DeNA
67
1M
52
2.68
8
0.21
9
- Areas of investment
Summary
In 1999 was created DeNA, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The company was established in Asia in Japan. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Tokyo.
The typical startup value when the investment from DeNA is 5-10 millions dollars. Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 2 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2019. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The high activity for fund was in 2014. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year. Opposing the other organizations, this DeNA works on 11 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments.
The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4 partakers. Despite the DeNA, startups are often financed by 500 Startups, Y Combinator, Plug and Play. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are 500 Startups, East Ventures, iSeed Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Global Brain Corporation, Redpoint eventures, 500 Startups.
For fund there is no match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Olist, COMMERCE.AI, Life is Tech. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Apps, Education. The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low.
The fund was created by Tomoko Namba. We also calculated 1 valuable employee in our database.
Investments analytics
Analytics
- Total investments
- 67
- Lead investments
- 8
- Exits
- 9
- Rounds per year
- 2.68
- Follow on index
- 0.21
- Investments by industry
- E-Commerce (11)
- Education (10)
- Apps (9)
- Social Media (9)
- E-Learning (8) Show 99 more
- Investments by region
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- Japan (33)
- United States (20)
- South Korea (2)
- India (2)
- Germany (1) Show 6 more
- Peak activity year
- 2014
- Number of Unicorns
- 1
- Number of Decacorns
- 1
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- Avg. startup age at the time of investment
- 9
- Avg. valuation at time of investment
- 42M
- Group Appearance index
- 0.85
- Avg. company exit year
- 5
- Strategy success index
- 0.20
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Latest deals
| Company name | Deal date | Industry | Deal stage | Deal size | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neighbor | 16 Nov 2023 | Gaming, Video Games | Seed | 2M | Tokyo, Kantō, Japan |
| sourceeasy | 24 Nov 2015 | Supply Chain Management, SaaS, Manufacturing, Fashion | Seed | 2M | United States, California, San Francisco |
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