By Attomo | December 9, 2019
Since we were doing research in this topic, we thought we would list investments which have been made by Japanese Investors into the UK Startup Scene.
SBI
Financial Services
Tide (Fintech) (Oct 2019)
Led Series B for £44.1 million
Onfido (ID Verification) (April 2019)
Led Series C for $50 million
PixelPin (ID) (April 2019)
Led Series A for £1.5 million
Wirex (FinTech) (Mar 2017)
Led Series A for $3 million
[SBI Crunchbase Information]
Global Brain
Investor
Immense Simulations (AI Auto) (May 2019)
Co Led Series A for $4.6 million
Healx (AI Health) (Oct 2019)
Series B for $56million
Humanising Autonomy (AI Auto) (Jun 2019)
Series A for $5.3million
GeoSpock (Big Data) (Jan 2019)
Series B for £10 million
[Global Brain Crunchbase Information]
SoftBank (BVCA Members)
Multinational Conglomerate
Greensill (Finance) (May, Oct 2019)
Led rounds at $800 million and $655 million
OakNorth (FinTech) (Feb 2019)
Led Series C for $440 million
Improbable (Game)
Led Series B for $502 million
[Softbank Crunchbase Information]
Rakuten
Internet Company
Azimo (Fintech) (May 2018)
Led Series C for $20 million
Currency Cloud (FinTech) (Mar 2017)
Series D for $25 million
Everledger (Supply Chain) (Mar 2018, Sep 2019)
Series A for $10.4 million, Series A for $20 miliion
PremFina (InsurTech) (Oct 2017)
Led Venture for $36 million
[Rakuten Crunchbase Information]
MUFG (BVCA)
Bank
Seedcamp (May 2018)
LP in Seedcamp Fund IV for £60 million
[MUFG Crunchbase Information]
Mitsui & Co
Trading Company
Transferwise (Nov 2018)
Series E at $280 million
Sony Innovation Fund
Multinational conglomerate
What3Words (Geospatial) (Nov 2018)
N/A
Itouchu
Trading Company
Moixa (Battery) (Jan 2018)
Led Venture £5 million
Hiyacar (Car Sharing) (Oct 2018)
Led Venture £5 million
Mitsubishi Corporation
Trading Company
BBoxx (Battery) (Aug 2019)
Led Series D for $50 million
Ovo Energy (Energy) (Feb 2019)
Led Venture for £216 million
Marubeni
Trading Company
Azuri Technologies (Solar Power) (May 2019)
Led Corporate round for $26 million
Honda Motors
Automobile
Moixa (Battery) (May 2019)
Led Venture for £8.6 million
Toyota
Automobile
Mirai Creation fund
[Mirai Creation fund Crunchbase Information]
AI Ventures
[AI Ventures Crunchbase Information]
SLAMcore (Algorithm Robots/Drones) (Sep 2018)
Seed for $5 million
NTT Docomo Ventures
Telecommunication
MIRACL (Authentication) (Sep 2014)
Series B for $8 million
[NTT Docomo Ventures Crunchbase Information]
Globis Capital Partners
Investor
Quipper (EdTech) (May 2012)
Series A for £2.3 million
Nippon Life Insurance (BVCA)
[Nissay Capital Crunchbase Information]
Japan Venture Capital Association
Established: 2002
Members: 226
VC: 96
CVC: 63
UK Investment which have shut
Mercari:
Unicorn, Closed in 2019, Loss of 7.3 Million GBP
ZozoTown:
Closes Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East
Pipster:
Finatext/GMO Click Venture: Closes Aug 2019, initial investment 2million GBP