AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum Japan 2023
The premier private equity & venture forum in Japan
The Conrad, Tokyo and online
27
Jun
Japan update: Sustaining momentum
Could Japanese private equity emerge relatively unscathed from a downturn? Investors point to a mature and predictable economy, a flight to safety as capital looks for targets beyond emerging markets like China, tried and tested investment theses, and robust structural trends around corporate divestment. This doesn’t mean it will be easy – not least because certain sectors have struggled in recent years, exit timelines are being extended, and deal financing is harder to secure.
- How has the pace of investment changed in different market segments?
- What can GPs do to capture growth in Japan while being mindful of risk?
- Is there enough creativity in terms of exit planning?
- What progress is being made on ESG measurement and reporting?
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SpeakersNobuyuki Inomata Head of Fund Investment Team, Alternative Investment Solution Department NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Shinichiro Kita Representative Director/ Senior Partner ADVANTAGE PARTNERS
T.J. Kono Partner UNISON CAPITAL
Hironobu Nakano Senior Managing Director, Chairman TRUSTAR CAPITAL PARTNERS JAPAN LIMITED
Makoto Iwami Director NSSK
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Nobuyuki joined Nomura in 2018 and has been responsible for strategic planning for alternative investment business and marketing. He is currently engaged in promotion of Japan private equity and venture capital investing, and planning and implementing ESG integration in Nomura's alternative investments.
He started his alternative investment career in 1992 when he joined Japan Asia Investment Co., Ltd. (JAIC) as a venture capitalist. His responsibilities at JAIC included fund planning and setup, investment management, client reporting, and management of its Singapore and Thailand local operations. Subsequently he joined Nikko Cordial Securities (now called SMBC Nikko Securities), where he took charge of intermediary business on alternative investment funds, before moving to Nomura.
Graduated from Waseda University (Japan), BA in Commerce.
Mr. Kita joined Advantage Partners in 2003 and leads all activities for the Japan Buyout team. Mr. Kita has also directly led many investments including CommunityOne, Katitas, Net Protections, Yaruki Switch Group and Cosmolife. He currently serves as a Director on several investments including Material Group, Energywith, NFC Holdings, Net Japan and Daiho Industrial.
Prior to joining Advantage Partners, Mr. Kita was at Bain & Company Japan and focused on projects in the auto, finance, telecommunications, food products, trading houses, and healthcare sectors. Mr. Kita holds an undergraduate degree from the Faculty of Economics, the University of Tokyo, and an MBA from University of California, Berkeley.
T.J. Kono joined Unison Capital in 2002. He has managed a number of investments in Japan since Unison’s first fund, then led Unison’s expansion to Korea as its founding member. Today, he serves as a member of both Japan and Korea Investment Committee. He has been involved in Unison’s investments in Drug Eleven (Japan), Mine-Mart (Japan), UCOM (Japan), Nexcon Technology (Korea), Gong cha (Korea)/Royal Tea Taiwan (Taiwan), and Forbes (Japan). In addition to investment role, he oversees Unison Group’s investor relations functions. Prior to Unison Capital, he worked at Merrill Lynch Japan.
Mr. Kono has a B.S/B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis.
Mr. Nakano is Senior Managing Director and Chairman of Trustar Capital Partners Japan. He joined the firm in 2007 and served as the head of Japan Private Equity business for 16 years until he assumed office as Chairman in 2023.
Prior to joining the Firm, he was a Managing Director at the Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan (IRCJ), where he oversaw the revitalization of a number of companies across a range of industries. Previously, Mr. Nakano was a founding member of Advantage Partners, one of the leading Japanese private equity firms. Mr. Nakano has also worked in management consulting at Corporate Decisions Inc. and started his career at the Toyota Motor Corporation.
He received an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Tokyo.
Makoto Iwami is a Director of NSSK’s Investment Team.
Prior to joining a NSSK in 2016, he worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers and mainly served M&A advisory services for global and domestic private equity funds.
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