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Dai-ichi Life Startup Investments

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Parent Dai-ichi Life HoldingsHQ Tokyo, Japan

Dai-ichi Life Startup Investments is the corporate venture arm of Dai-ichi Life Holdings, an insurance company. It is based in Tokyo, Japan. It invests at the Series B stage. Sectors it names: artificial intelligence, space and defense, biotech and life sciences.

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Snapshot

Investment stage: Series B to Series B
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ItemValue
Stage rangeSeries B to Series B
SectorsArtificial intelligence, Space and defense, Biotech and life sciences
GeographyAsia
OfficesTokyo, Japan

Sources: S1 AISing: Series B follow-on JPY 400M from Dai-ichi Life and SPARX.

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Investment stage: Series B to Series B

Sources: S1 AISing: Series B follow-on JPY 400M from Dai-ichi Life and SPARX.

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Where it invests

Geography

Headquarters
Tokyo, Japan

Investment regionsS1

Key facts

FactValueStatusSource
Parent companyDai-ichi Life Holdings (TSE: 8750)Single sourceS1
Parent industryInsuranceSingle sourceS1
HeadquartersTokyo, JapanReported by Wikipedia (ja): Dai-ichi Life Holdings (headquarters ChiyodaS4
StatusActiveSingle sourceS1
Capital sourceParent company onlySingle sourceS1
StagesSeries B (inferred from announced rounds)EstimateS1

About Dai-ichi Life Holdings

ItemDetailSource
Listed asTSE: 8750S1
HeadquartersJapanS1

Recent rounds

DateCompanyRoundAmountLed by the firmSource
2020-03-23AISingSeries BJPY 400MNoS1

History

  1. Impact investment in Meltin MMIS3
  2. Impact investment in GITAI Japan (space work robots)S2

Portfolio

Public sources name 3 portfolio companies.S1

Shared portfolio with other corporate VCs

2 companies on the Dai-ichi Life Startup Investments portfolio page also appear on the portfolio page of at least one other firm in this directory. Matched by company website, or by name where no website is published.

FirmSharedCompanies in common
Daiwa Corporate Investment1GITAI Japan
EPSON X Investment1GITAI Japan
JGC Mirai Innovation Fund1GITAI Japan
KDDI Open Innovation Fund1GITAI Japan
Kuroneko Innovation Fund1GITAI Japan
NEC Capital Solutions1GITAI Japan
Glocalink1Meltin MMI

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3 companies, as named in the sources cited.S1 Read the firm's list.

  • AISing
  • GITAI Japan
  • Meltin MMI

Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

Sources

  1. S1AISing: Series B follow-on JPY 400M from Dai-ichi Life and SPARXPress
  2. S2Dai-ichi Life: impact investment in GITAI JapanFirm
  3. S3Dai-ichi Life: impact investment in Meltin MMIFirm
  4. S4Wikipedia (ja): Dai-ichi Life Holdings (headquarters Chiyoda, Tokyo)Third-party report

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