Big in Japan: Fender strums towards IPO

Global Venturing, 2012-03-09. Graded secondary. Open the original.

Added 2026-10-15 by llm:claude-opus-5-5. Venture-capital trade blog summarising Fender's 2012 S-1: largest shareholders Weston Presidio (about 42.9%), Yamano Music (14.2%), Kanda Shokai (12.85%). Dates Weston Presidio's entry to 2002, against Guitar.com's December 2001 (S431). Conflict K040: CR018 (2001) preferred because Guitar.com gives a month and price and Axios (Jan 2020) also says 2001; this source's 2002 kept as CR019, disputed. Archived 2026-10-15 via Directus URL import. Excerpt verified verbatim 2026-10-15: C1124.

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Fact	Years	Records	Passage
Fender Musical Instruments Corporation under Weston Presidio (private equity funds)^[1]	2002–2012	Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, Weston Presidio (private equity funds)	In 2002 Weston Presidio backed the company alongside Roland Corporation, a Japan-listed musical instrument and electronics company.

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- In 2002 Weston Presidio backed the company alongside Roland Corporation, a Japan-listed musical instrument and electronics company.Fender Musical Instruments Corporation under Weston Presidio (private equity funds), 2002–2012

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