Original Japanese expertise
Knowledge drawn from scenarios, language and human decisions developed for Japanese audiences.
OUR PORTFOLIO
Selected transactions
& investments.
Explore the Lightworks take-private and our founder’s investment and operating involvement in SAYA.
Closed · July 2025COMPLETED TRANSACTION
Lightworks
A Japanese take-private originated by OBV and structured with management and The Longreach Group.
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INTELLIGENCEINVESTMENT & OPERATING INVOLVEMENT
SAYA Intelligence
Original digital safety expertise, cultural context and teaching judgment for partner AI systems.
Explore SAYA Intelligence01 / LIGHTWORKS
Corporate learning & human capital.
OBV originated the opportunity and helped structure the take-private of Japanese corporate learning company Lightworks with management and The Longreach Group. Longreach reports that the transaction closed in July 2025.
OBV’S ROLE
Origination · Growth strategy · Transaction structuring · Capital partner alignment
68.91%Tender-offer premium
Above the average closing share price in the preceding three-month period.
¥2,179Tender offer per share
The announced common-share offer price.
July 2025Transaction closed
Completion reported by The Longreach Group.
02 / SAYA INTELLIGENCE
Japan-native intelligence for AI.
INTELLIGENCESAYA Intelligence connects original Japanese digital safety knowledge, cultural context and teaching judgment for use in partner AI systems. Partners combine that context with their own expertise, goals and AI capabilities to deepen the relevance and authenticity of what they create.
THE SAYA PLATFORM
SAYA’s work spans cybersecurity education for enterprises, online safety for individuals and families, and Japan-native intelligence for AI. Its knowledge base continues to develop as more original expertise is structured and connected.
OUR FOUNDER’S INVOLVEMENT
OBV founder Jonathan Hiroshi Rossi is an Investor and Operating Partner at SAYA University. SAYA Intelligence extends SAYA’s digital safety work into contextual intelligence for partner AI systems.
A growing knowledge graph
Structuring and connecting source material so relevant context can be retrieved and traced.
Applications for partner AI
Supporting the development of learning, coaching and digital safety experiences shaped by each partner’s own inputs.
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