Company History
1998 – 1999
1998
| September | Yoichiro “Pina” Hirano and Yoshiyuki Kitahara established Infoteria Corporation. |
1999
| January | Introduced the world’s first commercial XML engine iPEX. |
| October | Released “XML Solution Components”. |
2000 – 2009
2000
| October | Announced launch of “Asteria for RosettaNet” (Released January 2001). |
2001
| January | “Infoteria Certified Education Center” (ICEC) opened to train XML engineers. |
| October | Started “XML Master”, a certification system for XML engineers. |
2002
| June | Launched “ASTERIA R2”, a no-code development platform. |
2003
| October | Launched “ASTERIA 3”. |
2004
| January | Expanded XML Master outside Japan. |
| April | Established a wholly owned subsidiary in San Mateo, USA. |
2005
| October | The number of companies using ASTERIA exceeded 200. |
2006
| September | ASTERIA held the largest share of the EAI software market in Japan*. *According to the “overview of software marketing in 2006” published by Techno Systems Research Co. |
2007
| January | Launched “ASTERIA Warp”. |
| June | Stock listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers. |
| October | Launched online spreadsheet service “OnSheet”. |
2008
| January | Started offering cloud-based data integration service “ASTERIA On Demand”. |
| March | Launched master data management middleware “ASTERIA MDM One”. |
| April | Launched online sticky note service “lino”. |
| September | The number of companies using ASTERIA Warp exceeded 500. |
2009
| June | Started offering “Handbook”. |
| December | The number of companies using ASTERIA Warp exceeded 1000. |
2010 – 2019
2010
| October | Started offering “SnapCal”, a cloud-based personal calendar service. |
2011
| March | The number of companies using ASTERIA Warp exceeded 2000. |
2012
| January | ASTERIA marks its 6th consecutive year* as the market share leader in Japan’s EAI/ESB software market. *According to the “overview of software marketing in 2010-2011″ published by Techno Systems Research Co. |
| March | Established a wholly-owned subsidiary, Infoteria (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. in Hangzhou, China. |
| April | The number of companies using ASTERIA Warp exceeded 3000. |
| May | Acquired Extentech Inc., a USA based company. |
| November | Established a 100% owned subsidiary in Shanghai, China. |
2013
| October | The number of companies using ASTERIA Warp exceeded 4000. |
| November | Handbook marks its 2nd consecutive year as the market share leader in Japan’s MCM market. *According to “ITR Market View: Enterprise, Mobile Management/Smart App Development Market 2013.” Established a 100% owned subsidiary in Hong Kong. |
| December | The number of organizations using Handbook exceeded 600. |
2014
| February | Commenced sales of “Handbook 4” in the United States. Invested in Sribu (Indonesia) and made it an equity-method affiliate. |
| July | Established 100% owned subsidiary, Infoteria Pte. Ltd., in Singapore. |
2015
| May | The number of companies using ASTERIA Warp exceeded 5000. |
| September | Signed a partnership with Oguni, Kumamoto Prefecture, and started “Infoteria Forest” (now known as “Asteria Forest”) as part of its local cedar conservation activity. Handbook won a “Good Design Award” for FY2015 from the Japan Institute of Design Promotion. |
2016
| January | Received the Telework Implementation Category “Encouragement Award” at the 16th Telework Promotion Awards from the Japan Telework Association. |
| March | Formed a business partnership with CData Software in the USA and set up a Japan unit through joint investment. |
| April | Signed a partnership with Semboku City, Akita Prefecture, to preserve 1000 cherry trees in the city’s Kakunodate area to commemorate 1000 Handbook users. Established the Blockchain Collaborative Consortium as a founding member. |
| August | ASTERIA marks its 10th consecutive year* as the market share leader in Japan’s EAI/ESB software market. *According to the “ EAI/ESB market edition of the overview of software marketing in 2016,” published by Techno Systems Research Co. |
| September | Handbook gained the largest SaaS MCM market share in Japan in terms of sales value*. *According to the ITR Market View “Enterprise/Mobile Management Market in 2016”. |
| October | Launched “ASTERIA Warp Core”, the subscription version of ASTERIA Warp. Received a Silver rating in the PRIDE Index for its LGBT initiatives from Japanese private organization “Work with Pride”. |
2017
| January | Started “Pangea 2.0” program to support start-ups at IoT Future Lab. |
| February | Launched mobile app building tool “Platio”. Started owned media “in.LIVE”. |
| March | The number of companies using ASTERIA Warp exceeded 6000. |
| April | Acquired “This Place Limited”, a UK-based digital design and strategy consultancy. |
| June | Launched “Gravio”, an edge computing platform. Conducted the world’s first successful verification experiment in blockchain-based voting at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. |
| December | Chosen as one of the “Top 100 Telework Pioneers” in FY2017 by Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. |
2018
| March | Won 3rd Place in the Telework Category of JWS Japan White Spread’s White Company Awards. Changed stock market listing of shares to the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| August | ASTERIA Warp marks its 12th consecutive year* as the leader in Japan’s EAI/ESB software market. *Comprehensive List of Software Marketing 2018 (Techno Systems Research) |
| October | Changed the company name from Infoteria Corporation to ASTERIA Corporation. Platio won a “Good Design Award” for FY2018 from the Japan Institute of Design Promotion. Handbook captured the largest share of the MCM market in four categories*. *The total number of users from its launch through March 2015 and the sales value by vendors with annual sales of less than 1 billion to to 10 billion yen in FY2017. [Source: “ITR Market View: Unified Endpoint Management Marget 2018 Report”] The number of IDs shipped for SaaS and ASP MCM and MCM vendor sales by user size (less than 3,000 users). [Source: the FY2018 edition of the outlook for collaboration/ mobile management packaged software market] |
