TOKYO: Former star football player Keisuke Honda, a rare Japanese athlete-turned-angel-investor, is in talks to raise as much as 15 billion yen for his first fund wholly dedicated to startups in his home country.
The X&KSK Fund plans to invest in about 30 Japanese startups. It seeks to identify at least one that will eventually reach a valuation of US$10bil, Honda said in an interview.
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