Kazuhiro Sumigama

YED invests in early- and expansion-stages businesses in Asia, Europe and the US, across sectors including ICT, electronics devices and life sciences. Their investment strategy focuses on growing companies across expansion stages and with IPO and M&A potential. The firm invests in companies based on distinctive technology, favoring start-up and early-stage businesses. YED targets emerging firms with cutting edge technology in the medical device and biotechnology area, as well as in the IT sector. They focus on Japan, the US, Taiwan and Europe and favor businesses with the potential to penetrate global markets. The firm's preferred type of financing includes direct equity, convertible bonds and warrants.