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Asahi Kasei

Founders Shitagau Noguchi

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Total investments 33
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$17M
Portfolio companies 29
Rounds per year 0.35
Lead investments 6
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.09
Exits 2
Key employees 1

Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • Health Care
  • Therapeutics
  • Manufacturing
  • Software
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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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Avation Medical

Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
Mobile Devices
Neuroscience
Wearables
$22M01 Feb 2024 Columbus, Ohio, United States

Noctrix Health

Health Care
Medical Device
Therapeutics
$40M16 Jan 2024 San Francisco, California, United States

LeadSound Technology

Battery
02 Jan 2024 -

Ionomr

Advanced Materials
Battery
Chemical
Clean Energy
Electronics
Fuel Cell
Information Technology
Renewable Energy
Water
Water Purification
$20M05 Dec 2023 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Ossium Health

Biotechnology
Health Care
$52M25 Jul 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Multus Media

Agriculture
AgTech
Biotechnology
Machine Learning
$10M16 Jan 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

Plant Prefab

Architecture
Construction
GreenTech
Manufacturing
Smart Building
$44M10 Jan 2023 California, United States

Circularise

Environmental Consulting
Information Technology
Product Management
Recycling
Software
Supply Chain Management
Sustainability
$12M17 Nov 2022 The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands

JustLight

Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical
$2M06 Jul 2022 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

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Total investments 33
Average round size 17M
Rounds per year 0.35
Peak activity year 2023
Lead investments 6
Follow on index 0.09
Exits 2
Group Appearance index 0.94

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Avation Medical

Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
Mobile Devices
Neuroscience
Wearables
$22M01 Feb 2024 Columbus, Ohio, United States

Noctrix Health

Health Care
Medical Device
Therapeutics
$40M16 Jan 2024 San Francisco, California, United States

LeadSound Technology

Battery
02 Jan 2024 -

Ionomr

Advanced Materials
Battery
Chemical
Clean Energy
Electronics
Fuel Cell
Information Technology
Renewable Energy
Water
Water Purification
$20M05 Dec 2023 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Ossium Health

Biotechnology
Health Care
$52M25 Jul 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Multus Media

Agriculture
AgTech
Biotechnology
Machine Learning
$10M16 Jan 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

Plant Prefab

Architecture
Construction
GreenTech
Manufacturing
Smart Building
$44M10 Jan 2023 California, United States

Circularise

Environmental Consulting
Information Technology
Product Management
Recycling
Software
Supply Chain Management
Sustainability
$12M17 Nov 2022 The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands

JustLight

Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical
$2M06 Jul 2022 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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