JR East Start Up

Total investments

42

Average round size

13M

Portfolio companies

35

Rounds per year

7.00

Lead investments

7

Follow on index

0.14

Areas of investment
Real EstateInternetSoftwareInformation TechnologyRecruitingAppsInternet of ThingsTravelTask ManagementTourism

Summary

The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. Deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The top activity for fund was in 2019.

Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight WAmazing. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Tourism, Apps.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 participants. Despite the JR East Start Up, startups are often financed by Beenos Partners, Venture United, Sony Innovation Fund. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are SBI Investment, Yamaguchi Capital, Venture Labo Investment Co.,Ltd. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Venture Labo Investment Co.,Ltd, Toppan Printing, SBI Investment.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
42
Lead investments
7
Rounds per year
7.00
Follow on index
0.14
Investments by industry
  • Internet (8)
  • Apps (6)
  • Information Technology (5)
  • Software (5)
  • Tourism (4)
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Investments by region
  • Japan (40)
  • United States (1)
Peak activity year
2019
Number of Unicorns
1
Number of Decacorns
1

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
8
Avg. valuation at time of investment
32M
Group Appearance index
0.69

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
CircleLending 01 Jan 2006 Peer to Peer, Personal Finance, Public Relations Seed United States, Massachusetts
TENT Japan 22 Apr 2021 Rental, Media and Entertainment, Hospitality Seed 1M Chiyoda, Japan
WAmazing 15 May 2019 Internet, Apps, Tourism Early Stage Venture 1M Japan, Chiyoda
Zhidian 17 Nov 2015 Automotive, SaaS, Cloud Computing, Blockchain Early Stage Venture 7M China, Guangdong Province, Futian District
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