# SZIV

SZIV is an Asset Manager based in Yokohama, Japan.

## Overview

- **Organization type:** Asset Manager
- **Headquarters:** Yokohama, Japan
- **Region:** Asia
- **Address:** Yokohama, Japan
- **Assets under management:** Undisclosed
- **Website:** sziv.org

## Regulatory record

- **Reports private funds:** No

## About

SZIV Innovation Funds is a seed and early stage fund focusing on forward-thinking educational technology. It is one of the few education-focused funds fully backed by an educational institution, and the first fund launched by a tutoring institution in Japan. Partners gain access to its network of classrooms and students in Japan as a stepping-stone to the Asian market.

## Sectors

- educational technology

## People

- Yoshi A. Okamoto — Executive Director

## Questions

### Does SZIV manage outside capital or function as proprietary capital?

All available evidence points to proprietary or closely held capital. The firm has never filed a public fund offering, does not appear in any limited partner databases, and operates without the fundraising infrastructure typical of an institutional manager. Its 'Investment Company' self-designation supports the view that it deploys a single source of internal capital.

### Can an institutional allocator access SZIV's investment vehicle?

There is no accessible investment vehicle. SZIV does not market a fund, publish performance data, or maintain relationships with external allocators. An allocator cannot diligence the firm through public channels, and no placement agent or advisory firm lists SZIV as a client. It is effectively a closed architecture.

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