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Nippon Venture Capital

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Total investments 218
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$4M
Portfolio companies 162
Rounds per year 7.79
Lead investments 21
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.25
Exits 25
Key employees 1
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
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Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Health Care
  • Information Technology
  • Internet
  • Medical Device
Summary

Nippon Venture Capital is the famous VC, which was founded in 1996. The main department of described VC is located in the Tokyo. The fund was located in Asia if to be more exact in Japan.

Considering the real fund results, this VC is 8 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2010. Deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The high activity for fund was in 2016. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. Opposing the other organizations, this Nippon Venture Capital works on 4 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments.

The fund has 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. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Market Research, Software. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - Japan. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Metaps Inc., MaritzCX, WHILL

Besides them, we counted 1 critical employee of this fund in our database.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the Nippon Venture Capital, startups are often financed by SMBC Venture Capital, Draper Nexus Ventures, CyberAgent Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Nissei Capital, Nissay Capital, Draper Nexus Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by SMBC Venture Capital, DBJ Capital, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

ORIGINAL LIFE

Digital Media
Wedding
$4M29 Jan 2024 Chiyoda, Japan

A10 Lab

Apps
Information Technology
Software
$4M22 Jan 2024 Chiyoda, Japan

Cranebio

Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical
$2M04 Oct 2023 Tokyo, Kantō, Japan

Awarefy

Analytics
Health Care
Wellness
$2M16 Aug 2023 Akasaka, Kantō, Japan

Issues

Information Services
$1M15 Aug 2023 Minato, Japan

Trustart

Big Data
Information Technology
Real Estate
$4M02 Aug 2023 Tokyo, Kantō, Japan

Mogumo

Children
Food and Beverage
Food Delivery
$1M28 Jun 2023 Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Metagen Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical
$5M15 Jun 2023 Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan

LIFESCAPES

Manufacturing
Rehabilitation
$6M11 Jul 2022 Tokyo, Kantō, Japan

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Total investments 218
Average round size 4M
Rounds per year 7.79
Peak activity year 2016
Lead investments 21
Follow on index 0.25
Exits 25
Group Appearance index 0.76

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

ORIGINAL LIFE

Digital Media
Wedding
$4M29 Jan 2024 Chiyoda, Japan

A10 Lab

Apps
Information Technology
Software
$4M22 Jan 2024 Chiyoda, Japan

Cranebio

Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical
$2M04 Oct 2023 Tokyo, Kantō, Japan

Awarefy

Analytics
Health Care
Wellness
$2M16 Aug 2023 Akasaka, Kantō, Japan

Issues

Information Services
$1M15 Aug 2023 Minato, Japan

Trustart

Big Data
Information Technology
Real Estate
$4M02 Aug 2023 Tokyo, Kantō, Japan

Mogumo

Children
Food and Beverage
Food Delivery
$1M28 Jun 2023 Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Metagen Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical
$5M15 Jun 2023 Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan

LIFESCAPES

Manufacturing
Rehabilitation
$6M11 Jul 2022 Tokyo, Kantō, Japan
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