In this episode, I speak to Takuma Terakubo, CEO & General Partner at UNCOVERED FUND INC.

Takuma and I talk about:

Introduction of himself and his journey to founding UNCOVERED FUND

How he came up with an idea of launching Africa focus VC fund,

Uncovered fund’s investment strategy, in terms of strategy, sectors, focus geographic market, ticket size and stage, and social impact

Introduction of a couple of current portfolio companies and why he made investment in them

Differentiation of the Uncovered fund against other VC funds in Africa and how he plans to support portfolio companies leveraging Japanese business ecosystems

The next step and the long term vision for the Uncovered fund