Akafuji Farm Innovation Investment Limited Partnership invested in the following company on December 25th in 2024. This fund is managed and operated by Japan Strategic Capital Co. Ltd. Shinmei Holdings Inc. and Japan Finance Corporation have invested in this fund as Limited Partner. Outline of the company Company Name ：ASO AGROSSTYLE Inc. WEB ：https://aso-agrosstyle.com/ Location […]
Herbiotech Aroma S.A. (headquartered in Tunis, http://www.herbiotech-aroma.com), a portfolio company of SMBC Agri-Fund GP: Japan Strategic Capital), has established a subsidiary, Herbiotech, Unipessoal Lda. in Portugal at the end of 2023, and has signed a lease contract with the Portuguese city of Castelo Branco for the installation of a processing facility on September 26, 2024. […]
On 12 September 2024, Japan Strategic Capital Co.,Ltd. held a seminar on ‘Tunisian Start-up Potential and Fund Investment’ in a hybrid format with both on-site and online participation. The seminar was attended by about 25 participants from companies already operating in Tunisia and those considering expansion in the future. Mr Thameur Chagour, Managing Director of […]
We are pleased to announce that MYFARM Inc. (Head office: Kyoto Prefecture; CEO: Nishitsuji Kazuma), one of our portfolio companies of SMBC Afri-Fund Investment Limited Partnership, was listed on the TOKYO PRO Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange on 27 November 2023. Press release of MYFARM Inc. (in Japanese) https://myfarm.co.jp/news/20231127_press-release_ipo/ Outline of MYFARM Inc. Established […]
Akafuji Farm Innovation Investment Limited Partnership invested in the following two companies on September 2nd in 2022. This fund is managed and operated by Japan Strategic Capital Co. Ltd. Shinmei Holdings Inc. and Japan Finance Corporation have invested in this fund as Limited Partner. This fund utilizes the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Investment and Development […]
Our Tsukuba office (Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture) will move to Moriya City on June 1, 2022. The new office is located in StartupSide Moriya, a co-working space in the “BRANCH Moriya” mall (opened in April 2022), which is very close to Moriya Station on the Tsukuba Express Line (TX). The new office is located in […]
Japan Strategic Capital co., Ltd announces that it has invested in CHEKKIT TECHNOLOGIES CORP., which provides anti-counterfeiting technology for products using blockchain. Chekkit, based in Nigeria, develops and provides blockchain-based authentication technology to pharmaceutical and FMCG companies to prevent counterfeiting of fake medicines and everyday items in emerging markets. Customers can check and manage product […]
Our Tokyo Head Office (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) will move to a new office on May 14, 2021. The new office also house IGNIS, an incubation facility operated by a group company, a separate floor of the same building. We look forward to further collaboration among group companies. New Office Location: VORT Suidobashi III 4F, 2-8-11 Kanda […]
Japan Strategic Capital was assigned as a “project promoter unit” of the START program (Program for Creating STart-ups from Advanced Research and Technology). START program, subsided by Japan Science and Technology Agency, is a funding program for academia researchers who are seriously wishing to transfer their research result into commercial products or services. Promoter’s responsibility […]
SMBC Agri Fund (GP: Japan Strategic Capital Co., Ltd.) subscribed 120M JPY financing by “Yasai Kobo” (meant vegetable Studio). Yasai Kobo, a leading company of vegetable factory operations, providing unique low-bacterial vegetables to the market, has already been a portfolio company of SMBC Agri Fund, plans to construct its new factory in Ibaraki Prefecture in […]