Ryo Kobayashi

Advantage Partners Inc /JP/ (AP) is an independent Japan-based private equity firm which was founded in 1992 by Taisuke Sasanuma and Richard Folsom. The firm is headquartered in Tokyo. AP invests directly in private equity and manages the MBI private equity funds for a range of domestic and foreign institutions including insurance companies, banks and corporations. The firm has close business ties with wholesale trader Marubeni Corp. (TSE: 8002). AP pioneered private equity investment in Japan and retains a leadership position in the private equity community.

Mercer Japan Ltd. engages in business consulting business. The company was founded on February, 1978 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Part of Net Protections Holdings, Inc., Net Protections, Inc. is an eCommerce payment processing Japanese platform company. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Koya Co. Ltd. is a confectionery manufacturing and Japanese sales company founded in July 1982. The company is based in Nasushiobara City, Japan. Koya Co. produces sweets in their own factory surrounded by beautiful nature, delivering the taste of nasu kogen with the warmth of handmade on each one. The company's cheese garden sweets are born in their own factory and they offer an online shop for their products. The company also has a restaurant business and has staff working in the recruit warehouse and the daily life.

Qit Co., Ltd. provides management support to its group companies. Its services include the staffing, management consulting, outsourcing, internal research planning, and marketing solutions. The company was founded in August 2016 and is headquartered in Yokohama, Japan.

Oishes Co., Ltd. is a Japanese company that provides food services. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan. The company was founded in 2016.