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Ceres inc.

Founders Masataka Uesugi Yasuhiro Kobayashi

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Total investments 45
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$2M
Portfolio companies 32
Rounds per year 2.37
Lead investments 5
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.29
Exits 4
Key employees Soon

Areas of investment

  • Cryptocurrency
  • Blockchain
  • Finance
  • Internet
  • Fashion
Summary

Ceres inc. is the famous Corporate Investor, which was founded in 2005. The fund was located in Asia if to be more exact in Japan. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Roppongi.

Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Android, Crowdfunding. For fund there is no match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - Hong Kong. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Campfire

The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. The top activity for fund was in 2018.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 participants. Despite the Ceres inc., startups are often financed by Septeni, SMBC Venture Capital, FreakOut Holdings. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Saison Ventures, SV FRONTIER, POLA Orbis Holdings. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by World Innovation Lab (WiL), Resona Capital, KDDI.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Indent

Content Creators
Creative Agency
Skill Assessment
05 Oct 2023 Japan

SOUNDRAW

Artificial Intelligence
Content Creators
Music
$1M29 Jul 2022 Chiyoda, Japan

DINETTE

Cosmetics
Fashion
Manufacturing
Video Editing
$7M31 Mar 2022 Chiyoda, Japan

HashPort

Blockchain
Consulting
Cryptocurrency
$3M02 Mar 2021 Minato, Chiba, Japan

1SEC

Artificial Intelligence
Blockchain
UX Design
Virtual Reality
$2M04 Feb 2021 Chiyoda, Japan

PostCoffee

Coffee
Delivery Service
Food and Beverage
Subscription Service
01 Dec 2020 Chiyoda, Japan

toridori

Advertising
Business Development
Business Intelligence
Marketing
$4M03 Aug 2020 Chiyoda, Japan

GINKAN

Blockchain
Content
Cryptocurrency
Digital Marketing
Ethereum
Loyalty Programs
Marketing
Mobile Apps
Restaurants
Social Media
$2M02 Jun 2020 Chiyoda, Japan

SYRUP Japan

Content
Media and Entertainment
Recruiting
$1M29 Jan 2020 Chiyoda, Japan

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Total investments 45
Average round size 2M
Rounds per year 2.37
Peak activity year 2018
Lead investments 5
Follow on index 0.29
Exits 4
Group Appearance index 0.80

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Indent

Content Creators
Creative Agency
Skill Assessment
05 Oct 2023 Japan

SOUNDRAW

Artificial Intelligence
Content Creators
Music
$1M29 Jul 2022 Chiyoda, Japan

DINETTE

Cosmetics
Fashion
Manufacturing
Video Editing
$7M31 Mar 2022 Chiyoda, Japan

HashPort

Blockchain
Consulting
Cryptocurrency
$3M02 Mar 2021 Minato, Chiba, Japan

1SEC

Artificial Intelligence
Blockchain
UX Design
Virtual Reality
$2M04 Feb 2021 Chiyoda, Japan

PostCoffee

Coffee
Delivery Service
Food and Beverage
Subscription Service
01 Dec 2020 Chiyoda, Japan

toridori

Advertising
Business Development
Business Intelligence
Marketing
$4M03 Aug 2020 Chiyoda, Japan

GINKAN

Blockchain
Content
Cryptocurrency
Digital Marketing
Ethereum
Loyalty Programs
Marketing
Mobile Apps
Restaurants
Social Media
$2M02 Jun 2020 Chiyoda, Japan

SYRUP Japan

Content
Media and Entertainment
Recruiting
$1M29 Jan 2020 Chiyoda, Japan
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