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Total investments 78
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$28M
Portfolio companies 65
Rounds per year 2.23
Lead investments 7
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.17
Exits 6
Key employees Soon
http://www.sparxgroup.com
Chiyoda, Japan
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Private Equity
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Information Technology
  • Internet of Things
  • Robotics
Summary

In 1989 was created SPARX Group - Overview, which is appeared as Corporate Investor.

Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 6-10 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Collaborative Consumption, Mobile Payments.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 participants. Despite the SPARX Group - Overview, startups are often financed by Mirai Creation Fund, Nissay Capital, Eight Roads Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Toyota Motor Corporation, SMBC Venture Capital, SBI Investment. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Mirai Creation Fund, SBI Investment, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

The common things for fund are deals in the range of 50 - 100 millions dollars. The top activity for fund was in 2017. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year. The average startup value when the investment from SPARX Group - Overview is 100-500 millions dollars.

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Funds investing in previous rounds
These funds often invest in the rounds preceeding the rounds of SPARX Group:
1 Mirai Creation Fund
2 Mizuho Capital
3 SMBC Venture Capital
Typical Co-investors
SPARX Group is more likely to invest in rounds together with the following funds:
1 Heyi Asset Management
2 Innova Kapital
3 Zhonghong Shiji
Funds investing in following rounds
These funds have a tendency to invest in the following rounds after SPARX Group:
1 Best Buy
2 Exar Corporation
3 Milestone Capital Partners

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1 American Century Ventures
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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Blue Laser Fusion

Commercial
Laser
$37M07 Mar 2024
SoftBank
ITOCHU Corporation
WASEDA University Ventures
SPARX Group
Maezawa Fund
JAFCO Group
 California, Kentucky, United States

Blue Laser Fusion

Commercial
Laser
$25M27 Jul 2023
SPARX Group
JAFCO Group
 California, Kentucky, United States

UnaBiz Holdings Pte Ltd

Internet of Things
Network Security
Telecommunications
$25M07 Dec 2022
SPARX Group
G. K. Goh
 Singapore, Central, Singapore

ON TIME

Automotive
Ride Sharing
Transportation
$154M26 Apr 2022
Xiaoma Zhixing
WeRide
SPARX Group
Lingnan Group
 Yuexiu District, Guangdong Province, China

UnaBiz Holdings Pte Ltd

Internet of Things
Network Security
Telecommunications
$25M11 Oct 2021
TOP Ventures
SPARX Group
KDDI Open Innovation Fund
G. K. Goh
ENGIE New Ventures
CDIB Capital
 Singapore, Central, Singapore

ThinkCyte

Biotechnology
Life Science
Therapeutics
$26M19 May 2021
SBI Group
ITOCHU Technology Ventures
SPARX Group
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Investment
Sysmex Corporation
 Bunkyo, Japan

Knowledge Palette

Biotechnology
Health Care
$4M29 Mar 2021
ANRI
Yokohama Capital
SPARX Group
 Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Latona

Artificial Intelligence
Computer
Information Technology
Internet of Things
iOS
Software
$3M15 Jan 2021
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
SMBC Venture Capital
Shizuoka Capital
Monex Ventures
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
SPARX Group
 Japan, Chiyoda

Japan Data Science Consortium

Artificial Intelligence
Intelligent Systems
Machine Learning
Predictive Analytics
$23M19 Oct 2020
Chubu Electric Power
Daikin Industries
UTEC- University of Tokyo Edge Capital
SMBC Venture Capital
Mizuho Capital
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
Mirai Creation Fund
SPARX Group
 Japan, Chiyoda
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Total investments 78
Average round size 28M
Rounds per year 2.23
Peak activity year 2019
Lead investments 7
Follow on index 0.17
Exits 6
Group Appearance index 0.86

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Blue Laser Fusion

Commercial
Laser
$37M07 Mar 2024
SoftBank
ITOCHU Corporation
WASEDA University Ventures
SPARX Group
Maezawa Fund
JAFCO Group
 California, Kentucky, United States

Blue Laser Fusion

Commercial
Laser
$25M27 Jul 2023
SPARX Group
JAFCO Group
 California, Kentucky, United States

UnaBiz Holdings Pte Ltd

Internet of Things
Network Security
Telecommunications
$25M07 Dec 2022
SPARX Group
G. K. Goh
 Singapore, Central, Singapore

ON TIME

Automotive
Ride Sharing
Transportation
$154M26 Apr 2022
Xiaoma Zhixing
WeRide
SPARX Group
Lingnan Group
 Yuexiu District, Guangdong Province, China

UnaBiz Holdings Pte Ltd

Internet of Things
Network Security
Telecommunications
$25M11 Oct 2021
TOP Ventures
SPARX Group
KDDI Open Innovation Fund
G. K. Goh
ENGIE New Ventures
CDIB Capital
 Singapore, Central, Singapore

ThinkCyte

Biotechnology
Life Science
Therapeutics
$26M19 May 2021
SBI Group
ITOCHU Technology Ventures
SPARX Group
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Investment
Sysmex Corporation
 Bunkyo, Japan

Knowledge Palette

Biotechnology
Health Care
$4M29 Mar 2021
ANRI
Yokohama Capital
SPARX Group
 Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Latona

Artificial Intelligence
Computer
Information Technology
Internet of Things
iOS
Software
$3M15 Jan 2021
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
SMBC Venture Capital
Shizuoka Capital
Monex Ventures
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
SPARX Group
 Japan, Chiyoda

Japan Data Science Consortium

Artificial Intelligence
Intelligent Systems
Machine Learning
Predictive Analytics
$23M19 Oct 2020
Chubu Electric Power
Daikin Industries
UTEC- University of Tokyo Edge Capital
SMBC Venture Capital
Mizuho Capital
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
Mirai Creation Fund
SPARX Group
 Japan, Chiyoda
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