We're looking for the next Toyotas or the Sonys in Japan.

investing-thesisjapanDisrupting Japan podcast interview, 2024

Probably 80 to 90% of the investments that we make fall into this overarching 'why Japan' theme.

investing-thesisjapanDisrupting Japan podcast interview, 2024

There's no Y Combinator of Japan, there's no Andreessen Horowitz of Japan, no Founders Fund of Japan.

japanventure-capitalDisrupting Japan podcast interview, 2024

We've always looked at venture capital as a product, and that's why we've built our own tools.

productventure-capitalDisrupting Japan podcast interview, 2024

We can't give you success. What VCs can do is increase the speed and the scale of that success.

foundersventure-capitalDisrupting Japan podcast interview, 2024