Building Long-Term Venture Partnerships Between Europe and Japan

What continues to excite us is the depth of engagement between Europe and Japan, and how quickly that relationship is accelerating. 🇪🇺🇯🇵

This week at #SusHiTech Tokyo, we were proud to host a session led by Chris Wade alongside Hiroshi Baba, bringing together leading European GPs including OTB Ventures, Tiny Supercomputer Investment Company and Speedinvest, alongside Japanese investors, to discuss how venture ecosystems are scaling globally.

Our presence in Japan is long-standing. Chris Wade began building relationships in the region more than two decades ago, and since Isomer’s inception in 2015, those relationships have evolved into partnerships with major global corporates and financial institutions.

As Chris shared during the week:

“We’ve spent years building relationships in Japan. What’s changed now is the level of intent. This week was a great opportunity to introduce some of our GPs to our growing LP network, and to see that engagement happening in real time.”

A few themes stood out:

🇪🇺 Europe’s opportunity set continues to strengthen, supported by €1.7T+ of public capital committed across defence, AI and space

🚀 Europe’s technical depth in DeepTech is increasingly recognised on a global stage

🇯🇵 Japan is emerging as an important strategic partner for European companies scaling internationally

Thank you to everyone who joined us in Tokyo. We’re excited to continue strengthening the connections between the European and Japanese venture ecosystems.