Group history
History of ELSOUL
April 2012
Established ELSOUL, INC to contribute to the digitization of Japan
April 2013
Started providing IT consulting services
April 2014
Software development business started with development fund of 30 million yen
July 2014
Established a 3D printing company in the Netherlands
September 2014
Established a trading company in Shanghai, China
April 2015
Business contraction due to software development failure, withdrawal from each country
April 2016
Started development and operation of chain hotel multilingual accommodation reservation website
Google Adwords (then, now Google Ads) support now available
August 2016
Experienced in-house media server down and started learning cloud technology
May 2017
Amazon Web Services Standard Technology Partner Certification
August 2017
Certified as a Google Cloud Platform (then, now Google Cloud) partner
March 2018
Established offshore development branch in Hanoi, Vietnam
April 2018
Established offshore development branch in Jaipur, India
June 2018
Issued 60 new shares for listing and raised 30 million yen
Changed capital to 31 million yen
November 2018
Issued 380 new shares and raised 38 million yen
Changed capital to 50 million yen
December 2018
Business tie-up with Cambodian support center operating company
January 2019
Successful bid for U.S. government-affiliated cloud development, maintenance, and operation
Minatomirai branch opened
February 2019
Hotel PMS system development started
June 2019
Hotel PMS system orders
July 2019
Hotel PMS system delivery does not continue to be used
Withdrawal from each country due to unprofitable offshore development
July 2019
Review of organizational structure. Minatomirai branch closed.
Software development business resumed with two founder officers (Kawasaki and Kishi)
October 2019
Orders for development projects for accommodation reservation apps with integrated site controller
February 2020
YouTube channel opened to expand sales of reservation apps
YouTube shooting camp in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
March 2020
Development camp in California, USA
Early pandemic rush
Cancellation of reservation application development project
Completion of the concept of a new architecture (later the prototype of SOULs)
April 2020
Develop and hold a nationwide gift campaign affiliated with the U.S. government
August 2020
Suspended hotel-related business due to pandemic situation
Closed YouTube channel
September 2020
Established ELSOUL LABO B.V. and ELSOUL HOLDINGS B.V. in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
October 2020
SOULs project started at ELSOUL LABO B.V.
April 2021
Advanced Research and Development Certification (WBSO) from the Dutch Government for SOULs
October 2021
Open source serverless framework SOULs released
SOULs certified as Google Cloud integration product
Google Cloud Technology Partner Certification
November 2021
Adopted for open call for participants at RubyWorld Conference and decided to give a lecture in December
December 2021
Lecture on SOULs at RubyWorld Conference