Greeting
Japanese companies are believed in fascinating business partners for a long time.
Good quality products, advanced technologies, flawless operation, continuous improvement (Kaizen), high standard of business literacy, teamwork, and loyalty are well-known phrases to express how Japanese companies are.
All of those are considered key factors to continuously shift into higher value-added fields, which is also inevitable for ASEAN companies to make further leaps.
ASEAN consumers accept many Japanese products with well-functional, durable, remarkable design, and high-quality features. The number of ASEAN visitors to Japan increased substantially in past years. Stylish Japanese restaurants and cafes are popping up on the ASEAN streets.
Meanwhile, many Japanese companies are still not sure how to market their products and services outside Japan, even though some already have superior technology and product development ability, and even sometimes they have a blockbuster product in Japan.
We saw plenty of cases where Japanese companies gave up business discussions halfway simply because they were not familiar with the local market practices, felt a high language barrier, or could not reach reliable local partners.
We have significant concerns about this situation and have begun working to stem such economic and opportunity losses.
MARS Venture Partners will work on eliminating the questions and anxiety of both parties and provide rational and optimal proposals based on the client’s perspective by leveraging a unique and exclusive network of business professionals.
Time has its limit. No opportunity is left indefinitely. Let’s bravely start a new challenge towards great success with us.
Biography
Akihiro Yamamoto (Co-Founder and Director)
Akihiro Yamamoto has more than 25 years of experience in the equity business. After serving as a Fund Manager in a Japanese financial institution, he started his career as a Venture Capitalist in Japan’s leading venture capital firm. He made various investments primarily in technology, life science, and environmental ventures. He closely worked with the investee companies and assisted their IPOs and M&As.
He established multiple Joint Ventures with government agencies, multi-national companies, and universities/research institutes in Asia and headed up the operation teams.
His broad experience also covers the launching of new investment funds, cross-border M&As, and CVC (Corporate Venture Capital) for business conglomerates.
He is currently a Senior Advisor to an investment agent under the Malaysian government, Directors of public listed group companies and venture companies in Asia and Japan, living in Asia for more than 15 years. He also devotes social impact activity and speech at seminars and conferences and writing columns.
