JPY 169bn committed to Ant Solution 6, Ant Solution Partners launched

Ant Capital Partners (ACP) has established a fully-owned subsidiary, Ant Solution Partners (ASP), by spinning off the main operations of their Solution Investment Group (SI Group) into a separate company. Norimasa Tanabe, Managing Partner of the SI Group, has been appointed as the President and CEO of ASP.

Additionally, ASP established the Ant Solution 6 Investment Limited Liability Partnership (AS6) as its general partner, securing an initial commitment of 169 billion yen from domestic institutional investors. The final committed amount for AS6 is expected to reach 250 billion yen. This is positioned as a successor fund to the Ant Bridge 5 A Investment Limited Liability Partnership and other Bridge A series funds (hereinafter “Solution Series”) currently managed by the SI Group.

While the private equity fund industry has been trending towards larger investments per deal, ASP continues to focus consistently on investments in small and medium-sized enterprises. The ASP members and specialist team, who are well-versed in growth strategies and problem-solving for small and medium-sized enterprises, will provide various solutions to investee companies and support their growth.

The SI Group has thus far provided solutions for capital and management challenges by investing in and acquiring shares of domestic small and medium-sized enterprises facing issues such as business succession for founding owners and individual shareholders, stock dispersion within family-owned businesses, and reorganization of non-core businesses and subsidiaries by corporate entities. ASP will inherit and continue these SI Group operations in AS6.

Norimasa Tanabe, who has been appointed as President and CEO of ASP, commented: “I am delighted to have established AS6 with the support of many investors. By having the newly established ASP serve as the general partner for AS6, we will clarify the strategic positioning of the Solution Series more than ever before and contribute to the development of the Japanese economy through investments in small and medium-sized enterprises.”

About Ant Group

Ant Group is primarily an investment company for unlisted stocks within Japan. To date, the total assets under management for the Buyout Investment Group and SI Group amount to approximately 250 billion yen. In addition to investment team members, Ant Group actively supports the growth of investee companies by leveraging the expertise of in-house specialists in AI/DX support, ESG/SDGs compliance, overseas expansion support, and PR/branding support.

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