Sevenwoods Investment

Day-to-day investment decisions are led by founder and representative director 聡 馬場嵜, who established the firm in 2018. The firm has not publicly disclosed additional investment committee members or a formalized CIO structure. Given the firm’s boutique profile and dual-continent operations, investment decisions for both the fund-of-funds allocations and direct venture investments appear to run through a centralized senior leadership process from the Tokyo headquarters.

Sevenwoods targets independent fund managers who have spun out of leading global VC and PE platforms, positioning its sourcing strategy around access to emerging, high-alpha managers. The firm’s presence in both Tokyo and San Francisco enables it to originate commitments on both sides of the Pacific, with a particular focus on managers with Silicon Valley exposure. The firm has not disclosed specific fund vehicles it has committed to.

The firm operates both a fund-of-funds program and a direct venture capital arm. The fund-of-funds business commits LP capital to external VC and PE fund managers, while the direct venture business invests in US and Japanese startups from the earliest stages. The two strategies are managed under a single entity, which is atypical for a firm of this scale and likely creates cross-pollination between manager relationships and direct deal flow.

For its direct venture investments, Sevenwoods targets the earliest stages — seed, early-stage, and startup phases — positioning itself as a founding partner that supports portfolio companies operationally. The fund-of-funds program similarly focuses on early-stage, seed, and startup-oriented venture funds. The firm does not publicly detail allocations to late-stage or growth equity strategies.

The firm maintains offices in Tokyo’s Minato-ku and Roppongi districts, alongside a base in San Francisco. The Japanese offices anchor the LP relationships and domestic venture investing, while the San Francisco office serves as the primary origination point for US fund commitments and direct startup investments. This dual-office configuration is integral to a strategy that explicitly connects Japanese institutional capital with US venture opportunities.