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Total investments 11
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$1M
Portfolio companies 7
Rounds per year 0.12
Lead investments 2
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.36
Exits 2
Key employees Soon

Areas of investment

  • Education
  • Internet
  • Social Network
  • Big Data
  • Fashion
Summary

In 1931 was created Z-kai, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The venture was found in Asia in Japan. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Shizuoka.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2 partakers. Despite the Z-kai, startups are often financed by Union Square Ventures, Tenaya Capital, New Enterprise Associates. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are ZhenFund, Shinsei Corporate Investment Limited, Shinsei Bank. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Venrock, Shinsei Corporate Investment Limited, Shinsei Bank.

The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. The high activity for fund was in 2016. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. This Z-kai works on 4 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The real fund results show that this Corporate Investor is 13 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2018.

For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - Japan. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Apps, Publishing. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Arcterus, mana.bo Inc., RareJob Inc.. The fund has exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

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Apps
Education
$6M20 Jan 2020 Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Arcterus

Big Data
Fashion
Social Network
$910K02 Dec 2018 Chiyoda, Japan

CLEAR

Education
Internet
Machinery Manufacturing
Manufacturing
Semiconductor
Software
$1M29 Nov 2016 Japan, Setagaya

Arcterus

Big Data
Fashion
Social Network
$1M22 Nov 2016 Chiyoda, Japan

MakeSchool

Career Planning
Higher Education
Training
01 Mar 2016 San Francisco, California, United States

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Total investments 11
Average round size 1M
Rounds per year 0.12
Peak activity year 2016
Lead investments 2
Follow on index 0.36
Exits 2
Group Appearance index 0.64

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Study Plus

Apps
Education
$6M20 Jan 2020 Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Arcterus

Big Data
Fashion
Social Network
$910K02 Dec 2018 Chiyoda, Japan

CLEAR

Education
Internet
Machinery Manufacturing
Manufacturing
Semiconductor
Software
$1M29 Nov 2016 Japan, Setagaya

Arcterus

Big Data
Fashion
Social Network
$1M22 Nov 2016 Chiyoda, Japan

MakeSchool

Career Planning
Higher Education
Training
01 Mar 2016 San Francisco, California, United States
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