Tohoku University Venture Partners

Total investments

45

Average round size

3M

Portfolio companies

31

Rounds per year

5.00

Lead investments

5

Follow on index

0.31

Areas of investment
BiotechnologySoftwareHealth CareManufacturingProduct DesignPharmaceuticalElectronicsPackaging ServicesProduct ResearchMarine Technology

Summary

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 participants. Despite the Tohoku University Venture Partners, startups are often financed by Zenyaku Kogyo, KSP, Japan Asia Investment. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are SMBC Venture Capital, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, Daiwa Corporate Investment. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by SMBC Venture Capital, Real Tech Fund, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital.

Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Life Science, Biotechnology. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline TMS Co., Ltd. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 11-15 years to get the investment from the fund.

The top activity for fund was in 2018. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
45
Lead investments
5
Rounds per year
5.00
Follow on index
0.31
Investments by industry
  • Manufacturing (9)
  • Health Care (6)
  • Software (5)
  • Biotechnology (5)
  • Packaging Services (5)
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Investments by region
  • Japan (40)
  • China (4)
Peak activity year
2018

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Avg. startup age at the time of investment
8
Group Appearance index
0.42

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Piezo Studio 24 Dec 2019 Career Planning, Marketplace, Product Design, Web Apps, Management Consulting Early Stage Venture 2M Chiyoda, Japan
Sentic Technologies Inc 28 Oct 2015 Information Technology, Social Media Seed 0 United States, Illinois, Chicago
Sound Wave Innovation 18 May 2020 Seed 910K Tokyo, Kantō, Japan
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