Gathering project

What Gathering project does

Gathering project is a Tokyo-based, privately held company (legal entity: Netowl, Inc.) founded in 2008. According to the available data, the company develops and operates "Tsudoi.JP," a website that integrates maps, news, and event information into a single consumer-facing surface — implying a local information-aggregation and discovery use case targeted at Japanese users seeking geographically contextualized events and news. The company is led by a single named executive, Toshiharu Matsumoto, who serves as Representative Director and Founder.

The underlying technology stack is not described in the available material beyond the public-facing domain (tsudoi.jp), which currently resolves to a default Netowl hosting landing page rather than an active product experience. This indicates the site is either not deployed, not actively maintained, or has lapsed from public availability — a material observation for any diligence process. There is no information on backend architecture, data ingestion sources for the map/news/event integrations, refresh cadences, or any proprietary technology layers.

The business model is not documented in the input data. There is no disclosed pricing model, advertising arrangement, subscription tier, partnership, or licensing revenue stream. Given the apparent consumer orientation of the original product concept, plausible monetization paths would include local advertising, event-promotion fees, or affiliate arrangements with event organizers, but none of these are confirmed. The combination of a dormant public surface, single-founder leadership, and absence of disclosed commercial signals suggests the operating entity may be in a maintenance or inactive phase rather than an active growth or scaling posture.

Name

Gathering project

Legal name

Netowl,Inc.

Website

https://tsudoi.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Short description

Gathering project (legal entity Netowl, Inc.) is a Tokyo-based company founded in 2008 that developed and operated Tsudoi.JP, a consumer website aggregating maps, news, and event information for Japanese users. The public site currently appears inactive.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Information Portal

NAICS

Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services (519290), Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services (51929), Information (51)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Local & City Guide Content Aggregators (MPACAKAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

News & Current Affairs Aggregators (MPACAKAA), News & Content Aggregation Portals (BPAMAAAI)

Keywords

• Local event discovery
• Regional information portal
• Map-based news service
• Community event listings
• Japanese local events

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Infrastructure, Operations, Technology or R&D, Personnel

Core offering

Gathering project develops and operates Tsudoi.JP, a website that integrates maps, news, and event information into a single local-information portal. The platform provides users with location-based event discovery and community news aggregation targeted primarily at Japanese consumers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Tsudoi.JP A Japanese-language web portal that integrates maps, news, and event information, providing users with a unified view of local-area content and community happenings.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Broad incumbents

• Eventbrite: Eventbrite is a global event-listing and ticketing platform. It overlaps with the events component of Tsudoi.JP and represents the incumbent shape of the events aggregation category.
• Yahoo Japan (Local): Yahoo Japan is the dominant Japanese portal and offers local news, events, and maps. It is the most entrenched all-in-one aggregator in Japan and the primary competitive moat against any smaller local information aggregator.
• Jalan (Recruit): Jalan is a major Japanese travel and local experience platform operated by Recruit. It covers events, sightseeing, and local discovery through Japan, making it a comparable incumbent aggregator in the same geography.
• Walker Plus (Kadokawa): Walker Plus is a long-running Japanese local guide and event-listing site published by Kadokawa. Its coverage of regional events, restaurants, and lifestyle content closely mirrors Tsudoi.JP's stated scope.
• Yelp: Yelp is a large local discovery and review platform. While it focuses on business reviews, it competes in the same local content aggregation category and represents a scaled incumbent against which a small aggregator like Gathering project must position.
• Gurunavi: Gurunavi is a leading Japanese restaurant and local-discovery platform. It is a relevant Japan-based incumbent in the local content aggregation space and a direct competitive reference for Tsudoi.JP in its home market.

Regional players

• HotPepper (Recruit): HotPepper is a major Japanese local discovery and coupon platform focused on restaurants, salons, and lifestyle. It overlaps with the local-aggregation use case but is specialized in commercial bookings, making it a regional/market-specific comparable.

Direct peers

• Time Out: Time Out is a global local guide and event-discovery platform that aggregates restaurants, events, and city content. It is directly comparable to Tsudoi.JP as a local-and-city content aggregator, with a similar maps+news+events integration model.

Emerging players

• Meetup: Meetup is a community and event discovery platform that aggregates local happenings. While its model emphasizes community groups, it competes in the same local event-discovery category as Tsudoi.JP.
• Peatix: Peatix is a Japan-origin event discovery and ticketing platform. It is a comparable niche/emerging player in the event-aggregation space, particularly in the Japanese market where Tsudoi.JP operates.

Market position

Strengths2 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks4 records

Key highlights3 records

Customer concentration

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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