I have been hanging around investment funds industry, especially related to venture capital funds and private equity funds, for almost 20 years. In 2002, I started working for a Japanese venture capital fund. Since then, I switched my job and became a lawyer more than 10 years ago, but have been involved in supporting many venture capital funds and private equity funds.
When I entered the Japanese venture capital industry, it was few years after the time when Limited Partnership Act for Investment had been enacted in Japan, and the investment fund market was still immature in many aspects. Investment funds were definitely not the mainstream of Japanese businesses. In the 20 years since then, Japanese peoples’ view towards the investment funds have changed dramatically. Both private equity funds and venture capital funds became one of the most highly regarded workplace in Japan.
In this blog, I intend to write various topics related to the investment funds and enhance people’s interest in this industry.