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OMEGA ASSET MANAGEMENT

Omega Asset Management provides finance together with ICT-based management methods and consulting to support companies that create and spread innovation.

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OMEGA ASSET MANAGEMENT

Omega Asset Management provides finance together with ICT-based management methods and consulting to support companies that create and spread innovation. Its business includes fund creation, management and operation, investment research, asset management and operation, and asset-management and management consulting. It engages in private equity finance to support growing and transforming Japanese SMEs and startups.

General information

Firm type

Private Equity

Year founded

2010

Location

Region

Asia

Country

Japan

City

Tokyo

Corporate office

1-4-11 Shinkawa, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Principals

Hirohisa Kano

Representative Director

Sector focus

Enterprise SoftwareFinTechIndustrial TechMobility & TransportationCybersecurityHealthcare ServicesMedia & EntertainmentConsumer

Frequently asked questions

Is Omega Asset Management structured as a traditional fund or as an operating company?

Omega is chartered as a godo kaisha (Japanese LLC) and lists fund creation, management, and operation as its first business line alongside investment research, asset management, and management consulting. The firm does not appear to raise blind-pool capital from external limited partners, instead operating with a principal-driven, embedded-service model that more closely resembles an engaged sponsor or venture studio than a conventional private equity fund.

What investment stages does Omega Asset Management typically target?

The firm's stated strategy covers early-stage startups, growth-stage companies, corporate restructurings, and general venture investments. This wide aperture reflects its view that Japan's economic transformation requires capital at every stage — from seed-stage innovation through post-bubble balance-sheet rehabilitation — rather than a narrow focus on a single part of the lifecycle.

Which sectors does Omega Asset Management explicitly avoid?

Omega's public materials do not list any excluded sectors. Its investment thesis is built around the intersection of technology and operating improvement — areas where Japanese firms hold latent advantages — so the implicit avoidance is business models that cannot be meaningfully improved through technology deployment, management support, or the firm's in-house payment and app-development capabilities.

What is Omega Asset Management's known posture on co-investments alongside external GPs?

Omega has not publicly described any co-investment program or club-deal arrangement. The firm presents itself as a direct provider of both capital and operating resources to Japanese companies, and the absence of any reference to external general partners, joint ventures, or syndicated deals points toward a proprietary, non-syndicating deployment style.

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