Japan

The fund's backers include MUFG, Japanet, SBI Group, Sumitomo Corporation of Americas, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Sega Sammy Holdings and Wowow.

Our LP Perspectives 2025 Study finds investors are warming to venture capital after giving it the cold shoulder.

The sixth annual Rising Stars celebrates the achievements of people under the age of 40 in the venture capital industry. The deadline for nominations is November 15.

Since its launch in 2012, the firm has backed a host of iconic companies, including Zoom, Twitter, Square, Coinbase and Palantir.

Pierre Mauriès, a former executive with The Carlyle Group and the Private Equity Technology practice director at PwC, is nearing a first close on a $500m fund for Nemesis Technologies.

Monoful Venture Partners, the new Japanese VC arm of Singaporean logistics giant GLP, has held a first close on its debut fund.

As the tech sector has soured, so has investors’ appetite for venture funds, according to our annual survey of limited partners.

In a sign of progress for the Japanese venture market, Japan’s $1.44trn Government Pension Investment Fund recently made its first disclosed commitment to a venture fund, Globis Capital Partners.

Pollination is targeting $6bn for a series of funds focused on natural carbon sequestration in a joint venture with HSBC Asset Management.