Line

Line

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Overview

LINE develops calling and messaging applications for mobile phones in Japan and internationally. It offers LINE, a smartphone application that allows users to make free calls and messaging with other users regardless of which mobile network provider they are using.The company also offers NAVER, a search communication service; NAVER Matome, a user-participatory curation platform; Livedoor, a portal site; livedoor Blog, a blogging service; and livedoor News that provides information gathered from various news sources, as well as a range of advertising products. In addition, it operates LINE GAME, a platform that lets LINE users to play games.

Highlights

Founded

2019

Industry

Mobile

Employees

1001-5000

Investment

27

Lead Investment

8

Exits

9

Stages

Private Equity, Late Stage Venture, Seed, Early Stage Venture

Investor Type

N/A

Location

Asia

Contact Information

Social

Profile Resume

Line, established in 2019 and headquartered in Asia., specializes in Private Equity, Late Stage Venture, Seed, Early Stage Venture investments across Mobile, Digital Entertainment, Gaming, Animation, Product Design, Messaging, Apps, Photo Sharing, Photo Editing, Artificial Intelligence (AI). The organization boasts a portfolio of 27 investments, with an average round size of $39.1M and 9 successful exits. Their recent investments include 4:33 Creative Lab, Snow Corporation, SoundHound, Global Catalyst Partners, Translink Capital. The highest investment round they participated in was $35.2B. Among their most notable exits are 4:33 Creative Lab and Snow Corporation. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

imagePlace Takeshi Idezawa

Takeshi Idezawa

Chief Executive Officer

imagePlace Hanna Lee

Hanna Lee

China Hong Kong Business

imagePlace Shintaro Tabata

Shintaro Tabata

Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Sales

imagePlace Wataru Yukawa

Wataru Yukawa

Software Engineer

imagePlace Jungho Shin

Jungho Shin

Founder & CEO

imagePlace Carlos Liu

Carlos Liu

Designer

Investment portfolio

Line has made 27 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jun 03, 2022, when Toonsquare raised $3.0M.

Line has made 2 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Jan 30, 2023, when LifeAt raised $3.0M.

investments

27

Diversity investments

2

Lead investments

8

Number of exits

9

Investments

27

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
May 27, 2020
Sproot Sproot
Internetnull
Mar 10, 2022
The Parentinc The Parentinc
Publishing8.0M
Jun 03, 2022
Toonsquare Toonsquare
Information Technology3.0M
Jan 30, 2023
LifeAt LifeAt
Information Technology3.0M

Exits

9

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

27

Investors

3

Funds

1

Funding Rounds

27

Line has raised 27 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jan 30, 2023 from a Pre Seed Round - LifeAt round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
May 27, 2020
Corporate Round - Sproot Corporate Round - Sproot
-0-
Mar 10, 2022
Corporate Round - The Parentinc Corporate Round - The Parentinc
-8.0M-
Jun 03, 2022
Series A - Toonsquare Series A - Toonsquare
-3.0M-
Jan 30, 2023
Pre Seed Round - LifeAt Pre Seed Round - LifeAt
-3.0M-

Investors

4

Line is funded by 4 investor(s). Mizuho Bank and Orient Corporation Kantor are the most recent investors.

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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