Honda in Japan Creates Venture Capital Fund with Will Smith

Tokyo – Japanese
footballer Keisuke Honda exchange football for finance, after
Launch of a venture capital fund with Hollywood star Will Smith
invest in start-ups that deal with social problems, said the agent of the attacker
Wednesday.

The Dreamers Fund, established in April in Los Angeles, aims to
about 100 million dollars of investors, with the Japanese brokerage giant Nomura
Holdings acting as "the anchor investor", the Honda KSK management firm
Group said in a statement.

"I hope to change the lives of people in the United States, Japan and the world
for the better through the Dreamers Fund ", Honda was quoted as saying in
the statement

The former AC Milan striker announced his retirement from
international football earlier this month on the heels of Japan
World Cup exit in a last-minute defeat in Belgium.

"I am going to meet a new challenging challenge," said Honda
official Twitter account Wednesday, without adding details.

The statement of the management company stated that Honda had been "shocked", while
playing football club in the Netherlands a decade ago, to learn that
some of his colleagues were sending over half of their salaries
"I started thinking about a way to contribute to people in disadvantaged areas," Honda said in its release.

The fund will bring together investors with financing experience. "By investing in the Dreamers Fund, Nomura will have access to emerging US companies like Uber and SpaceX.
information about the leading companies in the United States and expand the scope of
The spokesman for Nomura Holdings told AFP:

There was no detail on the amount that Nomura would put in the fund.

It's unclear when Honda and Smith made the decision
business but the Hollywood actor singled out last week the Japanese
footballer as one of the "coolest players" at the 2018 World Cup
Russia

After identifying Cristiano Ronaldo as the top of his list, Smith said
Honda has also been one of his favorites, according to Kyodo News.

"You know who else that I love Keisuke Honda.
relationship. Keisuke is the truth, "Smith said at a press conference at
Luzhniki stadium in Moscow before the Closing Ceremony of Sunday's World Cup,
Kyodo said, "I like him, he's a real real guy," said the Oscar nominee.