MUFG Innovation Partners Co., Ltd. (MUIP), the corporate venture capital arm and a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG), has recently invested in Knowledge Work, Inc. (Knowledge Work) through the MUFG Innovation Partners No. 3 Investment Partnership.
Corporate Profile
Name | Knowledge Work, Inc. |
Date of Establishment | 2020 |
Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
CEO | Koji Asano |
Knowledge Work builds and operates Sales AI Agents that boost sales productivity. Sales activities are undergoing significant change. Organizations undertaking sales activities now need to achieve greater productivity and more advanced customer proposal capabilities, against the backdrop of labor shortages caused by a declining population, the reliance on individual sales representatives, and the diversification of customer touchpoints. At the same time, advances in generative AI are creating new opportunities for companies to leverage sales-related information and sales know-how accumulated across the organization as shared corporate assets.
To address these challenges, Knowledge Work provides three solutions: Sales AX Consulting, which builds and operates AI agents tailored to each customer‘s sales operations; Sales AI Products, which rapidly delivers ready-to-use AI agents for standard sales tasks; and Sales AI Agent OS, the platform for delivering highly accurate AI agents.
Through this investment, MUIP will support the continued growth and business expansion of Knowledge Work to transform sales activities in the AI era. At the same time, MUIP will work to promote sales transformation and advance AI transformation initiatives both within and beyond the MUFG Group.
About MUIP
MUIP was established in January 2019 as the corporate venture capital arm of Japan’s leading financial group, MUFG, to promote its open innovation strategy. MUIP currently runs 5 funds (about USD 650 million in total), making strategic investments in startups globally and driving business collaboration between the startups and MUFG group companies.
For more information, visit MUFG Innovation Partners.
About Knowledge Work
Knowledge Work is a startup that supports the enablement of working professionals by helping them improve their capabilities and achieve better outcomes. The company runs three businesses: Sales AX Consulting, which builds and operates AI agents tailored to each customer's sales operations; Sales AI Products, ready-to-use AI agents for standard sales tasks; and Sales AI Agent OS, the platform that powers highly accurate AI agents. These solutions have been adopted primarily by large enterprises, with deployments reaching thousands of users.
Learn more at Knowledge Work.
