Kodansha

Total investments

16

Average round size

3M

Portfolio companies

13

Rounds per year

0.14

Lead investments

1

Follow on index

0.19

Exits

5

Areas of investment
SocialE-CommerceInternetSoftwareInformation TechnologyGamingMarketingFashionNewsConsulting

Summary

Kodansha appeared to be the Corporate Investor, which was created in 1909. The company was established in Asia in Japan. The leading representative office of defined Corporate Investor is situated in the Tokyo.

The top activity for fund was in 2014. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2016. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5 partakers. Despite the Kodansha, startups are often financed by Yahoo! Japan, Suneight Investment, Sunbridge Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are YJ Capital, Sompo Holdings, Shiseido. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by MUFG Bank.

Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are News, Digital Entertainment. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - Japan. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Snapeee, Uzabase.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
16
Lead investments
1
Exits
5
Rounds per year
0.14
Follow on index
0.19
Investments by industry
  • Internet (4)
  • Software (4)
  • Information Technology (3)
  • E-Commerce (3)
  • Social (2)
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Investments by region
  • Japan (14)
  • Indonesia (1)
  • United States (1)
Peak activity year
2016

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Avg. startup age at the time of investment
11
Group Appearance index
0.75
Avg. company exit year
11

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