Investments
67Portfolio Exits
24Partners & Customers
4About NIF SMBC Ventures
NIF Ventures (a member of Daiwa Securities Group) and SMBC Capital (a member of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group) merged on October 1, 2005 to form NIF SMBC Ventures. Both were well-established brands within the venture capital industry, being involved in listing various companies. After the merger, having grown out of a securities firm and a bank, NIF SMBC Ventures is a venture capital firm that tries to maximizes use of its broad business network, longstanding experience and know-how while implementing investment operations. NIF Ventures is now out of business.
NIF SMBC Ventures Investments
67 Investments
NIF SMBC Ventures has made 67 investments. Their latest investment was in NineDot Energy as part of their Line of Credit on December 12, 2022.

NIF SMBC Ventures Investments Activity

Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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12/7/2022 | Line of Credit | NineDot Energy | $85M | Yes | 2 | |
8/23/2022 | Line of Credit | Celonis | $600M | Yes | 2 | |
1/29/2016 | Series C | Winking Entertainment | $9M | Yes | 1 | |
1/21/2010 | Unattributed VC | |||||
5/7/2008 | Series B - II |
Date | 12/7/2022 | 8/23/2022 | 1/29/2016 | 1/21/2010 | 5/7/2008 |
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Round | Line of Credit | Line of Credit | Series C | Unattributed VC | Series B - II |
Company | NineDot Energy | Celonis | Winking Entertainment | ||
Amount | $85M | $600M | $9M | ||
New? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 2 | 2 | 1 |
NIF SMBC Ventures Portfolio Exits
24 Portfolio Exits
NIF SMBC Ventures has 24 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Winking Entertainment on November 20, 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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11/20/2023 | IPO | Public | 2 | ||
11/7/2023 | Divestiture | SMBC Rail Services | 2 | ||
11/11/2019 | Acquired | 1 | |||
Date | 11/20/2023 | 11/7/2023 | 11/11/2019 | ||
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Exit | IPO | Divestiture | Acquired | ||
Companies | SMBC Rail Services | ||||
Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | Public | ||||
Sources | 2 | 2 | 1 |
NIF SMBC Ventures Partners & Customers
4 Partners and customers
NIF SMBC Ventures has 4 strategic partners and customers. NIF SMBC Ventures recently partnered with Jefferies on July 7, 2021.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
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7/1/2021 | Partner | United States | SMBC and Jefferies Expand and Strengthen Strategic Alliance We also believe it is in our shareholders ' best interests to expand our partnership with Jefferies Financial Group and we look forward to our representative joining Jefferies . | 1 | |
6/16/2015 | Partner | ||||
9/19/2014 | Partner | ||||
9/30/2013 | Vendor |
Date | 7/1/2021 | 6/16/2015 | 9/19/2014 | 9/30/2013 |
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Type | Partner | Partner | Partner | Vendor |
Business Partner | ||||
Country | United States | |||
News Snippet | SMBC and Jefferies Expand and Strengthen Strategic Alliance We also believe it is in our shareholders ' best interests to expand our partnership with Jefferies Financial Group and we look forward to our representative joining Jefferies . | |||
Sources | 1 |
NIF SMBC Ventures Team
2 Team Members
NIF SMBC Ventures has 2 team members, including former Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Fábio Safini Gama.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
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Fábio Safini Gama | Warren, Club Athletico Paranaense, Banco BMG, HSBC, and KPMG | Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer | Former |
Name | Fábio Safini Gama | |
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Work History | Warren, Club Athletico Paranaense, Banco BMG, HSBC, and KPMG | |
Title | Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer | |
Status | Former |
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