aStart Co.

Geography

Japan

Last edited time

Oct 16, 2024 12:42 PM GMT+0

Company Name Japanese

株式会社エースタート

AUM (JPY)

12,600,000,000

#Fund

#Employee

Founded Year

2015

Asset Class

Private Equity

Style

Venture Capital

URL

https://www.astart.co.jp

Founder

Kazumasa Watanabe

Founder BIO

After graduating from Kyoto University, he joined the Recruit Group, where he built his career mainly in the recruitment department (now Recruit), while also self-studying and supporting venture IPOs. After leaving the company, he participated in management at Next Japan, where he achieved IPO in 2004 as CFO. After the company went public, he became the CEO. He retired in 2007 and began consulting and investing in ventures. In 2010, he became the CFO of Ride On Express. In 2013, he went public for the second time, and then listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (now the Prime Market). In 2015, he founded A-Start and became its CEO. In the same year, he began managing a tech venture fund. In 2019, he launched Japan's first "space venture investment fund." He is an entrepreneur with a wide range of experience, including as an entrepreneur, president of a listed company, CFO who led two IPOs, and investor.