Apr. 1973	Japan Associated Finance Co., Ltd. (JAFCO) established with capital of ¥500 million
Feb. 1981	Osaka Branch (later Kansai Branch) established
Apr. 1982	JAFCO established Japan's first venture capital partnership fund
Nov. 1982	Nagoya Branch (later Chubu Branch) established
Oct. 1983	Fukuoka Branch (later Kyushu Branch) established
July 1984	JAFCO America Ventures Inc. established in San Francisco
Jun. 1987	JAFCO shares traded on the OTC market
Apr. 1988	JAFCO issued ¥13.5 billion in European depositary receipts, and capital increased to ¥9.4 billion
Mar. 1990	NOMURA/JAFCO INVESTMENT (ASIA) LTD. established as a joint venture with Nomura Group
Jun. 1992	JAFCO issued $200 million of dollar-based CBs in Eurocurrency
Aug. 1997	JAFCO changed its formal name to JAFCO Co., Ltd.
May 1998	Established the buyout investment department
Mar. 1999	NOMURA/JAFCO INVESTMENT (ASIA) LTD. became a 100% subsidiary (renamed JAFCO Investment (Asia Pacific) Ltd in July 2000)
Jan. 2001	JAFCO listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Sep. 2002	Beijing Representative Office established
Dec. 2007	JAFCO registered as a financial instrument firm (the Second Financial Instruments business and Investment Management business) under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law
Nov. 2008	Shanghai Representative Office established
Jun. 2015	JAFCO made the transition to a company with board-audit committee
July 2017	Acquired and cancelled all shares held by Nomura Holdings and Nomura Research Institute (27.8% of outstanding shares)
Aug. 2017	JAFCO Asia (Shanghai) Equity Investment Management Co., Ltd（China-based subsidiary）established
Mar. 2018	JAFCO introduced the partnership model to its business structure
Mar. 2019	JAFCO Taiwan Capital Management Consulting Corp. (Taiwan-based subsidiary) established
Oct. 2020	Changed the company name to JAFCO Group Co., Ltd.
Sep. 2021	The Chubu Branch and the Kyushu Branch office were merged into the Kansai Branch, which then changed its name to the West Japan Branch