# Minerva Growth Partners: portfolio, investments and team

> Minerva Growth Partners is a growth equity based in Japan. 1 investment on record, 1 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/minerva-growth-partners (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Minerva Growth Partners

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 1 cheques on record.

Deploying now New fund $2.6M, Jan 2026 Growth equity

Series A Series B Growth Startups

Deploying now

**100%** of best year **1** **cheques in 12 months**, 1 on record

Since the last cheque **20** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$225M** Rounds led **1 of 1**

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## Minerva Growth Partners highlights

- 01 1 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Growth: 100% of its rounds
- 03 Led 1 rounds

## What they do

> MGP primarily provides global growth capital backed by funds from Western institutional investors, supporting the creation of next-generation category leaders originating from Japan that can compete globally. Translated from Japanese, from their own website

- **Type:** Growth equity
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Series A Series B Growth
- **Sectors:** Startups
- **Based in:** Minato City, Japan
- **Cold pitches:** Not accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **1 appearances**

- **2026** 1 round
- **Oct** **[Global Trust Networks (GTN)](https://millionrounds.com/company/global-trust-networks-gtn)** Growth · JP · The Bridge **$225M** *Led*

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **5 named**

KN **Kei Nagasawa** Director i Filing they signed

KL **Kenneth Lee Sea Leong** Director i Filing they signed

KM **Kensuke Murashima** Director i Filing they signed

MT **Masaki Taniguchi** Director i Filing they signed

MS **Michael Stephen Yoshino** Director i Filing they signed

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**5** of 23 we have independently watched raise

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Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

New fund on file

**$2.6M**

raised in Jan 2026

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Series A Series B Growth

Median round joined **$225M** the round, not its cheque

Led 1 of 1 rounds **100%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Growth said *1*
- Series A said *-*
- Series B said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

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## Quick answers about Minerva Growth Partners

### What does Minerva Growth Partners invest in?

Minerva Growth Partners invests most often at Growth (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Startups.

### How active is Minerva Growth Partners?

1 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

### What has Minerva Growth Partners invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Global Trust Networks (GTN) (Growth, Oct 2026).

### How big are Minerva Growth Partners's cheques?

The median round it joins is $225M.

### Is Minerva Growth Partners investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months.

### What kind of investor is Minerva Growth Partners?

Minerva Growth Partners is a growth equity firm based in Minato City, Japan.

### Has Minerva Growth Partners raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Jan 2026, reporting $2.6M raised.

### Where does this information on Minerva Growth Partners come from?

From 1 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night.

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