# 500 Startups Japan: portfolio, investments and team > 500 Startups Japan is a vc firm based in Japan. 2 investments on record, latest Jan 2018. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups-japan (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Japan · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # 500 Startups Japan Last cheque observed Jan 2018. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Quiet New fund, Sept 2015 VC firm Series A Series B Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 2 on record Since the last cheque **3199** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$10M** Rounds led **1 of 2** Sole investor **1 rounds** Pitch 500 Startups Japan ## 500 Startups Japan highlights - 01 2 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Series A and Series B: 100% of its rounds - 03 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $13M ## What they do - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Based in:** Japan - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **2 appearances** - **2018** 1 round - **Jan** **[SmartHR](https://millionrounds.com/company/smarthr)** Series B · JP · TechCrunch **$13M** *Led* - **2017** 1 round - **Sept** **[Infostellar](https://millionrounds.com/company/infostellar)** Series A · JP · TechCrunch **$7.3M** With 4 others An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor. ## The team Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **2 named** DP **David Paul McClure** Executive Officer i Filing they signed JP **James Paul Riney** Executive Officer i Filing they signed We also hold **2** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them. New fund on file **Raised** a new fund in Sept 2015 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Series A Series B Median round joined **$10M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$13M** Led 1 of 2 rounds **50%** - **Sole investor:** 1 rounds - **Last cheque:** Jan 2018 Rounds by stage said on their site - Series A *1* - Series B *1* Cheques by year Led Joined 2017 2018 **Pitching 500 Startups Japan?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Recently backed The latest companies 500 Startups Japan put money into. [**Infostellar** $7.3M · Sept 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/infostellar) ## Quick answers about 500 Startups Japan ### What does 500 Startups Japan invest in? 500 Startups Japan invests most often at Series A and Series B (100% of the rounds on record). ### How active is 500 Startups Japan? 2 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Jan 2018. ### What has 500 Startups Japan invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: SmartHR (Series B, Jan 2018) and Infostellar (Series A, Sept 2017). ### How big are 500 Startups Japan's cheques? The median round it joins is $10M. ### Is 500 Startups Japan investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Jan 2018. ### What kind of investor is 500 Startups Japan? 500 Startups Japan is a VC firm based in Japan. ### Has 500 Startups Japan raised a new fund? Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Sept 2015. ### Where does this information on 500 Startups Japan come from? From 2 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night. ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=500-startups-japan) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=500-startups-japan)