JAFCO Group Co., Ltd.
jafco.co.jp Direct + LP
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 both directly in companies and in funds as a limited partner, from seed to buyout, in AI, software, healthcare and biotech. 1.2兆円 under management and 4253 portfolio companies, as it reports.
- Layer
- Direct + LP
- 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
Co-invests most often with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 209 co-investors found.
- 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
- 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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