Japan Asia Investment
Japan’s secondary funds look to consolidate
The cross-ownership of Japanese companies creates rich pickings for secondaries players looking to gather up and exit
JAIC forms $45m joint venture in Shenyang
Japan Asia Investment Company (JAIC) will form a joint venture fund with Shenyang Wanrun New City Investment Management to make investments in Chinese and Japanese firms.
Japan's CyberAgent takes stake in smartphone game developer
CyberAgent Ventures, a Japanese venture capital firm based in Beijing, has taken 25% stake in a Hong Kong smart phone game developer Epicforce Entertainment. The investment - the size of which has not been disclosed - was made through a joint fund set...
JAIC to set up fund joint venture in Tianjian
Japan Asia Investment (JAIC) has set up a joint venture investment management company in Tianjin, according to one of its partners. A spokesman for the Tianjin Eco-City Management Committee said it was participating in the company alongside China Binhai...
Bridgepoint buys Sumitomo Precision's semiconductor business
European private equity firm Bridgepoint has purchased semiconductor component maker SPP Process Technology Systems, a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sumitomo Precision Products, via a management buyout for an undisclosed sum.
Private equity-backed Apo Plus Station makes healthcare acquisition
Apo Plus Station, a portfolio company of Japanese private equity firm J-Star, has purchased a 40% stake in EBM, a clinical examinations specialist.
J-Star ups stake in Apo Plus
Japanese private equity firm J-Star has increased its stake in Apo Plus Station K.K. (APS), a pharmaceutical-focused contract sales organization (CSO) in Tokyo which the firm already two-thirds owns. The size and value of the stake has not been disclosed.
J-Star looks to construction for its 12th deal
JAPANESE PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM J-STAR has taken a majority stake in Taiheiyo-Seiki Co. (THY), a privately held construction machinery manufacturer, marking J-Star’s second deal this year, following the investment into HCM, in-home care provider, and its...
J-Star makes second healthcare acquisition
Japanese private equity firm J-Star has made another investment in Japan’s growing healthcare sector, taking a majority stake in HCM, KK, a domestic provider of in-home care services, via a management buyout. Financial details were not disclosed, but...
J-Will may buy the Incubator Bank of Japan
J-Will Partners, a leading private equity firm based in Tokyo, has emerged as one of the potential bidders to take over the failed Incubator Bank of Japan, joining local lenders Aeon Bank and Kyoto Credit Cooperative to vie for the asset.
Japan regulators offer flexibility for stability
To date, the Japanese government has estimated that damage from the interconnected natural disasters is likely to reach at least $198 billion, and it has pegged the possible economic loss at between JPY16 trillion ($196 billion) and JPY25 trillion ($306...
JAIC ceases to be the majority holder in Japanese auto parts maker
Japan Asia Investment Co. (JAIC)., a Tokyo-based venture capital firm, has sold a 25.54% stake in listed Japanese auto part manufacturer Ikuyo Co. to Nittoh Co., a Tokyo-based plate and molding company, for undisclosed sum.
Yet2.com and JAIC make first VC investment
yet2.com, a US-based digital marketplace that both buys and sells technology online, has formed yet2Ventures. The fund aims to help Fortune 500 companies and other owners of venture capital investments drive value in their portfolio companies.
No recovery for Japan’s VC
Japan’s venture capital investment between April and October 2010 - pegged at JPY19.5 billion ($237.6 million) in total - showed no recovery from 2009, a year which saw JPY 87.5 billion ($1 billion) worth of investment.
JAIC partners with CyberAgent for China internet fund
Listed Japanese Asia-focused VC firm JAIC and CyberAgent, Inc. a internet service company, announced that Japan Asia Investment (China), a JAIC affiliate, and CyberAgent Ventures, a CyberAgent investment affiliate, have jointly set up a China-focused...
Japan PE picks up Kyushu hotel
Japan Private Equity, a buyout unit of Japan Asia Investment Co. (JAIC), has acquired Central Hotel Sasebo in Japan's Nagasaki prefecture, through a regional fund focused on the western island of Kyushu.
JAIC takes over elderly care business
Japan Asia Investment Co. (JAIC), the Tokyo-based venture firm, has acquired all the shares of Healthy Service Co., an elderly care and nursing services provider in central Japan.