Catalytic Funding & Impact Investment: Bridging Japanese Capital and Global Resilience

Japan sits on one of the world's largest pools of institutional capital — yet most of it remains on the sidelines of global resilience. As geopolitical instability reshapes where and how money flows, this session asks: how can Japanese capital move from passive allocation to active catalyst? Ken Shibusawa, who has spent decades building multi-stakeholder bridges between policymakers, investors, and business leaders, joins Jesper Koll, who has been researching and investing in Japan since 1986, to map the structural shifts needed. Anastasiia Dieieva brings a frontline perspective — leading Ukraine's tech ecosystem through wartime, where catalytic funding isn't theory but survival. Together they explore how impact-first capital can strengthen security, rebuild conflict-affected economies, and unlock new models for Japanese institutional money to meet the world's most urgent challenges.