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Mistletoe

Founders Taizo Son

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Total investments 93
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$16M
Portfolio companies 63
Rounds per year 9.30
Lead investments 13
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.32
Exits 4
Key employees 8

Areas of investment

  • Information Technology
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • E-Learning
  • Education
  • E-Commerce
Summary

Mistletoe is the famous VC, which was founded in 2013. The venture was found in Asia in Japan. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Tokyo.

This organization was formed by Taizo Son. The overall number of key employees were 16.

The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - Japan. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Sea, Enevo, EdCast Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are E-Commerce, FinTech.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Mistletoe, startups are often financed by M&S Partners, Lifeline Ventures, Tesi. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are M&S Partners, Accel, Zeroth.AI. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Trifecta Capital Advisors, Tiger Global Management, SBI Investment.

The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 9 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. This Mistletoe works on 24 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2017. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year. The high activity for fund was in 2017. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

ULUU

Biotechnology
Recycling
$5M15 Nov 2022 Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Wassha

Clean Energy
Energy
Information Technology
Management Consulting
Payments
Renewable Energy
$10M12 Jun 2022 Tanzania

BitDegree

E-Learning
$1M06 Jun 2022 Kaunas, Kaunas County, Lithuania

Agrisea

Agriculture
Biotechnology
Farming
Food Processing
$1M07 Apr 2022 San Francisco, California, United States

Z-Triton

$118K01 Apr 2022 Valmiera, Latvia

Insect Feed Technologies

$962K02 Mar 2022 Singapore, Central Region, Singapore

Whizz Mobility

Artificial Intelligence
Delivery
Drone Management
Drones
Food Delivery
Logistics
Machine Learning
Manufacturing
Robotics
Software
$148K01 Dec 2021 Singapore, Central Region, Singapore

The bina School

EdTech
Education
$1M03 Aug 2021 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

HOMMA

Architecture
Artificial Intelligence
Computer
Electronics
Home Services
Information Technology
Interior Design
Property Development
Real Estate
Smart Home
Software
UX Design
$8M14 May 2021 Hayward, California, United States
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The Renewal Workshop Closes $6M Funding Round

– The Renewal Workshop from Cascade Locks, Oregon is a technology enabled service provider that powers circular business for brands.
– Company raised $6m in funding.
– Backers included Rubio Ventures, Shift Invest, Quadia, Closed Loop Partners, Gratitude Railroad, Portland Seed Fund, Fashion for Good, DOEN, Mosiaco Management, Mistletoe, and Volta Circle.
– The new investment will be used to continue to expand operations and its business reach.

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Total investments 93
Average round size 16M
Rounds per year 9.30
Peak activity year 2019
Lead investments 13
Follow on index 0.32
Exits 4
Group Appearance index 0.77

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

ULUU

Biotechnology
Recycling
$5M15 Nov 2022 Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Wassha

Clean Energy
Energy
Information Technology
Management Consulting
Payments
Renewable Energy
$10M12 Jun 2022 Tanzania

BitDegree

E-Learning
$1M06 Jun 2022 Kaunas, Kaunas County, Lithuania

Agrisea

Agriculture
Biotechnology
Farming
Food Processing
$1M07 Apr 2022 San Francisco, California, United States

Z-Triton

$118K01 Apr 2022 Valmiera, Latvia

Insect Feed Technologies

$962K02 Mar 2022 Singapore, Central Region, Singapore

Whizz Mobility

Artificial Intelligence
Delivery
Drone Management
Drones
Food Delivery
Logistics
Machine Learning
Manufacturing
Robotics
Software
$148K01 Dec 2021 Singapore, Central Region, Singapore

The bina School

EdTech
Education
$1M03 Aug 2021 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

HOMMA

Architecture
Artificial Intelligence
Computer
Electronics
Home Services
Information Technology
Interior Design
Property Development
Real Estate
Smart Home
Software
UX Design
$8M14 May 2021 Hayward, California, United States
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