iSGS Investment Works

Founder

Makiko Sato

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#Fund

AUM (JPY)

¥3,200,000,000

Approved Date

Jun 30, 2023

Asset Class

Private Equity

Catalogue

Company Name Japanese

株式会社ｉＳＧＳインベストメントワークス

Description English

Founded in 2016, iSGS Investment Works is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm that primarily targets internet-related startups in Japan. Formerly known as iStyle Capital, the firm was originally established in 2014 as the corporate venture capital (CVC) arm of istyle Inc., a Tokyo-based marketing services provider specializing in beauty products. It spun off from istyle in 2016 and now operates as an independent venture capital firm managing third-party capital from external investors. iSGS Investment Works focuses on areas where the internet is transforming or is expected to transform existing businesses and industries. The firm is industry-agnostic and invests in startups at all stages of development. It may also consider direct secondary investments, including acquiring stakes from other venture capital firms or shareholders.

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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Founded Year

2016

Style

Venture Capital

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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.

Geography

Japan

Reviewed By

Hidekazu Ishida

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