About The Raising Sun

The Raising Sun explains Japanese venture capital in English for the institutions that fund it from abroad: limited partners, corporates and officials.

We track the full cycle: funds raised, rounds, exits and, where anyone discloses them, returns. We cover companies founded or mainly operating in Japan, including those with a Delaware parent.

Every record comes from a Japanese primary source, which we link, and we check it against the commercial registry where we can. Equity, debt and grants are recorded separately, and only equity counts in our totals.

Facts are unsigned; opinion is signed by Louis Christian and labelled as such. We correct errors within 48 hours and list every correction publicly.

Louis advises some startups and has links to Antares Ventures; records involving his interests are marked. Coverage cannot be bought.

Who we write for

1. Foreign limited partners first,
2. then corporates,
3. then officials.

Independence

• No paid coverage. Companies and investors can't pay to be included or left out.
• Sponsors have no say over coverage.

Conflicts and disclosures

Records involving the editor's interests carry a disclosure on their page.

No disclosed interests in current records.

How we count: methodology.