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IT Farm

Last cheque observed Apr 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

QuietVC firm

Pre-seedSeedSeries AMobileMachine LearningConnected Car

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 9 on record
Since the last cheque2746days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$8.8MRounds led0 of 9Exits1 from the portfolioMostly inUnited States, 63%
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IT Farm highlights

  1. 01

    9 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Series A and Seed: 71% of its rounds

  3. 03

    1 exits from the portfolio

What they do

IT-Farm is a seed and early stage venture capital firm, with particular interests in mobile, machine learning, connected car, IoT, OTT service, digital health, VR and other software and services.From their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries A
Sectors
MobileMachine LearningConnected Car
Based in
Shinjuku City, Japan
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first9 appearances

  1. 2019

    1 round

  2. Apr
    Meru HealthSeed · US · FinSMEs$4.2MWith 4 others
  3. 2018

    3 rounds

  4. Nov
    DrivezySeries B · IN · YourStory$20MWith 2 others
  5. Jul
    BeddrSeries A · US · FinSMEs$5.6MWith 2 others
  6. May
    BrainQIL · FinSMEs$8.8MWith 4 others
  7. 2016

    1 round

  8. Jul
    Treasure Data$24MWith 21 others
  9. 2015

    2 rounds

  10. Mar
    Airdog, IncSeed · US$2.5MWith 11 others
  11. Feb
    PowWow Mobile IncSeries A · US$2.6MWith 5 others
  12. 2014

    1 round

  13. Sept
    POWWOWSeries A · IE$2.5MWith 4 others
  14. 2007

    1 round

  15. Apr
    Extreme DASeries B · US · eetimes.com$7.4MWith 3 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.

Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed1 in all

Extreme DABought by SynopsysUndisclosedOct 2011

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

Who they invest alongside

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

Recently backed

The latest companies IT Farm put money into.

Quick answers about IT Farm

What does IT Farm invest in?

IT Farm invests most often at Series A and Seed (71% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Mobile, Machine Learning and Connected Car.

How active is IT Farm?

9 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Apr 2019.

What has IT Farm invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Meru Health (Seed, Apr 2019), Drivezy (Series B, Nov 2018) and Beddr (Series A, Jul 2018).

How big are IT Farm's cheques?

The median round it joins is $8.8M.

Does IT Farm lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 9 investments on record names it as the lead.

Where does IT Farm invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (63%), India (13%) and Israel (13%).

Is IT Farm investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Apr 2019.

Who does IT Farm invest alongside?

Most often Kumar Malavalli (2 rounds together), Prabhu Goel (2 rounds together) and Vertical Venture Partners (2 rounds together).

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