Eye-Popping Returns Lure Hedge Funds to Japanese Startups
Bloomberg 13 hrs ago Bei Hu
(Bloomberg) Hedge funds and asset managers are increasingly turning to Japanese startups, attracted by some eye-popping past returns in the long-overlooked sector.
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Asian hedge fund firms including Pleiad Investment Advisors and global investment giants like T. Rowe Price Group Inc. and Baillie Gifford are providing late-stage growth capital to the nation’s most promising ventures, according to fund managers at the companies.
They’re emboldened by surging share prices of startups that went public in recent years, along with renewed government efforts to promote digitalization and entrepreneurship. With just six unicorns, the world’s third-largest economy has struggled to produce new companies that have global ambitions like Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Tesla Inc.
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Mercari Named to Fast Company s Annual List of the World s Most Innovative Companies for 2021
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PALO ALTO, Calif., March 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Mercari, the online marketplace that connects millions of people through its Japan and US platforms to buy and sell items no longer being used, today announced that it has been named to
Fast Company s prestigious annual list of the World s Most Innovative Companies for 2021.
Mercari, headquartered in Japan, is among the top ten companies given this honor in the Asia-Pacific category. The annual list recognizes the businesses that have not only found a way to be resilient in the past year, but have made a profound impact on their industries and culture as a whole. This year s MIC list features 463 businesses from 29 countries.