Value Creation
Value Creation
Value Creation Process
Guided by our purpose of “designing new contexts for a sustainable society and implementing them through technology”, our group intends to simultaneously achieve business growth and social impact by combining three engines: our payment business (PS), our digital transformation business centered on payments and finance (LTI), and our global startup investment and development business (GII).
Management Resources
1. Financial Capital
The Group maintains a basic policy of securing funding that ensures both financial soundness and stability while maintaining adequate liquidity for sustainable business operations and expansion.
Total Assets
226.3
billion
Total Equity
77.7
billion
Ratio of Equity Attributable to Owners of the Parent Company
33.3
%
2. Human Capital
The Group’s value creation is driven by talented individuals who embrace the principle of “Think for Yourself and Question Authority” and possess the “First Penguin Spirit” the pioneering mindset to take on challenges without fear of risks. In the fiscal year ended March 2025, our workforce increased due to the addition of DG Feelist Inc. and SCORE Inc. to the group.
3. Intellectual Capital
(1) Information Accumulation through Startup Network
The Group’s unique “DG Global Incubation Stream,” developed across North America, Japan, Asia, and Europe since its founding, provides access to promising startups and cutting-edge technologies worldwide, creating an unparalleled competitive advantage for the Group. This information has become a unique asset for the DG Group.
(2) Technology Development in the Group’s Own R&D Organization and Application to Products
Digital Architecture Lab
Conducting research and development utilizing generative AI to address individual and social challenges, creating new value for life and business.
Promoting the application of cutting-edge technologies to products
The technology departments of the Company and each Group company are advancing the application of cutting-edge technologies to products. The Group is also promoting initiatives related to generative AI, advancing not only the efficiency of various internal operations but also application to products.
(3) Knowledge through Social Implementation of Technology
The Group has consistently implemented services leveraging new technologies alongside the evolution of the Internet. This extensive experience enables the Group to deliver solutions that precisely meet the diverse needs of industries and customers today.
4. Social Capital
The DG Group strives to create new social value through mutual co-creation, establishing partnerships across various business domains and providing investment and incubation support for startups.
Total Number of Startup Investments
400
over
Seed Accelerator Program Selections
160
over
As of the end of March 2025
5. Manufacturing Capital
Since its founding, the Group has been developing innovative services at the forefront of technology. In the fiscal year ended March 2025, we added DG Feelist Inc., which has a proven track record in nearshore development, to the Group, strengthening our development resources. The DG Group will continue to expand its development resources across the Group, particularly engineering talent, in order to create services that leverage emerging technologies.
