Minerva Growth Partners

Founder
Kei Nagasawa
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#Employee
8
#Fund
1
AUM (JPY)
¥240,000,000,000
Approved Date
Jun 30, 2023
Asset Class
Venture Capital
Catalogue
Catalogue
Company Name Japanese
ミネルバ・グロース・パートナーズ株式会社
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。
EMDB
EMDB
Founded Year
2020
Style
Crossover
ID
20
Last edited time
Jun 26, 2025 09:21 AM GMT+0
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.
Geography
Japan
Reviewed By
Hidekazu Ishida
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