SPEAKER: Shinichiro Shiraki, CEO & CIO, Akebono Asset Management Ltd.
HOSTING COMMITTEE: Alternative Investment Committee
MEMBER FEE: ¥600
GUEST FEE: ¥1200
REGISTRATION/CANCELLATION DEADLINE: September 24, 2020, 10:00
Over the last five years the Japan Venture Capital Association (JVCA) has developed several innovative activities. At this event, we will hear an update from one of the Board members of the JVCA who has been leading these new programs.
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) entrusted the JVCA with research related several projects to promote a venture ecosystem in Japan. For example, this year the JVCA has issued the first ever Domestic VC Performance Benchmarks. Produced in collaboration with Preqin, a data provider to the alternative investment industry, this paper aims to increase the allocation of institutional investors into the venture capital asset class.
Past JVCA projects have included activities related to regulations and accounting standards; media communication activities; collaboration between venture companies and large companies; collaboration between VCs and universities and the creation of university-initiated ventures, as well as activities related to domestic regional revitalization by fostering ventures and collaboration with overseas VC associations and national governments.
The JVCA has about 250 members and includes a wide variety of types of participants, ranging from financial investors, VC fund managers, Corporate Venture Capital and international investors.
Come to learn about this fast-growing sector of Japanese alternative investment.
About the Speaker
Mr.Shiraki founded Akebono Asset Management Ltd. in 2015.
He has over 20 years of experience investing in private equity, venture capital funds, and hedge funds in Japan and globally. Prior to Akebono Asset Management Ltd. he is a founding member of Monex Alternative Investments (“MAI”) and serves as its CEO and CIO. At MAI, part of Astmax Co., Ltd since 2012, Mr. Shiraki has launched and managed as CIO six funds of funds investing in private equity, hedge, venture capital, and property funds.
At Astmax, Mr. Shiraki also has had mandates to sell hedge fund and private equity stakes on behalf of pension funds. Separately, Mr. Shiraki co-launched MGM Innova Capital, a private equity and venture capital investment firm focused on energy efficiency, for which he now serves as an advisor. He is also one of the founders of Asuka Green Investment Co., Ltd.
Prior to Astmax and MAI, Mr. Shiraki launched and managed several portfolios of hedge funds and private equity funds for Sanwa Bank, now part of the Mitsubishi Tokyo UFJ Group. At Sanwa, Mr. Shiraki was also in charge of liquidating portfolios of private equity and hedge fund portfolios in the late 1990s at a time when Japanese banks had a lot of pressure on their balance sheets. Mr. Shiraki started at Sanwa Bank in 1993, trading fixed income.
Mr. Shiraki has been a board member of the Alternative Investment Management Association of Japan (AIMA Japan) since 2001 and currently serves as its Chairman. He is also a committee member Japan Venture Capital Association.
Mr. Shiraki holds a BA in Economics from Keio University. He also graduated from London Business School with a Masters in Finance. He is a Chartered Member of the Security Analyst Association of Japan. He is the author of a book titled “All about Investment Funds (Kinzai)”, published in 2006 and revised in 2014.
Frank Packard, Chair
Christopher P. Wells, Pieter Franken, Deborah Hayden, Vice Chairs
Alternative Investment Committee
NOTE 1: This event is ON THE RECORD