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Katsuya Baba
- Partner, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
- Administration
- Profile
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Joined Advantage Partners in January 2002.
Responsible for investor relations, ESG, and middle/back office operations from 2018. Actively participates in Japanese and Asian conferences to speak on ESG activities by private equity funds. Prior to appointment as CAO, engaged in buyout investments including Polygon Pictures, Nihonkaisui, and Xacti and involved in value enhancement activities through strategic transformation, and scaling via add-on acquisitions, mainly in the B2B industry sectors. Prior to joining Advantage Partners, engaged in management consulting for clients in wide range of industries and supported planning and execution of business strategies and operational improvements, at Bain & Company. Subsequently started own business to engage in investment and incubation activities for e-commerce and software-related ventures. B.A.S in Asian Studies from The University of Tokyo and MBA from Harvard Business School.
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Kizuna Holdings
Kizuna Holdings
- Name of company
- Kizuna Holdings Corp.
- Investment date
- November 2015
- Type of company
- Private
- Background
- Founder/owner succession deal
(Epoch Japan Co., Ltd.)
- Fund
- AP V
- Product
- Japan Buyout
- Case Types
- Founder/Owner Succession
- Industry
- Consumer Services
- Status
- Exited
Responsible Team
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Xacti
Xacti
- Name of company
- Xacti Corporation.
- Investment date
- March 2013
- Type of company
- Private
- Background
- After the acquisition of Sanyo Electric by Panasonic in 2008, the company had been spun off in July 2012 due to a conflict with Panasonic’s digital camera business and stocks were transferred from Sanyo Electric to AP in March 2013.
- Fund
- AP IV
- Product
- Japan Buyout
- Case Types
- Carve-out / Turnaround
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Status
- Exited
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GST AutoLeather
GST AutoLeather
- Name of company
- GST AutoLeather‚ Inc.
- Investment date
- May 2008
- Type of company
- Private
- Background
- Acquisition of stocks in line with sale of stake owned by SILLC Holdings, LLC.
- Fund
- AP IV
- Product
- Japan Buyout
- Case Types
- Secondary Buyout
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Status
- Exited
Responsible Team
Nihonkaisui
Nihonkaisui
- Name of company
- Nihonkaisui Co.,Ltd.
- Investment date
- November 2003
- Type of company
- Subsidiary of a large company
- Background
- Separation and independent establishment of a subsidiary in a non-core business in line with the reorganization of the parent company(Asahi Kasei Corporation).
- Fund
- MBI Ⅲ
- Product
- Japan Buyout
- Case Types
- Carve-out
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Status
- Exited
Polygon Pictures
Polygon Pictures
- Name of company
- Polygon Pictures Inc.
- Investment date
- September 1999
- Type of company
- An independent company
- Background
- Capital for expansion, requirements for operating funds
- Fund
- MBI Ⅰ
- Product
- Japan Buyout
- Case Types
- Turnaround / Minority investment (Private)
- Industry
- Communication / Media / Entertainment
- Status
- Exited