Keio Innovation Initiative
52
10M
36
5.78
4
0.31
1
- Areas of investment
Summary
The fund was located in Asia if to be more exact in Japan. Keio Innovation Initiative seemed to be an CVC arrangement as part of the organization. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Tokyo.
The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The top activity for fund was in 2017. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually.
The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Synspective Inc., CureApp. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - Japan. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Health Care, Sports. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund.
The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Keio Innovation Initiative, startups are often financed by Zenyaku Kogyo, UTEC- University of Tokyo Edge Capital, Shizuoka Capital Wealth Management. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are SBI Investment, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, Mizuho Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by VOYAGE VENTURES, Tohoku University Venture Partners, Sansei Capital Investment.
Investments analytics
Analytics
- Total investments
- 52
- Lead investments
- 4
- Exits
- 1
- Rounds per year
- 5.78
- Follow on index
- 0.31
- Investments by industry
- Health Care (18)
- Medical (13)
- Biotechnology (13)
- Medical Device (6)
- Pharmaceutical (5) Show 46 more
- Investments by region
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- Japan (50)
- Peak activity year
- 2020
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- Avg. startup age at the time of investment
- 6
- Group Appearance index
- 0.81
- Avg. company exit year
- 1
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