Japan's corporate venturing community at potential tipping point for great expansion.
Despite efforts by the Japanese authorities to improve the venture ecosystem modelled on the US system, the local environment has failed to develop.
One reason is that large firms do not play a proactive role in the venture ecosystem, either by buying venturebacked companies or by investing or forming alliances with them as innovation partners.
For a long time, Japan has taken various steps to help generate venture companies to drive the Japanese economy, developing institutions, such as new stock…
