
Investments
47Portfolio Exits
7Funds
4About 31VENTURES
31VENTURES is the corporate venture capital arm ("Venture Co-creation Department") of Mitsui Fudosan, engaging in the seed stage to Series A investments. Its primary investment focus is real estate, IoT, security, energy and green tech, sharing economy, fin-tech, e-commerce, robotics, and life sciences. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

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Sep 16, 2020
2020年09月16日 グローバル・ブレイン株式会社(本社:東京都渋谷区、代表取締役社長:百合本 安彦 / 以下、グローバル・ブレイン)は、三井不動産株式会社(所在:東京都中央区、代表取締役社長 菰田正信 / 以下、三井不動産)と共同で「31VENTURES Global Innovation Fund 2号」(総額:85億円 / 以下、CVC2号)を設立しました。 2015年に設立した「31VENTURES Global Innovation Fund 1号(以下、CVC1号)」(総額50億)は、三井不動産の本業強化、および事業領域の拡大を目指し、アーリー期からレイタ―期の国内外のスタートアップ、約40社への投資をおこなってきました。この度、CVC1号の後継として運用額85億円に増額したCVC2号を設立しました。 CVC2号の投資先は、Real Estate as a Service、デジタルトランスフォーメーション、スマートシティの領域を強化するスタートアップに加えて、三井不動産の既存の事業領域と異なる新たなビジネスを生み出すスタートアップを中心に検討していきます。投資の重点領域は、三井不動産の事業領域の拡大を見据え、モビリティ(MaaS、自動運転、フリートマネージメントなど)、宇宙、食品(フードテック)、農業(アグリテック)、エンターテインメントなどを新たに加えた15領域を対象としています。またファンド規模は85億円に増額していますが、既存投資先への追加出資なども行い、これまで以上に投資したスタートアップとの事業連携を強く進めていく予定です。 グローバル・ブレインはCVC2号の運営において、有望なスタートアップ企業の発掘や投資判断、投資先スタートアップ企業に対する多面的な経営支援、IPO支援等を行うことで、投資先である有望なスタートアップ企業の飛躍的成長の実現を目指します。
31VENTURES Investments
47 Investments
31VENTURES has made 47 investments. Their latest investment was in Trove as part of their Series E on August 8, 2023.

31VENTURES Investments Activity

Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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8/9/2023 | Series E | Trove | $29.34M | Yes | 2 | |
4/25/2023 | Series D | Luup | $28.33M | Yes | 5 | |
11/23/2022 | Seed VC | Yanekara | Yes | 3 | ||
7/6/2022 | Series A - II | |||||
7/1/2022 | Seed VC |
Date | 8/9/2023 | 4/25/2023 | 11/23/2022 | 7/6/2022 | 7/1/2022 |
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Round | Series E | Series D | Seed VC | Series A - II | Seed VC |
Company | Trove | Luup | Yanekara | ||
Amount | $29.34M | $28.33M | |||
New? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 2 | 5 | 3 |
31VENTURES Portfolio Exits
7 Portfolio Exits
31VENTURES has 7 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was SCADAfence on July 10, 2023.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
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7/10/2023 | Acquired | 4 | |||
Date | 7/10/2023 | ||||
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Exit | Acquired | ||||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | |||||
Sources | 4 |
31VENTURES Fund History
4 Fund Histories
31VENTURES has 4 funds, including 31VENTURES - グローバル・ブレイン-グロ - スI事業.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
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5/16/2018 | 31VENTURES - グローバル・ブレイン-グロ - スI事業 | $271.97M | 4 | ||
2/29/2016 | 31VENTURES Global Innovation Fund I | ||||
31VENTURES Global Innovation Fund II | |||||
31VENTURES Global Brain Growth I GK |
Closing Date | 5/16/2018 | 2/29/2016 | ||
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Fund | 31VENTURES - グローバル・ブレイン-グロ - スI事業 | 31VENTURES Global Innovation Fund I | 31VENTURES Global Innovation Fund II | 31VENTURES Global Brain Growth I GK |
Fund Type | ||||
Status | ||||
Amount | $271.97M | |||
Sources | 4 |
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