Nippon Life Insurance Company

Nippon Life Insurance Company, part of the Nissay Group, is the second largest life insurance company in Japan. In addition to its life insurance products, the company provides asset management services and administers pension plans and medical coverage plans. Through its affiliates and subsidiaries, Nippon also sells auto and other property/casualty insurance in Japan, and has some international life insurance operations, as well as select real estate and financial service assets. Nissay Asset Management oversees all investments in Asia Pacific, NLI International specialises in US investments and NLI International PLC covers the European portfolio. The company changed its name from Nippon Life Assurance in 1947.

Connor Gavey

Assistant Director

Shu Kawai

Director, Private Equity

30 past transactions

Grand Guardian Insurance Public Co.Ltd. provides general and life insurance services. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Yangon, Myanmar.

SHAREDINE

Seed Round in 2020
SHAREDINE owns and operates an online platform, through which it offers nutritional guidance and cooking experience. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Minato, Japan.

en-Japan

Corporate Round in 2000
En-Japan has been relentlessly engaged in providing an overall solution for the success of employees and for the performance improvement of organizations. The key to achieve this consists in the affinity between optimal recruitment, effective training and highly-comprehensible evaluation. Within the recruitment field, we manage six recruiting websites and a briefing site for management and HR professionals. Our aim is to always be the No.1 service provider for both job seekers and organizations. In recent years, amid the growing tendency on the market for selective, careful screening processes, we have focused on contingency fee-based recruiting services. In order to ensure a high precision in sourcing the optimal candidates that best match the companies' needs, we are actively expanding our business.

Lifeplaza Partners

Merger/Acquisition in 2015
Lifeplaza Partners was founded in 2003. The Company's line of business includes providing insurance agent and broker services for a variety of insurance products. The Company provides insurance products and services. The company offers life and general insurance, casualty insurance agency business, pension fund consulting and asset management services.

Sensely

Venture Round in 2019
Sensely is a developer of avatar and chatbot-based platform designed to assist insurance plan members and patients. The company's platform leverages conversational interfaces and provides virtual assistant solutions to insurance companies, pharmaceutical clients, and hospital systems worldwide, enabling enterprises to converse with their members in an entirely new way, combining the empathy of human conversation with the efficiency and scalability of the technology.

LHL Co., Ltd.

Merger/Acquisition in 2018
Advertisement Business of Lifull FinTech Co, Ltd comprises advertising business. As of December 20, 2018, LHL Co., Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Nippon Life Insurance Company.

TCW Group

Merger/Acquisition in 2017
TCW is a global asset management firm with more than four decades of investment experience and a broad range of products across fixed income, equities, emerging markets and alternative investments. Through the TCW, MetWest, and TCW Alternative Fund Families, TCW manages one of the largest mutual fund complexes in the U.S. TCW’s clients include many of the world’s largest corporate and public pension plans, financial institutions, endowments and foundations, as well as financial advisors and high net worth individuals. TCW is headquartered in Los Angeles, and has offices in New York, Boston, Chicago, London, Hong Kong, and Tokyo.

TCW Group

Private Equity Round in 2017
TCW is a global asset management firm with more than four decades of investment experience and a broad range of products across fixed income, equities, emerging markets and alternative investments. Through the TCW, MetWest, and TCW Alternative Fund Families, TCW manages one of the largest mutual fund complexes in the U.S. TCW’s clients include many of the world’s largest corporate and public pension plans, financial institutions, endowments and foundations, as well as financial advisors and high net worth individuals. TCW is headquartered in Los Angeles, and has offices in New York, Boston, Chicago, London, Hong Kong, and Tokyo.

Unqork

Private Placement in 2020
Unqork Inc. develops and operates a Software-as-a-Service enterprise software platform that digitizes the client lifecycle for financial and insurance companies. It offers Unqork, a visual application platform that helps large enterprises to build complex custom software without a code. The company serves insurance, financial services, real estate, government, education, and healthcare sectors. Unqork Inc. was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

MLC

Merger/Acquisition in 2015
As National Australia Bank’s wealth management partner, They’re committed to providing investment, superannuation, insurance and financial advice to their corporate, institutional and retail customers. Together, NAB and MLC provide more: more control over your wealth, , more wealth management expertise, more access to the right investment solutions and more opportunity to achieve your financial goals through tailored wealth management solutions. For 128 years MLC has been helping our customers create the best possible future. Here’s how we do it.
Nippon Wealth Life Insurance Company Limited provides life insurance, long-term care insurance, annuities, retirement and savings products, mutual funds, and trust services. It caters to individual and institutional customers. Nippon Wealth Life Insurance Company Limited was formerly known as MassMutual Life Insurance Company K.K. and changed its name to Nippon Wealth Life Insurance Company Limited in January 2019. The company was founded in 1907 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. As of May 31, 2018, Nippon Wealth Life Insurance Company Limited operates as a subsidiary of Nippon Life Insurance Company.
Reliance Nippon Life Insurance Company Limited provides life insurance. It offers protection, child, retirement, unit linked, saving and investment, and health plans; and employers liability, employee protection, and group saving solutions. The company serves individuals, as well as groups/corporate entities. Its insurance plans are available through a distribution network; and online. Reliance Nippon Life Insurance Company Limited was formerly known as Reliance Life Insurance Company Limited and changed its name to Reliance Nippon Life Insurance Company Limited in March 2016. The company was incorporated in 2001 and is based in Mumbai, India. As of October 22, 2005, Reliance Nippon Life Insurance Company Limited operates as a subsidiary of Reliance Life Insurance Company Limited.

