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Anri’s Anri Samata Says Japan’s Growth Industries Will Shift to an “LVMH-Style” Model of Replacing the Vessel Through M&A

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Add to Google Preferred Sources Anri Samata, general partner at Japanese venture capital firm Anri, argues that Japan’s startup industry has reached a turning point where it should move beyond imitating Silicon Valley and instead forge a distinctly Japanese model of innovation—one driven by M&A integration with large corporations. Drawing on 15 years of investment…

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Anri’s Samata Anri on the behind-the-scenes of the NOT A HOTEL investment: “I don’t trust business plans one bit”

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Add to Google Preferred Sources ANRI General Partner Samata Anri revealed on the podcast “Investor’s Sunday” that his ¥600 million (approximately $3.8 million) investment in NOT A HOTEL was based not on the business plan but on trust in the entrepreneur’s individual capability and character. The investment, which began with a Twitter DM from Hamaguchi…