SALA Corporation

SALA Corporation

SALA Corporation was formed in 2022 by Group CEO Goro Kamino to unify the Jinno family's longstanding energy and real estate operations under a single holding structure. The group traces its roots back to predecessor companies like Chubu Gas and sits at the center of the Central Japan Economic Federation, where Kamino serves as a Director. Rather than a passive family office, SALA is structured as an operating conglomerate with direct corporate venture capital arms. The firm's deployment spans six core operating divisions: Energy & Solutions (natural gas and LP gas supply, biomass power generation), Engineering & Maintenance (infrastructure and facility management), Housing (custom home building and renovation), Car Life Support (vehicle sales and maintenance), Animal Health Care (veterinary pharmaceuticals), and Property (mixed-use real estate development). On the investment side, SALA runs a venture capital program targeting early-stage companies, with a stated focus on fostering innovation from its home base in Aichi and Shizuoka prefectures. Known commitments include partnerships with regional startups through the emCAMPUS innovation hub in Toyohashi, where SALA and local founders tested a virtual evacuation training system in April 2026 (per the firm, April 2026). The group also operates an energy storage station in Toyohashi and participates in the international Newcastles of the World Alliance. The firm is headquartered in Toyohashi's SALA Tower, with its operational footprint concentrated across Japan's Aichi and Shizuoka regions. Goro Kamino leads the group as President and Representative Director, while also sitting on the board of Japan Post Holdings. The parent company directly manages venture capital activity rather than outsourcing it to an external manager. SALA's scale is disclosed via public company reporting, though private deployment figures into startups remain opaque. In April 2026, SALA Real Estate expanded its urban development initiatives by launching a study with the city of Hamamatsu, aiming to link real estate projects with community infrastructure innovation (per the firm, April 2026). SALA functions as a hybrid: an operating company with a captive corporate VC arm rather than a pure financial allocator. This structure embeds its investment decisions within the commercial imperatives of its energy and property divisions. The Jinno Education Foundation, a separate philanthropic vehicle, handles grantmaking for education and culture, keeping grant capital structurally apart from the corporation's investment balance sheet. Kamino's dual role at Japan Post Holdings links SALA to one of the country's largest institutional investors, providing an unusual governance bridge between a regional operating group and a national financial institution.