NGK SPARK PLUG CO

Total investments

10

Average round size

6M

Portfolio companies

6

Rounds per year

0.11

Lead investments

3

Follow on index

0.40

Areas of investment
Energy StorageSoftwareAnalyticsArtificial IntelligenceHealth CareMedical DeviceHardwareEnergyAdvanced MaterialsNanotechnology

Summary

NGK SPARK PLUG CO appeared to be the Corporate Investor, which was created in 1966. The company was established in Asia in Japan. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Nagoya.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the NGK SPARK PLUG CO, startups are often financed by South Valley Angels, Simul Investments, Ohio Innovation Fund. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Marubun Corporation, South Valley Angels, Simul Investments. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by South Valley Angels, Ohio Innovation Fund, Iconical.

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 Nanoramic Laboratories, Spirosure. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Health Care, Advanced Materials. For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States.

The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The high activity for fund was in 2018. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The real fund results show that this Corporate Investor is 55 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies.

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Analytics

Total investments
10
Lead investments
3
Rounds per year
0.11
Follow on index
0.40
Investments by industry
  • Health Care (4)
  • Medical Device (4)
  • Analytics (3)
  • Hardware (3)
  • Software (2)
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Investments by region
  • United States (8)
  • China (1)
  • Japan (1)
Peak activity year
2019

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Avg. startup age at the time of investment
10
Group Appearance index
0.60

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