Onedot Inc.

Venture Round in 2020
Onedot Inc. develops and operates an online platform that offers easy-to-understand baby food recipes and one-minute videos relating to childcare. It offers childcare know-how, baby food recipe, handmade goods making method, introduction of childcare products, and educational toys. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Sense.ly Inc.

Private Placement in 2019
Sense.ly Inc. develops a remote assessment/virtual clinical assistant hub that help clinicians to manage their chronically ill patients. Its solution keeps a medical patient engaged as they communicate their symptoms, medical history, and recovery progress on mobile phones, Web, or television platforms to the medical community (hospitals/health care providers and integrated health institutions) by using speech recognition, body recognition, augmented reality, video, and medical devices. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Taiju Life Insurance Company Limited

Merger/Acquisition in 2015
Mitsui Life Insurance Company Limited provides individual and group life insurance products in Japan. The company offers property and casualty insurance, group pension plans, and group annuity investment products to individual and corporate customers. It also sells a lineup of mutual funds. Mitsui Life Insurance Company Limited was founded in 1914 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. As of December 21, 2015, Mitsui Life Insurance Company Limited operates as a subsidiary of Nippon Life Insurance Company.

Fabric Technologies

Private Placement in 2020
Fabric Insurance Agency, LLC, an insurance agency, offers life insurance, health insurance, and accidental death coverage services. The company offers Fabric Instant, an accidental death insurance policy and Fabric Premium, a term life insurance policy that that covers death caused by accidents and illnesses. It also offers Web-based insurance services. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Brooklyn, New York with locations throughout the United States. Fabric Insurance Agency, LLC operates as a subsidiary of Fabric Technologies, Inc.

Freee

Series D in 2016
freee is automated online accounting software that syncs with your bank accounts and automatically categorise entries to create financial reports. freee was launched on Mar 19, 2013 and is offered to SMBs operating under the Japanese taxation system. It takes freemium model and its paid plan begins at 980 JPY (~10 USD) per month per business. The company, formerly named as “CFO K.K.”, was founded in July 2012 led by Daisuke Sasaki, who previously headed up Google’s SMB marketing in Asia Pasific region. freee is the winner of Invinity Ventures Summit Launch Pad 2013 Spring, the most prestegious demo event in Japan.

Reliance Nippon Life Asset Management

Merger/Acquisition in 2019
Nippon Life Asset Management Limited is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm launches and manages equity and fixed income mutual funds for its clients. It also manages exchange traded funds for its clients. The firm invests in the public equity, fixed income and commodity markets. Nippon Life Asset Management Limited was previously known as Reliance Nippon Life Asset Management Limited. Nippon Life Asset Management Limited was founded on February 24, 1995 and is based in Mumbai, India.

Reliance Nippon Life Asset Management

Merger/Acquisition in 2019
Nippon Life Asset Management Limited is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm launches and manages equity and fixed income mutual funds for its clients. It also manages exchange traded funds for its clients. The firm invests in the public equity, fixed income and commodity markets. Nippon Life Asset Management Limited was previously known as Reliance Nippon Life Asset Management Limited. Nippon Life Asset Management Limited was founded on February 24, 1995 and is based in Mumbai, India.

Best Doctors

Venture Round in 2011
Best Doctors provides an innovative employee health benefit that is improving the quality and cost of healthcare. When faced with important medical decisions, Best Doctors members have access to world-class medical expertise, so they can be absolutely sure they have the right diagnosis and the right treatment.

SalivaTech

Corporate Round in 2019
SalivaTech Co., Ltd. offers cancer examination services using saliva test. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Tsuruoka-shi, Japan.

MitsuiLife Insurance

Acquisition in 2015
Provides individual and group life insurance products in Japan

Nissay Asset Management

Merger/Acquisition in 2018
Founded in 1998, Nissay Asset Management is an asset manager based in Japan. The firm manages client-focused equity and fixed income and other multi asset classes portfolios.

Grand Guardian Life Insurance Company

Private Placement in 2019
Grand Guardian Insurance Public Co.Ltd. provides general and life insurance services. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Yangon, Myanmar.

MLC

Private Placement in 2019
As National Australia Bank’s wealth management partner, They’re committed to providing investment, superannuation, insurance and financial advice to their corporate, institutional and retail customers. Together, NAB and MLC provide more: more control over your wealth, , more wealth management expertise, more access to the right investment solutions and more opportunity to achieve your financial goals through tailored wealth management solutions. For 128 years MLC has been helping our customers create the best possible future. Here’s how we do it.

MICIN

Venture Round in 2021
MICIN, Inc. develops software solutions for health care companies and organizations using artificial intelligence technology. The company offers smart clinic platform application that allows users to receive doctor's prescription anytime. It also develops and offers disease management tool utilizing artificial intelligence technology for enterprises and medical institutions; machine learning and data business for private and public insurers using deep learning; and consultation recommendation program based on medical examination for companies and health insurance. It also offers consulting on management and finance of medical institutions and general corporations. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Life Care Partners Co.,Ltd.

Merger/Acquisition in 2018
Life Care PartnersCo.,Ltd. provides in-home care, childcare, and health consultation services. The company was founded in 2001 and is based in Bunkyo, Japan. As of June 29, 2018, Life Care PartnersCo.,Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Nippon Life Insurance Company.

Hoken-no 110 Ban Co., Ltd.

Merger/Acquisition in 2017
Hoken-no 110 Ban Co., Ltd. offers insurance brokerage services. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Fukuoka, Japan. Hoken-no 110 Ban Co., Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of LHL Co., Ltd.