Sumitomo

Sumitomo

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Overview

Sumitomo Corporation is a business services company that works with import, export, trilateral trade, and business investment in Japan.

With its global network and based on trust from companies in various industries and from consumers, Sumitomo Corporation engages in multifaceted business activities by making the most of its Integrated Corporate Strength. These business activities include sales of a variety of products and services within Japan, import and export, trilateral trade, and domestic and international business investment.

It was founded in 1919 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Highlights

Founded

1919

Industry

Financial Services

Employees

10001+

Investment

118

Lead Investment

35

Exits

20

Stages

Late Stage Venture, Early Stage Venture, Seed

Investor Type

Venture Capital

Location

Asia

Contact Information

Social

Profile Resume

Sumitomo, established in 1919 and headquartered in Asia., specializes in Late Stage Venture, Early Stage Venture, Seed investments across Financial Services, Venture Capital, Finance, FinTech, Business Development, Education, InsurTech, Banking, Wireless, Mobile. The organization boasts a portfolio of 119 investments, with an average round size of $23.9M and 20 successful exits. Their recent investments include Bessemer Venture Partners, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Baring Vostok Capital Partners, Carrier IQ, Mohr Davidow Ventures. The highest investment round they participated in was $191.9B. Among their most notable exits are Bessemer Venture Partners and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

imagePlace Kazuo Ohmori

Kazuo Ohmori

Chairman

imagePlace Kuniharu Nakamura

Kuniharu Nakamura

Representative Director, President and CEO

imagePlace Shinichi Sasaki

Shinichi Sasaki

Representative Director, Executive Vice President

imagePlace Takuro Kawahara

Takuro Kawahara

Representative Director, Executive Vice President

imagePlace Kazuhisa Togashi

Kazuhisa Togashi

Representative Director, Executive Vice President

imagePlace Toru Furihata

Toru Furihata

Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer

Investment portfolio

Sumitomo has made 118 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jul 15, 2024, when 44.01 raised $37.0M.

Sumitomo has made 4 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on May 17, 2018, when Arevo raised $12.5M.

investments

118

Diversity investments

4

Lead investments

35

Number of exits

20

Investments

118

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Mar 12, 2024
Empathy Empathy
Information Technology47.0M
Apr 18, 2024
Sharing Energy Sharing Energy
Retail2.9M
Apr 26, 2024
enechain enechain
Energy38.0M
Jul 15, 2024
44.01 44.01
Environmental Engineering37.0M

Exits

20

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

118

Investors

0

Funds

0

Funding Rounds

118

Sumitomo has raised 118 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jul 15, 2024 from a Series A - 44.01 round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Mar 12, 2024
Series B - Empathy Series B - Empathy
-47.0M-
Apr 18, 2024
Series B - Sharing Energy Series B - Sharing Energy
-2.9M-
Apr 26, 2024
Series B - enechain Series B - enechain
-38.0M-
Jul 15, 2024
Series A - 44.01 Series A - 44.01
-37.0M-

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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