JAFCO Group Co., Ltd.
jafco.co.jp Direct investor
JAFCO is a Japanese venture capital and buyout firm that invests in startups and companies, managing funds for external investors. It has a long history of venture and buyout investments, with a focus on supporting entrepreneurs and driving growth.
JAFCO Group Co., Ltd. is a venture capital firm headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1973. It invests directly in companies, from seed to buyout, in AI, software, healthcare and biotech. 1.2兆円 under management and 4253 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“Fueling perpetual growth; investing in bold visions”
— JAFCO Group Co., Ltd., own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Venture capital
- Invests in
- JP
- Sectors
- AI, Software, Healthcare, Biotech, Fintech, Marketplace, SaaS, Sustainability
- Founded
- 1973
- Assets under management
- 1.2兆円
- Portfolio
- 4253 companies
Most shared portfolio companies with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 209 investors with a shared portfolio company. A shared company is not proof they invested together in the same round.
- Z Venture Capital 4 shared companies: aiming-inc.com, wonderpla.net, gamewith.co.jp, dely.jp
- Abies Ventures 2 shared companies: tech.eu, note.com
- FORWARD.one 2 shared companies: tech.eu, goo.gl
- Global Brain 2 shared companies: note.com, wonderpla.net
- DBJキャピタル株式会社 2 shared companies: mwcc.jp, cyberdyne.jp
- 3VC 1 shared company: tech.eu
- Accelerace 1 shared company: tech.eu
- Alchemist Accelerator 1 shared company: tech.eu
- Alpine Space Ventures Management GMBH 1 shared company: tech.eu
- Arison Investments 1 shared company: tech.eu
and 199 more — the graph.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page JAFCO Group Co., Ltd. publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.jafco.co.jp/name, is_investor, type, hq_country, hq_city, description, founded, aum, portfolio_count, status, layer, thesis_quote
- https://www.jafco.co.jp/fund_management/layer
- https://www.jafco.co.jp/venture_investment/invests_in_geographies, stage_min, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page
- https://www.jafco.co.jp/buyout_investment/stage_max
- https://www.jafco.co.jp/portfolio/sectors
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