Japanese footballer Keisuke Honda is swapping football for finance, after launching a venture capital fund with Hollywood star Will Smith to invest in startups addressing social problems, the striker’s agent said Wednesday.
The Dreamers Fund, set up in April in Los Angeles, aims to raise about $100 million from investors, with Japanese brokerage giant Nomura Holdings serving as “the anchor investor”, Honda’s management firm KSK Group said in a statement.
“I hope to change the lives of people in the US, Japan and the world for the better through the Dreamers Fund,” Honda was quoted as saying in the statement.
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S Japanese footballer Keisuke Honda 日本人サッカー選手本田圭佑
V [is swapping]
O football サッカー
[for] finance, 融資
after の後
V [launching ]始める
O a venture capital fund 投資会社
補
[with] Hollywood star Will Smith ハリウッドスター ウィルスミスと共に
[to invest] 投資のため
[in] startups 新規事業
どんな
addressing social problems, 社会問題分野に向けての
S the striker’s agent 本田の代理人
V [said] (Wednesday). 言った
S The Dreamers Fund,
どんな
[set up] [in] April in Los Angeles, 4月 ロスで
V [aims ]目標にしている
OV [to raise]
O about $100 million 約1億ドル
補
[from] investors, 投資家から
[with] Japanese brokerage giant Nomura Holdings 日本の大手 野村
serving 出資する
補
[as ]”the anchor investor”,
S Honda’s management firm KSK Group 本田のマネージメント会社KSKグループ
V[said] 言った
補 [in a statement]. 発表の中で
S “I
V [hope] 望む
OV [to change]
O the lives [of] people 人々の生活
補
[in] the US, Japan and the world アメリカ、日本、世界で
補 [for] the better [through] the Dreamers Fund,”
S Honda 本田
V [was quoted]
補
[as] saying [in] the statement. 発表の中で言った