{"id":2468,"date":"2021-08-04T16:29:47","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T07:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.akebono-am.com\/?p=2468"},"modified":"2023-04-18T20:11:10","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T11:11:10","slug":"aizawa-asset-participates-in-series-c-funding-of-ispace-through-its-2nd-secondary-strategy-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.akebono-am.com\/?p=2468&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Aizawa Asset Participates in Series C Funding of ispace through its 2nd Secondary Strategy Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"bogo-language-switcher list-view\"><li class=\"en-US en first\"><span class=\"bogoflags bogoflags-us\"><\/span> <span class=\"bogo-language-name\"><a rel=\"alternate\" hreflang=\"en-US\" href=\"https:\/\/www.akebono-am.com\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468?lang=en\" title=\"\u82f1\u8a9e\">English<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ja current last\"><span class=\"bogoflags bogoflags-jp\"><\/span> <span class=\"bogo-language-name\"><a rel=\"alternate\" hreflang=\"ja\" href=\"https:\/\/www.akebono-am.com\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468\" title=\"\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\" class=\"current\" aria-current=\"page\">\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"xxxmsonormal\" style=\"margin: 0mm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: \u6e38\u30b4\u30b7\u30c3\u30af; \">Tokyo <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: \u6e38\u30b4\u30b7\u30c3\u30af;\">\u2013<span lang=\"EN-US\"> August 4, 2021 &#8211; Aizawa Asset Management Co., Ltd. (Aizawa) announces its participation in Series C investment round of ispace, inc., as one of seven investors, including Incubate Fund as the lead investor, through Ariake Secondary Fund II LP (ASF-II).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2461 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.akebono-am.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/0802-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.akebono-am.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/0802-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.akebono-am.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/0802-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.akebono-am.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/0802-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.akebono-am.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/0802-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.akebono-am.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/0802.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"xxxmsonormal\" style=\"margin: 0mm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: \u6e38\u30b4\u30b7\u30c3\u30af; color: black;\">ispace is a lunar exploration company with over 150 staff and offices in Japan, Europe and the United States. The company has raised a cumulative total investment of approximately $195.5 million (USD). The funds will be used to build small commercial lunar landers, aiming to provide high-frequency, low-cost delivery service to the Moon. Aspiring to be a gateway for private sector companies to bring their business to the Moon, ispace has also launched a lunar data business concept to support companies with lunar market entry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xxxmsonormal\" style=\"margin: 0mm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: \u6e38\u30b4\u30b7\u30c3\u30af; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xxxmsonormal\" style=\"margin: 0mm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: \u6e38\u30b4\u30b7\u30c3\u30af; color: black;\">This is a co-investment with Incubate Fund, one of Japan<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: \u6e38\u30b4\u30b7\u30c3\u30af; color: black;\">\u2019<span lang=\"EN-US\">s leading venture capital funds, as lead investor. Aizawa<\/span>\u2019<span lang=\"EN-US\">s participation through ASF-II is part of an effort to provide co-investment opportunities to Japan capital markets, along with stimulating transaction opportunities and revitalizing secondary markets in Japan for low-liquidity assets. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xxxmsonormal\" style=\"margin: 0mm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: \u6e38\u30b4\u30b7\u30c3\u30af; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xxxmsonormal\" style=\"margin: 0mm; caret-color: #000000; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: \u6e38\u30b4\u30b7\u30c3\u30af; color: black;\">Shinichiro Shiraki, CEO of Aizawa comments:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xxxmsonormal\" style=\"margin: 0mm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: \u6e38\u30b4\u30b7\u30c3\u30af; color: black;\">\u201c<span lang=\"EN-US\">We are pleased to provide support in the form of capital participation to ispace, inc., a leading Japanese figure in the global space business.\u00a0 We are confident that our participation from ASF-II, coupled with our co-investment \u00a0with Incubate Fund will become a major milestone for our co-investment strategy.<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xxxmsonormal\" style=\"margin: 0mm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'AXIS ProN R'; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xxxmsonormal\" style=\"margin: 0mm; caret-color: #000000; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: \u6e38\u30b4\u30b7\u30c3\u30af; color: black;\">We look forward to providing more updates on our co-investment activities. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tokyo \u2013 August 4, 2021 &#8211; Aizawa Asset Management Co., Ltd. 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