Mercuria Investment Co., Ltd. is a private equity firm specializing in growth investments, however in certain sectors with major growth prospects, the firm consider business from the start up stage. The firm primarily invest in real estate development, high tech, and gaming industry. It seeks to invest in Japan and China as well as the United States and other parts of Asia. The firm prefers to invests a minority stake in companies experiencing growth in a new business segment and in private companies entering the growth stage. Mercuria Investment Co., Ltd., previously known as AD Capital Co., Ltd., was founded in 2005 and is based in Tokyo, Japan with additional office in Beijing, China.