Investments
65Portfolio Exits
22Partners & Customers
2About 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 Headquarter Location
2300 Geng Road
Palo Alto, California, 94303,
United States
NIF SMBC Ventures Investments
65 Investments
NIF SMBC Ventures has made 65 investments. Their latest investment was in Winking Entertainment as part of their Series C on January 1, 2016.
NIF SMBC Ventures Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1/29/2016 | Series C | Winking Entertainment | $9M | Yes | 1 | |
1/21/2010 | Unattributed VC | Wisair | $5.7M | No | ||
5/7/2008 | Series B - II | REGiMMUNE | $2M | No | 1 | |
2/2/2008 | Series B | |||||
1/21/2008 | Series B |
Date | 1/29/2016 | 1/21/2010 | 5/7/2008 | 2/2/2008 | 1/21/2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Series C | Unattributed VC | Series B - II | Series B | Series B |
Company | Winking Entertainment | Wisair | REGiMMUNE | ||
Amount | $9M | $5.7M | $2M | ||
New? | Yes | No | No | ||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 1 | 1 |
NIF SMBC Ventures Portfolio Exits
22 Portfolio Exits
NIF SMBC Ventures has 22 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was eSilicon on November 11, 2019.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11/11/2019 | Acquired | 1 | |||
3/26/2015 | IPO | 1 | |||
10/12/2009 | Acquired | 1 | |||
NIF SMBC Ventures Partners & Customers
2 Partners and customers
NIF SMBC Ventures has 2 strategic partners and customers. NIF SMBC Ventures recently partnered with Metropolitan Bank & Trust, and Kubota Corporation on June 6, 2015.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6/16/2015 | Partner | Philippines, and Japan | Metrobank, Kubota, SMBC team up to boost agriculture in PH Company executives who signed the partnership are Metrobank and head of institutional banking sector Mary Mylene Caparas , Kubota president and general manager Koji Okaze , and SMBC joint general manager of investment banking Asia Yoshihiro Nishi . | 1 | |
9/30/2013 | Vendor |
Date | 6/16/2015 | 9/30/2013 |
|---|---|---|
Type | Partner | Vendor |
Business Partner | ||
Country | Philippines, and Japan | |
News Snippet | Metrobank, Kubota, SMBC team up to boost agriculture in PH Company executives who signed the partnership are Metrobank and head of institutional banking sector Mary Mylene Caparas , Kubota president and general manager Koji Okaze , and SMBC joint general manager of investment banking Asia Yoshihiro Nishi . | |
Sources | 1 |
NIF SMBC Ventures Team
2 Team Members
NIF SMBC Ventures has 2 team members, including former Chief Operating Officer, Fábio Safini Gama.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Fábio Safini Gama | Club Athletico Paranaense, Grupo BMG, HSBC, and KPMG | Chief Operating Officer | Former |
Ray Drysdale | CallSource, and AutoNation | Managing Director | Former |
Name | Fábio Safini Gama | Ray Drysdale |
|---|---|---|
Work History | Club Athletico Paranaense, Grupo BMG, HSBC, and KPMG | CallSource, and AutoNation |
Title | Chief Operating Officer | Managing Director |
Status | Former | Former |
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