Unison Capital Group (“Unison Capital”), Japan’s leading private equity firm incorporated in 1998, celebrates its 25^th year anniversary this year with a new strategy towards applying governance and private capital through a “Circular Economy Model” in the developing Indo-Pacific region. Over the last 25 years, Unison Capital has managed 8 funds in Japan and in South Korea with a total AUM exceeding US$ 5bn invested across over 60 portfolio companies.

In Japan, through its subsidiary, Community Healthcare Coordination Platform, Inc. (“CHCP”), Unison Capital has become by far Japan’s largest private owner of healthcare assets comprised of hospitals, pharmacies, home nursing stations, and dental clinics through a roll-up strategy bringing great efficiency. Dr Shinsuke Muto, Chairman of CHCP, noted that CHCP will continue to expand throughout Japan and bring greater expertise and efficiency to improve the sustainability of Japan’s healthcare system.

The “Circular Economy Model” employs the principles of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle to three significant sectors, namely Materials Reuse and Recovery, Energy and Resources, and Health and Wellbeing. These sectors, despite having an extremely large potential for growth, lack infrastructure, technology, and governance within countries in the developing Indo-Pacific region, where Unison Capital will form the building blocks to bridge the gap.

Ideation3x Private Limited (“Ideation3X”), a flagship portfolio company of Unison Capital highlighting its expansion into India, is a prime example of the “Circular Economy Model” investment, noted Osamu Yamamoto, CEO of Unison Capital Management Pte. Ltd. Ideation3x is among India’s first end-to-end waste management platforms that accomplishes three objectives - waste collection and disposal, sorting and segregation, and conversion to alternative fuels employing the principals of the “Circular Economy Model”. Mandated on one of India’s largest landfill projects in the heart of Delhi, the Ghazipur Landfill clearing is a 3 million tonne megaproject that Ideation3x is currently working on with the support of the Clean India Mission by the Indian Government and leading Japanese investors. The by-products of the landfill clearing yield Refuse-derived fuel and Alternative diesel fuel amongst others, and “The Impact is visible and is changing the lives of the people every day,” explained Dr Manoj Jain, Executive Chairman of Ideation3x.

Tatsuya Hayashi, Unison Capital’s Partner, Co-Founder and Representative Director, explained that making profitable investments to protect the interest of investors whilst making measurable impact to the health of local communities, forms the basis to how Unison Capital operates. Reflecting on Unison Capital’s 25^th year anniversary, Tatsuya Hayashi noted “Unison Capital has done tremendously well over the last 25 years, and we are looking forward to the next 25 years with more energy and passion doing what we do best – private equity.”