# IT Farm: portfolio, investments and team

> IT Farm is a vc firm based in Japan. 9 investments on record, latest Apr 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# IT Farm

Last cheque observed Apr 2019. 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 Mobile Machine Learning Connected Car

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 9 on record

Since the last cheque **2747** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$8.8M** Rounds led **0 of 9** Exits **1 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 63%**

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## IT Farm highlights

- 01 9 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series A and Seed: 71% of its rounds
- 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-seed Seed Series A
- **Sectors:** Mobile Machine Learning Connected Car
- **Based in:** Shinjuku City, Japan
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **9 appearances**

- **2019** 1 round
- **Apr** **[Meru Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/meru-health)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$4.2M** With 4 others
- **2018** 3 rounds
- **Nov** **[Drivezy](https://millionrounds.com/company/drivezy)** Series B · IN · YourStory **$20M** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[Beddr](https://millionrounds.com/company/beddr)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$5.6M** With 2 others
- **May** **BrainQ** IL · FinSMEs **$8.8M** With 4 others
- **2016** 1 round
- **Jul** **[Treasure Data](https://millionrounds.com/company/treasure-data)** **$24M** With 21 others
- **2015** 2 rounds
- **Mar** **[Airdog, Inc](https://millionrounds.com/company/airdog-inc)** Seed · US **$2.5M** With 11 others
- **Feb** **[PowWow Mobile Inc](https://millionrounds.com/company/powwow-mobile-inc)** Series A · US **$2.6M** With 5 others
- **2014** 1 round
- **Sept** **[POWWOW](https://millionrounds.com/company/powwow)** Series A · IE **$2.5M** With 4 others
- **2007** 1 round
- **Apr** **[Extreme DA](https://millionrounds.com/company/extreme-da)** Series B · US · eetimes.com **$7.4M** With 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 listed **1 in all**

**[Extreme DA](https://millionrounds.com/company/extreme-da)** Bought by [Synopsys](https://millionrounds.com/fund/synopsys) **Undisclosed** Oct 2011

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 **$8.8M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 9 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Apr 2019
- **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *3*
- Seed said *2*
- Series B *2*
- Pre-seed said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2007 2019

Often in the room with

- [Kumar Malavalli](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kumar-malavalli) 2
- [Prabhu Goel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/prabhu-goel) 2
- [Vertical Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vertical-venture-partners) 2

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## 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.

[**Kumar Malavalli** Angel **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kumar-malavalli)[**Prabhu Goel** Angel **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/prabhu-goel)[**Vertical Venture Partners** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vertical-venture-partners)

## Recently backed

The latest companies IT Farm put money into.

[**Meru Health** $4.2M · Apr 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/meru-health)[**Drivezy** $20M · Nov 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/drivezy)[**Treasure Data** $24M · Jul 2016](https://millionrounds.com/company/treasure-data)

## 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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