# NAMICS

NAMICS is a Corporate Investor based in Niigata, Japan.

## Overview

- **Organization type:** Corporate Investor
- **Headquarters:** Niigata, Japan
- **Region:** Asia
- **Address:** Niigata-shi, Japan
- **Founded:** 1947
- **Assets under management:** Undisclosed
- **Website:** www.namics.co.jp
- **LinkedIn:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/namics

## Regulatory record

- **Reports private funds:** No

## About

Onboarding companies and brands onto Web 3 using tailored blockchain-based solutions to enhance user experience

## Sectors

- Industrial Tech
- Advanced Materials

## Offices

- US (development/sales)
- Europe (sales)
- Singapore (sales)
- South Korea (sales)
- China (production/sales)
- Taiwan (production/sales)

## People

- Toshinobu Odajima — President and Representative Director

## Questions

### How does NAMICS fund its venture investments?

The firm deploys capital entirely from the corporate balance sheet of the underlying electronics-materials manufacturer. There is no outside limited-partner capital, which allows NAMICS to hold positions indefinitely without redemption pressure. This structure dates to the company's third strategic pivot, when it exited commoditized product lines and concentrated retained earnings into advanced-material R&D and venture bets.

### What is the 'Small but Global' doctrine and how does it constrain the portfolio?

"Small but Global" is Toshinobu Odajima's public operating philosophy: he rejects the idea of scaling NAMICS into a large enterprise and instead mandates focus on proprietary electrochemical technology. For the venture portfolio, this means a concentration in sectors — semiconductor packaging, conductive films, MO-technology pastes — where the parent company's laboratories provide genuine technical due-diligence advantages.

### Does NAMICS operate any vehicles beyond direct venture?

Yes, though they sit on the corporate balance sheet rather than in separate fund structures. The company runs a smart-agriculture pilot in Niigata that applies cleanroom process controls to greenhouse cultivation, operates Ebigase Nursery School Amic, and holds industrial real estate including the Tsukioka Plant and NAMICS Techno Core. None of these are offered to external limited partners.

### Where does NAMICS deploy geographically?

The venture portfolio covers Japan, mainland China, Taiwan, the United States, South Korea, and Europe. Sales operations in Singapore support the broader Asian pipeline. The company self-reports that overseas sales exceeded 80% of revenue as early as 2017, driven largely by semiconductor-packaging demand in East Asia.

### Does NAMICS consider ESG or sustainability criteria in its allocations?

The firm has secured Science Based Targets initiative certification for greenhouse-gas reduction and installed solar generation at its Niigata headquarters. Its venture stance is sector-driven rather than formally labeled as impact investing: renewable-energy applications fall within its "Environment" and "Energy" growth fields, defined internally under the SEEDS development framework.

## Related profiles

- [Nameless Ventures](https://altss.com/profile/nameless-ventures)
- [Nampro Fund](https://altss.com/profile/nampro-fund)

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