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DENSO Ventures

Profile, fund size and portfolio

Parent DENSOHQ Kariya, JapanFounded 2014

DENSO Ventures is the corporate venture arm of DENSO, an automotive company. It was founded in 2014 and is based in Kariya, Japan. It invests from seed to Series B. Sectors it names: mobility and automotive, cybersecurity, semiconductors and hardware.

Cumulative investedS1
USD 100M
Companies backedS1
5+

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Snapshot

Investment stage: Seed to Series B
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ItemValue
Stage rangeSeed to Series B
SectorsMobility and automotive, Cybersecurity, Semiconductors and hardware
GeographyNorth America, Asia
OfficesKariya, Japan, Southfield, United States

Sources: S1 DENSO press release: invests nearly USD 100 million in startups (6 Dec 2018).

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Investment stage: Seed to Series B

Sources: S1 DENSO press release: invests nearly USD 100 million in startups (6 Dec 2018).

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Scale and capital allocated
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MeasureValueUnitKindSource
Headline sizeUSD 100MCumulative investedStated by the firm or its parentS1
Companies backed5+companiesStated by the firmS1
Companies on the firm's portfolio page5companiesCounted from the firm's own listS1

Sources: S1 DENSO press release: invests nearly USD 100 million in startups (6 Dec 2018).

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Scale and capital allocated

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Sources: S1 DENSO press release: invests nearly USD 100 million in startups (6 Dec 2018).

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Where it invests and who leads it

Geography

Headquarters
Kariya, Japan
Offices
  • Kariya, Japan
  • Southfield, United States

Investment regionsS1

LeadersS5

  • Tsuyoshi MorimotoVice President, Strategy and Corporate Venture Capital, DENSOLinkedIn

DENSO Ventures on LinkedIn

Key facts

FactValueStatusSource
Parent companyDENSO (TSE: 6902)Reported by Wikipedia: DensoS2
Parent industryAutomotive and mobilityReported by Wikipedia: DensoS2
Founded2014Single sourceS4
HeadquartersKariya, JapanReported by Wikipedia: DensoS2
Capital sourceParent company onlySingle sourceS1
Headline sizeUSD 100M (Cumulative invested)Single sourceS1
Companies backed5+Single sourceS1
StagesSeed, Series B (inferred from announced rounds)EstimateS1

About DENSO

ItemDetailSource
Listed asTSE: 6902S2
HeadquartersJapanS2

Recent rounds

DateCompanyRoundAmountLed by the firmSource
2018-12-06RidecellSeries BNot statedNoS1
2018-12-06DellferSeedNot statedYesS1

History

  1. DENSO reported nearly USD 100 million invested in start-ups over four years.S1
  2. Tony Cannestra left DENSO's corporate venture unit after 11 years as head; DENSO said the unit continues (reported 24 March)S4

Portfolio

The firm's portfolio page lists 5 companies.S1

Shared portfolio with other corporate VCs

3 companies on the DENSO Ventures 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
Ally Ventures1Ridecell
Cox Automotive1Ridecell
Beyond14351Ridecell
Hearst Ventures1Ridecell
Hella Ventures1Ridecell
LG Technology Ventures1Ridecell
Sony Innovation Fund1Ridecell
Woven Capital1Ridecell
NTT DOCOMO Ventures1Metawave
Toyota Ventures1Metawave
Daikin CVC Office1FLOSFIA

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Every company on the DENSO Ventures list

5 companies, as listed on the firm's own website.S1 Read the firm's list.

  • Dellfer
  • FLOSFIA
  • Metawave
  • Ridecell
  • Thinci

Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

Sources

  1. S1DENSO press release: invests nearly USD 100 million in startups (6 Dec 2018)Parent company
  2. S2Wikipedia: Denso, headquarters KariyaThird-party report
  3. S3DENSO Corporate Venture Capital site (densocvc.com)Firm
  4. S4Global Venturing: Cannestra leaves CVC arm of Japanese car parts maker DensoPress
  5. S5LinkedIn profile: Tsuyoshi MorimotoThird-party report

Disclaimer and corrections

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