TOKYO, May 27 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — JAFCO Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Shinichi Fuki, President & CEO, hereinafter called JAFCO) and Bloom&Co., Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Yasuhiro Yano, CEO, hereinafter called Bloom&Co.) have teamed up and will begin providing support to startups by leveraging the strengths of both companies.
Since its founding in 1973, JAFCO has always worked with leading entrepreneurs. In March 2020, JAFCO completed the formation of an 80 billion yen fund which is one of the largest venture capital funds in Japan. The total commitment of investment funds in Japan and overseas exceeds 1 trillion yen, and the cumulative number of IPO’d companies invested to date that are now public reached 1,006. Bloom&Co. has enabled business growth by providing comprehensive end-to-end support for the formulation and execution of marketing strategies for a wide range of businesses of different scale and business domain, including global companies, companies listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, startups and venture-backed companies, from qualitative and quantitative research to mass marketing, digital marketing, strategic PR, market entry, and go-to-market strategies.