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Innovation Network Corporation of Japan

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Total investments 198
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$151M
Portfolio companies 124
Rounds per year 14.14
Lead investments 56
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.37
Exits 25
Key employees 1
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Manufacturing
  • Software
  • Information Technology
  • Health Care
  • Biotechnology
Summary

In 2009 was created Innovation Network Corporation of Japan, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The leading representative office of defined Corporate Investor is situated in the Tokyo. The venture was found in Asia in Japan.

For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - Japan. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Cloudian, GROOVE X, Treasure Data. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Analytics, Biotechnology. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager.

The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2019. Comparing to the other companies, this Innovation Network Corporation of Japan performs on 20 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The important activity for fund was in 2017. The fund is constantly included in 7-12 investment rounds annually. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. Considering the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 36 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Innovation Network Corporation of Japan, startups are often financed by Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, SMBC Venture Capital, Nissay Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Nissay Capital, Mizuho Capital, Mirai Creation Fund. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by SMBC Venture Capital, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, SBI Investment.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

QUADRAC

Manufacturing
Product Design
Video Editing
$10M13 Jul 2020 Chiyoda, Japan

GRA Japan

Agriculture
Product Research
$3M29 Jun 2020 Japan, Miyagi Prefecture

BeeEdge

Business Information Systems
Business Intelligence
Data Center
Information Technology
Software
$6M29 May 2020 Chiyoda, Japan

Ichikara

Content
Media and Entertainment
Video Editing
$17M14 Apr 2020 Chiyoda, Japan

Optocomb

3D Technology
Apps
Automotive
Manufacturing
Sales
$15M21 Feb 2020 Japan, Chiyoda

LINK-US

Management Consulting
Product Design
Retail
$10M15 Jan 2020 Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

UniFa

Child Care
Health Care
Media and Entertainment
Medical
$32M27 Sep 2019 Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Atonarp

Analytics
Health Diagnostics
Industrial
$33M25 Aug 2019 Japan, Chiyoda

GROUND Inc.

Artificial Intelligence
Big Data
E-Commerce
Logistics
Predictive Analytics
Robotics
Supply Chain Management
Warehousing
$16M01 Aug 2019 Japan, Koto

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Total investments 198
Average round size 151M
Rounds per year 14.14
Peak activity year 2017
Lead investments 56
Follow on index 0.37
Exits 25
Group Appearance index 0.68

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

QUADRAC

Manufacturing
Product Design
Video Editing
$10M13 Jul 2020 Chiyoda, Japan

GRA Japan

Agriculture
Product Research
$3M29 Jun 2020 Japan, Miyagi Prefecture

BeeEdge

Business Information Systems
Business Intelligence
Data Center
Information Technology
Software
$6M29 May 2020 Chiyoda, Japan

Ichikara

Content
Media and Entertainment
Video Editing
$17M14 Apr 2020 Chiyoda, Japan

Optocomb

3D Technology
Apps
Automotive
Manufacturing
Sales
$15M21 Feb 2020 Japan, Chiyoda

LINK-US

Management Consulting
Product Design
Retail
$10M15 Jan 2020 Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

UniFa

Child Care
Health Care
Media and Entertainment
Medical
$32M27 Sep 2019 Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Atonarp

Analytics
Health Diagnostics
Industrial
$33M25 Aug 2019 Japan, Chiyoda

GROUND Inc.

Artificial Intelligence
Big Data
E-Commerce
Logistics
Predictive Analytics
Robotics
Supply Chain Management
Warehousing
$16M01 Aug 2019 Japan, Koto
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