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Director Yusuke Masamura

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Yusuke Masamura

Director
Japan (Buyout)

Profile: Joined Advantage Partners in October 2008.
Responsible for investments including Visionary Holdings, FMI, ICI Ishii Sports, and FICT(former FUJITSU INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGIES),Via Mechanics, Energywith. Currently serving as a director of the board at FICT, Via Mechanics, and Energywith. Engaged in investments for business succession, carve-outs from the large corporations, and business revitalization in manufacturing, specialty retail and advertisement industries.Executed various measures to redefine business strategies and mission/vision/value, build a management team driving sustainable growth of the company, visualize tacit knowledge of the founder into a process, design optimal HR structure for industry/sector/culture, design digital touch point with the customer, and design flexible investment structure. Prior to joining Advantage Partners, engaged in various projects for clients to formulate mainly in the manufacturing industries business strategies and R&D management systems at Arthur D. Little Japan. Led e-commerce launch project at Adidas Japan. Finance Division while engaged in overall management control. B.S. in Integrated Human studies from Kyoto University, M.S. in Molecular Biology from the graduate school of Biostudies, Kyoto University.

PORTFOLIO that Yusuke Masamura (Director) was involved in

Toho Zinc Co., Ltd.

Current and Former Portfolio Company Details

Toho Zinc Co., Ltd.

Name of company: Toho Zinc Co., Ltd.

Investment date: March 2025.

Type of company: Manufacturing

Fund: AP Ⅶ

Product: Japan Buyout

Case Types: Turnaround

Industry: Manufacturing

Status: Current

Responsible Team

Energywith

Current and Former Portfolio Company Details

Energywith

Name of company: Energywith Co., Ltd.

Investment date: December 2021

Type of company: Private

Background: Carve-out

Fund: AP VI

Product: Japan Buyout

Case Types: Carve-out

Industry: Manufacturing

Status: Current

Responsible Team

Via Mechanics

Current and Former Portfolio Company Details

Via Mechanics

Name of company: Via Mechanics, Ltd.

Investment date: April 2021

Type of company: Private

Background: Carve-out

Fund: AP VI

Product: Japan Buyout

Case Types: Secondary Buyout

Industry: Manufacturing

Status: Current

Responsible Team

FICT

Current and Former Portfolio Company Details

FICT

Name of company: FICT LIMITED

Investment date: January 2020

Type of company: Private

Background: Corporate carve-out

Fund: AP V

Product: Japan Buyout

Case Types: Carve-out

Industry: Manufacturing

Status: Exited

Responsible Team

Material Group

Current and Former Portfolio Company Details

Material Group

Name of company: Material inc.

Investment date: February 2019

Type of company: Private

Background: Founder/owner succession

Fund: AP V

Product: Japan Buyout

Case Types: Founder/Owner Succession

Industry: Communication / Media / Entertainment

Status: Current

Responsible Team

ICI Ishii Sports

Current and Former Portfolio Company Details

ICI Ishii Sports

Name of company: ICI Ishii Sports Co., Ltd.

Investment date: February 2016

Type of company: Private

Background: Management succession deal

Fund: AP V

Product: Japan Buyout

Case Types: Secondary Buyout

Industry: Consumables / Retail / Distribution

Status: Exited

Responsible Team

FMI

Current and Former Portfolio Company Details

FMI

Name of company: FMI Corporation.

Investment date: July 2014

Type of company: Private

Background: Founder/owner succession

Fund: AP IV-S

Product: Japan Buyout

Case Types: Founder/Owner Succession

Industry: Manufacturing

Status: Exited

Responsible Team

VISIONARYHOLDINGS

Current and Former Portfolio Company Details

VISIONARYHOLDINGS

Name of company: VISIONARYHOLDINGS CO.,LTD.

Investment date: January 2012

Type of company: Listed company

Background: Business turn around with support from financial institutions with existing transactions.

Fund: AP IV

Product: Japan Buyout

Case Types: Turnaround

Industry: Consumables / Retail / Distribution

Status: Exited

Investment date: March 2008

Type of company: Listed company(Scheduled to go private through tender offer)

Background: Share acquisition through tender offer in line with the sale of stakes owned by the Lone Star group (LSF-TS Holdings SCA) and LSF-Tokyo Star Holdings SCA).