Minerva Growth Partners

Company Name Japanese

ミネルバ・グロース・パートナーズ株式会社

AUM (JPY)

¥240,000,000,000

Founded Year

2020

Asset Class

Venture Capital

Geography

Japan

URL

https://minerva-growth.com

Style

Crossover

Founder

Kei Nagasawa

Founder BIO

After working in the investment/M&A advisory division mainly in energy, retail, and food sector at Mitsubishi Corporation, he joined Goldman Sachs Investment Banking Department in 2007 where he was responsible for financial advisory services including M&A and IPOs, mainly in the technology sector in Tokyo and San Francisco. Nagasawa became CFO at Mercari, Japan’s first private unicorn to raise capital twice, and took the company public in June 2018. He resigned as CFO in September 2020. Graduated from Keio University, and an MBA from University of Chicago.

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Approved Date

Jun 30, 2023

Description English

Headquartered in Tokyo, Minerva Growth Partners is a venture capital firm focused on investing in late/expansion stage Japanese venture tech companies. The firm partners with Pleiad Investment Advisors and jointly co-manages a venture capital fund.

Description Japanese

東京に本社を置くミネルバ・グロース・パートナーズは、レイト/エクスパンションステージの日本のテックベンチャー企業への投資に特化したベンチャーキャピタルファームです。同社はプレイアッド・インベストメント・アドバイザーズと提携し、共同でベンチャーキャピタルファンドを運営しています。

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Reviewed By

Hidekazu Ishida

Last edited time

Apr 1, 2025 08:14 PM GMT+0