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East Ventures

Founders Batara Eto Taiga Matsuyama Willson Cuaca

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Total investments 635
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$3M
Portfolio companies 437
Rounds per year 45.36
Lead investments 148
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.30
Exits 40
Key employees 5
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • E-Commerce
  • Internet
  • Information Technology
  • Financial Services
Summary

East Ventures appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2010. The company was established in Asia in Japan. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Tokyo.

This organization was formed by Batara Eto, Taiga Matsuyama, Willson Cuaca. We also calculated 5 valuable employees in our database.

Deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The real fund results show that this VC is 7 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2019. The high activity for fund was in 2015. The fund is constantly included in 25-48 deals per year. Comparing to the other companies, this East Ventures performs on 20 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The average startup value when the investment from East Ventures is 5-10 millions dollars.

For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - Indonesia. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Tokopedia, Mercari, Traveloka The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Mobile, Financial Services.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the East Ventures, startups are often financed by Pegasus Tech Ventures, Beenos Partners, Eduardo Saverin. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Golden Gate Ventures, Convergence Ventures, YJ Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Pegasus Tech Ventures, EV Growth, 500 Startups.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Qapita

Financial Services
SaaS
Software
$17M27 Feb 2024 Singapore, Central, Singapore

Trailblaze Asset Management

$819K12 Feb 2024 Tokyo, Kantō, Japan

Josan shes

Child Care
Nursing and Residential Care
Women's
06 Feb 2024 Tokyo, Kantō, Japan

Iiba

Apps
Geospatial
Location Based Services
30 Jan 2024 Tokyo, Kantō, Japan

Flexii

Internet
Software
21 Dec 2023 Singapore, Central Region, Singapore

FR8Labs

Logistics
SaaS
$1M30 Nov 2023 Setiabudi, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia

Driver Technologies

Business Development
Logistics
Transportation
$910K09 Nov 2023 Tokyo, Kantō, Japan

Compawnion

Mobile Apps
Pet
02 Nov 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

DELIGHT

Call Center
Customer Service
Professional Services
SaaS
Sports
$180K27 Oct 2023 Chiyoda, Japan
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Singapore-based caregiving startup Homage raises $30M Series C

– Homage, a caregiving-focused startup, raised $30m in Series C funding.
– The round was led by Sheares Healthcare Group and joined by new investors DG Daiwa Ventures and Sagana Capital, and returning backers East Ventures, HealthXCapital, SeedPlus, Trihill Capital and Alternate Ventures.
– The funding will be used to develop Homage’s technology, continue integrating with aged and disability care payer and provider infrastructure and speed-up its regional expansion through partnerships with hospitals and care providers.
– Homage currently operates in Singapore, Malaysia and Australia.
– Homage’s services include home visits from caregivers, nurses, therapists and doctors; telemedicine; and services for chronic illnesses.

RaRa Delivery gets $3.25M for its ambitious on-demand delivery plans in Indonesia

– RaRa Delivery, a logistics company, raised $3.25m in seed funding.
– The round was led by Sequoia Capital India’s Surge program and East Ventures.
– Other participants included 500 Startups, Angel Central, GK Plug and Play and angel investors Royston Tay and Yang Bin Kwok.
– RaRa Delivery is a logistics company that relies on a proprietary engine that batches orders and optimizes delivery routes based on data like real-time traffic information.
– It currently operates in Greater Jakarta and is getting ready to expand into five other Indonesian cities this year.
– RaRa Delivery’s goal is to integrate with all major marketplaces in Indonesia, so sellers can offer it as a delivery option to customers.
– It also partners with brands, small e-commerce businesses and seller aggregators.

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Total investments 635
Average round size 3M
Rounds per year 45.36
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 148
Follow on index 0.30
Exits 40
Group Appearance index 0.72

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Qapita

Financial Services
SaaS
Software
$17M27 Feb 2024 Singapore, Central, Singapore

Trailblaze Asset Management

$819K12 Feb 2024 Tokyo, Kantō, Japan

Josan shes

Child Care
Nursing and Residential Care
Women's
06 Feb 2024 Tokyo, Kantō, Japan

Iiba

Apps
Geospatial
Location Based Services
30 Jan 2024 Tokyo, Kantō, Japan

Flexii

Internet
Software
21 Dec 2023 Singapore, Central Region, Singapore

FR8Labs

Logistics
SaaS
$1M30 Nov 2023 Setiabudi, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia

Driver Technologies

Business Development
Logistics
Transportation
$910K09 Nov 2023 Tokyo, Kantō, Japan

Compawnion

Mobile Apps
Pet
02 Nov 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

DELIGHT

Call Center
Customer Service
Professional Services
SaaS
Sports
$180K27 Oct 2023 Chiyoda, Japan
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