Investments
62Portfolio Exits
16Funds
1Partners & Customers
10About Digital Garage
Digital Garage (TYO: 4819) operates as a context company in Japan and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Financial Technology, Marketing Technology, Incubation Technology, and Long-term Incubation.
Digital Garage Headquarter Location
3-5-7 Ebisu Minami, Shibuya-Ku
Tokyo, 150-0022,
Japan
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Latest Digital Garage News
Apr 26, 2022
Share The NFT market has been gaining more and more attention from the public and more investments from brands of various segments. A market that has moved over US$ 17 billion throughout 2021, it has been one of the best ways to revolutionize consumer relations and offer exclusive and unique experiences for them. And Volkswagen, one of the largest automakers globally, has proven in its successful business strategy that non-fungible tokens are an excellent path for generating new markets and business with the Digital Garage VW launch. The Digital Garage VW brings exclusive digital content via collectible packs of Volkswagen cars, iconic models, classics, and so-called concept cars. With this innovation and new format of interaction, fans of the automotive market can collect, store, exchange, and sell the items – literally creating a digital garage. The sold-out first edition started with two collections, GT Collection and Pen&Paper. Six hundred packs were created at the launch, and they sold in just a few hours on Latin America’s first sustainable NFT platform designed by One Percent, which offsets the carbon footprint generated in the “minting” of each token. “We believe that NFT is ceasing to be a myth to the public, as it is gaining more visibility and robustness in the market. And the possibility of acquiring NFTs by credit card, pix, and cryptocurrency also contributed to the success of the action,” says Vanin. The success made Volkswagen and OnePercent anticipate the launch of a new collection this Friday (22). The new collection, named Blackout, brings even more novelties and an exclusive design. Translated into a technique that interprets the cars by highlighting their sportiest features, the blackout collection seeks to abstract the lines that reinforce the performance vocation of the models with very free strokes that communicate the sporty message of each vehicle represented. Classic and contemporary models, such as Polo, Pointer, Apollo, and Gol, in sporty versions such as GT, GLS, GTI, and GTS. The blackout language, which proposes an inversion of colors similar to the negative of a photograph, represents the white pencil on black paper and carries the items of a bold and modern message. The next step of the Digital Garage VW platform will be to make available the option to buy even more rare and collectible items through auctions in which registered users can bid, and at the end of the auction period, the highest bidder wins. “This option will bring even more advantages to car lovers because it allows acquiring exclusive and unique items,” adds Vanin.
Digital Garage Investments
62 Investments
Digital Garage has made 62 investments. Their latest investment was in PitPa as part of their Seed VC on February 2, 2022.
Digital Garage Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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2/15/2022 | Seed VC | PitPa | $2.16M | Yes | 2 | |
12/23/2021 | Corporate Minority - P2P | Toshiba TEC | $11.8M | Yes | 2 | |
12/7/2021 | Series A - II | Limbix | $15M | Yes | 13 | |
1/13/2021 | Series C | |||||
10/7/2020 | Series A |
Date | 2/15/2022 | 12/23/2021 | 12/7/2021 | 1/13/2021 | 10/7/2020 |
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Round | Seed VC | Corporate Minority - P2P | Series A - II | Series C | Series A |
Company | PitPa | Toshiba TEC | Limbix | ||
Amount | $2.16M | $11.8M | $15M | ||
New? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 2 | 2 | 13 |
Digital Garage Portfolio Exits
16 Portfolio Exits
Digital Garage has 16 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Warung Pintar on January 26, 2022.
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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1/26/2022 | Acquired | 1 | |||
8/24/2020 | Acquired | 2 | |||
2/21/2020 | Acquired | 1 | |||
Date | 1/26/2022 | 8/24/2020 | 2/21/2020 | ||
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Exit | Acquired | Acquired | Acquired | ||
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Sources | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Digital Garage Acquisitions
1 Acquisition
Digital Garage acquired 1 company. Their latest acquisition was Photozou on April 09, 2012.
Date | Investment Stage | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Total Funding | Note | Sources |
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4/9/2012 | Acquired Unit | 2 |
Date | 4/9/2012 |
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Note | Acquired Unit |
Sources | 2 |
Digital Garage Fund History
1 Fund History
Digital Garage has 1 fund, including DG Lab Fund I.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
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7/22/2016 | DG Lab Fund I | 1 |
Closing Date | 7/22/2016 |
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Fund | DG Lab Fund I |
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Sources | 1 |
Digital Garage Partners & Customers
10 Partners and customers
Digital Garage has 10 strategic partners and customers. Digital Garage recently partnered with Fortanix on May 5, 2020.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
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5/18/2020 | Vendor | United States | `` As part of Information Bank activities in Japan , Digital Garage , Inc. is building a personal data service for Japanese consumers that provides secure storage and gives users privacy controls over their confidential data such as financial information , health records , and more , '' said Takao Takenouchi , CTO , DG Lab Security Team , Digital Garage , Inc. `` We chose Fortanix running on Microsoft Azure confidential computing infrastructure to provide end-to-end encryption across our users ' data while in storage , in transit over the network , and while in use so that we can ensure that each user 's data is accessible only when they are viewing it in Japan . '' | 1 | |
1/21/2019 | Partner | Canada | 1 | ||
2/4/2017 | Partner | Canada | Blockstream, Digital Garage Team Up to Foster Blockchain in Japan Bitcoin infrastructure company Blockstream has expanded its strategic partnership with Japanese IT firm Digital Garage . | 6 | |
9/15/2015 | Partner | ||||
2/26/2013 | Vendor |
Date | 5/18/2020 | 1/21/2019 | 2/4/2017 | 9/15/2015 | 2/26/2013 |
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Type | Vendor | Partner | Partner | Partner | Vendor |
Business Partner | |||||
Country | United States | Canada | Canada | ||
News Snippet | `` As part of Information Bank activities in Japan , Digital Garage , Inc. is building a personal data service for Japanese consumers that provides secure storage and gives users privacy controls over their confidential data such as financial information , health records , and more , '' said Takao Takenouchi , CTO , DG Lab Security Team , Digital Garage , Inc. `` We chose Fortanix running on Microsoft Azure confidential computing infrastructure to provide end-to-end encryption across our users ' data while in storage , in transit over the network , and while in use so that we can ensure that each user 's data is accessible only when they are viewing it in Japan . '' | Blockstream, Digital Garage Team Up to Foster Blockchain in Japan Bitcoin infrastructure company Blockstream has expanded its strategic partnership with Japanese IT firm Digital Garage . | |||
Sources | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Digital Garage Team
3 Team Members
Digital Garage has 3 team members, including current Chief Executive Officer, President, Kaoru Hayashi.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
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Kaoru Hayashi | Chief Executive Officer, President | Current | |
Terrence Giang | Nippon Renewable Energy, Steel Partners, Credit Suisse, and Bank of America Merrill Lynch | Managing Partner | Current |
Joichi Ito | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
Name | Kaoru Hayashi | Terrence Giang | Joichi Ito |
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Work History | Nippon Renewable Energy, Steel Partners, Credit Suisse, and Bank of America Merrill Lynch | ||
Title | Chief Executive Officer, President | Managing Partner | Chief Executive Officer |
Status | Current | Current | Former |
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