# B Dash Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> B Dash Ventures is a vc firm based in Japan. 19 investments on record, latest Jul 2015. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/b-dash-ventures (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Japan · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors)

# B Dash Ventures

Last cheque observed Jul 2015. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Email

Quiet VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A Technology Startups

Follow B Dash Ventures and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fb-dash-ventures)

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 19 on record

Since the last cheque **4136** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$1.1M** Rounds led **0 of 19** Sole investor **6 rounds** Exits **1 from the portfolio** Mostly in **Japan, 71%**

Pitch B Dash Ventures

## B Dash Ventures highlights

- 01 19 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Venture and Seed: 83% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 6 rounds, median $522K
- 04 1 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

> A venture capital firm that invests in startups both domestically and internationally, broadly from seed and early stage to late stage. Translated from Japanese, from their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B Growth
- **Sectors:** Technology Startups
- **Based in:** Minato City, Japan
- **Cold pitches:** Not accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **19 appearances**

- **2015** 8 rounds
- **Jul** **[sotoasobi](https://millionrounds.com/company/sotoasobi)** Venture · JP **$1.6M** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[C Channel](https://millionrounds.com/company/c-channel)** Seed · JP **$4.0M** With 7 others
- **Apr** **[Fukurou Labo](https://millionrounds.com/company/fukurou-labo)** Venture · JP **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Mar** **[Connehito](https://millionrounds.com/company/connehito)** Venture · JP **$1.3M** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[Spika](https://millionrounds.com/company/spika)** Series A · JP **$840K** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Meetscom](https://millionrounds.com/company/meetscom)** Series A **$524K** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[Mynet Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/mynet-inc)** Venture **$6.2M** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[Crevo](https://millionrounds.com/company/crevo)** Venture · JP **$851K** With 1 other
- **2014** 6 rounds
- **Dec** **[RECLO](https://millionrounds.com/company/reclo)** Venture · JP **$2.0M** With 1 other
- **Nov** **[QLL](https://millionrounds.com/company/qll)** Venture · TW **$450K** With 4 others
- **Jun** **[Gunosy](https://millionrounds.com/company/gunosy)** Venture · JP **$12M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[WritePath](https://millionrounds.com/company/writepath)** Seed · CN **$525K** With 4 others
- **Apr** **[IEMO](https://millionrounds.com/company/iemo)** JP **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Mar** **[Gunosy](https://millionrounds.com/company/gunosy)** Venture · JP **$12M** With 1 other
- **2013** 3 rounds
- **Dec** **[gumi](https://millionrounds.com/company/gumi)** Series G · SG **$19M** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[e27](https://millionrounds.com/company/e27)** Venture · SG · techcrunch.com **$615K** With 5 others
- **Feb** **[Gunosy](https://millionrounds.com/company/gunosy)** Seed · JP **$300K** Sole investor
- **2012** 1 round
- **Nov** **[Pal+](https://millionrounds.com/company/pal)** Seed · TW · thenextweb.com **$1.1M** With 4 others
- **2011** 1 round
- **Dec** **[Oh My Glasses](https://millionrounds.com/company/oh-my-glasses)** Seed · JP **$520K** Sole investor

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

We 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.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **1 in all**

**[IEMO](https://millionrounds.com/company/iemo)** Bought by [DeNA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dena) **$50M** Oct 2014

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$1.1M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$522K**

Led 0 of 19 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 6 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Jul 2015
- **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Venture *10*
- Seed said *5*
- Series A said *2*
- Series G *1*
- Pre-seed said *-*
- Series B said *-*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2011 2015

Often in the room with

- [Pinehurst Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pinehurst-capital-management) 3
- [Incubate Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/incubate-fund) 2
- [KDDI](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kddi) 2

**Pitching B Dash Ventures?** 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 *→*

## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as B Dash Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Pinehurst Capital Management** Investment firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pinehurst-capital-management)[**Incubate Fund** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/incubate-fund)[**KDDI** Investment firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kddi)

## Quick answers about B Dash Ventures

### What does B Dash Ventures invest in?

B Dash Ventures invests most often at Venture and Seed (83% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Technology and Startups.

### How active is B Dash Ventures?

19 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jul 2015.

### How big are B Dash Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $1.1M.

### Does B Dash Ventures lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 19 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does B Dash Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in Japan (71%), Taiwan (12%) and Singapore (12%).

### Is B Dash Ventures investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Jul 2015.

### Who does B Dash Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Pinehurst Capital Management (3 rounds together), Incubate Fund (2 rounds together) and KDDI (2 rounds together).

### What kind of investor is B Dash Ventures?

B Dash Ventures is a VC firm based in Minato City, Japan.

## 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=b-dash-ventures) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=b-dash-ventures)
