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Kodansha

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Total investments 16
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$3M
Portfolio companies 13
Rounds per year 0.14
Lead investments 1
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.19
Exits 5
Key employees Soon

Areas of investment

  • Internet
  • Software
  • Information Technology
  • E-Commerce
  • Social
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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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Animoca Brands KK

Blockchain
$10M15 Feb 2022 Jawa Tengah, Central Java, Indonesia

Pulit

Information Technology
Infrastructure
Innovation Management
Internet
$910K21 Jun 2017 Chiyoda, Japan

Tagpic

Marketing
24 Oct 2016 Japan, Chiba Prefecture

Whomor

Consulting
Gaming
Social
Software
$1M15 Dec 2015 Chiyoda, Japan

Uzabase

Digital Media
Finance
Information Technology
News
$4M29 Aug 2014 Chiyoda, Japan

Snapeee

Digital Entertainment
Enterprise Software
Fashion
Software
$4M28 Jul 2014 Japan, Chiyoda

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Total investments 16
Average round size 3M
Rounds per year 0.14
Peak activity year 2016
Lead investments 1
Follow on index 0.19
Exits 5
Group Appearance index 0.75

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Animoca Brands KK

Blockchain
$10M15 Feb 2022 Jawa Tengah, Central Java, Indonesia

Pulit

Information Technology
Infrastructure
Innovation Management
Internet
$910K21 Jun 2017 Chiyoda, Japan

Tagpic

Marketing
24 Oct 2016 Japan, Chiba Prefecture

Whomor

Consulting
Gaming
Social
Software
$1M15 Dec 2015 Chiyoda, Japan

Uzabase

Digital Media
Finance
Information Technology
News
$4M29 Aug 2014 Chiyoda, Japan

Snapeee

Digital Entertainment
Enterprise Software
Fashion
Software
$4M28 Jul 2014 Japan, Chiyoda
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