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Dentsu

Founders Hoshiro Mitsunaga

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Total investments 61
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$15M
Portfolio companies 56
Rounds per year 0.50
Lead investments 6
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.08
Exits 11
Key employees 2

Areas of investment

  • Media and Entertainment
  • Advertising
  • Information Technology
  • Marketing
  • Software

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Pixie Dust Technologies

Transportation
$35M23 May 2019 Chiyoda, Japan

mai (Markable AI)

Artificial Intelligence
Developer APIs
E-Commerce
Image Recognition
Internet
Visual Search
$5M20 May 2019 New York, New York, United States

Startbahn

Art
Blockchain
Information Technology
$2M19 Mar 2019 Chiyoda, Japan

Minna Electric Power

Electrical Distribution
Retail
$10M21 Jan 2019 Japan, Chiyoda

CarDekho

Automotive
E-Commerce
Information Services
Information Technology
Software
$110M03 Jan 2019 Gurugram, Haryana, India

uBiome

Fitness
Genetics
Health Care
Wellness
$83M21 Sep 2018 San Francisco, California, United States

Leisure
Manufacturing
Sales
$2M28 Apr 2017 Japan

Blue Planet-works Japan

Document Management
IT Infrastructure
Management Information Systems
20 Apr 2017 Japan, Chiyoda

Treasure Data

Analytics
Big Data
Cloud Computing
Marketing Automation
Software
$25M07 Nov 2016 Mountain View, California, United States

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Total investments 61
Average round size 15M
Rounds per year 0.50
Peak activity year 2019
Lead investments 6
Follow on index 0.08
Exits 11
Group Appearance index 0.77

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Pixie Dust Technologies

Transportation
$35M23 May 2019 Chiyoda, Japan

mai (Markable AI)

Artificial Intelligence
Developer APIs
E-Commerce
Image Recognition
Internet
Visual Search
$5M20 May 2019 New York, New York, United States

Startbahn

Art
Blockchain
Information Technology
$2M19 Mar 2019 Chiyoda, Japan

Minna Electric Power

Electrical Distribution
Retail
$10M21 Jan 2019 Japan, Chiyoda

CarDekho

Automotive
E-Commerce
Information Services
Information Technology
Software
$110M03 Jan 2019 Gurugram, Haryana, India

uBiome

Fitness
Genetics
Health Care
Wellness
$83M21 Sep 2018 San Francisco, California, United States

Leisure
Manufacturing
Sales
$2M28 Apr 2017 Japan

Blue Planet-works Japan

Document Management
IT Infrastructure
Management Information Systems
20 Apr 2017 Japan, Chiyoda

Treasure Data

Analytics
Big Data
Cloud Computing
Marketing Automation
Software
$25M07 Nov 2016 Mountain View, California, United States
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