Animal Spirits
#Employee
5
#Fund
1
Asset Class
Venture Capital
Catalogue
Catalogue
Company Name Japanese
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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
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EMDB (Matching)
EMDB (Matching)
Founded Year
2022
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.
Geography
Japan
ID
53
Style
Early-stage
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