J-Star acquires Japanese homeware brand
Japanese private equity firm J-Star has acquired a controlling stake in local homeware brand Shirayuki Fuukin for an undisclosed sum.
This is the sixth acquisition in 2020 for the firm’s fourth lower middle-market fund, which closed at the hard cap of JPY48.5 billion ($467 million) in November last year. Check sizes typically fall...
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