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Scaling Japan Podcast

Episode 1: Angel Investment in Japan with Yuki Shirato

Dec 2, 2021
31:21

As angel investing is becoming more popular in Japan, this episode we are joined by Yuki Shirato who is an investment lawyer that works in M&A and runs Yakumi.co, a Japanese angel syndicate. Yuki Shirato talks about how he got into his career and shares his experience as an angel investor. He further delves into what exactly angel investing is, what kind of businesses it is suitable for and what profiles investors are looking for.


Links from Guest Appearance 

LinkedIn

Yakumi.co


Show Notes

(0:45) Yuki Shirato’s self introduction

(1:40) How Yuki Shirato became an angel investor

(3:50) What is an angel syndicate

(6:27) Types of business that are suitable and that aren’t suitable for angel investment

(8:01) 3 stages of the early business stage in Japan

(13:08) Difference between a start up and normal business

(15:06) What types of data metrics do angel investors look for

(16:27) Angel investment in Japan

(20:50) Characteristics of founders who have scaled successfully

(26:28) Characteristics of founders that were unsuccessful in scaling


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