# Mitsui Global Investment: portfolio, investments and team

> Mitsui Global Investment is a corporate vc based in Japan. 43 investments on record, latest Sept 2015. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitsui-and-co-global-investment-ltd (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Mitsui Global Investment

Last cheque observed Sep 2015. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet Corporate VC Website unconfirmed

Seed Series A Series B Paytech Finserv Bank

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 43 on record

Since the last cheque **4073** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$18M** Rounds led **0 of 43** Sole investor **4 rounds** Exits **8 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 83%**

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## Mitsui Global Investment highlights

- 01 43 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series B and Series C: 56% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 4 rounds, median $13M
- 04 8 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

- **Type:** Corporate VC (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth Pre-IPO
- **Sectors:** Paytech Finserv Bank
- **Based in:** Chiyoda City, Japan
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

A website was listed for this organisation, but we could not confirm it belongs to the firm that wrote these cheques. Either the site never mentions them, or it turned out to be a different company sharing the name. We show neither it nor anything read from it. [Tell us the right one](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=mitsui-and-co-global-investment-ltd).

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **43 appearances**

- **2015** 4 rounds
- **Sept** **[WellAware](https://millionrounds.com/company/wellaware)** Series B · US **$16M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[CounterTack](https://millionrounds.com/company/countertack)** Series C · US **$15M** With 8 others
- **Apr** **[Sirrus](https://millionrounds.com/company/sirrus)** Series B · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Stem](https://millionrounds.com/company/stem)** Series C · US **$12M** With 5 others
- **2014** 4 rounds
- **Oct** **[Pica8](https://millionrounds.com/company/pica8)** Series B · US **$13M** With 1 other
- **Jul** **[Spire](https://millionrounds.com/company/spire)** Series A · US **$25M** With 5 others
- **Jun** **[Proterra](https://millionrounds.com/company/proterra)** Series D · US **$30M** With 9 others
- **May** **[Pinnacle Engines](https://millionrounds.com/company/pinnacle-engines)** Series C · US **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **2013** 2 rounds
- **Aug** **[Rive Technology](https://millionrounds.com/company/rive-technology)** Series D · US · finsmes.com **$20M** With 5 others
- **Jan** **[OpenX](https://millionrounds.com/company/openx)** Series E · US · sec.gov **$25M** With 8 others
- **2012** 11 rounds
- **Nov** **[ArmaGen Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/armagen-technologies)** Series A · US · prnewswire.com **$17M** With 3 others
- **Nov** **[Edison Pharmaceuticals](https://millionrounds.com/company/edison-pharmaceuticals)** Series F · US · finsmes.com **$20M** Sole investor
- **Nov** **[Kaltura](https://millionrounds.com/company/kaltura)** Series D · US · techcrunch.com **$25M** With 5 others
- **Sept** **[Virident Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/virident-systems)** Series D · US · techcrunch.com **$26M** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[Virident Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/virident-systems)** Venture · US **$5.7M** With 4 others
- **Jun** **[SHIFT](https://millionrounds.com/company/shift)** Venture · US · finsmes.com **$6.0M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[Promethera Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/promethera-biosciences)** Series B · BE · finsmes.com **$31M** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[Sirrus](https://millionrounds.com/company/sirrus)** Series A · US · finsmes.com **$14M** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[EnerVault](https://millionrounds.com/company/enervault)** Series B · US · bizjournals.com **$16M** With 4 others
- **Feb** **[MoBeam](https://millionrounds.com/company/mobeam)** Series A · US · techcrunch.com **$1.5M** With 3 others
- **Jan** **[EnerVault](https://millionrounds.com/company/enervault)** Venture · US **$7.0M** With 2 others
- **2011** 5 rounds
- **Oct** **[4INFO](https://millionrounds.com/company/4info)** Series D · US · techcrunch.com **$14M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[YPX Cayman Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/company/ypx-cayman-holdings)** Series B · CN **$20M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[Redwood Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/redwood-systems)** Venture · US · finsmes.com **$3.5M** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[Marrone Bio Innovations](https://millionrounds.com/company/marrone-bio-innovations)** Series C · US · marronebioinnovations.com **$25M** With 6 others
- **May** **[OpenX](https://millionrounds.com/company/openx)** Series D · US · techcrunch.com **$20M** With 4 others
- **2010** 2 rounds
- **Jun** **[Gaopeng](https://millionrounds.com/company/gaopeng)** Series A · CN **$25M** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[iSoftStone](https://millionrounds.com/company/isoftstone)** Series C · CN **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **2007** 4 rounds
- **Dec** **[6Rooms](https://millionrounds.com/company/6rooms)** Series B · CN **$15M** With 2 others
- **May** **[Solaicx](https://millionrounds.com/company/solaicx)** Series C · US **$27M** With 5 others
- **Mar** **[iSoftStone](https://millionrounds.com/company/isoftstone)** Series B · CN · isoftstone.com **$45M** With 5 others
- **Jan** **[Cylene Pharmaceuticals](https://millionrounds.com/company/cylene-pharmaceuticals)** Series C · US · rctech.com **$44M** With 7 others
- **2005** 2 rounds
- **May** **[Cylene Pharmaceuticals](https://millionrounds.com/company/cylene-pharmaceuticals)** Series B · US **$26M** With 5 others
- **Apr** **[Gentris](https://millionrounds.com/company/gentris)** Growth · US **$5.0M** Sole investor
- **2004** 3 rounds
- **Jun** **[Kineto Wireless](https://millionrounds.com/company/kineto-wireless)** Series C · US **$35M** With 6 others
- **May** **[Panacos Pharmaceuticals](https://millionrounds.com/company/panacos-pharmaceuticals)** Series C · US **$18M** With 7 others
- **Jan** **[InnoPath Software](https://millionrounds.com/company/innopath-software)** Series C · US **$18M** With 3 others
- **2003** 2 rounds
- **Oct** **[Boingo Wireless](https://millionrounds.com/company/boingo-wireless)** Series B · US **$10M** With 4 others
- **Aug** **[Sosei](https://millionrounds.com/company/sosei)** Series B · JP **$13M** With 5 others
- **2002** 3 rounds
- **Dec** **[NetMotion Wireless](https://millionrounds.com/company/netmotion-wireless)** Series B · US **$11M** 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

