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Freebit Investment

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Total investments 17
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$3M
Portfolio companies 13
Rounds per year 2.43
Lead investments 0
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.24
Key employees 1
http://fbinvest.co.jp
Chiyoda, Japan
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Internet
  • Internet of Things
  • Real Estate
  • E-Commerce
  • Information Technology
Summary

Freebit Investment is the famous VC, which was founded in 2015.

The overall number of key employees were 1.

The high activity for fund was in 2017. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The real fund results show that this VC is 5 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The average startup value when the investment from Freebit Investment is 1-5 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually.

Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline XTREME-D Inc. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Credit, Content Delivery Network.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the Freebit Investment, startups are often financed by Samurai Incubate, istyle Inc., Naoki Shibata. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Mitsui Sumitomo Insuarance Venture Capital, SMBC Venture Capital, Beyond Next Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by World Innovation Lab (WiL), Mitsui Sumitomo Insuarance Venture Capital, Beyond Next Ventures.

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These funds often invest in the rounds preceeding the rounds of Freebit Investment:
1 500 Startups Japan
2 istyle Inc.
3 K&P Partners
Typical Co-investors
Freebit Investment is more likely to invest in rounds together with the following funds:
1 Astellas Pharma
2 Claris Lifesciences
3 Clarus Ventures
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Team
Itsuro Kasahara Director

Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Beauty
$2M22 Aug 2019
W ventures Japan
Freebit Investment
Bridge Global Capital
 Chiyoda

Housmart

Internet of Things
Marketing
Real Estate
$2M25 Sep 2018
Accord Ventures
Daiwa Corporate Investment
SX Capital, Inc.
Freebit Investment
CAC CAPITAL
 Chiyoda, Japan

Personize

Consumer Goods
E-Commerce
Fashion
Lifestyle
Retail
Video
$1M09 Aug 2018
Asobi System
W TOKYO
DLE Capital
Freebit Investment
 Chiyoda, Japan

Spider Labs

Cyber Security
Internet
Security
$591K17 Apr 2018
Daiwa Corporate Investment
Freebit Investment
 Chiyoda, Japan

XTREME-D Inc.

Big Data
Cloud Computing
Information Technology
IT Management
Network Hardware
Software
$2M09 Nov 2017
Freebit Investment
World Innovation Lab (WiL)
 Chiyoda, Japan

Ambient Intelligence Technology

Electronics
Internet of Things
Manufacturing
Telecommunications
$1M22 Aug 2017
SMBC Venture Capital
Mitsui Sumitomo Insuarance Venture Capital
Freebit Investment
Beyond Next Ventures
 Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

Credit Engine

Credit
Financial Services
FinTech
Lending
$546K01 Feb 2017
500 Startups Japan
Freebit Investment
500 Startups
 Minato, Japan

XTREME-D Inc.

Big Data
Cloud Computing
Information Technology
IT Management
Network Hardware
Software
$700K31 Jan 2017
Freebit Investment
 Chiyoda, Japan

Aquabit Spirals

Advertising
Content Delivery Network
Internet
Internet of Things
NFC
Retail Technology
Tourism
$637K09 Nov 2016
K&P Partners
Globe Advisors
Freebit Investment
 Minato, Japan
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Total investments 17
Average round size 3M
Rounds per year 2.43
Peak activity year 2017
Lead investments 0
Follow on index 0.24
Group Appearance index 0.94

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Beauty
$2M22 Aug 2019
W ventures Japan
Freebit Investment
Bridge Global Capital
 Chiyoda

Housmart

Internet of Things
Marketing
Real Estate
$2M25 Sep 2018
Accord Ventures
Daiwa Corporate Investment
SX Capital, Inc.
Freebit Investment
CAC CAPITAL
 Chiyoda, Japan

Personize

Consumer Goods
E-Commerce
Fashion
Lifestyle
Retail
Video
$1M09 Aug 2018
Asobi System
W TOKYO
DLE Capital
Freebit Investment
 Chiyoda, Japan

Spider Labs

Cyber Security
Internet
Security
$591K17 Apr 2018
Daiwa Corporate Investment
Freebit Investment
 Chiyoda, Japan

XTREME-D Inc.

Big Data
Cloud Computing
Information Technology
IT Management
Network Hardware
Software
$2M09 Nov 2017
Freebit Investment
World Innovation Lab (WiL)
 Chiyoda, Japan

Ambient Intelligence Technology

Electronics
Internet of Things
Manufacturing
Telecommunications
$1M22 Aug 2017
SMBC Venture Capital
Mitsui Sumitomo Insuarance Venture Capital
Freebit Investment
Beyond Next Ventures
 Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

Credit Engine

Credit
Financial Services
FinTech
Lending
$546K01 Feb 2017
500 Startups Japan
Freebit Investment
500 Startups
 Minato, Japan

XTREME-D Inc.

Big Data
Cloud Computing
Information Technology
IT Management
Network Hardware
Software
$700K31 Jan 2017
Freebit Investment
 Chiyoda, Japan

Aquabit Spirals

Advertising
Content Delivery Network
Internet
Internet of Things
NFC
Retail Technology
Tourism
$637K09 Nov 2016
K&P Partners
Globe Advisors
Freebit Investment
 Minato, Japan
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