# TEL Venture Capital Japan: portfolio, investments and team

> TEL Venture Capital Japan is a corporate vc based in United States. 7 investments on record, latest Jul 2017. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/tel-venture-capital-japan (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# TEL Venture Capital Japan

No cheque observed since Jul 2017, after 7 earlier cheques, and the website is dead.

Dormant Corporate VC

Seed Series A Semiconductor 3d Printing Nano-tech

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 7 on record

Since the last cheque **3400** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$9.8M** Rounds led **0 of 7** Sole investor **2 rounds** Exits **2 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 86%**

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## TEL Venture Capital Japan highlights

- 01 7 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series B and Series C: 80% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 2 rounds, median undisclosed
- 04 2 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

- **Type:** Corporate VC (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed Series A
- **Sectors:** Semiconductor 3d Printing Nano-tech
- **Based in:** Austin, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **7 appearances**

- **2017** 2 rounds
- **Jul** **[Light Polymers](https://millionrounds.com/company/light-polymers)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$5.0M** With 1 other
- **Jul** **[Floadia](https://millionrounds.com/company/floadia)** Series B · JP · FinSMEs **$15M** With 7 others
- **2013** 1 round
- **Jun** **[MIOX](https://millionrounds.com/company/miox)** US · prnewswire.com **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **2012** 2 rounds
- **Feb** **[EnerVault](https://millionrounds.com/company/enervault)** Series B · US · bizjournals.com **$16M** With 4 others
- **Jan** **[EnerVault](https://millionrounds.com/company/enervault)** Venture · US **$7.0M** With 2 others
- **2008** 2 rounds
- **Dec** **[Unidym](https://millionrounds.com/company/unidym)** US · reuters.com **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[NanoGram](https://millionrounds.com/company/nanogram)** Series C · US · nanogram.com **$32M** With 13 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 **4** 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.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **2 in all**

**[Unidym](https://millionrounds.com/company/unidym)** Bought by [Wisepower](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wisepower) **Undisclosed** Jan 2011

**[NanoGram](https://millionrounds.com/company/nanogram)** Bought by Teijin Limited **Undisclosed** Jul 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

Median round joined **$9.8M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **-**

Led 0 of 7 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 2 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Jul 2017
- **Exits:** 2 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series B *3*
- Series C *1*
- Venture *1*
- Seed said *-*
- Series A said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2008 2017

Often in the room with

- [Mitsui Global Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitsui-and-co-global-investment-ltd) 2
- [Oceanshore Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oceanshore-ventures) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as TEL Venture Capital Japan. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Mitsui Global Investment** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitsui-and-co-global-investment-ltd)[**Oceanshore Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oceanshore-ventures)

## Recently backed

The latest companies TEL Venture Capital Japan put money into.

[**Light Polymers** $5.0M · Jul 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/light-polymers)

## Quick answers about TEL Venture Capital Japan

### What does TEL Venture Capital Japan invest in?

TEL Venture Capital Japan invests most often at Series B and Series C (80% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Semiconductor, 3d Printing and Nano-tech.

### How active is TEL Venture Capital Japan?

7 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jul 2017.

### What has TEL Venture Capital Japan invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Light Polymers (Series B, Jul 2017) and Floadia (Series B, Jul 2017).

### How big are TEL Venture Capital Japan's cheques?

The median round it joins is $9.8M.

### Does TEL Venture Capital Japan lead rounds?

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

### Where does TEL Venture Capital Japan invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (86%) and Japan (14%).

### Is TEL Venture Capital Japan investing now?

It looks quiet: no investment on record since Jul 2017.

### Who does TEL Venture Capital Japan invest alongside?

Most often Mitsui Global Investment (2 rounds together) and Oceanshore Ventures (2 rounds together).

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