Paidy is well on its way to reshaping payments & much more in the financial services space in Japan

Summary The market for late-stage growth capital in Japan is nascent, though now emerging The Japanese startup ecosystem lags global...

One thing you may notice when looking at the U.S. stock market of late - aside from the astronomical valuations of SaaS companies, the...

Rakus (TSE:3923) is one of the more successful publicly listed SaaS companies in Japan today. Founded in 2000 and bootstrapped until its...

A common thread in a good number of our posts touches on the concept of creativity. In our view, creativity is a skill that can be...

While our ongoing focus today continues to be our small business acquisition thesis in Japan, this work does not prevent us from...

If you follow me on Twitter, you'll see me often call out a few particular companies based in the Nordic region of Europe. My deep...

A bit of a strange title, right? How does real estate investing have anything to do with acquiring small businesses ("SMBs")? Well,...

I had a great time speaking with Alex Bridgeman on his excellent podcast "Think Like An Owner". We discuss Golden Southeast's unique...

At the heart of what we strive to do at Golden Southeast is to deploy capital into unique opportunities often overlooked, ignored or cast...

I was in Japan for the recent holidays and was fortunate enough to have a wide range of meetings with informative & interesting...

Borrowing from emerging market small business ("SMB") growth investing strategies, there exists today a way for investors to earn private...

As I believe most can tell by now, I am very bullish on the opportunity to invest in the substantial, relatively overlooked and...

On the topic of small businesses (“SMBs”), I will propose below a way of thinking about acquiring SMBs that I anticipate will get plenty...

There exists a highly compelling opportunity in Japan today for forward-thinking investors to back a small group of savvy global...