Japan Finance Corporation

Total investments

202

Average round size

4M

Portfolio companies

173

Rounds per year

13.47

Lead investments

19

Follow on index

0.14

Exits

6

Areas of investment
E-CommerceInternetSoftwareInformation TechnologyArtificial IntelligenceHealth CareManufacturingMedicalMedia and EntertainmentTask Management

Summary

Japan Finance Corporation is the famous Corporate Investor, which was founded in 2008. The venture was found in Asia in Japan. The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the Tokyo.

Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 8 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The top activity for fund was in 2018. The fund is constantly included in 7-12 investment rounds annually.

Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Machine Learning, Health Care. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - Japan. The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 3 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Hacarus, Style Port, AlpacaJapan.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 participants. Despite the Japan Finance Corporation, startups are often financed by ITOCHU Technology Ventures, YJ Capital, SMBC Venture Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Mizuho Corporate Bank, SMBC Venture Capital, Nissay Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Incubate Fund, SMBC Venture Capital, Rohto Pharmaceutical.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
202
Lead investments
19
Exits
6
Rounds per year
13.47
Follow on index
0.14
Investments by industry
  • Software (32)
  • Internet (26)
  • Information Technology (24)
  • Health Care (21)
  • Artificial Intelligence (18)
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Investments by region
  • Japan (197)
  • China (1)
  • India (1)
  • United States (1)
Peak activity year
2020

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
9
Avg. valuation at time of investment
905K
Group Appearance index
0.74
Avg. company exit year
6
Avg. multiplicator
1.75

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
FABRIC TOKYO 04 Oct 2017 E-Commerce, Internet, Consumer, Big Data, Fashion, Personalization Late Stage Venture 6M Chiyoda, Japan
XPAND 24 Jul 2018 Software, Events, Sports, Public Transportation, Web Development, Smart Cities, Industrial Design, QR Codes Seed 182K Chuo, Japan
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