Nihon M&A Center Holdings Inc. (hereinafter “the Company”; head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President and Representative Director: Suguru Miyake) is pleased to announce that on Tuesday April 21, 2026, its equity-method affiliate Batonz. Co., Ltd. (hereinafter “Batonz”; head office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Yuichi Kamise) was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market.

Overview of Batonz. Co., Ltd. (Stock code 554A on TSE Growth Market)

Background to the TSE Listing
Batonz operates the M&A and business succession support platform BATONZ. In accordance with its founding vision “to make it possible for anyone to conduct M&As easily and freely, anywhere,” Batonz has been a pioneer in digital transformation (DX) and matching innovation in the field of M&A processes for the business succession of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)—the traditional backbone of the Japanese economy—as well as for the growth strategies of startup ventures. Through a strategy of balancing the application of technology to increase efficiency and ensuring a safe and secure environment, and a steadfast commitment to tackling and solving structural challenges, Batonz has grown into one of Japan’s largest M&A service businesses. The BATONZ platform supports everything from the succession of small businesses to the growth strategies of listed companies, boasting over 350,000 users and over 3,000 successfully concluded deals.
To accelerate this growth further and build an infrastructure that allows business owners across Japan to plan and grow for the future and embark on new business challenges with confidence, Batonz was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) Growth Market today.
Note that Batonz remains an equity-method affiliate of the Company.


Comment by Suguru Miyake, President and Representative Director of the Company
The creation of Batonz was inspired around 15 years ago while I was in the U.S. Shocked to see how many M&A deals involving SMEs were being routinely conducted online, I was inspired to create this new kind of infrastructure in Japan too. Our desire is to save the small businesses that preserve the culture and technologies that underpin life in Japan’s rural communities from going out of business. We hope to see BATONZ grow into a valuable tool for achieving this goal.


More details about the listing of Batonz are available on the following websites.
Japan Exchange Group > New Listings: https://www.jpx.co.jp/english/listing/stocks/new/index.html
Batonz IR page:https://batonz.jp/company/ir

【Nihon M&A Center Holdings Inc. (TSE Prime Market: 2127)】
Company name: Nihon M&A Center Holdings Inc.
Location of headquarters: 24F TEKKO BUILDING 1-8-2, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Business description: Business management, etc. of the group companies
Established in: April 1991
Bases: Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Hiroshima, Fukuoka, Sapporo, Okinawa, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand
（Including subsidiaries and bases of the subsidiary, Nihon M&A Center Inc.）


【Contact for inquiries】
Public relations at Nihon M&A Center Holdings Inc.　 pr@nihon-ma.co.jp