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What does JAFCO Group invest in?
JAFCO Group invests most often at Series A and Series B (67% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Startups, AI and Deep Tech.
JAFCO Group highlights
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6 rounds on record
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Mostly Series A and Series B: 67% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $15M
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1 exits from the portfolio
What they do
JAFCO Group Co., Ltd. is an unlisted company investment firm with two main pillars: venture investment in startups challenging the creation of new businesses, and buyout investment mainly targeting small and medium-sized enterprises aiming for regrowth.Translated from Japanese, from their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- SeedSeries ASeries BGrowthBuyout
- Sectors
- StartupsAIDeep Tech
- Based in
- Minato, Japan
- Cold pitches
- Not accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first6 appearances
- 2025
1 round
- Sept
- 2014
1 round
- Jun
- 2011
1 round
- Dec
- 2008
2 rounds
- Jul
- May
- 2004
1 round
- Jun
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 8 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)
0 of 4 we have independently watched raise
ClientFsaToyokeizaiXtech
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.
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed1 in all
Kythera BiopharmaceuticalsBought by Allergan$2.1BJun 2015
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.