The State of Venture Capital in Japan The Venture Capital environment is growing at a rapid rate in Japan, but the VC investments are still a small fraction compared to developed ecosystems. Venture Capital in Japan Taking a look at the numbers, there were 3,062 investments at a total value of 945.9 JPY (7.28b USD assuming an exchange rate of…

The State of SaaS in Japan 2022-2023 Click here for the The State of SaaS in Japan 2023-2024 version. SaaS in Japan is a growing market in multiple perspectives. The total addressable market for SaaS is growing. The awareness and adoption of SaaS solutions are growing. The SaaS market in Japan is still very nascent, but it is growing with…

The State of the Startup Ecosystem in Japan Startup Ecosystem in Japan A startup ecosystem is said to have general factors, the business environments, entrepreneurs, opportunity, and funding. The business environment is the local infrastructure including laws, regulations, government initiatives, etc. The business environment essentially should provide ease in building a startup. Entrepreneur is the availability of the people who…

Path to Innovation: Japan’s Startup Development Five-year Plan Startup Development Five-year Plan’s Goals In early 2022, Prime Minister Kishida announced the Startup Development Five-year Plan (you can check the progress of the Startup Development Five-year plan here). The ultimate goal of the plan is to drive innovation through startups. Japan is in need of a healthy cycle of creative destruction.…