GMO VenturePartners

GMO VenturePartners

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Investment Firm

Overview

GMO Venture Partners is an early and growth stage investment subsidiary of GMO Internet Group, one of the most comprehensive providers of industry-leading Internet services in Japan. The firm has a strong presence in supporting startups from EC, payment, ad-tech and enterprise SAAS sectors in regions such as Japan, China, Vietnam, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and the US. GMO VenturePartners Inc has invested in over 50 startups in over the past years and eight companies went public.

Highlights

Founded

2005

Industry

Internet

Employees

1-10

Investment

141

Lead Investment

13

Exits

29

Stages

Early Stage Venture, Seed, Late Stage Venture

Investor Type

Micro Vc, Venture Capital

Location

Asia

Contact Information

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Profile Resume

GMO VenturePartners, established in 2005 and headquartered in Asia., specializes in Early Stage Venture, Seed, Late Stage Venture investments across Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, E-Commerce, Social Media, Financial Services, Venture Capital, FinTech, Biotechnology, Advertising. The organization boasts a portfolio of 143 investments, with an average round size of $8.1M and 29 successful exits. Their recent investments include LOCKON, Mizuho Capital, Full Speed, CyberAgent Capital, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners. The highest investment round they participated in was $86.5B. Among their most notable exits are LOCKON and Mizuho Capital. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

imagePlace Ryu Muramatsu

Ryu Muramatsu

Director, Fouding Partner

imagePlace Sachiko Shiota

Sachiko Shiota

Manager

imagePlace Jin Hashimoto

Jin Hashimoto

Head of India

Investment portfolio

GMO VenturePartners has made 141 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jun 14, 2024, when Asuene raised $26.7M.

GMO VenturePartners has made 4 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Sep 23, 2022, when Carats and Cake raised $10.6M.

investments

141

Diversity investments

4

Lead investments

13

Number of exits

29

Investments

141

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Feb 06, 2024
OTO Capital OTO Capital
Financial Services10.0M
Apr 18, 2024
Sharing Energy Sharing Energy
Retail2.9M
May 10, 2024
Niro Niro
Financial Services4.3M
Jun 14, 2024
Asuene Asuene
Energy26.7M

Exits

29

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

141

Investors

0

Funds

5

Funding Rounds

141

GMO VenturePartners has raised 141 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jun 14, 2024 from a Series C - Asuene round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Feb 06, 2024
Venture Round - OTO Capital Venture Round - OTO Capital
-10.0M-
Apr 18, 2024
Series B - Sharing Energy Series B - Sharing Energy
-2.9M-
May 10, 2024
Series B - Niro Series B - Niro
-4.3M-
Jun 14, 2024
Series C - Asuene Series C - Asuene
-26.7M-

Investors

0

There is no funding round available on this profile

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M
May 11, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M

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