations. The deep domain knowledge and operational technology (OT) cultivated over many years across the Hitachi Group further enhances our ability to support each client’s specific needs, from enterprise AI to full-scale Physical AI deployment. We help organizations put their technology to work where it creates real business value, even across complex operations and existing systems. Backed by the wider Hitachi Group’s industrial experience, we bring that context to industries including automotive, healthcare/life sciences, energy, manufacturing, and telecommunications/networking, as well as in finance, retail, and media/entertainment. Our ambition: help customers apply AI, cloud, and data to improve performance today and create new products, services, and business models tomorrow. Hitachi Digital: Engineer what the world depends on.

Techstars helps founders scale their startups into world-changing businesses. Founded in 2006, Techstars is on a mission to invest in startups to enable more capital to flow to more entrepreneurs around the world in order to deliver exceptional returns to our investors. We do this by operating accelerator programs and venture capital funds, as well as by connecting startups, investors, corporations, and cities to help build thriving startup communities. Our results show why Techstars is Better for Founders than any other global accelerator: On average, 74.5% of Techstars companies will raise money within 3 years of their program; 18.5% of Techstars portfolio companies have exited 5 years after their program and 31.1% after eight years. (PitchBook June 2023)

Agility is a multi-business operator and long-term investor in global and regional businesses. Its portfolio of diversified international assets includes the world’s largest aviation services company (Menzies Aviation); a global fuel logistics business (Tristar); a leading logistics parks developer and operator across the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia (Agility Logistics Parks); and other businesses in digital logistics, e-commerce logistics, remote-site services, and public-sector logistics. It holds minority stakes in DSV, the world’s third-largest freight forwarder; Reem Mall, a mega-mall in Abu Dhabi; commercial real estate and supply chain companies in the GCC, and emerging technology companies in e-commerce enablement, energy transition, digital supply chain, and more. Agility has a global footprint across six continents and 80+ countries, with a workforce of 68,000 employees. It is publicly listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX).