Corporate Profile

Company Profile

1992 Taisuke Sasanuma and Richard Folsom established Advantage Partners, Inc.
The company's operations include the establishment and operation of new businesses, establishment and operation of investment funds, and management consulting.
1993 Established Meridian, Inc. (transferred stock to portfolio company in 1999)
1995 Established Advantage Insurance Service, Inc. (as the business expanded, established Advantage Risk Management, Inc. in 1999. Listed on "Hercules" in 2006.)
1997 Begin provision of services to Japan's first buyout fund.
2000 Begin provision of services to second buyout fund.
2003 Begin provision of services to third buyout fund.
2005 Established Advantage Partners LLP (a limited liability partnership) and succeeded the business from Advantage Partners, Inc.
2007 Begin provision of services to fourth buyout fund.
Established Hong Kong Office.
Established Advantage Advisors, Inc.
2008 Begin provision of services to funds investing in minority positions of publicly traded companies.