We invest in world-class entrepreneurs looking to solve long-term global issues that Japan and the rest of the world will face over the next 30 years (Domain Theme) with the competitive technology that OIST and Japan have a competitive edge in (Technical Theme).
We invest in startups at Pre-Team (before full co-founding team) or Pre-Seed (before product launch/ PoC), with follow-on investments at Post-Seed/ Series A (after traction/ PMF).
Our motto is “Provide any growth support we can as a part-time ambassador to to our portfolio”.
Through weekly meetings + alpha (any ad-hoc support depending on the need), we provide hands-on support to our portfolio companies, from business strategy to execution support most needed at each stage of the company growth.
Team Formation
- Introduction to co-founder/CXO candidate
- Support for recruitment PR plan
- Support for building relationships with recruiters
- Support for formulating Mission-Vision-Value
- Support for building OKRs
- Support for implementing in-house collaboration tools
- ……etc
Product
- Business plan
- Support on product validation
- Support for product design specifications
- Support for introduction of design sprint
- Introduction to initial product development partner
- Introduction to product experts
- ……etc.
Growth
- Business development support for initial sales
- Support for implementing a system for marketing (content, inbound, B2B, CRM and lead gen)
- Introduction to digital marketing experts
- ……etc.
Corporate
- Support for building a KGI/KPI management system
- Support for building an accounting/ CF management system
- Introduction to accountants, lawyers, patent attorneys, etc
- Support for equity financing
- Support for debt financing
- Support for corporate finance including M&A
- ……etc.