What DNC does

DNC (Dragon Network Corporation / 龍高ネットワーク株式会社) is a privately held Japanese IT services firm founded on June 23, 1997, and headquartered in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The company operates as a Japan-China technical support interface, providing custom system design, software programming, project and team leadership, on-site engineer dispatch, and management of outsourced development projects delivered through five affiliated Chinese entities in Beijing, Dalian, Shenyang, and Liaoning.

Its core capability is a broad multi-language, multi-platform technology stack spanning legacy and modern systems: 20+ programming languages (C, C++, C#, Java, JSP, Perl, Ruby, COBOL, Delphi, PL/SQL, etc.), enterprise and open-source databases (Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, MySQL, Postgres), and major middleware and frameworks (WebSphere, WebLogic, Tomcat, Struts, Spring, .NET, J2EE). DNC delivers projects either at its Tokyo headquarters or on client premises, and acts as a single Japanese-managed interface to Chinese engineering capacity for offshore work.

DNC generates revenue through project-based professional services and engineer staffing/dispatch engagements with Japanese enterprise clients. It discloses nine named major clients including NEC Solution Innovators, SoftBank Commerce & Service, Fuji Xerox, Asahi Kasei, TDC Software Engineering, and JTB. The company has ¥28 million in paid-in capital, operates with a headcount in the 11-50 range, and relies on direct enterprise sales relationships rather than a public marketing presence. No revenue figure, funding history, or external ownership is disclosed.

Name

DNC

Legal name

龍高ネットワーク株式会社 (Dragon Network Corporation)

Website

https://dncnet.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

DNC (Dragon Network Corporation) is a Tokyo-based Japanese IT services firm founded in 1997 that provides custom software development, project leadership, and on-site engineer dispatch, acting as a Japan-China technical bridge with five Chinese affiliated entities serving Japanese enterprise clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. IT professional services & custom software development: Project-based revenue from system design, program development, and project/team leadership delivered either in-house or on client sites. Pricing determined by experience and capability. Roles: Project Leader, Team Leader, SE, Programmer.
2. Offshore / China-dispatched development projects: Project manager role dedicated to China-outsourced development projects (中国委託開発プロジェクトマネージャー), leveraging affiliated Chinese companies (Beijing, Dalian, Shenyang) for offshore delivery.
3. Staffing / dispatched engineer services: Privacy policy explicitly references handling of dispatched (派遣) and seconded (出向) workers' personal data, indicating a派遣/contractor staffing line of business placing engineers at client sites.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

DNC provides custom IT professional services to Japanese enterprises: project and team leadership for system development, system design, application programming across multiple languages and platforms, and China outsource project management that bridges Japanese clients to Chinese engineering teams. Services are delivered either at DNC's Tokyo office or on the client's site, supplemented by offshore execution through affiliated Chinese entities in Beijing, Dalian, and Shenyang. The firm also dispatches engineers (派遣) on a staffing basis to client sites.

Product overview

DNC (Dragon Network Corporation / 龍高ネットワーク株式会社) does not market a single named software product or a platform-plus-modules architecture; rather, it operates as an IT services company that provides system development capabilities — project/team leadership, system design, application programming, and China outsource project management — delivered through a broad, multi-language and multi-platform technology stack (its 保有技術) covering C/C++/C#/Java/Perl/Ruby/COBOL, tools such as Visual Studio, Eclipse, RationalRose, and ERWin, and databases including Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, MySQL, and Postgres. The named service offerings (Project/Team Leadership, System Design, Application Programming, and China Outsource Project Management) collectively constitute DNC's portfolio, and the documented technology stack is the capability layer that supports them.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• System Development Services (Project and Team Leadership) Project Leader (PL) and Team Leader (TL) engagements for client system development projects, delivered either at DNC's Tokyo office or on the client's site. Targets Japanese enterprise clients undertaking custom software development initiatives.
• System Design Services System design work for client projects, covering Web, client-server, and network-based architectures. Targets Japanese enterprises requiring custom software architecture and design engagements.
• Application Programming and Development Custom software programming and development using DNC's multi-language stack (C, C++, C#, Java, JSP, Perl, Ruby, COBOL, Delphi, PL/SQL, etc.) on UNIX, Linux, and Windows platforms. Targets Japanese enterprises needing bespoke application development.
• China Outsource Project Management Management of outsourced software development projects delivered through DNC's China-based affiliated companies (Beijing, Dalian, Shenyang), acting as a Japan–China technical interface. Targets Japanese enterprises seeking a Japanese-managed interface to Chinese engineering teams.
• Dispatched Engineer Staffing (派遣) Placement of dispatched (派遣) and seconded (出向) engineers (Project Leaders, Team Leaders, SE, Programmers) at Japanese enterprise client sites to fill short-term or project-based engineering capacity gaps.

