Total investments

59

Average round size

19M

Portfolio companies

44

Rounds per year

0.48

Lead investments

2

Follow on index

0.24

Exits

2

Areas of investment
BiotechnologyFinancial ServicesFinTechInformation TechnologyFinanceArtificial IntelligenceHealth CareRoboticsMedicalTask Management

Summary

Dai-ichi Life is the famous Corporate Investor, which was founded in 1902. The company was established in Asia in Japan. The leading representative office of defined Corporate Investor is situated in the Tokyo.

The top activity for fund was in 2018. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually.

The fund has exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Neurotrack, CureApp, Meltin MMI. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - Japan. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Robotics, Information Technology. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 participants. Despite the Dai-ichi Life, startups are often financed by Real Tech Fund, Rohto Pharmaceutical, ANA Holdings. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are SBI Investment, Rohto Pharmaceutical, Sompo Holdings. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Rohto Pharmaceutical, Mirai Creation Fund, Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co..

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
59
Lead investments
2
Exits
2
Rounds per year
0.48
Follow on index
0.24
Investments by industry
  • Health Care (15)
  • Biotechnology (11)
  • Financial Services (8)
  • Medical (8)
  • Task Management (6)
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Investments by region
  • Japan (54)
  • United States (2)
  • United Kingdom (1)
  • Tanzania (1)
Peak activity year
2018
Number of Unicorns
1
Number of Decacorns
1
Number of Minotaurs
1

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
10
Avg. valuation at time of investment
43M
Group Appearance index
0.95
Avg. company exit year
13
Strategy success index
0.20

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
CureApp 27 Feb 2018 Health Care, Medical Early Stage Venture 13M Chiyoda, Japan
GITAI 24 May 2023 Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Virtual Reality, Virtualization, Virtual World, Space Travel Early Stage Venture 36M Chiyoda, Japan
Red Clay 26 Aug 2014 Software, Product Design, Collaborative Consumption Seed 1M United States, California, San Francisco
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