Zusho Venture Partners

Zusho Venture Partners is a boutique venture capital and consulting firm founded in 2006 by CEO Hugo H. Zusho, based in Newport Beach, California, with a branch office in Tokyo, Japan. Since its inception, the firm has been involved in startups and corporate restructuring to facilitate change and increase productivity and profit margins across a diverse range of industries. Beyond investing, the firm offers consulting services across three stages: Start Up (fundraising, incorporation, business planning, branding), Accelerate (M&A, business development, international marketing, PR), and Reconstruction (corporate restructuring, retrenchment, cloud solutions). The firm's investment focus spans entertainment (film, music, events), technology (social media, mobile, SaaS, AI, VR/AR), and real estate (residential and commercial development, rehab). Its portfolio includes 36 investments across companies like Game Face, Torigoya, and Charles City Press, working alongside partners like Dentsu, GMO Cloud, and NTT. Zusho's investment approach is highly selective, considering new clients and investments solely by referral, reflecting a relationship-driven model built on nearly two decades of hands-on venture building and cross-border business development between the U.S. and Japan.