Sumitomo Bank Venture Fund

Total investments

2

Average round size

21M

Portfolio companies

2

Rounds per year

0.11

Exits

1

Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Areas of investment
SoftwareFinancial ServicesMobileHealth CareAppsEventsMusicWirelessVoIP

Summary

Sumitomo Bank Venture Fund appeared to be the Corporate Investor, which was created in 2003.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight GreatCall. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Mobile, Software. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund.

The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2018. The top activity for fund was in 2008.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 participants. Despite the Sumitomo Bank Venture Fund, startups are often financed by Steelpoint Capital Partners, Nauta Capital, CRV. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Steelpoint Capital Partners, Nauta Capital, Hancom.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
2
Lead investments
0
Exits
1
Rounds per year
0.11
Investments by industry
  • VoIP (1)
  • Apps (1)
  • Music (1)
  • Events (1)
  • Mobile (1)
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Investments by region
  • United States (2)
Peak activity year
2005

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
16
Avg. valuation at time of investment
400M
Group Appearance index
1.00
Avg. company exit year
12
Avg. multiplicator
9.79

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Lively 24 Jun 2008 Software, Financial Services, Mobile, Health Care, Apps, Events, Music, Wireless Late Stage Venture 38M United States, California, San Diego
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