Programs & Services
Support for Global Co-creation and Overseas Expansion Through Investment
世界中の意志ある仲間と、
未来を共創する。
Utilizing its network of startup investment execution in growing Asian markets such as India, Indonesia and Japan, the ICMG supports in spreading Japanese products and services overseas while realizing borderless co-creation.
Practical Human Resource Development Program Incorporating Overseas Fieldwork
ICMG's core "Wisdom and Core Leadership" program includes overseas fieldwork, dialogue with entrepreneurs who are taking progressive initiatives in overseas growth markets, and hands-on experience in the Asian retail market. The program will provide participants with best practices and ideas from around the world on how to continue to grow the retail market.
Explore the numbers
of the market
of the market
154.4 Trillion Yen
Domestic Market Size
2.6%
Domestic Market Growth Rate
$28.2T
Global Market Size
3.82%
Global Market Growth Rate
Joint Ventures
Not just as accompanying partners, we become [practitioners] ourselves,
so as to innovate and confront social issues together with willful leaders.
TEPCO-iFrontiers.inc
A joint venture between Tokyo Electric Power Energy Partners, Inc. and ICMG Group.
The company’s goal is to create new products and services that bring security, convenience, and comfort to the daily lives of its customers.
Takehiko Ogi
External Director of ICMG
Professor, Kyushu University Business School
Author of "The Law of Decline: The Silent Killer Eroding Japanese Companies" (Toyo Keizai Inc.)
Having graduated from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law, he holds a B.A. from the Woodrow Wilson School of International Relations, Princeton University, N.J., and an M.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, D. (Economics), Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo
"Creating a society in which each and every one of us can fulfill our potential."
He has served in the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry), as the President and Representative Director of Tsutaya Online, Representative Director and Managing Director of Culture Convenience Club, President and Representative Executive Officer of Kanebo (seconded from the Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan), President and Representative Director of Maruzen (now Maruzen CHI Holdings),
and President and Representative Director of Japan Human Resources Development Organization. He has always been involved in the forefront of corporate and social reform.
Yu Aruga
Director, ICMG Ventures
Fund manager accredited by the Monetary Authority of Singapore
Member of the Securities Analysts Association of Japan
Certified Management Accountant
University College London M.A. in Urban Economic Development
"Creating and Expanding the Co-Creation Ecosystem through International Finance"
He was in charge of fund raising, investment and liquidity management in Morgan Stanley's finance division. Later, as a founding member of the Singapore subsidiary of a boutique investment bank, he developed the corporate finance business model for Japanese, Indian, and Southeast Asian companies. He was involved in VC investments in India and advisory services for capital tie-ups to APAC companies.
He was also in charge of sourcing and DD for the establishment of a global fund of funds. After that, he worked at Nomura Research Institute Singapore as a consultant in the smart city and agriculture fields, and as an advisor for investment in energy business, before joining ICMG Ventures. He is currently engaged in sourcing and DD of investment targets in Asia and networking with VC firms. He lives in Singapore.
