CVC Details: Overseas Demand Development Support Organization

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1. Company Overview

Company Name: Cool Japan Fund, Inc.

Overview: Cool Japan Fund aims to support businesses that promote Japan's excellent products, culture, and innovations to the world, with a mission to deliver Japanese design, food culture, and technology, backed by tradition and innovation, to global markets through investments in domestic and international companies.

2. Website URL

https://www.cj-fund.co.jp

3. Investment Policy

Reference site: https://www.cj-fund.co.jp

Cool Japan Fund makes investments in domestic and international companies to expand the demand for Japanese content, design, food culture, and technology in international markets.

4. Investment Achievements

• Grover Group GmbH: Lifestyle
• Buyandship Holdings Limited: Lifestyle
• PT Muara Juara Kreasi Indonesia: Food
• Gojo & Company, Inc.: Lifestyle
• DAIZ, Inc.: Food

5. Related Articles and Releases

• [Series] Did Cool Japan Fund Fail!? A Look from the METI CJ Division
• [Editorial] Cool Japan Needs to Be Verified First - Nikkei
• Plant-based Meat "Miracle Meat" DAIZ Receives 2 Billion Yen from Cool Japan Fund
• Cool Japan Fund Faces Crisis: A Government-backed Fund with Huge Cumulative Losses - Asahi Shimbun

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