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Mirai Creation Fund

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

QuietVC firm

GrowthSeedSeries AIntelligent TechnologyRoboticsHydrogen

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 4 on record
Since the last cheque2831days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$27MRounds led0 of 4
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Mirai Creation Fund highlights

  1. 01

    4 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Debt and Series A: 50% of its rounds

What they do

In the Future Creation Fund (No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3), since the start of management in 2015, a cumulative total of 177.8 billion yen has been raised, and investments have been made in 158 unlisted companies.Translated from Japanese, from their own website
Type
VC firm
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
GrowthSeedSeries A
Sectors
Intelligent TechnologyRoboticsHydrogen
Based in
Japan
Cold pitches
Not accepted

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first4 appearances

  1. 2019

    1 round

  2. Jan
    CinnamonSeries B · JP · Thebridge$14MWith 5 others
  3. 2018

    2 rounds

  4. Sept
    ThinCISeries C · US · FinSMEs$65MWith 5 others
  5. Feb
    WealthNaviDebt · JP · Thebridge$41MWith 5 others
  6. 2017

    1 round

  7. Dec
    Guardian OpticalSeries A · IL · FinSMEs$5.1MWith 1 other

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 1 person 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 9 we have independently watched raise

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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.

Who they invest alongside

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

Recently backed

The latest companies Mirai Creation Fund put money into.

Quick answers about Mirai Creation Fund

What does Mirai Creation Fund invest in?

Mirai Creation Fund invests most often at Debt and Series A (50% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Intelligent Technology, Robotics and Hydrogen.

How active is Mirai Creation Fund?

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

What has Mirai Creation Fund invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Cinnamon (Series B, Jan 2019), ThinCI (Series C, Sept 2018) and WealthNavi (Debt, Feb 2018).

How big are Mirai Creation Fund's cheques?

The median round it joins is $27M.

Is Mirai Creation Fund investing now?

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

Who does Mirai Creation Fund invest alongside?

Most often SMBC (2 rounds together).

What kind of investor is Mirai Creation Fund?

Mirai Creation Fund is a VC firm based in Japan.

Where does this information on Mirai Creation Fund come from?

From 4 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night.

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