# SMBC Venture Capital: portfolio, investments and team

> SMBC Venture Capital is a vc firm based in Japan. 5 investments on record, latest Nov 2013. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# SMBC Venture Capital

No cheque observed since Nov 2013, after 5 earlier cheques, and the website is dead.

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Dormant VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A Financial Services Lending Payment

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 5 on record

Since the last cheque **4719** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$2.3M** Rounds led **0 of 5** Sole investor **1 rounds** Exits **1 from the portfolio** Mostly in **Japan, 80%**

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## SMBC Venture Capital highlights

- 01 5 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Venture and Series A: 60% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $1.3M
- 04 1 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B Growth Pre-IPO
- **Sectors:** Financial Services Lending Payment
- **Based in:** Tokyo, Japan
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **5 appearances**

- **2013** 4 rounds
- **Nov** **[Itandi](https://millionrounds.com/company/itandi)** Venture · JP · venturenews-hnishikawa.blogspot.in **$3.0M** With 2 others
- **Nov** **[SiTime](https://millionrounds.com/company/sitime)** Series F · US · finance.yahoo.com **Undisclosed** With 11 others
- **Aug** **[MugenUp](https://millionrounds.com/company/mugenup)** Series B · JP · startup-dating.com **$1.3M** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[AdInnovation](https://millionrounds.com/company/adinnovation)** Venture · JP · startup-dating.com **$1.6M** With 2 others
- **2011** 1 round
- **Dec** **[Metaps](https://millionrounds.com/company/metaps)** Series A · JP · finsmes.com **$4.2M** 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.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **1 in all**

**[SiTime](https://millionrounds.com/company/sitime)** Bought by MegaChips Corporation **$200M** Oct 2014

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 **$2.3M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$1.3M**

Led 0 of 5 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 1 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Nov 2013
- **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Venture *2*
- Series A said *1*
- Series B said *1*
- Series F *1*
- Pre-seed said *-*
- Seed said *-*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2011 2013

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## Quick answers about SMBC Venture Capital

### What does SMBC Venture Capital invest in?

SMBC Venture Capital invests most often at Venture and Series A (60% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Financial Services, Lending and Payment.

### How active is SMBC Venture Capital?

5 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Nov 2013.

### How big are SMBC Venture Capital's cheques?

The median round it joins is $2.3M.

### Does SMBC Venture Capital lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 5 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does SMBC Venture Capital invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in Japan (80%) and the United States (20%).

### Is SMBC Venture Capital investing now?

It looks quiet: no investment on record since Nov 2013.

### What kind of investor is SMBC Venture Capital?

SMBC Venture Capital is a VC firm based in Tokyo, Japan.

### When was SMBC Venture Capital founded?

SMBC Venture Capital was founded in 2005.

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