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We invest in partnerships to drive growth.

growth-equitypartnership— Minerva Growth Partners, 2021
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We back growth-stage companies that have already found product-market fit and can scale toward ten billion yen in sales.

growth-equityjapan— Minerva Growth Partners launch, 2020
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The new capital will be used to grow our services in Japan and to expand into the United States and Europe.

expansiongrowth— TechCrunch (Mercari funding), 2016
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We chose to stay private to keep our strategic flexibility as we expand overseas.

mercariprivate-markets— TechCrunch, 2016
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Japans late-stage startups were starved of growth capital, and closing that gap is the whole reason Minerva exists.

funding-gapjapan— Minerva Growth Partners, 2020