corporate venture capital
Z Venture Capital (ZVC) has launched a new fund, ZVC Fund II Investment Limited Partnership (ZVC Fund II), with a total size of 30 billion yen. The fund has officially commenced operations on January 1, 2025. ZVC is a subsidiary of LY Corporation. As one of Japan's largest
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Tokyu Fudosan Holdings announced the joint establishment of a JPY 50 billion corporate venture capital (CVC) fund, “TSVF2 Investment Limited Partnership” (hereinafter “CVC2”), with SBI Investment as the General Partner. This fund aims to strengthen the value chain through partner collaboration, address social issues, and enhance corporate value by leveraging
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Happy new year, and welcome to the ninety-third edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. With January 6 being the first trading day of the year, and also the first workday for many, the past week surely has been quiet. Still, the narrative for the next Bank of Japan Monetary
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Welcome to the ninety-second edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. We would like to express our gratitude for your support and enthusiasm in growing our subscriber count by 44% this year, and wishing you a fulfilling year of the snake. The Nikkei closed the year up 19.22%, setting
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IB has raised approximately 100 million yen in funding from TSE-listed Trade Works and Seibu Shinkin Capital, for a total amount raised of approximately 430 million yen. "Hokenbo," the insurance management app provided by IB, is a free app that allows users to manage and share insurance
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SMBC Nikko Securities and Nonagon Capital have agreed to a strategic partnership, whereby SMBC Nikko will participate as a "Web3 Supporter" in the community service "Nonagon Connect" provided by Nonagon Capital, serving major corporations launching and driving their Web3 initiatives. SMBC Nikko has been focusing on
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Nomura Capital Partners (NCAP) has entered into a capital alliance with Tap, through Nomura Capital Partners 2 Investment Limited Partnership, a fund managed by NCAP. The shareholding ratio and the deal value are undisclosed. Tap has been a leading solution vendor specializing in property management systems (PMS) for hotels and
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Welcome to the ninety-first edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. The Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan meetings dominated this week. With the former a little more hawkish, and the latter a little more dovish than expected, the Japanese Yen has found itself close to the 160 JPY/USD
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Funding Societies has raised US$25 million in equity investment from Cool Japan Fund (CJF). The investment from CJF signifies the fund's first investment into a FinTech company in Southeast Asia. Funding Societies will funnel the investment to deepen its core business in SME financing across its five
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MS&AD Insurance Group announced that MS&AD Ventures, the corporate venture fund of MS&AD Group based in Silicon Valley, has increased the fund amount by USD 100m, which brings the total amount under management to USD 400m. Through effective investment activities by the CVC, the
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Welcome to the ninetieth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. Nippon Life owned this week, like hardly any other Japanese company has owned the headlines in recent memory. The deal to acquire 20% of Corebridge, the AIG spinout, announced seven months ago, closed this week (< USD 4bn). Nippon Life