Investments
304Portfolio Exits
40Funds
20About Nippon Venture Capital
Nippon Venture Capital is a venture capital firm. It specializes in investments in incubation and start-up companiesoperating in the communications, software, systems and devices, life sciences and environmental technologies sectors. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
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Latest Nippon Venture Capital News
Jun 23, 2023
Enterprise Internet Service Provider, TeamSpirit Raises Over 100M Yen From VCs / ITpro TeamSpirit develops and provides cloud-based human resource management service, Team Spirit, which announced series B finance with over 100 million yen. Along with the series A round by Salesforce.com and others, the company raises over 200 million yen. Many consumer Internet startups are fundraising in Japan, but there has been few startups in enterprise Internet service providing on a specific platform which strengthen business by financing from VCs. TeamSprit is developed on Force.com, PaaS of Salesforce.com to provide features including time management, expense report, or project management. ... memo The series A was about a year ago, October, 2011. Along with penetration of Force.com, it is expected that more enterprise Internet service will grow.
Nippon Venture Capital Investments
304 Investments
Nippon Venture Capital has made 304 investments. Their latest investment was in Awarefy as part of their Seed VC on August 8, 2023.
Nippon Venture Capital Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8/16/2023 | Seed VC | Awarefy | $1.51M | Yes | 1 | |
8/15/2023 | Series A | issues | $1.37M | Yes | 2 | |
8/2/2023 | Seed VC | TRUSTART | $3.14M | Yes | 4 | |
7/6/2023 | Series C | |||||
6/28/2023 | Seed VC |
Date | 8/16/2023 | 8/15/2023 | 8/2/2023 | 7/6/2023 | 6/28/2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Seed VC | Series A | Seed VC | Series C | Seed VC |
Company | Awarefy | issues | TRUSTART | ||
Amount | $1.51M | $1.37M | $3.14M | ||
New? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Nippon Venture Capital Portfolio Exits
40 Portfolio Exits
Nippon Venture Capital has 40 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was JCG on September 05, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9/5/2023 | Acquired | 2 | |||
7/24/2023 | Acq - Pending | 2 | |||
6/27/2023 | IPO | Public | 2 | ||
Date | 9/5/2023 | 7/24/2023 | 6/27/2023 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exit | Acquired | Acq - Pending | IPO | ||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | Public | ||||
Sources | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Nippon Venture Capital Fund History
20 Fund Histories
Nippon Venture Capital has 20 funds, including fabbit / NVCC Startup Fund.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10/1/2018 | fabbit / NVCC Startup Fund | $2.81M | 2 | ||
3/24/2017 | NVCC VIII | Multi-Stage Venture Capital | Open | 1 | |
3/8/2016 | Nagoya University & Tokai Region Venture Fund I | Early-Stage Venture Capital | Open | $14.61M | 1 |
2/24/2015 | Keihanna ATR Fund (けいはんな学研都市ATRベンチャーNVCC投資事業有限責任組合) | ||||
3/20/2014 | NVCC VII |
Closing Date | 10/1/2018 | 3/24/2017 | 3/8/2016 | 2/24/2015 | 3/20/2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fund | fabbit / NVCC Startup Fund | NVCC VIII | Nagoya University & Tokai Region Venture Fund I | Keihanna ATR Fund (けいはんな学研都市ATRベンチャーNVCC投資事業有限責任組合) | NVCC VII |
Fund Type | Multi-Stage Venture Capital | Early-Stage Venture Capital | |||
Status | Open | Open | |||
Amount | $2.81M | $14.61M | |||
Sources | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Nippon Venture Capital Team
1 Team Member
Nippon Venture Capital has 1 team member, including current President, Shuichi Okuhara.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Shuichi Okuhara | President | Current |
Name | Shuichi Okuhara |
|---|---|
Work History | |
Title | President |
Status | Current |
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