Received "Salesforce Japan Partner Award 2023"

UPWARD (Location: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Ryusuke Kaneki), whose mission is to "Innovate the Last Mile on the Frontline," won the Industry of the Year Retail & Consumer Goods Award in the Growth Industry category of the Salesforce Japan Partner Award 2023 on April 13, 2023. Industry of the Year Retail & Consumer Goods Award" in the Growth category Industry of the Year Retail & Consumer Goods Award at the Salesforce Japan Partner Award 2023. The award was given based on the company's outstanding performance in terms of business scale and business growth rate in their collaboration in fiscal year 2022.

・Ryusuke Kaneki, President and CEO, UPWARD Co.

We are very honored to receive this award, which is the result of our partnership with Salesforce Japan, and we have accelerated our partnership by releasing the "UPWARD Sales Engagement Platform," which packages some of the functions of the Salesforce Platform as UPWARD in October 2022. In October 2022, we released "UPWARD Sales Engagement Platform," which packages some of the functions of the Salesforce Platform as UPWARD, and we have been accelerating our partnership. We will continue to promote sales digital transformationtogether with Salesforce Japan.

Atsushi Urano, Senior Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Alliance Business Management Division, Salesforce Japan Co.

Salesforce Japan Partner Award 2023 winners like ‍UPWARD Corporation are committed to helping their customers grow faster and leap further in the new, rapidly digitizing world.For Salesforce Our partners are critical to enabling digital transformation and driving our customers' success. Salesforce partners like UPWARD Corporation are part of the growing Salesforce Economy, which is expected to create 9.3 million new jobs and $1.6 trillion in new business revenue worldwide by 2026, according to an IDC study. The study predicts that Salesforce is driving significant benefits for the partner ecosystem, generating $6.19 in revenue to the partner ecosystem for every $1 in revenue generated by Salesforce through 2026. The study also found that more than 90% of Salesforce customers leverage Salesforce partner app and experts.

About Salesforce Japan Partner Award 2023

The ‍13th annual Salesforce Japan Partner Award 2023 spans cloud, verticals and industries, and a broad partner program that includes consulting firms, digital agencies, distributors, and ISV partners, The award recognizes the significant contributions made by Salesforce partners across a wide range of partner programs, including cloud, vertical industries, consulting firms, digital agencies, resellers, and ISV partners. Click here to see the full list of Salesforce partners who received this year's Salesforce Japan Partner Award. Salesforce and AppExchange are trademarks of salesforce.com, inc.