Denso

Summary

In 1949 was created Denso, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The venture was found in Asia in Japan. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Kariya.

For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight THINCI, Ridecell, Peloton Technology. The fund has exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 1 of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Automotive, Information Technology.

Opposing the other organizations, this Denso works on 22 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The high activity for fund was in 2018. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 33 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 50 - 100 millions dollars. The average startup value when the investment from Denso is more than 1 billion dollars. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2004. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 participants. Despite the Denso, startups are often financed by Khosla Ventures, Western Technology Investment, Sand Hill Angels. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Toyota Motor Corporation, Sand Hill Angels, Penske Automotive Group. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by NordicNinja VC, NGP Capital, Mitsui & Co.