Services

Our Expertise

Six services, one way of working.

Whatever the entry point, every engagement starts with an initial consultation and, where it makes sense to go further, a paid scoping study. Retainers and mandates follow only when the work is defined.

From securing complex financing to optimizing overseas operations and preparing for strategic investments, our team provides the expert guidance you need to succeed. Explore our specialized areas below.

Service Categories

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Aerospace Advisory

Drive impactful change. We offer specialized management and financial advisory for projects that create sustainable social and economic value.

Japan Market Entry and Expansion Support

Japan entry for international technology companies, and overseas expansion for Japanese companies: partner and customer search, meetings and follow-up in Japanese, public-programme mapping, representation through a Japan Desk, and programme development for international sports, entertainment and technology properties.

ECA Financing Advisory

Structuring advice on export-credit and development-finance facilities (JBIC, NEXI, JICA and their overseas counterparts) for projects with Japanese content.

Specialized Support for Japanese Companies Overseas

Empowering Japanese businesses globally.

Our integrated services are culturally attuned to support your international growth ambitions.

Investor Readiness

Prepare your venture for successful funding rounds. Our tailored programs enhance your business plan, financial projections, and pitch to attract strategic investors.

US Markets Listing through SPAC

Preparation and project management for Japanese growth companies considering a US listing through a SPAC merger; the transaction itself is executed by the licensed institutions involved. We tell you early if the route does not fit.

1. Initial consultation, no charge

we listen and tell you plainly whether Japan is worth your time now.

2. Scoping study, fixed fee,
four to six weeks

who your partners, customers and public programmes could be, and how to approach them. We are paid to say no when the answer is no.

3. Japan Desk and mandates

a quarterly Japan Desk retainer for representation, meetings and monthly reporting, and feasibility or execution mandates once a project is defined.

Fees are quoted per engagement after the initial consultation.

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DISCLAIMER

Ad Astra Capital K.K. is a strategic consultancy and business-matching firm. We are not a registered financial instruments business operator, investment adviser or bank in Japan or the United States. We do not hold client funds or securities; we do not buy, sell, broker or solicit investment in securities; we do not handle public or private offerings; and we do not provide legal or tax advice. Where a transaction involves securities, including SPAC mergers and capital raising, the economic terms are negotiated by the principals and the transaction is executed by licensed institutions in the relevant jurisdiction.

Where we describe ourselves as arrangers, we mean the client-side programme and transaction coordinator: we organise the process, prepare the analysis and coordinate meetings between the client and the relevant institutions. We do not negotiate loan terms, conclude financing contracts, lend or intermediate loans.