MPower Partners

Approved Date

12/9/2025

Asset Class

Venture Capital

Catalogue

Company Name Japanese

MPower Partners

Description English

MPower Partners, a Tokyo-based venture capital firm, employs a strategy centered on ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) integration within a traditional VC framework. They focus on investing in mid- to late-stage startups that are leveraging technology to address significant societal challenges, such as healthcare, education, and sustainability. The firm's founders, Kathy Matsui, Yumiko Murakami, and Miwa Seki, leverage their extensive global networks to support portfolio companies, with a particular emphasis on helping them build strong ESG practices to ensure long-term, sustainable growth and prepare for public markets. This approach makes MPower Japan's first VC firm to be explicitly focused on ESG and socially impactful investments.

Description Japanese

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EMDB (Matching)

Founded Year

2021

Founder

Kathy Matsui

Founder BIO

With over 30 years of experience in finance, she previously served as Vice Chair and Chief Japan Equity Strategist at Goldman Sachs Japan for 26 years. Matsui is widely recognized for her pioneering research on structural reforms in Japan, particularly her influential 1999 "Womenomics" report. This research played a crucial role in encouraging the Japanese government to prioritize gender diversity. She has also authored the book How to Nurture Female Employees. Matsui holds degrees from Harvard University and Johns Hopkins SAIS, and her extensive career has focused on driving forward key initiatives in corporate governance, sustainability, and diversity.

No.

Style

Sector focused (Femtech)

URL

mpower-partners.com