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DeNA

Founders Tomoko Namba Watanabe Keigo

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Total investments 66
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$1M
Portfolio companies 52
Rounds per year 2.75
Lead investments 8
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.20
Exits 9
Key employees 2

Areas of investment

  • E-Commerce
  • Education
  • Apps
  • Social Media
  • E-Learning
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.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Neighbor

Gaming
Video Games
$2M16 Nov 2023 Tokyo, Kantō, Japan

ALGO ARTIS

Logistics
Professional Services
Software
$4M15 Sep 2021 Tokyo, Kantō, Japan

justInCase

FinTech
Insurance
InsurTech
$9M09 Dec 2019 Chiyoda, Japan

lafool

Beauty
Health Care
Wellness
$6M25 Feb 2019 Japan, Chiyoda

Game Server Services

Asset Management
Cryptocurrency
$728K30 Mar 2018 Kitanagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

COMMERCE.AI

Artificial Intelligence
B2B
Brand Marketing
E-Commerce
Enterprise
Machine Learning
Retail Technology
SaaS
$1M12 Nov 2017 Sunnyvale, California, United States

Cluster

Apps
Content
Events
Internet
Music
Virtual Reality
$1M04 Jun 2017 Chiyoda, Japan

Catalia Health

Artificial Intelligence
Health Care
Robotics
$2M01 May 2017 San Francisco, California, United States

Progate

Apps
E-Learning
Education
$910K15 Feb 2017 Chiyoda, Japan

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Total investments 66
Average round size 1M
Rounds per year 2.75
Peak activity year 2014
Lead investments 8
Follow on index 0.20
Exits 9
Group Appearance index 0.86

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Neighbor

Gaming
Video Games
$2M16 Nov 2023 Tokyo, Kantō, Japan

ALGO ARTIS

Logistics
Professional Services
Software
$4M15 Sep 2021 Tokyo, Kantō, Japan

justInCase

FinTech
Insurance
InsurTech
$9M09 Dec 2019 Chiyoda, Japan

lafool

Beauty
Health Care
Wellness
$6M25 Feb 2019 Japan, Chiyoda

Game Server Services

Asset Management
Cryptocurrency
$728K30 Mar 2018 Kitanagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

COMMERCE.AI

Artificial Intelligence
B2B
Brand Marketing
E-Commerce
Enterprise
Machine Learning
Retail Technology
SaaS
$1M12 Nov 2017 Sunnyvale, California, United States

Cluster

Apps
Content
Events
Internet
Music
Virtual Reality
$1M04 Jun 2017 Chiyoda, Japan

Catalia Health

Artificial Intelligence
Health Care
Robotics
$2M01 May 2017 San Francisco, California, United States

Progate

Apps
E-Learning
Education
$910K15 Feb 2017 Chiyoda, Japan
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