Japan · Investor

Mistletoe

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

QuietVC firm

Pre-seedSeedSeries AHealthHealth DiagnosticsM

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 7 on record
Since the last cheque2693days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$5.5MCheque size, as they say$250K – $5.0MRounds led0 of 7Sole investor1 roundsMostly inEstonia, 14%
Pitch Mistletoe

Mistletoe highlights

  1. 01

    7 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Series A and Series B: 80% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $4.0M

What they do

Mistletoe's mission is to nurture startups that contribute to solving the major challenges the world will face in the future.Translated from Japanese, from their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$250K – $5.0M as they say
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
Sectors
HealthHealth DiagnosticsM
Based in
Tokyo, Japan
Cold pitches
Not accepted

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first7 appearances

  1. 2019

    2 rounds

  2. Jun
    FunderbeamSeries A · EE · FinSMEs$4.5MWith 6 others
  3. Jan
    InnerChefSeries B · IN · DealStreetAsia$6.5MWith 2 others
  4. 2018

    2 rounds

  5. Dec
    EdcastUS · FinSMEs$34MWith 7 others
  6. Oct
    ClasstingKR · FinSMEs$4.0MSole investor
  7. 2015

    2 rounds

  8. Jun
    EnevoSeries B · FI$16MWith 4 others
  9. Feb
    AstroscaleSeries A · SG$7.7MWith 5 others
  10. 2014

    1 round

  11. Aug
    Life is TechVenture · JP$3.2MWith 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.

Recently backed

The latest companies Mistletoe put money into.

Funderbeam$4.5M · Jun 2019InnerChef$6.5M · Jan 2019Edcast$34M · Dec 2018

Quick answers about Mistletoe

What does Mistletoe invest in?

Mistletoe invests most often at Series A and Series B (80% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Health, Health Diagnostics and M.

How active is Mistletoe?

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

What has Mistletoe invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Funderbeam (Series A, Jun 2019), InnerChef (Series B, Jan 2019) and Edcast (Undisclosed round, Dec 2018).

How big are Mistletoe's cheques?

The median round it joins is $5.5M. It says it writes cheques of $250K to $5.0M.

Does Mistletoe lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 7 investments on record names it as the lead.

Where does Mistletoe invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in Estonia (14%), India (14%) and the United States (14%).

Is Mistletoe investing now?

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

What kind of investor is Mistletoe?

Mistletoe is a VC firm based in Tokyo, Japan.

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