ニッセイ・キャピタル is the venture capital company of the Nippon Life group; Nippon Life's own group-companies page lists it as ニッセイ・キャピタル㈱（ベンチャーキャピタル業務）, and the company profile block the firm publishes with its own press releases states that it is wholly owned by 日本生命保険相互会社. The clearest statement of its approach comes from the official page for Japan Science and Technology Agency's START programme, on which it serves as a 事業プロモーター: 現在８本のベンチャーファンドの無限責任組合員として投資・育成活動を展開しており、シード・アーリーステージの企業に対するリード投資に力を入れております - it acts as general partner of eight venture funds and emphasises lead investment in seed and early-stage companies - and 年間投資額のおよそ６～７割は、シード・アーリー企業への投資です, that roughly 60 to 70 per cent of its annual investment amount goes to seed and early-stage companies. One named vehicle is ニッセイ・キャピタル サステナビリティ課題解決ファンド1号投資事業有限責任組合, from which it has invested in the Kyushu University originated ESG analysis startup aiESG. NOTE THAT THIS THESIS IS ASSEMBLED FROM SOURCES OTHER THAN THE FIRM'S OWN WEBSITE, which was unreachable throughout this session; the firm's own statement of its investment policy at nissay-cap.co.jp/feature/policy.html could not be read and no attempt was made to reach it by any indirect route.