Advent Technologies is a wholly-owned business unit of ITOCHU Corporation, one of Japan’s top-5 sogo shosha or ‘general trading companies’. Advent works with early-stage and growth-stage technology companies as a high value-added strategic investor, providing equity capital while developing distribution & operations in Asia, particularly China and Japan, via the vast ITOCHU trading network.

Our major sector focus is CleanTech, encompassing power generation, distribution and use, renewable energy, water treatment, industrial and commercial systems, pollution prevention systems, recycling systems, social infrastructure, water treatment systems, automotive and marine systems and other machinery.

We seek companies addressing large markets, with outstanding technology and management teams, who have developed commercial product and are beginning or expanding development of their global distribution network.