iSGS Investment Works

Company Name Japanese

株式会社ｉＳＧＳインベストメントワークス

AUM (JPY)

¥3,200,000,000

Founded Year

2016

Asset Class

Private Equity

Geography

Japan

URL

https://www.isgs-iw.com

Style

Venture Capital

Founder

Makiko Sato

Founder BIO

In 2000, she joined CyberAgent, Inc. ( as part of the company's first class of new graduates ). She was assigned to the company's Internet Advertising Business Headquarters. In 2002, she was awarded the company's Best Player Award (MVP). She became the company's first female manager in the sales department, and contributed to the company's business expansion through sales, recruitment and organizational building. In 2005, she was seconded to Wedding Park Co., Ltd., where she built the company's business model, launched the sales department, and planned and implemented new businesses. In 2006, she was seconded to CyberAgent Capital Co., Ltd., where she was involved in seed-stage startup venture investments in Japan for nine years. In June 2016, she founded iSGS Investment Works Co., Ltd. and became its representative partner. (Japan's first female partner in an independent venture capital firm ). She is an outside director at Toyo Kanetsu Co., Ltd., a recommendation committee member for the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's J-Startup, and a member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Data Utilization Promotion Committee. She was selected as one of "15 Women Active in Japan's VC Industry" by Forbes JAPAN in 2022. She is also a council member of the Japan Youth Leaders Association.

#Employee

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Approved Date

Jun 30, 2023

Description English

D3 LLC is a Tokyo-based venture capital and consulting firm specialized in Healthcare and Biotech sectors. The firm provides hands-on support to its portfolio companies such as business model development and deployment.

Description Japanese

2016年に設立されたiSGSインベストメントワークスは、主に日本のインターネット関連スタートアップをターゲットにした東京拠点のベンチャーキャピタルファームです。以前はiStyleキャピタルとして知られていた同社は、もともと2014年に東京拠点の美容製品専門のマーケティングサービスプロバイダーであるistyle Inc.のコーポレート・ベンチャー・キャピタル（CVC）部門として設立されました。2016年にistyleからスピンオフし、現在は外部投資家からの第三者資本を管理する独立したベンチャーキャピタルファームとして運営されています。iSGSインベストメントワークスは、インターネットが既存のビジネスや産業を変革している、または変革することが期待される領域に注力しています。同社は業界に依存せず、すべての開発段階のスタートアップに投資します。また、他のベンチャーキャピタルファームや株主からの持ち分取得を含む直接的なセカンダリー投資も検討する場合があります。

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Reviewed By

Hidekazu Ishida

Last edited time

Apr 1, 2025 08:14 PM GMT+0