{"id":26446,"date":"2026-01-14T13:17:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T13:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itbusinesstoday.com\/?p=26446"},"modified":"2026-01-14T13:17:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T13:17:44","slug":"minerva-growth-partners-closes-first-round-of-second-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itbusinesstoday.com\/ja\/fintech\/investments\/minerva-growth-partners-closes-first-round-of-second-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"\u30df\u30cd\u30eb\u30d0\u30fb\u30b0\u30ed\u30fc\u30b9\u30fb\u30d1\u30fc\u30c8\u30ca\u30fc\u30ba\u3001\u7b2c2\u53f7\u30d5\u30a1\u30f3\u30c9\u306e\u7b2c1\u30e9\u30a6\u30f3\u30c9\u3092\u30af\u30ed\u30fc\u30ba"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><p>\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e\u30df\u30cd\u30eb\u30f4\u30a1\u30fb\u30b0\u30ed\u30fc\u30b9\u30fb\u30d1\u30fc\u30c8\u30ca\u30fc\u30ba\u306f\u3001\u5f53\u793e\u304c\u30a2\u30c9\u30d0\u30a4\u30b6\u30fc\u3092\u52d9\u3081\u308b2\u53f7\u30d5\u30a1\u30f3\u30c9\u300c\u30df\u30cd\u30eb\u30f4\u30a1\u30fb\u30b0\u30ed\u30fc\u30b9\u30fb\u30d1\u30fc\u30c8\u30ca\u30fc\u30baII, LP\u300d\u304c\u30012025\u5e7412\u67081\u65e5\u306b\u30d5\u30a1\u30fc\u30b9\u30c8\u30fb\u30af\u30ed\u30fc\u30ba\u3092\u5b8c\u4e86\u3057\u305f\u3053\u3068\u3092\u304a\u77e5\u3089\u305b\u3044\u305f\u3057\u307e\u3059\u3002\u30d5\u30a1\u30f3\u30c9II\u306f\u56fd\u5185\u5916\u306e\u6a5f\u95a2\u6295\u8cc7\u5bb6\u304b\u3089\u51fa\u8cc7\u3092\u53d7\u3051\u3001\u6700\u7d42\u7684\u306b\u904b\u7528\u8cc7\u7523\u7dcf\u984d\u7d04200\u5104\u5186\u306e\u8abf\u9054\u3092\u76ee\u6307\u3057\u307e\u3059\u3002.<\/p><p>While Japan&rsquo;s startup ecosystem is maturing, there are still cases where companies are unable to continue sufficient growth investment through fundraising after listing due to market capitalization and liquidity constraints at the time of listing.In global markets, particularly the United States, it has become common for companies to raise sufficient growth equity while they are still unlisted, and then go public only after securing a certain level of business scale and competitive positioning, and the importance of growth equity is increasing in Japan as well.<\/p><p>MGP specializes in growth equity and will carry out investment activities with the mission of establishing &ldquo;growth equity&rdquo; as an asset class, which is still in its infancy in Japan, through crossover investments across pre-IPO and listed stocks, as well as a hybrid strategy of venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE), including buyouts.<\/p><h4>\u3053\u3061\u3089\u3082\u304a\u8aad\u307f\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\uff1a <a class=\"p-url\" href=\"https:\/\/itbusinesstoday.com\/ja\/fintech\/investments\/andes-raises-%c2%a5100m-to-grow-j-planet-e-commerce-platform\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\u30a2\u30f3\u30c7\u30b9\u304c\u300cJ-Planet\u300dEC\u30d7\u30e9\u30c3\u30c8\u30d5\u30a9\u30fc\u30e0\u306e\u62e1\u5927\u306b\u5411\u3051\u30011\u5104\u5186\u4ee5\u4e0a\u3092\u8abf\u9054\u3057\u305f<\/a><\/h4><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.minerva-growth.com\/\" data-no-translation=\"\">MGP<\/a>&lsquo;s mission is to establish a new asset class called growth equity in Japan, and through its continued collaboration with Pleiad Investment Advisors, MGP will deepen its unique crossover investment model, which provides consistent support from pre-listing to post-listing.<\/p><p><strong>\u30bd\u30fc\u30b9 <a href=\"https:\/\/prtimes.jp\/main\/html\/rd\/p\/000000011.000066602.html\" data-no-translation=\"\">PRTimes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minerva Growth Partners Inc. is pleased to announce that the second fund it is advising, Minerva Growth Partners II, LP, completed its first close on December 1, 2025. 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