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Sharp

Founders Tokuji Hayakawa

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Total investments 5
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$39M
Portfolio companies 4
Rounds per year 0.05
Lead investments 1
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.20
Key employees Soon

Areas of investment

  • Renewable Energy
  • Manufacturing
  • Energy Storage
  • Electrical Distribution
  • Audio
Summary

Sharp appeared to be the Corporate Investor, which was created in 1912. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Sakai. The company was established in Asia in Japan.

The common things for fund are deals in the range of more than 100 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The top activity for fund was in 2016.

The fund was created by Tokuji Hayakawa.

For fund there is no match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - France. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Audio, Electronics. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Devialet

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 10 participants. Despite the Sharp, startups are often financed by Xavier Niel, Jacques-Antoine Granjon, Groupe Arnault. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Renault, Playground Global, Naver Corporation. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Arrive.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

OQmented

3D Technology
Augmented Reality
Autonomous Vehicles
Semiconductor
Virtual Reality
$20M26 Mar 2023 Itzehoe, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Devialet

Audio
Consumer Electronics
Electronics
$118M28 Nov 2016 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

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Total investments 5
Average round size 39M
Rounds per year 0.05
Peak activity year 2009
Lead investments 1
Follow on index 0.20
Group Appearance index 0.80

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

OQmented

3D Technology
Augmented Reality
Autonomous Vehicles
Semiconductor
Virtual Reality
$20M26 Mar 2023 Itzehoe, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Devialet

Audio
Consumer Electronics
Electronics
$118M28 Nov 2016 Paris, Ile-de-France, France
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