TC Consulting

What TC Consulting does

TC Consulting (株式会社TCコンサルティング) is a Tokyo-based, privately held management consulting firm founded in 2008 (rebranded from its earlier CVC JAPAN identity in March 2019) by President Satoshi Tomita. The firm specializes in alliance-driven new business creation, sales acceleration, and CVC (Corporate Venture Capital) fund advisory, serving three horizontal client segments: large enterprises and TSE-listed corporations (~30 of its 200+ lifetime clients), long-established SMEs seeking succession or new revenue lines, and growth-stage startups seeking large-enterprise partnerships. All consulting engagements are delivered personally by Tomita, typically through monthly meetings supplemented by introductions of prospective alliance partners and sales leads drawn from his personal network of 15,000+ contacts across ~4,000 companies.

The firm's service portfolio comprises eight core management consulting service lines plus three special services (large-enterprise partnership consulting, CVC fund establishment, and IoT business model consulting), an individual one-off advisory offering, and a CVC fund management practice overseeing two funds (¥500M and ¥800M). Its underlying 'technology' is methodological rather than software: the proprietary Alliance Candidate Evaluation Sheet, the Alliance Mathematical Model (Mutual Complementarity Model) developed through Tomita's Keio University Ph.D. research, and a published content library of six solo-authored books and academic papers. Revenue is generated through individually quoted consulting retainers, CVC fund management fees, and third-party-hosted speaking engagements, with no digital self-serve channels or productized SaaS offering.

The business is structurally a one-person boutique practice with a self-imposed ~35 active client cap. Marketing relies entirely on Tomita's personal brand, executed through a semi-monthly email and print newsletter (~7,500 subscribers), 50+ external seminars per year, book publications, and a Japanese-language website. Customers include Credit Saison, Panasonic, NTT Group, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kubota, Hitachi High-Tech, Chubu Electric Power, Tohoku Electric Power, Teijin, and Toyo Kanetsu (a CVC fund management client). Growth is constrained by single-deliverer capacity but supported by expanding seminar bookings (e.g., Tokyo Innovation Base 2026), an international venture exposure signal (VivaTech Paris 2026), and a doubling of the CVC fund AUM across its two vehicles.

Name

TC Consulting

Legal name

株式会社TCコンサルティング

Website

https://tcconsulting.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Short description

TC Consulting is a Tokyo-based, president-led management consulting firm that helps Japanese enterprises, SMEs, and startups launch new businesses through alliance strategy, partner introductions, and CVC fund advisory. All consulting is delivered personally by founder Satoshi Tomita.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611), Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) (FSANAAAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Captive CVC Fund (Dedicated corporate fund structure) (FSANAHAB), Corporate Strategic Partnership & Ecosystem Investment Arms (FSANAHAF)

Keywords

• Management consulting
• Alliance strategy consulting
• New business development
• Corporate venture capital
• CVC fund management

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Management Consulting Services: Recurring consulting engagements billed on a project/ retainer basis. All consulting is delivered personally by president Satoshi Tomita. Engagements include regular monthly meetings, business introductions, and advisory on new business development, alliances, and sales acceleration.
2. CVC Fund Management: TC Consulting manages CVC (Corporate Venture Capital) funds on behalf of clients, providing fund setup, startup scouting, and post-investment support.
3. Public Seminars and Lectures: External seminar engagements organized by third parties (e.g., Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, En-Japan, Shinsotsu Shakai Sogoken) where Tomita speaks on topics of new business creation, alliance strategy, and sales acceleration. Revenue generated from speaking fees.
4. Single-session Consulting Advisory: One-off individual business advisory sessions offered monthly to a limited number of clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

TC Consulting is a Tokyo-based management consulting firm specializing in alliance-driven new business creation. President Satoshi Tomita personally delivers consulting engagements covering new business launch strategy, alliance partner identification and introduction, sales acceleration, and CVC fund advisory. The firm also operates CVC fund management on behalf of corporate clients, currently managing two CVC funds totaling ¥1.3 billion.

Product overview

TC Consulting is a management consulting firm offering a unified suite of advisory services centered on new business creation and alliance strategy. The core offering consists of Management Consulting services (8 main service areas plus 3 special services) and CVC Fund Management operations. Individual consulting sessions and free downloadable content (monthly reports on new business and CVC topics) serve as supplementary offerings. The company also produces proprietary publications authored by President Satoshi Tomita covering new business development, sales methodology, alliance strategy, CVC practices, and IoT business applications, which function as educational derivatives of the consulting methodology.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Management Consulting (経営コンサルティング)
• CVC Fund Management (CVCファンド運用)
• Individual Consulting Services (単発経営相談)

Quantifiable outcome

• 200+ consulting clients served in approximately 16 years, including 30+ TSE-listed corporations
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers30 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Roland Berger: Global strategy consultancy with a strong Japan office focused on corporate strategy, new business, and transformation for large Japanese enterprises; directly comparable client profile and alliance/strategy offerings.
• L.E.K. Consulting: Global strategy consulting firm with established Japan practice advising Japanese corporates on growth strategy, M&A, and alliances; competes for similar enterprise mandates and has a comparable practitioner-led delivery model.
• NRI Consulting (Nomura Research Institute): Japan-based consulting arm of a major Japanese research/IT group; serves large Japanese corporates on management strategy, new business, and digital transformation — comparable client profile and Japanese-only focus.
• A.T. Kearney: Global management consulting firm with deep Japan operations serving industrial and consumer clients on strategy, operations, and growth — overlapping with TC's new-business creation and alliance work for major Japanese corporates.
• Abeam Consulting: Japanese-origin management and IT consulting firm serving large enterprises with strategy, M&A, and transformation services; competes for the same TSE-listed client base and offers adjacent new-business and alliance capabilities at greater scale.

Broad incumbents

• Bain & Company: Top-tier global strategy consultancy with a major Tokyo office serving many of the same TSE-listed clients; competes on alliance strategy, corporate growth, and new business creation with much larger team capacity.
• McKinsey & Company: Largest global management consultancy with extensive Japan presence; addresses corporate strategy, growth, and alliances for major Japanese enterprises as part of a much broader service portfolio.
• BCG (Boston Consulting Group): Global strategy leader with strong Japan office advising TSE-listed clients on growth, innovation, and alliances; broader portfolio but directly comparable enterprise client set.
• Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting: Japan arm of Deloitte's global consulting practice; serves large Japanese corporates on strategy, M&A, and transformation with overlapping new-business and alliance capabilities.

Others

• Global Brain: Japan-headquartered venture capital firm active in CVC fund management and corporate open innovation; adjacent ecosystem participant in the same CVC/corporate-startup alliance space TC Consulting services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/tctomita

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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