Members
Management
Koji Sasaki
President and Managing Partner
Joined Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance in December 1998 and immediately worked at Tokio Marine Capital (now T Capital Partners) and temporarily transferred in July 1999. Established an organization management structure including launching a buyout team and led various buyout investments so as to execute investment and exit. Appointed as Director and General Manager of Tokio Marine Capital (“TMCap”) in June 2001 and transferred to TMCap in August 2005. Appointed as President and Management Director of TMCap in July 2015 (to the present).
At the former Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, engaged in legal work on bank transactions and collection of loans (Legal Office) within and outside Japan. Then was in charge of advisory services for cross-border corporate acquisitions and business tie-ups (M&A Dept., Merchant Banking Group). Then transferred to the Hong Kong Branch and promoted customer development and loan secondary transactions with local companies in Hong Kong as well as cross-border transactions and corporate acquisition as the U.S. and European companies were entering into the Asian market.
Current involved portfolio company: Ropia (director), IAC (director), MicroBiopharm Japan (director), RAMXEED (director), STRIPE INTERNATIONAL (director), WORLD PARTY (director), OPTOWL (director), Archivision 21 (director), Founder’s Consultants Holdings (director).
Past portfolio company: XYMAX (director), Sportsplex Japan (director), Wanbishi Archives (director), Sweet Garden (director), BENEX (director), MIKI SHOKO (director), Showa Yakuhin Kako (director), Bushu Pharmaceuticals (director), ASPLUND (director), Izumi Products Company (director), YAMATO (director), KEC (director), CONFEX (director), Asahi House Industry (director), HIKARI METAL INDUSTRY (director), ACT-ONE Yamaichi (director), WITH Holdings (director).
Kyushu University (B.A in Law), University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School (M.B.A.).
Shunichiro Nakagawa
Managing Partner
Joined Tokio Marine Capital (now T Capital Partners) in August 2000 and led investments in a wide variety of sectors such as health care and outsourcing. Has abundant experience in corporate carve-out deals from large enterprise groups and MBO deals with management in particular.
Worked in HR, Corporate Planning and Stock Listing Project at Japan Railway (JR Tokai).
Current involved portfolio company: IAC (director), MicroBiopharm Japan (director), RAMXEED (director), OPTOWL (director), Founder’s Consultants Holdings (director).
Past portfolio company: Wanbishi Archives (auditor), MIKI SHOKO (director), Showa Yakuhin Kako (director), Bushu Pharmaceuticals (director), Izumi Products Company (director), Asahi House Industry (director), HIKARI METAL INDUSTRY (director), ACT-ONE Yamaichi (director).
University of Tokyo (B.A. in Law), Harvard University Kennedy School of Government (M.A. in Public Administration).
Kazutaka Komori
Managing Partner
Joined Tokio Marine Capital (now T Capital Partners) in March 2002 and led corporate carve-out deals from large enterprise groups and business succession deals mainly in the retail, distribution and service sectors.
Engaged in planning strategy for finance business as well as planning of asset management and ALM at Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance.
Current involved portfolio company: Ropia (director), STRIPE INTERNATIONAL (director), WORLD PARTY (director), Archivision 21 (director).
Past portfolio company: Sportsplex Japan (director), BSC (director), Sweet Garden (director), BENEX (director), Barneys Japan (director), ASPLUND (director), SHOKUKAI (director), YAMATO (director), CONFEX (director), WITH Holdings (director).
Keio University (B.A. in Economics), University of Michigan Ross School of Business (M.B.A.).