2019
| September | Established investment subsidiary Asteria Vision Fund Inc. (AVF) in the USA |
| March | Handbook secured the largest market share for sales enablement tools in two categories*. *According to “ITR Market View SFA/Integrated Marketing Support Market 2019”. The two categories are: Sales value by vendor with annual sales of 1 billion yen to less than 10 billion yen and the total number of user companies through the end of September 2018. |
| April | Launched AI research and development subsidiary Asteria Artificial Recognition Technology, LLC. |
| August | Launched AI-equipped IoT integrated edgeware, “Gravio 3”. |
| October | Asteria Vision Fund Inc. began the Corporate Investment Business. |
2020-
2020
| June | Published the business book “Manga de Wakaru Blockchain no Torisetsu” (A Manga Beginner’s Guide to Blockchain Technology). |
| August | Opened Kumamoto R&D Center. |
| November | CEO Yoichiro “Pina” Hirano received the “Management Award” from Zaikai Magazine. |
| December | The number of companies using ASTERIA Warp exceeded 9000. |
2021
| June | Opened Central Japan Office. Held a carbon-neutral Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. Selected as a Digital Transformation (DX) Stock in the “Digital x COVID-19 Countermeasures Company (Resilience Category)” by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and Japan’s Information-Technology Promotion Agency. |
| October | Opened Central Office (head office) in Shibuya, Tokyo. |
| November | ASTERIA marks its 15th consecutive year* as the leader in Japan’s EAI/ESB software market in terms of shipment. *According to the “overview of software marketing in 2021″ published by Techno Systems Research Co. Won the “Best IR Award for Encouragement” in the 2021 IR Awards from the Japan Investor Relations Association. |
2022
| January | Launched “Platio Connect”. Received “Ministry Award for contributions in the Corporate Version of Furusato Nozei Hometown Tax Donation Program”. |
| February | Launched business negotiation support app “Handbook X”. |
| April | Platio led the “B2B no-code mobile app building tool market” in four categories*. *According to A survey on “the market for B2B no-code mobile app building tools” released in the 2022 March edition of the MIC IT Report published by Deloitte Tohmatsu MIC Research Institute Co. The four categories are: The number of B2B no-code mobile apps created; The number of companies that use a B2B no-code mobile app building tools and create apps internally; The number of companies with less than 500 million yen in revenue that use a B2B no-code mobile apps building tool; and The number of a B2B no-code mobile app building tool adopted by the service industry. Following the market restructuring of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), Asteria moved to the TSE’s Prime Market. |
| May | Launched “Platio One”. |
| June | Celebrated ASTERIA Warp’s 20th anniversary. Japan Anniversary Association registered June 25th as “No-Code Development Day”. |
| August | Added to the JPX-Nikkei Mid and Small Cap Index. |
| September | Established the No Code Promotion Association as a founding member. |
| October | Handbook/Handbook X led the mobile content management market in three categories*. *According to “ITR Market View: Unified Endpoint Management Marget 2022”. The two categories are: The share of the mobile content management market in terms of sales value by vendors in FY2021 (Vendors with annual sales of 10 billion yen to less than 50 billion yen and those with annual sales of 1 billion yen to less than 10 billion yen)and the share of the business use mobile content management market in terms of sales value by vendors in FY2021. According to “The FY2022 edition of the outlook for the collaboration mobile management software market which supports hybrid work” report by Deloitte Tohmatsu MIC Research Institute Co. The one category is: The number of IDs shipped for SaaS and ASP MCM. |
| November | Design Business launched in Japan. |
2023
| March | Platio led the “B2B no-code mobile app building tool market” in three categories*. *According to A survey on “the market for B2B no-code mobile app building tools” released in the 2023 February edition of the MIC IT Report published by Deloitte Tohmatsu MIC Research Institute Co. The three categories are: SMB Market; The number of companies that create apps internally; and The service industry. |
| July | Opened a resort office in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture. |
| August | The number of companies using ASTERIA Warp exceeded 10,000. |
| October | Handbook/Handbook X led the mobile content management market in three categories*. *According to “ITR Market View: Unified Endpoint Management Marget 2023”. The two categories are: The share of the mobile content management market in terms of sales value by vendors in FY2022 (Vendors with annual sales of 10 billion yen to less than 50 billion yen and those with annual sales of 1 billion yen to less than 10 billion yen)and the share of the business use mobile content management market in terms of sales value by vendors in FY2022. According to “The FY2023 edition of the outlook for the collaboration mobile management software market which brings the optimal solution of hybrid work” report by Deloitte Tohmatsu MIC Research Institute Co. The one category is: The number of IDs shipped for SaaS and ASP MCM. ASTERIA had held the largest share of the EAI/ESB software market in terms of shipment in Japan for 17 consecutive years*. *According to the “overview of software marketing in 2023″ published by Techno Systems Research Co. |