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **3 named**

AR **Aya Runderkamp** Treasurer i Form ADV

SN **Sunao Nishimura** CEO i Form ADV

TT **Toshihiro Terada** Secretary i Form ADV

We also hold **17** 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 the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$142M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** MITSUI & CO. GLOBAL INVESTMENT, INC.
- **SEC number:** CRD 327084

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**0** of 1 we have independently watched raise

Webtoffee

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 listed **8 in all**

**[SHIFT](https://millionrounds.com/company/shift)** Bought by Brand Networks **$50M** May 2015

**[Kineto Wireless](https://millionrounds.com/company/kineto-wireless)** Bought by Taqua **Undisclosed** Sept 2014

**[Gentris](https://millionrounds.com/company/gentris)** Bought by Cancer Genetics **$6.3M** Jul 2014

**[Virident Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/virident-systems)** Bought by [Western Digital Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/fund/western-digital-technologies) **$685M** Sept 2013

**[Redwood Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/redwood-systems)** Bought by CommScope **$60M** Jul 2013

**[Marrone Bio Innovations](https://millionrounds.com/company/marrone-bio-innovations)** Listed **$60M** Jul 2013

**[NetMotion Wireless](https://millionrounds.com/company/netmotion-wireless)** Bought by [Clearlake Capital Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/clearlake-capital-group) **Undisclosed** Sept 2012

**[Solaicx](https://millionrounds.com/company/solaicx)** Bought by [MEMC Electronic Materials](https://millionrounds.com/fund/memc-electronic-materials) **$66M** May 2010

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

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$18M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$13M**

Led 0 of 43 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 4 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2015
- **Exits:** 8 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series B said *13*
- Series C *10*
- Series D *8*
- Series A said *5*
- Venture *4*
- Series E *1*
- Seed said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2001 2015

Often in the room with

- [Arsenal Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arsenal-venture-partners) 2
- [Artiman Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/artiman-ventures) 2
- [AsiaVest Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/asiavest-partners) 2
- [Bioventures Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bioventures-investors) 2
- [Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boehringer-ingelheim-venture-fund) 2
- [Braemar Energy Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/braemar-energy-ventures) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**Arsenal Venture Partners** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arsenal-venture-partners)[**Artiman Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/artiman-ventures)[**AsiaVest Partners** Investment firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/asiavest-partners)[**Bioventures Investors** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bioventures-investors)[**Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boehringer-ingelheim-venture-fund)[**Braemar Energy Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/braemar-energy-ventures)[**Fidelity Growth Partners Asia** Investment firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity-growth-partners-asia)[**GM Ventures** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gm-ventures)[**Globespan Capital Partners** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/globespan-capital-partners)[**New Enterprise Associates** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates)[**Oceanshore Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oceanshore-ventures)[**Presidio Ventures** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/presidio-ventures)

## Quick answers about Mitsui Global Investment

### What does Mitsui Global Investment invest in?

Mitsui Global Investment invests most often at Series B and Series C (56% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Paytech, Finserv and Bank.

### How active is Mitsui Global Investment?

43 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2015.

### How big are Mitsui Global Investment's cheques?

The median round it joins is $18M.

### Does Mitsui Global Investment lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 43 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Mitsui Global Investment invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (83%) and China (13%).

### Is Mitsui Global Investment investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Sept 2015.

### Who does Mitsui Global Investment invest alongside?

Most often Arsenal Venture Partners (2 rounds together), Artiman Ventures (2 rounds together) and AsiaVest Partners (2 rounds together).

### What kind of investor is Mitsui Global Investment?

Mitsui Global Investment is a corporate VC based in Chiyoda City, Japan.

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