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D4V – Design for Ventures

Founders Kengo Ito Tom Kelley

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Total investments 62
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$3M
Portfolio companies 43
Rounds per year 7.75
Lead investments 4
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.31
Exits 4
Key employees 8

Areas of investment

  • Financial Services
  • FinTech
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Software
  • Machine Learning
Summary

D4V - Design for Ventures is the famous VC, which was founded in 2016. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Minato. The fund was located in Asia if to be more exact in Japan.

The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight FiNANCiE, Crevo, Sprocket Inc.. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - Japan. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are EdTech, Software.

The important activity for fund was in 2017. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 16 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The fund is generally included in 7-12 deals every year.

The current fund was established by Tom Kelley. The overall number of key employees were 6.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the D4V - Design for Ventures, startups are often financed by SMBC Venture Capital, NEC Capital Solutions, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are SMBC Venture Capital, Eric Di Benedetto, IDEO. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Eric Di Benedetto, Y Combinator, SMBC Venture Capital.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

MTU

$3M01 Apr 2024 Tokyo, Kantō, Japan

SHINSEKAI Technologies

$1M28 Mar 2024 -

Hedgehog MedTech

Apps
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
$4M29 Nov 2023 Tokyo, Kantō, Japan

SUN METALON

3D Printing
3D Technology
$2M13 Apr 2023 Redondo Beach, California, United States

Hedgehog MedTech

Apps
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
$1M30 Nov 2022 Tokyo, Kantō, Japan

GPx

Biotechnology
Health Care
Information Technology
Medical
Medical Device
$3M30 Sep 2022 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

SUN METALON

3D Printing
3D Technology
$9M29 Aug 2022 Redondo Beach, California, United States

Panalyt

Analytics
Big Data
Human Resources
Information Technology
$2M28 Jul 2021 Singapore, Central, Singapore

Nudge

Financial Services
15 Feb 2021 Chiyoda, Japan

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Total investments 62
Average round size 3M
Rounds per year 7.75
Peak activity year 2017
Lead investments 4
Follow on index 0.31
Exits 4
Group Appearance index 0.82

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

MTU

$3M01 Apr 2024 Tokyo, Kantō, Japan

SHINSEKAI Technologies

$1M28 Mar 2024 -

Hedgehog MedTech

Apps
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
$4M29 Nov 2023 Tokyo, Kantō, Japan

SUN METALON

3D Printing
3D Technology
$2M13 Apr 2023 Redondo Beach, California, United States

Hedgehog MedTech

Apps
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
$1M30 Nov 2022 Tokyo, Kantō, Japan

GPx

Biotechnology
Health Care
Information Technology
Medical
Medical Device
$3M30 Sep 2022 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

SUN METALON

3D Printing
3D Technology
$9M29 Aug 2022 Redondo Beach, California, United States

Panalyt

Analytics
Big Data
Human Resources
Information Technology
$2M28 Jul 2021 Singapore, Central, Singapore

Nudge

Financial Services
15 Feb 2021 Chiyoda, Japan
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