Venture Capital 2025

JAPAN

Russia

China

N. Korea

Japan

S. Korea

Law and Practice Contributed by: Reid Monroe-Sheridan, Takahito Fujii, Haruya Suzuki, Yutaro Ito and Tomohiro Oshige southgate

Tokyo

Contents 1. Trends p.310

1.1 VC Market p.310 1.2 Key Trends p.310 1.3 Key Industries p.311 2. Venture Capital Funds p.311

2.1 Fund Structure p.311 2.2 Fund Economics p.312 2.3 Fund Regulation p.312 2.4 Particularities p.313 3. Investments in Venture Capital Portfolio Companies p.313 3.1 Due Diligence p.313 3.2 Process p.314 3.3 Investment Structure p.314 3.4 Documentation p.315

3.5 Investor Safeguards p.315 3.6 Corporate Governance p.315 3.7 Contractual Protection p.316 4. Government Inducements p.317 4.1 Subsidy Programmes p.317 4.2 Tax Treatment p.317 4.3 Government Endorsement p.318 5. Employment Incentives p.318 5.1 General p.318 5.2 Securities p.318 5.3 Taxation of Instruments p.318 5.4 Implementation p.319 6. Exits p.319 6.1 Investor Exit Rights p.319 6.2 IPO Exits p.319 6.3 Pre-IPO Liquidity p.320 7. Regulation p.320 7.1 Securities Offerings p.320 7.2 Restrictions p.320

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