'inflation' Tag

• Startup M&A in Japan: Fasten your seatbelts

  March 25, 2023

  One key component of our investment thesis at Shizen Capital is our view on exit opportunities for early-stage startups in Japan. We believe that Japan has now reached an inflection point, and that corporate M&A for Japanese startups is poised to go intergalactic. Historically, an IPO has been the most common and viable way for […]

  posted in venture capital by mark bivens

• (Absent) Inflation in Japan

  July 24, 2022

  I’ve been writing over the past couple months about what effect the global macroeconomic backdrop turmoil might have on Japan’s VC and private equity sectors in Japan. Interest rates — and by extension the cost of capital — remain low in Japan. Given that Japan is one of the few major developed economies that is […]

  posted in venture capital by mark bivens