TIS

Total investments

55

Average round size

27M

Portfolio companies

41

Rounds per year

1.04

Lead investments

9

Follow on index

0.25

Exits

3

Areas of investment
E-CommerceSoftwareFinTechInformation TechnologyMobileArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningRoboticsBlockchainIndustrial Automation

Summary

TIS appeared to be the Corporate Investor, which was created in 1971. The company was established in Asia in Japan. The leading representative office of defined Corporate Investor is situated in the Tokyo.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 participants. Despite the TIS, startups are often financed by SMBC Venture Capital, JAFCO Japan, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are SBI Investment, T-Gaia, Sony Innovation Fund. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Fujiyo Ishiguro, Sumitomo Corporation, Shinkin Central Bank.

Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Aino Indonesia, WebPartner, Cinnamon. For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Software, Online Portals.

Comparing to the other companies, this TIS performs on 12 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. Considering the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 13 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2000. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars. The top activity for fund was in 2019. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year.

Show more

Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
55
Lead investments
9
Exits
3
Rounds per year
1.04
Follow on index
0.25
Investments by industry
  • Software (25)
  • Robotics (13)
  • Information Technology (12)
  • Artificial Intelligence (11)
  • FinTech (9)
  • Show 73 more
Investments by region
  • Singapore (7)
  • Japan (39)
  • United States (5)
  • Indonesia (2)
  • China (2)
Peak activity year
2019
Number of Decacorns
1
Number of Minotaurs
1

Discover reliable insights

Leverage validated data, identify key contacts and secure funding opportunities for your business.

Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
11
Avg. valuation at time of investment
315M
Group Appearance index
0.78
Avg. company exit year
2
Avg. multiplicator
13.51

Need more data?

Get access to full data about investors, including their team, contact information, and historic data.

Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Entropica Labs 12 May 2020 Software, Quantum Computing Seed 1M Central, Singapore, Singapore
Omcare 01 Jul 2019 Health Care, Consumer Electronics, Internet of Things Seed 1M United States, Minnesota, Burnsville
Sharing Energy 18 Apr 2024 Retail, Energy, Electrical Distribution Early Stage Venture 3M Minato, Japan
How we get our data

At Unicorn Nest, we combine cutting-edge technology with human expertise to build one of the most reliable venture capital databases in the market. Our process begins with automated AI-enhanced data collection, leveraging the full potential of Large Language Models (LLMs).

Later, our team of analysts takes it further with manual verification, using proprietary tools for data cleaning and validation to ensure accuracy and reliability. We cross-check and enhance our findings through press and media monitoring, integrating information from trusted news outlets and venture capital aggregators. Finally, we stay ahead of the curve by monitoring social networks like LinkedIn and X.com.