# Dentsu Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Dentsu Ventures is a corporate vc based in Japan. 16 investments on record, 1 in the last 12 months, latest Jan 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# Dentsu Ventures

Last cheque observed Jan 2026; 16 cheques on record.

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Seed Series A Series B Omni Channel Market Tech Onmichannel

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**50%** of best year **1** **cheques in 12 months**, 16 on record

Since the last cheque **283** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$24M** Rounds led **0 of 16** Mostly in **United States, 80%**

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## Dentsu Ventures highlights

- 01 1 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Series B and Series A: 64% of its rounds

## What they do

> Dentsu Ventures is a corporate venture capital fund that supports entrepreneurs in bringing innovation to the world through investments in and business support for startups in Japan and abroad. Translated from Japanese, from their own website

- **Type:** Corporate VC (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth
- **Sectors:** Omni Channel Market Tech Onmichannel
- **Based in:** Minato City, Japan
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **16 appearances**

- **2026** 1 round
- **Jan** **[Fiddler AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/fiddler-ai)** Series C · US · Mozilla Ventures **$30M** With 12 others
- **2025** 1 round
- **Jun** **[Kognitos](https://millionrounds.com/company/kognitos)** Series B · US · Prosperity7 Ventures **$25M** With 6 others
- **2019** 3 rounds
- **Nov** **[SmartNews](https://millionrounds.com/company/smartnews)** Series E · JP · FinSMEs **$92M** With 4 others
- **Jul** **[NewsCred](https://millionrounds.com/company/newscred)** US · FinSMEs **$20M** With 6 others
- **Apr** **[Audioburst](https://millionrounds.com/company/audioburst)** US · FinSMEs **$10M** With 5 others
- **2018** 7 rounds
- **Oct** **[Clear Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/clear-labs)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$21M** With 3 others
- **Oct** **[CarDehko](https://millionrounds.com/company/cardehko)** IN · Entrackr **$75M** With 5 others
- **Sept** **[uBiome](https://millionrounds.com/company/ubiome)** Series C · US · FinSMEs **$83M** With 7 others
- **Jul** **[Cue Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/cue-health)** Series B · US · Cuehealth **$45M** With 7 others
- **Mar** **[Cheddar](https://millionrounds.com/company/cheddar)** Series D · US · FinSMEs **$22M** With 13 others
- **Feb** **[LiveLike](https://millionrounds.com/company/livelike)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$9.6M** With 7 others
- **Jan** **[Folio](https://millionrounds.com/company/folio)** Series A · JP · Thebridge **$63M** With 6 others
- **2017** 1 round
- **Jan** **[Two Bit Circus](https://millionrounds.com/company/two-bit-circus)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$15M** With 4 others
- **2016** 1 round
- **Jul** **[Treasure Data](https://millionrounds.com/company/treasure-data)** **$24M** With 21 others
- **2015** 2 rounds
- **Sept** **[Nextbit Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/nextbit-systems)** Crowdfunding · US **$1.4M** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[Jibo](https://millionrounds.com/company/jibo)** Series A · US **$11M** 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 **7** 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.

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**37** of 60 we have independently watched raise

[Asobica](https://millionrounds.com/company/asobica)[Astrocade](https://millionrounds.com/company/astrocade)[CLUE](https://millionrounds.com/company/clue)[CULTA](https://millionrounds.com/company/culta)[Clear Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/clear-labs)[FOLIO](https://millionrounds.com/company/folio)[FUNDiT](https://millionrounds.com/company/fundit)[Facilo](https://millionrounds.com/company/facilo)[Fiddler](https://millionrounds.com/company/fiddler)[KaKa Creation](https://millionrounds.com/company/kaka-creation)[Kognitos](https://millionrounds.com/company/kognitos)[Livelike](https://millionrounds.com/company/livelike)[Loomai](https://millionrounds.com/company/loom-ai)[MACROFAB](https://millionrounds.com/company/macrofab)[Mellow](https://millionrounds.com/company/mellow)[Mysten Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/mysten-labs)[NEW STANDARD](https://millionrounds.com/company/new-standard)[Narvar](https://millionrounds.com/company/narvar)[OpenWeb](https://millionrounds.com/company/openweb)[Overtime](https://millionrounds.com/company/overtime)[Roforco](https://millionrounds.com/company/roforco)[SUSHITOP MARKETING](https://millionrounds.com/company/sushi-top-marketing)[Scalebase](https://millionrounds.com/company/scalebase)[Skyflow](https://millionrounds.com/company/skyflow)[Solsten](https://millionrounds.com/company/solsten)[Survios](https://millionrounds.com/company/survios)[Turing](https://millionrounds.com/company/turing)[Two Bit Circus](https://millionrounds.com/company/two-bit-circus)[UBIQUITY6 (acquired by Discord)](https://millionrounds.com/company/ubiquity6)[UPSIDE Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/upside-foods)[VidMob](https://millionrounds.com/company/vidmob)[Voicy](https://millionrounds.com/company/voicy)[agolo](https://millionrounds.com/company/agolo)[double jump.tokyo](https://millionrounds.com/company/double-jump-tokyo)[emole](https://millionrounds.com/company/emole)[forest](https://millionrounds.com/company/forest)[infobox](https://millionrounds.com/company/infobox) Cheddar (acquired by Altice) Contents Contents Cue (IPO) Exo (acquired by Grail (acquired by Illumina) HERALBONY Hoodline (acquired by Nextdoor) Inworld Mira Labs (acquired NOVARCA Smarking (acquired by ParkHub) Twist Bioscience (IPO) Tynker (acquired by Byju’s) WOTA dentsu Japan ハラスメント撲滅・防止宣言 カウシェ カケハシ ソラジマ ツクルバ (IPO) テックタッチ ナレッジワーク ライスカレー (現MUSCAT GROUP)(IPO) and 2 more

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$24M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 16 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Jan 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series B said *5*
- Series A said *2*
- Series C *2*
- Crowdfunding *1*
- Series D *1*
- Seed said *-*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

Often in the room with

- [Goldman Sachs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs) 2
- [Greycroft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greycroft) 2
- [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) 2
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**Goldman Sachs** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs)[**Greycroft** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greycroft)[**Khosla Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures)[**Lightspeed Venture Partners** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Dentsu Ventures put money into.

[**Fiddler AI** $30M · Jan 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/fiddler-ai)[**Kognitos** $25M · Jun 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/kognitos)[**SmartNews** $92M · Nov 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/smartnews)[**Audioburst** $10M · Apr 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/audioburst)[**Clear Labs** $21M · Oct 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/clear-labs)[**uBiome** $83M · Sept 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/ubiome)

## Quick answers about Dentsu Ventures

### What does Dentsu Ventures invest in?

Dentsu Ventures invests most often at Series B and Series A (64% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Omni Channel, Market Tech and Onmichannel.

### How active is Dentsu Ventures?

16 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jan 2026.

### What has Dentsu Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Fiddler AI (Series C, Jan 2026), Kognitos (Series B, Jun 2025) and SmartNews (Series E, Nov 2019).

### How big are Dentsu Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $24M.

### Does Dentsu Ventures lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 16 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Dentsu Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (80%), Japan (13%) and India (7%).

### Is Dentsu Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Dentsu Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Goldman Sachs (2 rounds together), Greycroft (2 rounds together) and Khosla Ventures (2 rounds together).

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