HiJoJoPartners Inc. (Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Spyridon Mentzas; “HiJoJoPartners”), which forms, distributes, and manages funds which invest inunlisted startup companies globally, with a focus on unicorn companies, hasraised a total of 1.15 billion yen in Series B funding through a third-partyallotment of new shares with lead investor SBI Group and other investors. Thisbrings our cumulative equity fundraising total amount to 1.8 billion yen.
Investorsin Series B:
In this Series B, SBI Group, Mitsubishi UFJ Innovation Partners and PegasusTech Ventures, Inc. participated as new investors while Mizuho Securities,Okasan Securities Group, and Japan Investment Advisors participated as followon investors.
Purposeof this Financing Round:
HiJoJo Partners aims to democratize investment opportunities to unicornstartups and other promising startups globally by distributing funds as a new assetclass for domestic investors. Through our business activities, HiJoJo Partners alsoaims to contribute to the development of a secondary market that fosters promisingstartups in the capital markets. HiJoJo Partners will further strengthen andaccelerate these efforts through this financing.
HiJoJoPartners Inc. (Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Spyridon Mentzas; “HiJoJoPartners”), which forms, distributes, and manages funds which invest inunlisted startup companies globally, with a focus on unicorn companies, hasraised a total of 1.15 billion yen in Series B funding through a third-partyallotment of new shares with lead investor SBI Group and other investors. Thisbrings our cumulative equity fundraising total amount to 1.8 billion yen.
Investorsin Series B:
In this Series B, SBI Group, Mitsubishi UFJ Innovation Partners and PegasusTech Ventures, Inc. participated as new investors while Mizuho Securities,Okasan Securities Group, and Japan Investment Advisors participated as followon investors.
Purposeof this Financing Round:
HiJoJo Partners aims to democratize investment opportunities to unicornstartups and other promising startups globally by distributing funds as a new assetclass for domestic investors. Through our business activities, HiJoJo Partners alsoaims to contribute to the development of a secondary market that fosters promisingstartups in the capital markets. HiJoJo Partners will further strengthen andaccelerate these efforts through this financing.
