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Total investments 39
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$2M
Portfolio companies 34
Rounds per year 5.57
Lead investments 3
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.13
Exits 1
Key employees 1
https://dogan.vc
Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Internet
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Information Technology
  • Software
  • Food and Beverage
Summary

DOGAN beta appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2017.

We also calculated 1 valuable employee in our database.

The important activity for fund was in 2017. Deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the DOGAN beta, startups are often financed by Samurai Incubate, Nissay Capital, CyberAgent Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Yamaguchi Capital, Mitsui Sumitomo Insuarance Venture Capital, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by SMBC Venture Capital, i Mercury Capital, Yamaguchi Capital.

Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline SkyDisc,Inc., YAMAP The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Analytics, Information Technology.

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Related Funds

Funds investing in previous rounds
These funds often invest in the rounds preceeding the rounds of DOGAN beta:
1 Energy & Environment Investment
2 Mizuho Capital
3 Samurai Incubate
Typical Co-investors
DOGAN beta is more likely to invest in rounds together with the following funds:
1 Emirates NBD
2 VentureBot
Funds investing in following rounds
These funds have a tendency to invest in the following rounds after DOGAN beta:
1 Alpha Internet Ventures
2 Four Partners
3 Yorkville Asset Management

Funds with similar focus

Funds from Japan
Funds with similar focus located in Japan:
1 Genesia Ventures
2 Incubate Fund
3 JAFCO Japan
4 Samurai Incubate
5 UTEC- University of Tokyo Edge Capital
Funds with the same geo focus
Funds with similar geography of portfolio companies:
1 Daiwa Corporate Investment
2 DNX Ventures
3 Skyland Ventures
4 Strive
5 VOYAGE VENTURES
Funds doing lead investments
Funds with similar focus acting as lead investors:
1 Accelerate@Babraham
2 Creative Dock
3 Greenland Group
4 Red Garage Ventures
5 Session.vc
Team
Reito Watanabe Partner, Board Member

Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Geofra

Commercial
07 Dec 2023
W ventures Japan
SMBC Venture Capital
NOW Japan
DOGAN beta
 Tokyo, Kantō, Japan

LiLz

Artificial Intelligence
Consulting
Information Technology
Internet of Things
Machine Learning
$4M26 Jun 2023
Tokyo Century
Okinawa Development Finance Corporation
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
JIC Venture Growth Investments
DOGAN beta
DIMENSION
 Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan

Tsukulink

Construction
Public Relations
Recruiting
$273K15 Mar 2021
Seibu Shinkin Capital
DOGAN beta
DG Daiwa Ventures
CAC CAPITAL
 Chiyoda, Japan

AGRIST

Agriculture
Robotics
03 Mar 2021
ENEOS Innovation Partners
Miyazaki Taiyo Capital
Miyagin Venture Capital
JAFCO Japan
Incubate Fund
DOGAN beta
 Japan, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan

LiLz

Artificial Intelligence
Consulting
Information Technology
Internet of Things
Machine Learning
$2M09 Feb 2021
Sony
Energy & Environment Investment
DOGAN beta
Okinawa Development Finance Corporation
 Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan

neuet

Apps
Consumer
Internet
Mobile
Service Industry
12 Oct 2020
FGN ABBA Lab
DOGAN beta
QTnet
SG INCUBATE
F Ventures
 Chiyoda, Japan

Medmain

Artificial Intelligence
Health Care
Information Technology
Medical
Software
$10M24 Aug 2020
DOGAN beta
Intercontinental Hotels Group
Fukuoka Wajiro Hospital
QTnet
Deepcore
Innovations and Future Creation
Hike Ventures
 Japan, Fukuoka Prefecture

YOI LABO

Food and Beverage
Food Processing
Wine And Spirits
$227K14 May 2020
DOGAN beta
 Japan, Fukuoka Prefecture

Siiibo

Asset Management
Finance
$1M31 Mar 2020
Chiba Dojo
DOGAN beta
D.A.Consortium
AG Capital
 Chiyoda, Japan
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Total investments 39
Average round size 2M
Rounds per year 5.57
Peak activity year 2020
Lead investments 3
Follow on index 0.13
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 0.87

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Geofra

Commercial
07 Dec 2023
W ventures Japan
SMBC Venture Capital
NOW Japan
DOGAN beta
 Tokyo, Kantō, Japan

LiLz

Artificial Intelligence
Consulting
Information Technology
Internet of Things
Machine Learning
$4M26 Jun 2023
Tokyo Century
Okinawa Development Finance Corporation
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
JIC Venture Growth Investments
DOGAN beta
DIMENSION
 Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan

Tsukulink

Construction
Public Relations
Recruiting
$273K15 Mar 2021
Seibu Shinkin Capital
DOGAN beta
DG Daiwa Ventures
CAC CAPITAL
 Chiyoda, Japan

AGRIST

Agriculture
Robotics
03 Mar 2021
ENEOS Innovation Partners
Miyazaki Taiyo Capital
Miyagin Venture Capital
JAFCO Japan
Incubate Fund
DOGAN beta
 Japan, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan

LiLz

Artificial Intelligence
Consulting
Information Technology
Internet of Things
Machine Learning
$2M09 Feb 2021
Sony
Energy & Environment Investment
DOGAN beta
Okinawa Development Finance Corporation
 Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan

neuet

Apps
Consumer
Internet
Mobile
Service Industry
12 Oct 2020
FGN ABBA Lab
DOGAN beta
QTnet
SG INCUBATE
F Ventures
 Chiyoda, Japan

Medmain

Artificial Intelligence
Health Care
Information Technology
Medical
Software
$10M24 Aug 2020
DOGAN beta
Intercontinental Hotels Group
Fukuoka Wajiro Hospital
QTnet
Deepcore
Innovations and Future Creation
Hike Ventures
 Japan, Fukuoka Prefecture

YOI LABO

Food and Beverage
Food Processing
Wine And Spirits
$227K14 May 2020
DOGAN beta
 Japan, Fukuoka Prefecture

Siiibo

Asset Management
Finance
$1M31 Mar 2020
Chiba Dojo
DOGAN beta
D.A.Consortium
AG Capital
 Chiyoda, Japan
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