Wataru Kojima

Advanced Science & Technology Enterprise Corp. (ASTEC) is an independent Japanese venture capital firm which was established in 2001 as a 'Kabushiki Kaisha' by Takuro Wakabayashi and a group of professors at the University of Tokyo. The idea was to create a very early-stage venture capital firm to provide support to Japanese technology start-ups with innovative products and services. Based in Tokyo, the firm manages the ASTEC Technology Incubation Fund, backed primarily by institutional investors. They also provide services to help Japanese universities manage collaborative research and consortiums and collaborate with Technology Licensing Organizations to help with commercialization efforts.

The Longreach Grou, Inc. provides financial services. It is uniquely positioned as a private equity firm to deliver world class growth, operating and profitability standards, with approaches that can secure intense execution commitment from local management and employees; and also the support of other key stakeholders such as customers and suppliers. The company was founded in October 2003 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Brain and Capital Investments, Inc. (Brain and Capital Investments) is a private equity arm of Brain and Capital Holdings, Inc. and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The firm was founded in 2014.