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9About Neostella Capital
Neostella Capital (ネオステラ・キャピタル), fka Cubic Venture Capital (キュービック・ベンチャーキャピタル), is a venture capital company sponsored by two major Japanese financial institutions, Mizuho Securities and Dai-ichi Life Insurance, as well as the asset management company DIAM Co., Ltd. In February 2008, Mizuho Securities and Dai-ichi Life Insurance established Neostella by uniting the venture capital businesses they had been conducting. They focus on the fields of information communication technologies (ICT), networking, clean technology, biotechnology, and semiconductor-related businesses. Neostella invests regardless of whether that company is in its early, middle, or late stages of development.
Latest Neostella Capital News
Jun 23, 2023
Metaps Inc. , a Tokyo, Japan-based company specialized in increasing revenue for smartphone apps, has raised US$4.2m in venture capital funding. Backers include INTEC IT Capital, Neostella Capital Co., ngi group, Nippon Venture Capital Co., and SMBC Venture Capital Co. The company intends to use the capital to hire new human resources for its Singapore-based, wholly owned subsidiary Metaps Pte. Ltd., as well as to advance its Asia-focused platform business “metaps”. Led by President and CEO Katsuaki Sato, Metaps is a reward advertisement network that offers software developers a platform for low-risk advertising through a CPI (cost-per-install)-based traffic, meanwhile generates revenue by incentivized ads placed on their own media. FinSMEs 22/12/2011
Neostella Capital Investments
61 Investments
Neostella Capital has made 61 investments. Their latest investment was in PRISM BioLab as part of their Series C on May 5, 2013.
Neostella Capital Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5/27/2013 | Series C | PRISM BioLab | $15M | Yes | 5 | |
5/25/2012 | Seed | CONNECTEC JAPAN | $1.63M | Yes | KSP, Mizuho Capital, NEC Capital Solutions, SMBC Venture Capital, and Undisclosed Investors | 1 |
12/22/2011 | Series A | Metaps | $4.2M | Yes | 1 | |
3/24/2011 | Secondary Market | |||||
9/30/2010 | Series B |
Date | 5/27/2013 | 5/25/2012 | 12/22/2011 | 3/24/2011 | 9/30/2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Series C | Seed | Series A | Secondary Market | Series B |
Company | PRISM BioLab | CONNECTEC JAPAN | Metaps | ||
Amount | $15M | $1.63M | $4.2M | ||
New? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | KSP, Mizuho Capital, NEC Capital Solutions, SMBC Venture Capital, and Undisclosed Investors | ||||
Sources | 5 | 1 | 1 |
Neostella Capital Portfolio Exits
9 Portfolio Exits
Neostella Capital has 9 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was PAYDESIGN on April 14, 2016.
Neostella Capital Team
5 Team Members
Neostella Capital has 5 team members, including current President, Hiroyuki Kono.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Hiroyuki Kono | President | Current | |
Name | Hiroyuki Kono | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Work History | |||||
Title | President | ||||
Status | Current |
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