Japan Tobacco

Total investments

3

Average round size

171M

Portfolio companies

3

Rounds per year

0.08

Lead investments

1

Areas of investment
InternetSoftwareFood and BeverageHealth CareInternet of ThingsAdvertising PlatformsFood DeliverySnack FoodFranchiseVending and Concessions

Summary

In 1985 was created Japan Tobacco, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Tokyo. The company was established in Asia in Japan.

The high activity for fund was in 2019. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. The typical startup value when the investment from Japan Tobacco is 500 millions - 1 billion dollars. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of more than 100 millions dollars.

We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Manufacturing, Food and Beverage. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Aroma Bit. For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - Indonesia.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 participants. Despite the Japan Tobacco, startups are often financed by Sony Innovation Fund. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are East Ventures.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
3
Lead investments
1
Rounds per year
0.08
Investments by industry
  • Food and Beverage (2)
  • Health Care (1)
  • Software (1)
  • Internet of Things (1)
  • Internet (1)
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Investments by region
  • Ethiopia (1)
  • Japan (1)
  • United States (1)
Peak activity year
2019

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
31
Avg. valuation at time of investment
263M
Group Appearance index
0.33
Strategy success index
0.10

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
YO-KAI EXPRESS 01 Sep 2022 Food and Beverage, Restaurants, Advertising Platforms, Food Delivery, Snack Food, Franchise, Vending and Concessions Early Stage Venture United States, California, Hayward
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