Interest In Japan Spilling Into Its Startups
Renewed overseas investor interest in Japan may help the country’s overlooked startups defy a global venture capital slump, according to early-stage investor James Riney.
Institutional Investors See Japan As A Real Estate Darling
A weaker currency and low interest rates are drawing Asia-Pacific property investors to Japan, although similar factors have not helped China’s bruised real estate market. Both Japan and China have kept interest rates relatively low, despite US rate increases, and both have seen weaker currencies as a result -normally a push factor for cross-border institutional investors.
Big In Japan: How To Make It In The World’s Third Largest Market
For any European startup with unicorn ambitions, international expansion is essential. But there is a certain predictability to where European founders tend to focus when looking to go global.
Japan Insurers Under Pressure To Push Portfolio Companies To Go Greener
More institutional investors in Japan are dialing up the pressure on their portfolio companies to go greener, after the nation's largest life insurer went as far as threatening to off-load investments that are not tackling emissions adequately.
Japan Ripe For Institutional Asset Raising
The Covid-19 pandemic has slowed activities in 2020 but it is likely that some of the asset management trends that began around 2017 remain in place given the underlying factors driving those trends.
Carlyle To Invest Over $9B In Japan On Post-Pandemic Reform Hopes
U.S. private-equity firm Carlyle Group plans to pour more than $9.4 billion into Japanese businesses over the next three to five years, anticipating that the changes wrought by the coronavirus pandemic will create new investment opportunities as companies reorganize.
Sequoia Capital On Hunt For Japanese Digital-Tech Startups
Sequoia Capital plans to bring its checkbook to Japan by the end of the year as it looks for startups that deliver high-end digital technologies to corporate customers and that have corporate values of $279M to $1.3B.
Machine Learning: Future Of Healthcare & Insurance
During this panel, entrepreneurs discussed how they overcame regulatory hurdles in building their healthcare and insurtech startups. They also shared their thoughts on machine learning and scaling innovation in both industries, and these tech-enabled startups can make a radical change in the corporate world. Panelists include Michael Fertik, Founder & Managing Partner, Heroic Ventures; Umar Afridi, Co-Founder & CEO, Truepill; Sam Hodges, Co-Founder & CEO, Vouch Insurance; and Rohit Pandey, Co-Founder & CEO, SigTuple. The panel was recorded at the Trusted Insight Innovation Summit, Tokyo on November 22nd, 2019. The event was in collaboration with Japan Post Bank and Coral Capital.
Pioneer In Venture Investing: Fireside Chat
During this fireside chat, you will learn about the University of Minnesota's venture program and why there is an over-allocation to venture; how the University has continued to outperform its peers for many years; and the opportunities of being a much larger institution investing in the venture. Speakers include Stuart Mason, Chief Investment Officer at the University of Minnesota, and Alex Bangash, Founder & CEO of Trusted Insight. The chat was recorded at the Trusted Insight Innovation Summit, Tokyo on November 22nd, 2019. The event was in collaboration with Japan Post Bank and Coral Capital.
Machine Learning In Real Estate
During this panel, entrepreneurs and general partners discussed how a once technologically-shy sector is now changing rapidly because of machine learning applications. They also identified and addressed major structural/operational inefficiencies in real estate. Panelists include Andrew Collins, Co-Founder & CEO, Bungalow; Vadim Toader, Co-Founder & CEO, Proportunity; Shotaro Fujisawa, General Manager, Knotel Japan; and Evan Nisselson, General Partner, LDV Capital. The panel was recorded at the Trusted Insight Innovation Summit, Tokyo on November 22nd, 2019. The event was in collaboration with Japan Post Bank and Coral Capital.