In the middle of a weakening domestic economy, information services such as contents & applications are one of the few growing sectors. However, the information service sector has not grown independently, instead maintaining this growth through its deep connections with the ICT sector. With progress in the ICT industry resulting from new infrastructures and platforms, it has become increasingly necessary to have a diverse and flexible global network. As such, in order to further realize growth in Japan, it is necessary not only to focus on the information services sector, but also on the ICT industry.
In the ICT team, investments are divided into four layers: contents & applications, platforms, networks, and devices in order to support growth and maximize the value of portfolio companies.
The ICT team is managing a fund centered on the layer of contents & applications. It invests in companies that perform Intellectual property and content planning and production or other primary copyrights. After investment, team members help improve the corporate value of investees by working hands-on and assisting SMEs to contact with larger platform-holding companies, or support cooperation with overseas companies.
An industry consolidation fund targeting the ICT industry as a whole is in the process of being put together. This industry consolidation fund will centrally invest in a leader in the rapidly-growing information service industry, and will increase the corporate value of portfolio companies through the support of any breakthroughs in the ICT industry with its complex combination of layers of companies operating contents & applications, platforms, networks and devices.
