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Japan Venture Partners is a Tokyo-based firm with offices covering Southeast Asia that provides venture capital and management expertise for promising companies seeking to build their business in Japan and Southeast Asia.

Our business model is a combination of a Joint Venture Partner, Investor, and Contract Employee/Agent. This means we roll-up our sleeves and provide hands on day-to-day management expertise to help our partners succeed in Japan along with investment capital as necessary. We also make a big commitment on behalf of our clients - our relationships, our capital, our reputation, and the time it takes to launch the business. In return, we expect our partners to make a serious commitment to Japan and to our effort, because anything less usually leads to disappointment in the Japanese market.

Our team has a broad business background, including IT, communications, semiconductor, software, medical and life sciences, scientific instrumentation, automotive, consumer electronics, industrial technologies, financial services and lifestyle consumer products. In a phased approach, we can help companies validate the market, find and manage strategic partners and customers, establish joint ventures or subsidiaries, structure required investment capital, find acquisitions, and operate and scale-up joint ventures or subsidiaries. Our professionals bring proven business development, sales, marketing, technical, financial, administrative, and country-management skills.

Tokyo office with eight professionals with partnerships covering Southeast Asia and South Korea
U.S. professionals in Silicon Valley and Research Triangle Park
Dedicated focus to helping clients implement and execute a subsidiary, joint venture, or sales operation in Japan
Extensive relationships with OEMs, Distributors, Service Providers, and other important Japanese contacts and prospective partners
Seed capital to help finance a subsidiary
Relationships with Japanese corporate and venture capital firms to help clients finance subsidiary or parent growth
Bilingual (English, Japanese, French, Italian, German) and bicultural team with a long-history of providing clients with timely reporting, forecasting, and market information