Quantifiable outcome

• 5 affiliated Chinese entities across Beijing, Dalian, Shenyang, and Liaoning providing offshore delivery scale
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Beijing Longkao Huari Software Technology Co., Ltd. (北京龍高華日軟件技術有限公司)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a related company (関連会社) of DNC. Supports China-side software development as part of DNC's Japan–China delivery model.
• Dalian Longkao Software Technology Co., Ltd. (大連龍高軟件技術有限公司)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a related company (関連会社) of DNC. Dalian-based Chinese affiliate supporting software development.
• Jinpenglong High-tech Industry (Shenyang) Co., Ltd. (金鵬龍高科技実業（瀋陽）有限公司)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a related company (関連会社) of DNC. Shenyang-based Chinese affiliated entity.
• Tech Modern Education (Dalian) Co., Ltd. (泰克現代教育（大連）有限公司)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a related company (関連会社) of DNC. Dalian-based affiliated entity focused on education/training, likely supporting IT talent pipeline.
• Liaoning Zhongxu Zhiye Co., Ltd. (遼寧中旭智業有限公司)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a related company (関連会社) of DNC. Liaoning-based Chinese affiliated entity.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Decorp Co., Ltd. Japanese IT services firm focused on system development and engineering support for enterprise clients. Closely matches DNC's core offering of custom development and project leadership, and is itself a DNC major client, evidencing overlapping end-customer reach.
• ChinaSoft International: Hong Kong-listed Chinese IT services group with a large Japanese enterprise practice, providing offshore development and bilingual delivery from China to Japan. Directly comparable to DNC's Japan-China bridge model and competing for the same set of Japanese enterprise clients.
• AJS Co., Ltd. Japanese IT services firm offering custom system development, staffing, and offshore delivery. AJS is directly comparable to DNC in business model (project-based IT services for Japanese enterprises) and is even listed as one of DNC's named major clients, indicating head-to-head overlap in target accounts.
• TDC Software Engineering: Established Japanese IT services and software engineering firm covering system design, custom development, and enterprise solutions. Directly comparable to DNC in service offering, target customer profile, and Japan-domestic delivery focus; also named as one of DNC's disclosed major clients.
• Pactera Technology (Pactera Edge): China-headquartered IT services firm with deep Japan enterprise delivery experience, offering bilingual Japan-China offshoring across custom development, system integration, and managed services. Highly comparable to DNC's core Japan-China offshore project management offering.

Broad incumbents

• TechnoPro Holdings: Largest Japanese engineer staffing and IT services group, dispatching engineers across software, electronics, and mechanical domains. Comparable to DNC's dispatch/staffing revenue stream and to its on-site engineer placement business, but at materially greater scale and broader technology coverage.
• NEC Solution Innovators: Major Japanese system integrator and IT services subsidiary of NEC, serving large enterprises with end-to-end system development and integration. Comparable to DNC as a competitor for the same enterprise IT projects, though at vastly greater scale; also a disclosed DNC major client, indicating ecosystem overlap.
• Meitec Corporation: Premier Japanese engineer dispatch and contract engineering firm placing technical staff at client sites. Directly comparable to DNC's engineer staffing revenue stream, with a similar model of placing engineers at Japanese enterprise customers on project-based contracts.
• Future Corporation: Japanese IT consulting and system integrator with strong enterprise customer base across finance, manufacturing, and distribution. Comparable to DNC's enterprise-focused system design and custom development offerings, but operating with significantly greater scale and brand recognition.
• TIS Inc. Large Japanese IT services company offering custom system development, SI, and outsourcing to enterprise clients. Comparable in service portfolio to DNC but at much broader scale, and a credible competitor for the same Japan enterprise offshoring RFPs.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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