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Toshiba America Electronic Components

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

QuietCorporate VC

Series CSeedSeries BCloud Data ServicesData StorageEnterprise Software

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 9 on record
Since the last cheque4170days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$7.0MRounds led0 of 9Sole investor2 roundsExits1 from the portfolioMostly inUnited States, 78%
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Toshiba America Electronic Components highlights

  1. 01

    9 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Series C and Seed: 56% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 2 rounds, median $8.0M

  4. 04

    1 exits from the portfolio

What they do

Type
Corporate VC (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Sectors
Cloud Data ServicesData StorageEnterprise Software
Based in
Minato-ku, Japan
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first9 appearances

  1. 2015

    2 rounds

  2. May
    CyberFlow AnalyticsSeed · US$2.0MWith 1 other
  3. May
    ExabloxSeries C · US$7.0MWith 1 other
  4. 2013

    3 rounds

  5. Jul
    Zadara StorageSeries B · US$13MSole investor
  6. Jul
    Zadara StorageGrowth · US · finsmes.com$3.0MSole investor
  7. Jul
    CyberFlow AnalyticsSeed · US · socaltech.com$2.0MWith 1 other
  8. 2012

    1 round

  9. Mar
    Violin MemorySeries D · US · venturebeat.com$50MWith 4 others
  10. 2011

    1 round

  11. Feb
    Violin MemorySeries B · US · venturebeat.com$35MWith 1 other
  12. 2008

    1 round

  13. Sept
    CriticalBlueSeries C · GB · embedded-computing.com$4.0MWith 4 others
  14. 2005

    1 round

  15. Apr
    ElixentSeries C · GB · findarticles.com$15MWith 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 2 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 they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

1 of 6 we have independently watched raise

CommerceAutomotive LightingDigital SignageEtaproExploravisionToshiba Worldwide

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 listed1 in all

Violin MemoryListedUndisclosedAug 2013

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

Companies it bought

Acquisitions by the firm itself

ConsertUndisclosedFeb 2013
Landis+GyrUndisclosedMay 2011

Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Toshiba America Electronic Components. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Quick answers about Toshiba America Electronic Components

What does Toshiba America Electronic Components invest in?

Toshiba America Electronic Components invests most often at Series C and Seed (56% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Cloud Data Services, Data Storage and Enterprise Software.

How active is Toshiba America Electronic Components?

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

How big are Toshiba America Electronic Components's cheques?

The median round it joins is $7.0M.

Does Toshiba America Electronic Components lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 9 investments on record names it as the lead.

Where does Toshiba America Electronic Components invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (78%) and the United Kingdom (22%).

Is Toshiba America Electronic Components investing now?

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

Who does Toshiba America Electronic Components invest alongside?

Most often Juniper Networks (2 rounds together).

What kind of investor is Toshiba America Electronic Components?

Toshiba America Electronic Components is a corporate VC based in Minato-ku, Japan.

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