DEP

What DEP does

DEP Inc. (株式会社DEP) is a Tokyo-based private IT consulting firm founded on August 24, 2005, with starting capital of 45,000,000 yen, operating from a Shinjuku headquarters at A-11, Stork Shinjuku 1F, 6-12-7 Nishi-shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0023. The company delivers specialized consulting across three service lines: Network Solutions (cloud, IP, VoIP, Unified Communication infrastructure consulting, design, construction, and operation), Video Contents Solutions (market research, business planning, system design, and project management for IPTV, VOD, internet video, and mobile video), and Public Services Consulting (IT solutions, policy planning, and system development for municipalities and educational institutions). Founder Representative Director Tomiyasu Ohde (大出 富康), a University of Electro-Communications engineering graduate whose prior roles spanned IBM Japan, Cisco Systems Japan, Softbank Broadmedia, and BB Cable Corporation, underwrites DEP's depth in Video Over IP, IPTV, VOD, multicasting, MPLS, IPSec, QoS, L2TP, and H.264 codec technologies.

DEP monetizes through professional services engagements (System Planning and Development, IT Consulting), system sales, a communications business license, content licensing royalties, and digital content investment participation. Its 2008 acquisition of United Film Japan Inc. contributed a content licensing moat: a master Blanket Use Agreement covering 2,700+ American film titles from the 1910s to 1990s and approximately one million hours of documentary and news footage, distributed to mobile content providers, karaoke services, and other content businesses. Go-to-market is direct, consultative, enterprise and public-sector field sales with quote-based bespoke project pricing; there is no product-led, channel, or self-serve distribution. Disclosed customers span a fast food chain, communications companies, broadcasters, product manufacturers, a national high school, a national university, and content/service businesses.

DEP previously sold the LOE (Lighting over Ethernet) UPOE lighting product line, which was discontinued in February 2019, narrowing the operating perimeter to services and content licensing. The firm operates with an estimated 1-10 employees, no disclosed funding rounds, no public listing, and limited public digital footprint beyond its corporate website. Management consists of CEO Tomiyasu Ohde and Director Yukiko Saiki; ownership is founder-controlled with no institutional investors or parent company disclosed.

Name

DEP

Legal name

株式会社DEP

Website

https://dep-inc.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

DEP Inc. (株式会社DEP) is a Tokyo-headquartered private IT consulting firm founded in 2005 that delivers network infrastructure, video-over-IP/IPTV/VOD, and public-sector IT consulting to enterprise, broadcasting, telecommunications, and educational clients across Japan, supplemented by a 2,700+ title film licensing library.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. System Planning and Development: Custom system design, development, and project management for enterprise and public sector clients. Revenue is project-based, likely one-time professional services income.
2. System Sales: Sale of systems, software, and hardware solutions to clients.
3. IT Consulting: Technology and strategy consulting engagements for enterprises and public institutions.
4. Communications Business: Telecommunications-related services operated under a communications business license.
5. Copyright Management and Digital Content Licensing: Management of video content rights and licensing under a Blanket Use Agreement, providing video materials to mobile content providers, karaoke services, and other content distributors.
6. Digital Content Development Investment: Investment in digital content development, with returns generated through content monetization.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

DEP Inc. is a Japanese IT consulting firm that delivers project-based network infrastructure consulting, design, construction, and operational support for enterprise and public sector clients, with deep specialization in video-over-IP, IPTV/VOD, and Unified Communications. The company also licenses a proprietary content library of 2,700+ American film titles and approximately one million hours of documentary and news footage held through its wholly owned subsidiary United Film Japan Inc.

Product overview

DEP Inc. (株式会社DEP) is a Japanese IT services company offering multiple service lines: Network Solutions (network infrastructure consulting, design, construction and operation including cloud integration and Unified Communications), Video Contents Solutions (consulting for IPTV, VOD, internet video and mobile video services), Public Services Consulting (IT solutions for municipalities and public bodies), and Video Contents Business (licensing of a library of over 2,700 American film titles and approximately one million hours of footage). The company previously sold the LOE (Lighting over Ethernet) series of UPOE lighting control products, which were discontinued in February 2019. The product portfolio consists of core consulting/integration service offerings rather than packaged software products, supplemented by the UPOE hardware line (now discontinued) and a substantial video content licensing library.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Network Solutions
• Video Contents Solutions
• Public Services Consulting
• Video Contents Business

Quantifiable outcome

• BB Cable Corporation became the first legal broadcasting company registered under Japan's amended Broadcasting Laws, with its IP broadcasting system regarded as the world's first practical IP broadcasting system at the time of announcement.

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• United Film Japan Inc.majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 July 2008DEP acquired United Film Japan Inc. in July 2008. This acquisition contributed to DEP's video content business, expanding their library of licensed video content which now includes over 2,700 American film titles and approximately one million hours of documentary and news footage. The acquisition appears to have been a strategic move to build DEP's content library and licensing business.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ): IIJ is a leading Japanese internet and network services provider offering enterprise network design, cloud integration, and managed services. It is comparable to DEP's network infrastructure consulting and integration business for Japanese enterprise clients.
• JCOM (Jupiter Telecommunications): JCOM is a major Japanese cable television and broadband operator that combines network infrastructure with video content distribution. Like DEP, it sits at the intersection of network delivery and video services, making it a closely aligned peer for DEP's combined network + content business.
• transcosmos: transcosmos is a Japanese IT services and digital solutions provider with broad enterprise and public-sector engagements. Its enterprise IT consulting and system integration practice is comparable in scope and customer type to DEP's professional services business.
• U-NEXT (USEN-NEXT subsidiary): U-NEXT is a Japanese OTT streaming service that distributes licensed video content. DEP's video content licensing arm (United Film Japan) supplies to similar downstream customers, making U-NEXT a relevant distribution-side peer.
• USEN-NEXT HOLDINGS: USEN-NEXT operates a diversified portfolio of media, communications, and IT services in Japan, including broadcasting-style content and network services. Its combination of content distribution and network/communications offerings mirrors DEP's integrated network-plus-video positioning.
• WOWOW: WOWOW is a Japanese pay-TV/satellite broadcaster that licenses and distributes premium video content. DEP's content licensing business and broadcasting-station customer relationships make WOWOW a directly comparable content-distribution peer in the same Japanese market.

Broad incumbents

• SCSK Corporation: SCSK is a major Japanese IT services company providing system integration, consulting, and managed services to enterprise and public-sector clients. It is a broader incumbent in the same IT services space DEP addresses, with much greater scale.
• Fuji Soft (now part of KKR portfolio): Fuji Soft is a Japanese system integrator and IT services firm with enterprise and public-sector clients. It operates in the same IT consulting and system integration category as DEP, with broader capabilities and larger scale.
• NTT Data: NTT Data is the largest Japanese IT services and systems integrator, with deep relationships across enterprise and government. It competes for the same large public-sector and enterprise IT consulting mandates that DEP targets.
• SoftBank Group / SoftBank Corp. SoftBank's communications and broadband businesses overlap with DEP's network infrastructure work, and DEP's founder previously led IP broadcasting research at SoftBank Broadmedia (a SoftBank group company). The relationship and category overlap make SoftBank a relevant adjacent incumbent.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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