Daiwa Corporate Investment
Profile and portfolio
Daiwa Corporate Investment is the corporate venture arm of Daiwa Securities Group, a financial services company. It was founded in 1982 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. It invests from seed to Series A. Sectors it names: biotech and life sciences.
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Snapshot
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| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Stage range | Seed to Series A |
| Sectors | Sector agnostic, Biotech and life sciences |
| Geography | Asia |
| Offices | Tokyo, Japan, Sendai, Japan, Taipei, Taiwan, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
Sources: S4 Daiwa Corporate Investment: Funds; S3 Daiwa Corporate Investment: Portfolio; S1 Daiwa Corporate Investment: About (company details, history, board).
Where it invests and who leads it
Geography
- Offices
- Tokyo, Japan
- Sendai, Japan
- Taipei, Taiwan
- Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Investment regionsS4S3S1
LeadersS1S2
- Shinichi SetoPresident & CEOFind on LinkedInFirm page
- Noriaki KashiwagiDeputy PresidentFind on LinkedInFirm page
- Toshitake GotoSenior Managing Director, head of investment for domestic fundsFind on LinkedInFirm page
- Tsutomu KobayashiChairmanFind on LinkedInFirm page
Key facts
| Fact | Value | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parent company | Daiwa Securities Group | Single source | S1 |
| Parent industry | Banking and financial services | Single source | S1 |
| Founded | 1982 | Single source | S1 |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan | Single source | S1 |
| Status | Active | Single source | S1 |
| Capital source | Parent and outside investors | Single source | S4 |
| Stages | Seed, Series A (inferred from announced rounds) | Estimate | S4 |
Portfolio
The firm's portfolio page lists 79 companies.S3
Every company on the Daiwa Corporate Investment list
79 companies, as listed on the firm's own website.S3 Read the firm's list.
- AI Medical Service
- Aidemy
- AIOCORE
- Aristol.
- AstroX
- BrightTable
- CAPABLE
- Cardio Intelligence
- CellFiber
- COCOO
- Con Cung Investment Joint Stock
- COUNTER WORKS
- CRAIF
- CVI Cosmetic and Pharmaceutical Joint Stock
- dataX
- DINETTE.INC
- Dong Hai Joint Stock Company of Ben Tre
- ECOMOBI
- EVIRY
- Flexfit Joint Stock
- Game Server Services
- GITAI Japan
- Hai An Transport and Stevedoring Joint Stock
- Hydro Powtech Japan
- J E M S
- kakutoku
- KiZUKAI
- Kyoto Fusioneering
- Kyulux
- L is B
- Lang-8
- Life Log Technology
- LINK-US
- Lisse
- MCBI
- MILIZE
- MIRAISENS
- Miroom
- Nature
- neton
- NEWROPE
- NovAccel.inc
- OMNIS
- ONLY STORY.inc
- OnPoint Holdings
- PAN Farm Joint Stock
- Photo electron Soul
- Plant form
- primeNumber
- Rapyuta Robotics
- REEVO
- REVOX
- Rhelixa
- RICHKA
- Ricons Construction Investment JSC
- shokunin-san.com
- SoLARIS
- SONIRE Therapeutics
- Spiber
- Spider Labs
- SpiderPlus &
- Starlight Engine
- Stockmark
- Stringee Joint Stock
- STYLE PORT
- tacoms
- TechDoctor
- Thinca
- tiem factory
- TopoLogic
- TRUSTART
- Viet Uc Seafood Joint Stock
- Vietnam Prosperity Joint-Stock Commercial Bank
- Virtusize
- VVM Investment and Trade Joint Stock
- webrage
- WHILL
- Z-Works
- ZIRITZ
Fund vehicles
History
- Nippon Investment & Finance Co. established (predecessor)S1
- Nippon Investment & Finance and Daiwa Finance merged to form NIF VenturesS1
- Daiwa SMBC Capital renamed Daiwa Corporate Investment (July)S1
- Daiwa Capital Partners took over the business by company split and took the name Daiwa Corporate Investment (July)S1
Official pages
Read the firm's own pages for current information.
Sources
- S1Daiwa Corporate Investment: About (company details, history, board)Firm
- S2Daiwa Corporate Investment: Team (English)Firm
- S3Daiwa Corporate Investment: PortfolioFirm
- S4Daiwa Corporate Investment: FundsFirm
- S5Daiwa Corporate Investment press release: DCI Venture Growth Fund No. 2 established (JP, PDF)Firm
Disclaimer and corrections
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