SPARX Group

Total investments

78

Average round size

28M

Portfolio companies

65

Rounds per year

2.23

Lead investments

7

Follow on index

0.17

Exits

6

Stages of investment
SeedPrivate EquityEarly Stage VentureLate Stage Venture
Areas of investment
AutomotiveTransportationSoftwareInformation TechnologyArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningHealth CareBig DataRoboticsInternet of Things

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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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
78
Lead investments
7
Exits
6
Rounds per year
2.23
Follow on index
0.17
Investments by industry
  • Software (16)
  • Artificial Intelligence (14)
  • Information Technology (13)
  • Internet of Things (8)
  • Robotics (7)
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Investments by region
  • Japan (62)
  • United States (5)
  • China (2)
  • Thailand (1)
  • Singapore (2)
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Peak activity year
2019
Number of Unicorns
1
Number of Decacorns
1
Number of Minotaurs
1

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
9
Avg. valuation at time of investment
66M
Group Appearance index
0.86
Avg. company exit year
5
Avg. multiplicator
3.92
Strategy success index
0.10

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
AIsing 30 Mar 2020 Analytics, SaaS, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Design Early Stage Venture 6M Chiyoda, Japan
Blue Laser Fusion 07 Mar 2024 Commercial, Laser Seed 37M United States, Kentucky, California

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