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Globis Capital Partners Co., Ltd.
Native name
グロービス・キャピタル・パートナーズ株式会社
Gurōbisu Kyapitaru Paatonaazu kabushiki gaisha
Company typeprivate
IndustryPrivate equity
Venture capital
Foundedcommenced operations 1996; 28 years ago (1996); incorporated July 2006; 18 years ago (July 2006)
FoundersYoshito Hori
HeadquartersTokyo, Japan
Key people
Yoshito Hori (Founding Partner)
Soichi Kariyazono (Co-Founding Partner)
ProductsInvestment
Private equity fund
AUM¥180 billion JPY (2023)[1]
ParentGlobis Edit this on Wikidata
Websitewww.globiscapital.co.jp/en

Globis Capital Partners Co., Ltd. (Japanese: グロービス・キャピタル・パートナーズ株式会社, Hepburn: Gurōbisu Kyapitaru Paatonaazu kabushiki gaisha, English: /ɡloʊbɪs/), commonly referred to as GCP, is a Japanese private hands-on venture capital firm headquartered in Banchō, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.[2] GCP is part of the Globis Group.[3] As of April 2023, GCP manages a cumulative fund size of over ¥180 billion JPY (approximately $1.3 billion USD).[1]

History

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In 1996 Yoshito Hori founded Globis Capital Partners (GCP) as a hands-on venture capital business inside Globis Corporation to support Japanese startup portfolio companies [4][2] That same year an initial $5 million GLOBIS Incubation Fund was raised, with $1 million coming from Sega Enterprises’ chairman Isao Okawa.[5]

In 1999 Alan Patricof, the head of Apax Patricof selected Globis as a local partner in Japan to create Apax Globis Partners & Co. (AGP), a joint VC.[6] The resulting Apax Globis Japan Fund raised $187 million.[7]

In 2004, Apax Globis Partners & Co. changed its name to Globis Capital Partners.[8] In 2006, GLOBIS Fund III was raised. Globis Capital Partners Co., Ltd. was established as an independent advisory company to oversee the fund, becoming a separate entity from Globis Corporation.[9][10]

Four additional funds were raised in 2013, 2016, 2019 and 2022. Globis Capital Partners reached a cumulative fund size of over ¥180 billion JPY (approximately $1.3 billion) with investments in over 200 Japanese companies in 2023.[11]

In 2019 GCP established G-STARTUP, a startup accelerator program aimed at producing 100 unicorn companies. By 2023 the program had provided support to 173 startups.[12]

On January 14, 2020, GCP announced the formation of GCP X, a specialized value-added team tasked organizational development, CXO-level recruitment support, and operational support.[13]

Globis Fund VII LP became the biggest private equity fund launched in 2022 that includes Japan as geographic focus.[14] Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) disclosed that same year that it would invest in Globis Capital Partners’ latest VC fund, a first in Japan.[15]

In April 2024 GCP established a local office in San Francisco to support the global expansion of its portfolio companies.[16]

Investments

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1990s

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2000s

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2010s

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  • In March 2015, GCP participated in a $10 million funding round in news app SmartNews.[19]
  • In March 2016, GCP joined a $75 million Series D fundraiser for peer-to-peer marketplace app Mercari[20]
  • In May 2016, GCP helped to raise 1.1 billion yen for handmade marketplace Creema.[21]
  • In October 2019, GCP joined a $42.9 million Series B for AI Medical Service, which develops AI-based software for gastric cancer detection.[22]
  • In November 2019, GCP participated in a $92 million funding round for news app SmartNews.[23]

2020s

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  • In August 2021, GCP co-led a $73 million Series B round in B2B supply chain marketplace CADDi with World Innovation Lab.[24]
  • In July 2023, GCP joined a $170 million Series B round of funding in Japanese robotics startup Telexistence.[25] GCP increased its investment in B2B supply chain marketplace CADDi during a $89 million Series C round.[26]
  • In September 2023, GCP led a $93 million Series B round with Global Brain for Josys, a SaaS and device management platform startup.[27][28]
  • In August 2023, GCP joined the final close of the $100 million Series E fundraising for social impact and microfinancing startup Gojo & Company.[29]
  • In April 2024, GCP led a 2.92 billion yen pre-series A round in AI manga localization startup Orange.[30]
  • In October 2024, GCP joined a Series B funding round in Japanese real estate database provider estie. together with Vertex Growth, University of Tokyo Edge Capital, and Global Brain.[31] GCP led the funding of startup Ookuma Diamond Device (ODD), which raised a total of approximately $45 million (6.7 billion yen).[32] GCP joined a $21 million Series A funding round for Sun Metalon, a startup specialized in sustainable metal manufacturing.[33]

Investment funds

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Fund Vintage Year Capital (¥ JPY)
GLOBIS Incubation Fund[5][11] 1996 ¥540 million
Apax GLOBIS Japan Fund (joint fund with Apax Partners[7][34] 1999 ¥20 billion
GLOBIS Fund III[35] 2006 ¥18 billion
GLOBIS Fund IV[11] 2013 ¥11.5 billion
GLOBIS Fund V[11] 2016 ¥20 billion
GLOBIS Fund VI[36][37] 2019 ¥40 billion
GLOBIS Fund VII[38][39] 2022 ¥72.7 billion

Notable investments

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See also

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Yoshito Hori

References

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