# Katsuya Baba

> Katsuya Baba is a startup investor at Advantage Partners (Tokyo). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Advantage Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/advantage-partners-2)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katsuya-baba-74a83b36/

Katsuya Baba is a startup investor at Advantage Partners in Tokyo. Joined Advantage Partners in January 2002. Responsible for investor relations, ESG, and middle/back office operations from 2018. Actively participates in Japanese and Asian conferences to speak on ESG activities by private equity funds. Prior to appointment as CAO, engaged in buyout investments including Polygon Pictures, Nihonkaisui, andXacti and involved in value enhancement activities through strategic transformation, and scaling via add-on acquisitions, mainly in the B2B industry sectors.Prior to joining Advantage Partners, engaged in management consulting for clients in wide range of industries and supported planning and execution of business strategies and operational improvements, at Bain & Company. Subsequently started own business to engage in investment and incubation activities for e-commerce and software-related ventures. B.A.S in Asian Studies from The University of Tokyo and MBA from Harvard Business School.

## About Advantage Partners

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

Advantage Partners is a Private Equity investment firm in Japan that represents over JPY360 billion in capital provided by domestic Japanese and global institutional investors. Advantage Partners Inc. was founded in 1992 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

1 contacts available at Advantage Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Katsuya Baba | Partner & Chief Administrative Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/katsuya-baba-8b02 |

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