Nakano Investments
Private capital · Est. 2017

Small firm. Sharp pencil.

We are a two-partner investment group. We put our own money into a small number of businesses we understand, and we hold them for a long time.

Founded2017
Partners2
Committees0
Holding periodYears
01 · Approach

Concentration

A handful of positions, sized to matter. Diversification is available elsewhere, in abundance.

Alignment

It is our capital. Every decision is made by the people who bear its consequences.

Patience

We underwrite in years, not quarters. Nothing we own requires a narrative to work.

02 · Portfolio

We invest in durable, unglamorous businesses — the kind that are still here in twenty years. Specifics are shared with counterparties, not the internet.

Industrial toolingControl2019 —
Specialty storage & logisticsMinority2021 —
Business servicesCo-investment2017 —
Selected real assetsDirect2018 —
03 · Partners
Partner

Michael Drexler

Amherst College. Lived in Tokyo. Reads footnotes first.

Partner

Matthew Wiesner

Amherst College. Lived in Tokyo. Answers the phone.

04 · Partner reports

Quarterly reporting

Partners and invited parties receive a full quarterly report — cash, portfolio, equity, and commentary — going back to 2020, plus a performance overview of the whole record since 2016. All of it lives in a secured portal, not on this page.

Restricted access

Partner reports portal

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05 · Contact

Write to us

We read everything and reply to most of it. If it concerns an existing investment, we reply the same day.