志本株式会社

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Philosophy

The companies we support are those that are overlooked
by other funds by the point of
“Scale”, “Industry”, and “Complexity”.

Due to capital efficiency being most valued,
some companies have not been in the spotlight despite
having attractive artisan and technology skills.
We will support those companies not only financially,
but the transition of the companies
that we want to leave behind for the future into a form
that can survive for a long time.

We will aim for investments that will allow the investee company
to survive and grow for a long period of time,
and create great value for their employees,
the local community, and the society.

Investment Policies

志本主義投資
Typical PE Investment*1
Maximize the Social Value
(≠Financial Products)
※現時点ではファンドの募集・運用は
行っておりません
Mission
Maximize the Fund's NAV
(=Financial Products)
Tens of Millions (JPY) *2
Size of Target Company
Hundreds of Millions (JPY) *2
Establishing persistence of the portfolio companies with appropriate profitability while continue to contributing Local economy/employment.
Value-Add Strategy
Maximize profits of
the portfolio companies
within a few years
Adopt prospective method to maximize persistence of the portfolio companies(Precondition : Achieve a certain level of ROI)
Exit Strategy
Adopt prospective method/transferee to maximumize capital gains
*1:PE Investment
*2:eg.EBITDA,EBIT

We value to

maximize the social value

most of all. not to maximize the fund's value.

News

Team

Ami Miura

三浦 亜美 | Ami Miura

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From Nagoya city, Aichi prefecture.
After starting her own company during her school days, she traveled around the world as a backpacker. After returning, she engaged in the launch of overseas cloud service and incubation facilities as a Japanese venture capital (VC) at Sunbridge Co., Ltd..
In 2013, she founded ima Co., Ltd. and using her understanding in modern technology and VC, she has built a business succession platform for sake, traditional crafts, and other unique techniques.
From the time of ima Co’s founding, she entered the sake industry and visited sake breweries nationwide.
In 2016, she established the Japan Awa-sake Association with the nationwide sake breweries.
After that, she worked on the “AI-sake” project which contributes to the succession of technology while supporting the craftsmanship of sake brewing with AI.
In 2017, she became the Tsukuba City Town Development Advisor (-2019).
In 2019, she was appointed as a specially appointed associate professor at Digital Hollywood (-present).
In 2020, she became an advisor to the Startup Ecosystem Tokyo Consortium (-present).
Allen Miner

アレン マイナー | Allen Miner

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Allen Miner is well versed as a venture capitalist and angel capitalist primarily in the fields of IT, enterprise software, international business development and entrepreneurship.
As the CEO of Sunbridge Co., Ltd., which he established with his own funds, he has invested in Japanese start-up companies such as Macromill, IT-media, and G-mode and helped those companies to IPO.
He has also been instrumental in helping companies such as salesforce.com, Concur, Marketo, and Demandware enter the Japanese market.
On the other hand, through the Miner Foundation, he has provided financial support, guidance, and assistance to various organizations in Japan and Stanford University that are trying to promote social innovation and entrepreneurship.
In 1986, he joined Oracle Co in the United States after graduating from Brigham Young University, and became the first representative of Oracle Japan within a year after joining the company.
He worked from the startup to growth, laying the foundation for the rapid growth of Oracle Corporation Japan today. Forbes and Always On have selected him as one of the “Top 100 IT investors in the World”.
Kenichi Ishikawa

石川 健一 | Kenichi Ishikawa

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Kenichi Ishikawa engaged in pension accounting and investment trust sales support business at Jardine Fleming Trust Investment and Advisory (currently J.P. Morgan Asset Management).
After that, he was engaged in due diligence in corporate revitalization, business reform planning, execution support and M&A mainly for mid-sized companies as a project manager at Yamada Consulting Group.
He was also engaged in corporate revitalization strategy planning and execution support for construction companies, distribution and service industries, large-scale facility sales projects for independent administrative agencies, and due diligence for the food manufacturing industry.
As a principal at J-STAR, an independent PE firm, he oversaw all processes including sourcing, execution, value up, and exit.
He invested in 5 projects including Olive de Olive and Burn repair, 2 of which have exited.
All exited projects had good returns and have achieved significant increase in sales and profits of investee companies during the investment period.
He is the founder and CEO (present) of Nozomi Capital Partners, an independent investment company established in 2015. He is consistently engaged in business investment and consulting for small and medium sized enterprises.
15 years of experience in PE, 13 years of experience in corporate consulting.
Graduated from Hitotsubashi University, Department of Business.
Yasutaka Uchida

内田 康隆 | Yasutaka Uchida

Manager
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He worked at a local government for 11 years from 2008 in the sections of facility management, welfare, smart city, administrative management, and industrial promotion (start-up support).
For two of those years, he was assigned to the Cabinet Office and worked as a secretariat for the National Strategic Special Zone System.
He worked on regulatory reform work with local governments that were enthusiastic about changing national regulations to realize their projects.
He was in charge of preparing materials, coordinating attendees, and setting up venues for site visits at area meetings and advisory councils attended by local government leaders and ministers.
Tsukuba University graduate with a master's degree in physical education.
Keiji Torii

鳥居 敬司 | Keiji Torii

Advisor
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Joined Daiichi Kangyo Bank, Ltd. (currently Mizuho Financial Group) in 1971. During his time at the bank, he attended business schools in London and Switzerland, and obtained a MBA.
After working at Japan Bank for International Cooperation and Hong Kong Branch, he served as Deputy General Manager of Ginza-dori Branch, Deputy General Manager of Securities Department, Vice President of CIT, a major US commercial finance company, General Manager of International Affairs Department, and Manager of Americas/General Manager of New York Branch.
In 2004, he held important positions such as Vice President of Mizuho Financial Group., Ltd. and Vice President of Mizuho Information & Research Institute.
Since then, he has served as an outside corporate auditor of Itochu Corporation, an outside director of Tokyo Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd. a special advisor to Salesforce, and an auditor of the Japan Awasake Association.
Masahiro Samejima

鮫島 正洋 | Masahiro Samejima

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Founding Partner Attorney, Uchida & Samejima Law Firm (Legal Entity)
A professional of intellectual property strategy, has been supporting more than 300 startups in aspect of open-innovation.
Featured as origin of character in Japanese famous novel "Shitamachi-Rocket", who is a patent attorney contributing to SME in legal dispute against larger entity.
Nobumoto Kitabayashi

北林 延元 | Nobumoto Kitabayashi

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He is the president and representative director of Kitani Co., Ltd., which is based in Himi City, Toyama Prefecture.
With the company's civil rehabilitation in 2003, he has been engaged in company management since his predecessor.
After becoming the company's CEO in 2009, in anticipation of the instability of the steel structure processing industry, the company has pioneered in the digitization of the construction industry, and has expanded into other industries such as agricultural and livestock cooperation through livestock farming.
In recent years, he has also started AI business.
CEO of Emuten Co., Ltd., CEO of GIE Co., Ltd., Chairman of Build Up Service Co., Ltd., and Representative of Kita LLC.

About

Name
Shiphon, Inc.
Establish
2020
CEO
Ami Miura
Address
#817 Kabuto-cho
Heiwa Daiya Building,
9-5 Nihonbashi Kabuto-cho,
Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Mail
info[at]shiphon.com