Akatsuki

Total investments

55

Average round size

3M

Portfolio companies

48

Rounds per year

4.58

Lead investments

5

Follow on index

0.07

Exits

5

Areas of investment
E-CommerceSoftwareGamingFood and BeverageContentSportsBusiness DevelopmentDigital EntertainmentMedia and EntertainmentBusiness Information Systems

Summary

Akatsuki appeared to be the Corporate Investor, which was created in 2010. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Tokyo. The venture was found in Asia in Japan.

The current fund was established by Genki Shiota, Tetsuro Kouda.

The important activity for fund was in 2019. Deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year.

For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - India. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive the investment from the fund. The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 1 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight RosieReality, Doubtnut, Mech Mocha. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Home Services, EdTech.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Akatsuki, startups are often financed by Incubate Fund, Blume Ventures, AET Fund. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are AET Fund, Incubate Fund, East Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by NPTK Emerging Asia Fund, Info Edge, Incubate Fund.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
55
Lead investments
5
Exits
5
Rounds per year
4.58
Follow on index
0.07
Investments by industry
  • Media and Entertainment (8)
  • Content (7)
  • Gaming (7)
  • Sports (5)
  • Software (5)
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Investments by region
  • Japan (42)
  • India (6)
  • Switzerland (2)
  • United States (2)
Peak activity year
2019

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Avg. startup age at the time of investment
5
Avg. valuation at time of investment
3M
Group Appearance index
0.80
Avg. company exit year
5

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
TENTIAL 01 Jul 2020 Artificial Intelligence, Sports, Internet of Things Seed Chiyoda, Japan
The Human Miracle 05 Nov 2018 Food and Beverage, Content, Event Management, Travel Seed Chiyoda, Japan
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