JIC Venture Growth Investments
Invests in growth-stage Japanese deep-tech ventures and funds, including climate, quantum, biotech, and space entrepreneurs.
JIC Venture Growth Investments (JIC-VGI) is a government-backed equity investment vehicle operating under the Japan Investment Corporation (JIC), a state-owned institution established to mobilise public and private capital toward priority sectors of the Japanese economy. JIC-VGI focuses on venture and growth-stage investments aimed at improving Japan's international industrial competitiveness and …
Deploys government-backed equity investment into Japanese deep-tech ventures and venture funds across biotechnology, quantum, climate, and space sectors at growth and later stages.
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