private financing
Asia-based alternative asset manager Avatar Capital Partners (ACP) has raised US$156 million in the first close of its second fund, Fund II, which targets US$300 million for investments in Japan’s residential sector. The capital raise is anchored by a joint commitment of up to US$100
private credit
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank (SuMiTB) has completed fundraising for its second domestic infrastructure vehicle, Japan Infrastructure No. 2, Limited Partnership, reaching a final closing at ¥123 billion ($830+ million) in total commitments. The fund, which was established on October 1, 2025, targets a wide spectrum of Japanese infrastructure assets, including
private financing
Alternative investment manager Ares Management Corporation has completed the final close of its fifth Japan-focused logistics real estate fund, Japan Logistics Development Partners V LP (JDP V), hitting its hard cap at ¥612 billion ($4 billion). The fundraise marks Ares Real Estate’s largest closed-end institutional vehicle to
private credit
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Japan’s largest banking institution by assets, has initiated separate discussions with BlackRock and Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) to construct an open-platform private credit framework tailored to the Japanese market. The simultaneous announcements outline an initiative to establish syndicated institutional conduits linking corporate
private credit
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMBC Group) has unveiled an aggressive strategy to establish private asset management as a primary business pillar, targeting JPY 15 trillion in cross-asset management balances by 2031. In an announcement made on December 24, 2025, the Japanese banking giant outlined a comprehensive plan to leverage
debt financing
UPSIDER Capital Corporation, a subsidiary of UPSIDER Corporation, has completed the final close of the second fund "UPSIDER BLUE DREAM Growth Fund 2", within the venture debt fund "UPSIDER BLUE DREAM Fund" operated as a joint venture with Mizuho Financial Group. This Fund includes participation from
mergers & acquisitions
ORIX Corporation announced in the May 12, 2025 press release “ORIX Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Majority Interest (Consolidation) in Hilco Global” that its group company in the U.S., ORIX Corporation USA (OCU), has decided to enter into a nonbinding Letter of Intent with Hilco Trading, a U.
private financing
Mizuho Securities, ML Power, a 100% subsidiary of Mizuho Leasing, Blue Sky Solar, and Blue Sky Asset Management have collaborated with lending financial institutions including Orix Bank and Joyo Bank to form a long-term private fund with agri-solar power plants as underlying assets through non-recourse project finance
venture capital
Climate-tech startup Stride Green, focused on asset financing and lifecycle management for sustainable businesses, has raised US$3.5 million in a seed funding round. The seed funding was led by Bengaluru-based Micelio Technology Fund and Incubate Fund Asia, alongside participation from other investors. Gurgaon-based Stride Green
alternatives
Keyaki Capital, a Tokyo-based, VC-backed, and tech-enabled financial services platform led by CEO Taiki Kimura, announced the official launch of its Online Private Asset Investment Platform. This platform is the first of its kind in Japan to exclusively offer private equity, private credit, and other private asset
lending
The Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) and the Indonesia Investment Authority (INA) have launched the "IJ Hybrid Capital Solution Fund I," a fund which will be jointly managed by the two institutions and offer hybrid capital solutions for Indonesian corporates. INA is an Indonesia's sovereign wealth
japan
Yoii has established Japan's first Revenue-Based Financing (RBF) fund with participation from Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking and others. Through this fund, Yoii will continue to support the growth of startups and small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that are taking on new challenges. Background of the