Asahi Kasei

Type

Corporate investor

Status

Active

Total investments

35

Average round size

17M

Portfolio companies

31

Rounds per year

0.38

Lead investments

6

Follow on index

0.09

Exits

2

Areas of investment
BiotechnologySoftwareInformation TechnologyHealth CareManufacturingMedicalPharmaceuticalTherapeuticsElectronicsBattery

Summary

Asahi Kasei appeared to be the Corporate Investor, which was created in 1931. The venture was found in Asia in Japan. The leading representative office of defined Corporate Investor is situated in the Tokyo.

The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 3 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. For fund there is no match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Health Care, Clinical Trials. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 6-10 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Atox Bio, Artisan Pharma, Arcterus.

The high activity for fund was in 2019. Considering the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 25 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. Opposing the other organizations, this Asahi Kasei works on 20 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5 partakers. Despite the Asahi Kasei, startups are often financed by New Leaf Venture Partners, Tribeca Venture Partners, Pritzker Group Venture Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Z-kai, Yuval Tal, Tribeca Venture Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by General Motors Ventures, Z-kai, Vincent Deltrieu.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
35
Lead investments
6
Exits
2
Rounds per year
0.38
Follow on index
0.09
Investments by industry
  • Biotechnology (10)
  • Health Care (10)
  • Therapeutics (6)
  • Manufacturing (6)
  • Software (5)
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Investments by region
  • United States (17)
  • Israel (4)
  • Japan (5)
  • Canada (3)
  • Netherlands (1)
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Peak activity year
2022

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
9
Avg. valuation at time of investment
45K
Group Appearance index
0.94
Avg. company exit year
15
Strategy success index
0.40

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Cyto-Facto 22 Apr 2024 Early Stage Venture 10M Chuo, Japan
JustLight 06 Jul 2022 Health Care, Health Diagnostics, Medical Seed 2M United States, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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