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Advantage Partners Inc /JP/ (AP) is an independent Japan-based private equity firm which was founded in 1992 by Taisuke Sasanuma and Richard Folsom. The firm is headquartered in Tokyo. AP invests directly in private equity and manages the MBI private equity funds for a range of domestic and foreign institutions including insurance companies, banks and corporations. The firm has close business ties with wholesale trader Marubeni Corp. (TSE: 8002). AP pioneered private equity investment in Japan and retains a leadership position in the private equity community.

CCS, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, application engineering service and sales of light emitting diode (LED) lighting for machine vision. Its products are used in machine vision applications, human vision inspection and microscope applications, agri-biotech medical applications, and consumer and commercial applications. CCS also engages in the development, manufacturing and sale of LED lighting for microscopes, plant cultivation, museums, and other uses. The company was founded in May 1992 and is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.

Part of Advantage Partners LC Ltd., Advantage Advisors, Inc. is an alternative investment manager. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan and was founded in 2007.