Japan's JICT takes 49% of Asuene's European arm behind Secaro

Japan's JICT takes 49% of Asuene's European arm behind Secaro

4 November 2026: Tokyo carbon software company Asuene has sold 49% of its European holding company to JICT, a Japanese public-private fund, through new shares. The two will co-own the business that runs Secaro, a supply-chain emissions platform, and Asuene plans to sell its other products to Secaro's manufacturers.

Not yet independently verified. This rests on Asuene's own release alone. It gives no amount or valuation for the stake, and the Secaro network and customer figures are the company's. We will update this when it can be confirmed, and remove this note.

How the holding company is now owned

ASUENE EUROPE Holdings Ltd. oversees Asuene's European business. It issued new shares to the fund, formally the Fund Corporation for the Overseas Development of Japan's ICT and Postal Services, which now holds 49%. The release states no amount.

JICT senior director Kawasaki (川崎 望) has joined the boards of the holding company and of 2degrees Ltd., which operates Secaro, as an outside director.

JICT was set up under a special law and sits under Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. It supplies risk capital for overseas ICT projects by Japanese companies. Founder and CEO Kohei Nishiwada says this is the second joint investment with the fund, after NZero in the United States, which Kawasaki describes as Asuene's first overseas acquisition.

Secaro's manufacturing network is the prize

Asuene bought all of 2degrees in July 2026. Secaro tracks carbon emissions across supply chains, and Asuene says it reaches more than 8,000 manufacturers in over 90 countries, with Toyota, Honda and AstraZeneca among the global companies it works with.

The plan is to offer NZero and other group products to Secaro's customers and suppliers. In the other direction, Asuene wants to support Japanese companies and their suppliers on Secaro, and to serve the Asian supply chains of Western companies from its offices in Japan, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines.

JICT's contribution, by the release's account, is overseas experience, government-to-government contacts, and help gathering information on European regulation.

What Secaro users may notice

Nothing in the release changes a Secaro contract, price or data arrangement, and it says nothing about product integration dates. Suppliers answering customer data requests on the platform should still expect approaches about Asuene's wider products, since that is the stated purpose of the deal.

A company with a government-linked fund now on the board of its emissions data provider may want to ask how that data is governed. The release does not cover it.

Asuene's size and bases

Asuene describes itself as an AI sustainability company, with bases in Japan, the US, the UK, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines. Its products include the ASUENE sustainability platform, ASUENE SUPPLY CHAIN and the NZero energy platform.

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Sources

• Asuene: release on JICT investment in ASUENE EUROPE Holdings (via PR TIMES), 4 November 2026, 4 November 2026