Animal Spirits

Company Name Japanese

アニマルスピリッツ合同会社

AUM (JPY)

¥6,000,000,000

Founded Year

2022

Asset Class

Venture Capital

Geography

Japan

URL

https://animalspirits.jp/

Style

Early-stage

Founder

Yusuke Asakura

Founder BIO

After attending a jockey training school, he graduated from the University of Tokyo’s Faculty of Law. He then joined McKinsey & Company before returning to his startup, Naked Technology, which he founded during his university years. After selling the company to Mixi Inc., he became the CEO of Mixi. He led the company’s business transformation and recovery. After serving as a visiting researcher at Stanford University, he founded Signifian, with a focus on creating startups that continue to grow post-IPO. Through the company, he established the growth capital fund “THE FUND,” providing risk capital to late-stage startups. He has served as an independent outside director for several companies, including Septeni Holdings, Raksul, and Locopartners.

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Approved Date

Sep 17, 2024

Description English

The operating entity, Animal Spirits Fund I Limited Liability Partnership, is led by partners Yusuke Asakura and Shota Araki. It was established based on the analysis that Japan lacks "entrepreneur-minded investors" who promote the sustainable growth of startups. Leveraging their experience as entrepreneurs, executives of listed companies, and investors, they aim to address the challenge in Japan's market environment where startups, facing difficulties in raising funds in the later stages, often opt for an early IPO before achieving sufficient growth. They support and nurture startups from the seed and early stages, with the intention of facilitating large-scale fundraising in the later stages.

Description Japanese

運営事業体であるアニマルスピリッツ1号有限責任事業組合は、パートナーである朝倉祐介氏、荒木翔太氏を中心に構成され、日本にスタートアップの持続的成長を促す「事業家目線の投資家」が欠けているという分析の下、自身の起業家、上場企業経営者、投資家としての経験を通じて培ったノウハウを活かし、スタートアップがレイター期における資金調達難から、十分な成長を遂げることを待たずに、早急なIPOを選択してしまうという日本の市場環境の課題を念頭に、シード・アーリー期から、レイター期での大型資金調達を想定した支援・育成を実施することとしています。

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Reviewed By

Hidekazu Ishida

Last edited time

Apr 1, 2025 08:14 PM GMT+0