Yamaha Motor Co.,

Total investments

25

Average round size

19M

Portfolio companies

17

Rounds per year

0.36

Lead investments

3

Follow on index

0.32

Areas of investment
AutomotiveLogisticsE-CommerceSupply Chain ManagementTransportationDeliveryRoboticsManufacturingElectric VehicleCycling

Summary

The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The important activity for fund was in 2019. Considering the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 40 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Robotics, Manufacturing. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight GrabTaxi, Tier IV, Drivezy. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 3 or 4 of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3 participants. Despite the Yamaha Motor Co.,, startups are often financed by UTEC- University of Tokyo Edge Capital, Y Combinator, White Unicorn Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Yamaha Motor Ventures & Laboratory Silicon Valley, UTEC- University of Tokyo Edge Capital, Tokyo Century. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Tokyo Century, Total Ventures, SoftBank Investment Advisers.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
25
Lead investments
3
Rounds per year
0.36
Follow on index
0.32
Investments by industry
  • Transportation (10)
  • Logistics (7)
  • Automotive (5)
  • Robotics (4)
  • Cycling (4)
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Investments by region
  • Japan (7)
  • Singapore (2)
  • United States (2)
  • India (3)
  • Tanzania (2)
  • Show 6 more
Peak activity year
2019
Number of Unicorns
1
Number of Decacorns
2
Number of Minotaurs
1

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Avg. startup age at the time of investment
8
Avg. valuation at time of investment
894M
Group Appearance index
0.72
Strategy success index
0.10

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