# LiveSmart funding: rounds and investors

> LiveSmart has raised $400K across 2 rounds since 2020. Investors include Mizuho Capital, IVC and QVentures. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/livesmart (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Japan · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *LiveSmart*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 3 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Fitness Food & Beverage

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$400K** raised across 2 rounds since 2020, from 2 sources

- **Latest round:** Venture Nov 2024
- **Biggest round:** $400K Seed · May 2020
- **Investors:** 3

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2021 2022 2023 2024

**$400K** Seed

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Seed, $400K
- **Biggest round:** $400K
- **Between rounds:** 4.5 years

## The rounds

- **Nov 2024** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *2 new* [Mizuho Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-capital) [IVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivc) Source recorded
- **May 2020** Seed **$400K** *1 new* [QVentures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qventures) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From LiveSmart's own website: 8 on the team.

- **Jonathan Benton** Chief Executive Officer
- **Dawn Oatley** Group Chief Financial Officer
- **Mark Long** Chief Technology Officer
- **Tim Woolley** Chief Scientific Officer
- **Inuvi Express Diagnostics** Head of Clinical Operations
- **Dave Darrer** Operations Director
- **Jen Ayling** Commercial Director Inuvi Express Diagnostics
- **Paul Nattrass** Commercial Director

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Seed** 2020 **Venture** 2024 [Mizuho Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-capital) [IVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivc) [QVentures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qventures)

## Everyone who backed them

[Mizuho Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-capital) VC firm **1** round

[IVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivc) VC firm **1** round

[QVentures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qventures) Family office **1** round

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## Quick answers about LiveSmart

### Who invested in LiveSmart?

LiveSmart's investors include Mizuho Capital, IVC and QVentures.

### How much has LiveSmart raised?

LiveSmart has raised $400K across 2 rounds since 2020. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did LiveSmart last raise?

LiveSmart's most recent round was a Venture in Nov 2024.

### What was LiveSmart's biggest round?

LiveSmart's largest round on record is $400K (Seed), in May 2020.

### Who backed LiveSmart first?

LiveSmart's first round on record, in May 2020, was backed by QVentures.

### What stage is LiveSmart at?

LiveSmart's latest named round is a Venture, in Nov 2024.

### Where is LiveSmart based?

LiveSmart is based in Japan.

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