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29Portfolio Exits
1Funds
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Latest Canal Ventures News
Feb 9, 2022
Genesia Ventures, a Tokyo-based venture capital firm, has announced the first closing of its third fund, which is valued at over $90 million. Canal Ventures, GREE, Japan Investment Corporation, Mizuho Bank, Mizuho Capital, and Oriental Land Innovations are among the investors. Fund 3 is targeted at pre-seed and seed-stage firms in Japan and Southeast Asia, similar to the first and second funds. The maximum investment amount per firm will be US $4 million, including follow-on investments. The ultimate close of Genesia Venture Fund 3 Investment Limited Partnership, with a target corpus of US $130 million, is set for August 2022. Soichi Tajima, the CEO and General Partner of Genesia Ventures started the firm in August 2016. It has invested in over 100 pre-seed and seed-stage companies in Japan and Southeast Asia to far. The initial fund, which raised $35 million in total, had its ultimate closure in December 2017. It made 47 pre-seed and seed-stage investments (35 in Japan, 10 in Southeast Asia, and two in other markets as of January 31, 2022). Fund II, which had a corpus of $70 million and invested in 59 firms, reached its final close in October 2020. (41 in Japan, 16 in SEA, and two in other markets as of January 31, 2022).
Canal Ventures Investments
29 Investments
Canal Ventures has made 29 investments. Their latest investment was in EmbodyMe as part of their Unattributed VC on March 3, 2022.
Canal Ventures Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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3/31/2022 | Unattributed VC | EmbodyMe | $1.23M | Yes | 2 | |
3/25/2022 | Seed VC | Fivot | Yes | 2 | ||
12/23/2021 | Series A | souco | $3.5M | Yes | 2 | |
1/20/2021 | Series B | |||||
12/21/2020 | Series B |
Date | 3/31/2022 | 3/25/2022 | 12/23/2021 | 1/20/2021 | 12/21/2020 |
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Round | Unattributed VC | Seed VC | Series A | Series B | Series B |
Company | EmbodyMe | Fivot | souco | ||
Amount | $1.23M | $3.5M | |||
New? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Canal Ventures Portfolio Exits
1 Portfolio Exit
Canal Ventures has 1 portfolio exit. Their latest portfolio exit was Origami on January 23, 2020.
Canal Ventures Fund History
1 Fund History
Canal Ventures has 1 fund, including Canal Ventures Collaboration Fund I.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
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6/9/2017 | Canal Ventures Collaboration Fund I | Early-Stage Venture Capital | Closed | $45.28M | 1 |
Closing Date | 6/9/2017 |
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Fund | Canal Ventures Collaboration Fund I |
Fund Type | Early-Stage Venture Capital |
Status | Closed |
Amount | $45.28M |
Sources | 1 |
Canal Ventures Team
3 Team Members
Canal Ventures has 3 team members, including current Chief Executive Officer, Noboru Saito.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
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Noboru Saito | Chief Executive Officer | Current | |
Tsuyoshi Hoshina | Chief Operating Officer | Current | |
Daisuke Hamada | Chief Security Officer | Current |
Name | Noboru Saito | Tsuyoshi Hoshina | Daisuke Hamada |
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Work History | |||
Title | Chief Executive Officer | Chief Operating Officer | Chief Security Officer |
Status | Current | Current | Current |
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