&Capital

Company Name Japanese

株式会社and Capital

AUM (JPY)

N/A

Founded Year

2023

Asset Class

Venture Capital

Geography

Africa

URL

https://andcapital.jp/

Style

Impact

Founder

Ken Shibusawa (Co-Founder)

Founder BIO

Ken is a seasoned entrepreneur in the investment industry in Japan and is well recognized for bridging the social sector and business. After gaining financial market experience in the late 1980s and through 1990s at JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, and Moore Capital, a global macro hedge fund, Ken founded in 2001, Shibusawa and Company, Inc., currently an advisory firm engaging multi-stakeholder dialogue.

#Employee

#Fund

Approved Date

Aug 23, 2024

Description English

&Capital is a venture capital firm that focuses on impact investments in the African continent without sacrificing financial returns. The firm encourages Japanese corporations to tap into Africa and contribute to the growth of the continent. It targets venture capital firms, as well as mainly post series A startups in financial services, food/agriculture, healthcare, and energy fields that aim to address social issues in Africa, covering the “Big 4” countries, Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, and Egypt, and other fast-growing countries.

Description Japanese

&Capitalは、アフリカ大陸におけるインパクト投資に焦点を当てたベンチャーキャピタルファームです。財務的なリターンを犠牲にすることなく、日本の企業がアフリカ市場に進出し、大陸の成長に貢献することを促進しています。主にシリーズA以降のスタートアップをターゲットにしており、特に金融サービス、食品/農業、ヘルスケア、エネルギー分野で社会的な課題に取り組む企業に投資します。アフリカの「ビッグ4」国（ナイジェリア、南アフリカ、ケニア、エジプト）やその他の急成長する国々をカバーしています。

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Reviewed By

Hidekazu Ishida

Last edited time

Apr 1, 2025 08:14 PM GMT+0