# D4V: portfolio, investments and team

> D4V is a vc firm based in Japan. 2 investments on record, latest Oct 2018. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/d4v-design-for-ventures (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# D4V

Last cheque observed Oct 2018. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

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Quiet VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A Consumer Insurtech B2C

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 2 on record

Since the last cheque **2925** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$5.2M** Rounds led **0 of 2**

Pitch D4V

## D4V highlights

- 01 2 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series A: 100% of its rounds

## What they do

> D4V (Design for Ventures) is a venture capital firm based in Tokyo, focusing on early-stage investments. 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
- **Sectors:** Consumer Insurtech B2C
- **Based in:** 港区, Japan
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **2 appearances**

- **2018** 1 round
- **Oct** **[Alpaca](https://millionrounds.com/company/alpaca)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$3.0M** With 6 others
- **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

We hold **6** 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.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$5.2M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 2 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2018

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *2*
- Pre-seed said *-*
- Seed said *-*
- Series B said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2017 2018

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## Recently backed

The latest companies D4V put money into.

[**Alpaca** $3.0M · Oct 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/alpaca)[**Infostellar** $7.3M · Sept 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/infostellar)

## Quick answers about D4V

### What does D4V invest in?

D4V invests most often at Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Consumer, Insurtech and B2C.

### How active is D4V?

2 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2018.

### What has D4V invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Alpaca (Series A, Oct 2018) and Infostellar (Series A, Sept 2017).

### How big are D4V's cheques?

The median round it joins is $5.2M.

### Is D4V investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Oct 2018.

### What kind of investor is D4V?

D4V is a VC firm based in 港区, Japan.

### When was D4V founded?

D4V was founded in 2016.

### Where does this information on D4V come from?

From 2 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night.

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