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Money Forward

Founders Chihiro Asano Nakayama Shinichiro Taki Toshio Tanak Masaaki Toshio Taki Yosuke Tsuji

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Total investments 27
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$7M
Portfolio companies 22
Rounds per year 2.25
Lead investments 3
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.15
Exits 2
Key employees Soon

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Accounting
  • Financial Services
  • Internet
  • Information Technology
Summary

In 2012 was created Money Forward, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The fund was located in Asia if to be more exact in Japan. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Tokyo.

The current fund was established by Chihiro Asano, Toshio Taki, Yosuke Tsuji.

The high activity for fund was in 2018. Deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year.

For fund there is no match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - Hong Kong. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Fashion, Impact Investing. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Campfire.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 participants. Despite the Money Forward, startups are often financed by East Ventures, Suneight Investment, SMBC Venture Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Venture United, Mandiri Capital Indonesia (MCI), Draper Nexus Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Saison Ventures, Mandiri Capital Indonesia (MCI), KDDI.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Mesh

Financial Services
FinTech
$22M21 Sep 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Bunker

Accounting
Financial Services
Web Development
$5M24 Jul 2023 Singapore, Central Region, Singapore

Hubble

Analytics
Cloud Management
Data Center Automation
Information Technology
IT Infrastructure
Legal Tech
Software
$5M06 Apr 2022 Chiyoda, Japan

Bizzi

Accounting
Financial Services
FinTech
Software
$3M07 Oct 2021 Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

FlowAccount

Accounting
Software
$4M04 Aug 2021 Thailand

Stock

Communications Infrastructure
Information Technology
Software
Task Management
$910K08 Sep 2020 Chiyoda, Japan

Mekari

Accounting
Human Resources
Internet
SaaS
Software
01 Dec 2019 Jakarta Pusat, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia

Hubble

Analytics
Cloud Management
Data Center Automation
Information Technology
IT Infrastructure
Legal Tech
Software
$1M19 Aug 2019 Chiyoda, Japan

Mekari

Accounting
Human Resources
Internet
SaaS
Software
01 Oct 2018 Jakarta Raya

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Total investments 27
Average round size 7M
Rounds per year 2.25
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 3
Follow on index 0.15
Exits 2
Group Appearance index 0.89

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Mesh

Financial Services
FinTech
$22M21 Sep 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Bunker

Accounting
Financial Services
Web Development
$5M24 Jul 2023 Singapore, Central Region, Singapore

Hubble

Analytics
Cloud Management
Data Center Automation
Information Technology
IT Infrastructure
Legal Tech
Software
$5M06 Apr 2022 Chiyoda, Japan

Bizzi

Accounting
Financial Services
FinTech
Software
$3M07 Oct 2021 Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

FlowAccount

Accounting
Software
$4M04 Aug 2021 Thailand

Stock

Communications Infrastructure
Information Technology
Software
Task Management
$910K08 Sep 2020 Chiyoda, Japan

Mekari

Accounting
Human Resources
Internet
SaaS
Software
01 Dec 2019 Jakarta Pusat, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia

Hubble

Analytics
Cloud Management
Data Center Automation
Information Technology
IT Infrastructure
Legal Tech
Software
$1M19 Aug 2019 Chiyoda, Japan

Mekari

Accounting
Human Resources
Internet
SaaS
Software
01 Oct 2018 Jakarta Raya
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