Istpika

May 30th 2009
Istpika Co Ltd
CEO Michinori Fukushima

Istpika selected as fbfund finalist

Istpika (based in Osaka / CEO: Michinori Fukushima) submitted an application called gottaDo2 for iPhone to the fbfund investment fund and on the 29th of May 2009, was selected as a top 50 finalist. This is the first award to be presented to a facebook application developed in Japan.

Top 50 finalist page

* The fbfund
The fbfund is an investment fund held once yearly by Facebook and results in the finalists being awarded investment capital, education & training resources and the possibility of incubation. Each round results in 20-50 finalists being selected.

fbfund page
http://jp.techcrunch.com/tag/fbfund/

* Products development
Istpika developed and sells the application, gottaDo for iPhone &iPod on the iTunes store. gottaDo utilises facebook connect.
In gottaDo users are able to connect to Facebook using Facebook connect and chieve 2 things; 1) organise their tasks on facebook 2) call on their friends / social network help to assist them in completing their tasks.
fbfund gottaDo
Read more.

* Status
gottaDo is currently being upgraded.

About Istpika
Istpika spun off from another company and began operations in Jan 2009. We are a global venture company with offices in Tokyo, Osaka and overseas. By focussing on R&D and viral technology we aim to develop social applications that catalyse communication between people.

http://www.istpika.com/

March 18th 2009
Istpika Co Ltd
CEO Michinori Fukushima

Istpika Established

Istpika Co Ltd is now officially operating in multiple geographic locations. We aim to lead the industry in social application development. By connecting people in this way, we believe that a new kind of global peace will form and nuture creativity.

* Company Origins
The chair, it exists everywhere and everyone uses them. We want to take those normalities in life and totally recreate them.
“Isu” means chair and “pika” means to shine in Japanese. To that end, the name Istpika was decided upon.

* xpansion of social connectivity via viral technology
Our motto explains the extension of social connectivity via viral technology.

* Head Office
1-4-22-208 Nakazakinishi Kita-ku Osaka,Japan 530-0012

* Office
See About page.

About Istpika
Istpika spun off from another company and began operations in Jan 2009. We are a global venture company with offices in Tokyo, Osaka and overseas. By focussing on R&D and viral technology we aim to develop social applications that catalyse communication between people.

http://www.istpika.com/