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SMBC Venture Capital

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SMBC Venture Capital is a Japanese finance company that offers a broad range of banking-centered financial services.

Tokyo, JapanFounded 2009smbc-vc.co.jp
344
Investments
2
Exits
$500M
AUM
0.6%
Exit Rate

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Investment Thesis & Strategy

SMBC Venture Capital invests in various stages of fintech and venture capital companies, leveraging its financial expertise to support innovative businesses.

Investment Activity

Deals per year over the last 6 years

1
2014
2
2015
3
2016
1
2017
4
2018
1
2019

Portfolio Companies

Selected investments from their portfolio of 344 companies

L
LayerX
Fintech · Series A, 2019
Active
A
Abeja
AI/ML · Series B, 2018
Active
V
Visional
SaaS · Series B, 2018
Active
U
Unipos
SaaS · Series A, 2018
Active
T
TBM
Cleantech · Series C+, 2018
Active
S
SmartDrive
Transportation · Series B, 2017
Active
S
SmartNews
Media/Content · Series C+, 2016
Active
K
Kaizen Platform
SaaS · Series B, 2016
Active
R
Repro
SaaS · Series B, 2016
Active
P
Preferred Networks
AI/ML · Series C+, 2015
Active
S
Spiber
Biotech · Series C+, 2015
Active
f
freee
Fintech · Series C+, 2014
Active

Notable Exits

CompanyTypeYearValue / Acquirer
SlackAcquisition2021$27.7B
DatadogIPO2019$7.8B

Frequently Asked Questions

SMBC Venture Capital focuses on Series A, Series B, Series C+ stage investments.

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