# Benesse: portfolio, investments and team > Benesse is a corporate vc based in Japan. 3 investments on record, latest Mar 2014. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/benesse (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Japan · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Benesse Last cheque observed Mar 2014. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Quiet Corporate VC Series A Series B Health Care Marketing Education Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 3 on record Since the last cheque **4617** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$5.8M** Rounds led **0 of 3** Sole investor **1 rounds** Exits **1 from the portfolio** Pitch Benesse ## Benesse highlights - 01 3 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Series A and Series B: 100% of its rounds - 03 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median undisclosed - 04 1 exits from the portfolio ## What they do - **Type:** Corporate VC (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Sectors:** Health Care Marketing Education - **Based in:** 岡山市, Japan - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **3 appearances** - **2014** 1 round - **Mar** **[Quipper](https://millionrounds.com/company/quipper)** Series A · GB **$5.8M** With 1 other - **2013** 1 round - **Nov** **[InOpen](https://millionrounds.com/company/inopen)** Series A · IN · business-standard.com **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **2003** 1 round - **Oct** **[iStyle Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/istyle-inc)** Series B · JP **Undisclosed** With 8 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. ## Exits from the portfolio Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **1 in all** **[Quipper](https://millionrounds.com/company/quipper)** Bought by [Recruit Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/recruit-holdings) **$39M** Jul 2015 An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records. ## The cheque Series A Series B Median round joined **$5.8M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **-** Led 0 of 3 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** 1 rounds - **Last cheque:** Mar 2014 - **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio Rounds by stage said on their site - Series A *2* - Series B *1* Cheques by year Led Joined 2003 2014 **Pitching Benesse?** 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 *→* ## Quick answers about Benesse ### What does Benesse invest in? Benesse invests most often at Series A and Series B (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Health Care, Marketing and Education. ### How active is Benesse? 3 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Mar 2014. ### How big are Benesse's cheques? The median round it joins is $5.8M. ### Is Benesse investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Mar 2014. ### What kind of investor is Benesse? Benesse is a corporate VC based in 岡山市, Japan. ### When was Benesse founded? Benesse was founded in 1955. ### Where does this information on Benesse come from? From 1 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=benesse) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=benesse)