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Tokyo Century

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Total investments 25
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$47M
Portfolio companies 17
Rounds per year 0.45
Lead investments 3
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.32
Exits 3
Key employees Soon

Areas of investment

  • Transportation
  • Software
  • Semiconductor
  • Laser
  • SaaS
Summary

In 1969 was created Tokyo Century, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Tokyo. The venture was found in Asia in Japan.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the Tokyo Century, startups are often financed by Yamaha Motor Co.,, Tiger Global Management, SoftBank. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are JAFCO Japan, Yamaha Motor Co.,, VGI Global Media. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by SoftBank Investment Advisers, World Innovation Lab (WiL), Venture Labo Investment Co.,Ltd.

The common things for fund are deals in the range of 50 - 100 millions dollars. Opposing the other organizations, this Tokyo Century works on 9 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 60 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. The high activity for fund was in 2019.

For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - Singapore. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight GrabTaxi, Trillium Secure, AnyMind Group. The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Transportation, Banking.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

KAICO

Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
$2M19 Jan 2024 Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

SEQSENSE

Industrial Automation
Mobile
Robotics
Software
$16M18 Aug 2023 Chiyoda, Japan

LiLz

Artificial Intelligence
Consulting
Information Technology
Internet of Things
Machine Learning
$4M26 Jun 2023 Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan

KAICO

Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
$2M22 May 2020 Japan, Fukuoka Prefecture

AnyMind Group

Advertising
Advertising Platforms
E-Commerce
Human Resources
Manufacturing
Marketing
Marketing Automation
Media and Entertainment
Mobile Advertising
SaaS
$8M20 Mar 2019 Singapore, Central, Singapore

Trillium Secure

Automotive
Cyber Security
Internet of Things
Security
Transportation
$11M04 Jul 2018 Sunnyvale, California, United States

WHILL

Automotive
Hardware
Internet of Things
Medical Device
Mobile
Robotics
$10M02 Sep 2014 California, United States
News
Volocopter Raises €200M in Series D Funding

– Volocopter is a Bruchsal, Germany-based urban air mobility (UAM) company.
– Company raised €200m in Series D funding.
– The round was led by new investors funds managed by BlackRock, Atlantia S.p.A., Avala Capital, Continental AG, Jericho Capital, NTT via its venture capital arm, Tokyo Century, a Japanese leasing company, family offices, and existing investors Geely, Daimler, DB Schenker, Intel Capital, btov Partners, Team Europe, and Klocke Holding.

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Total investments 25
Average round size 47M
Rounds per year 0.45
Peak activity year 2018
Lead investments 3
Follow on index 0.32
Exits 3
Group Appearance index 0.80

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

KAICO

Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
$2M19 Jan 2024 Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

SEQSENSE

Industrial Automation
Mobile
Robotics
Software
$16M18 Aug 2023 Chiyoda, Japan

LiLz

Artificial Intelligence
Consulting
Information Technology
Internet of Things
Machine Learning
$4M26 Jun 2023 Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan

KAICO

Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical
$2M22 May 2020 Japan, Fukuoka Prefecture

AnyMind Group

Advertising
Advertising Platforms
E-Commerce
Human Resources
Manufacturing
Marketing
Marketing Automation
Media and Entertainment
Mobile Advertising
SaaS
$8M20 Mar 2019 Singapore, Central, Singapore

Trillium Secure

Automotive
Cyber Security
Internet of Things
Security
Transportation
$11M04 Jul 2018 Sunnyvale, California, United States

WHILL

Automotive
Hardware
Internet of Things
Medical Device
Mobile
Robotics
$10M02 Sep 2014 California, United States
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