Dentsu Digital Holdings
VC Fund
Tokyo, Japan
Dentsu Digital Holdings is a business management company that provides digital communication solutions and services. The company offers strategy solutions such as data capabilities in various industries, applications of cross-industry know-hows and experiences, and data analysis to identify strategic scenarios and KPI; planning solutions, including unified planning which combines mass media and real promotions, and digital creative agency services; and execution and operational solutions such as stable management framework, brand exposure management, and scenario revision based on a range of effectiveness measurement tools and databases. The company also provides internet advertising, advertising networks, and SEM services for agencies; marketing strategy planning, response management, support for direct businesses, and database marketing; marketing technology planning, development, and management; and digital and advertising agency, mobile marketing, online advertising, and interactive services. In addition, the company is engaged in the areas of digital marketing platforms and digital media, digital technology, social marketing, digital devices, and new business models using digital technology in Japan, East Asia, the United States, and Europe. It also manages venture capital funds, making strategic investments in the new IT-based communications domain. Dentsu Digital Holdings was founded in 2000 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. It operates as a subsidiary of Dentsu Inc.
- Total investments:
- 26
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 15%
- Fund size:
- $42M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Dentsu Digital Holdings invests in
Stages Dentsu Digital Holdings invests in
Countries Dentsu Digital Holdings invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
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Round size
- Series A
- $1M–$38M
- Series B
- $1.1M–$21M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $98k–$13M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Internet 5 (19%)
- Software 5 (19%)
- Finance 4 (15%)
- Financial Services 4 (15%)
- FinTech 3 (12%)
Stage
- Venture - Series Unknown 9 (35%)
- Series B 7 (27%)
- Series A 5 (19%)
- Seed 3 (12%)
- Series C 2 (8%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Abe Mitsuru
Executive Vice President
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Executive Vice President | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Daisuke Kobayashi
Executive officer
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Executive officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Jun Hayatake
Operating Officer
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Operating Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Ko Takimoto
Executive Vice-President
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Executive Vice-President | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Nakatsu Kumiko
Operating Officer
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Operating Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 8 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viibar has a mission of "Opening the horizon of videos and making the world positive." We delve into the area of Video Tech through "Video SaaS Business", "DX Business for Media Platformers", and "Liver Success Business", and support the utilization of video by companies and individuals with technology andnew mechanisms. | $4M / Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 28, 2017 | ||
| STORES support the development of an economy driven by commitment, passion, and fun. They support the digitalization of business, such as opening online shops, POS cash registers, cashless payments, and online reservation systems. | $7.2M / Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 06, 2017 | ||
| Coiney develops "Coiney" credit card payment service for businesses using smartphones and tablets. By inserting a Coiney dedicated leader into the earphone jack of the mobile terminal and using a dedicated application, you can easily make credit card payment anytime, anywhere, indoors and outdoors with internet connection.CoineyEngine uses artificial intelligence to offer an evaluation of business enterprises based on the accumulation of payments history and various statistical data from the Coiney Terminal and Coiney Payge services. It is used to see the credibility of a company when they apply for business loans from banks partnering with the payments startup. | $7.2M / Series C / Feb 06, 2017 | ||
| Viibar has a mission of "Opening the horizon of videos and making the world positive." We delve into the area of Video Tech through "Video SaaS Business", "DX Business for Media Platformers", and "Liver Success Business", and support the utilization of video by companies and individuals with technology andnew mechanisms. | $3.5M / Series B / Jan 22, 2017 | ||
| Agile Media Network is a Tokyo-based advertising network and blog marketing company for blogs and social media. Much like Federated Media in the US, Agile Media Network, is well known for working with many top blogs, i.e. Engadget Japanese.The company, one of the biggest of its kind in Japan, provides a number of solutions in the advertisingand planning fields for its clients. For example, Agile Media Network handles and organizes banner ad sales, large-scale blogger meetings, web industry events or campaign blogs.In August 2009, the company organized WISH 2009, a web industry event in Tokyo at which startups were given the chance to demonstrate their services onstage to an audience of over 400 people. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 19, 2017 | ||
| Kyash is a Japanese fintech startup offering consumer / business payment services. Kyash was founded on January 23, 2015, and is based in Tokyo, Japan. | $9.5M / Series A / Dec 14, 2016 | ||
| Life is Tech is a developer of education platform intended for elementary and junior high school students.The company's platform organizes coding and IT camps, collaborating with local governments and running several schemes such as Tech for Local, Be Startup, Code Girls and Tech for Teachers, enabling students to improve their coding skillsand creativity | $6.9M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 12, 2016 | ||
| Launch pad for a wide array of HR Tech services, which has focused on revolutionizing the world’s second largest Japanese HR services industry thru technology enabled business models. BizReach: Japan's premier online career networking service, which has transformed the Japanese business community in allowing career-driven executives tofreely share and directly connect with talent-seeking employers and recruiters.Often referred to as the “LinkedIn of Japan” in the HR industry, the service has allowed over half a million executives to explore their career options by sharing their resume information in a closed online database shared amongst only employers and recruiters. The service has disrupted the executive search (recruitment) market by becoming a cloud-based talent sourcing platform for employers to recruit and hire business executives directly. CareerTrek: The service was built on the needs of BizReach clients (employers) wanting to recruit and hire “young” professionals (20s and early 30s) more efficiently thru direct sourcing methods. Hence, the service is branded and targeted to become an online career networking service connecting young professional jobseekers and employers. Together with BizReach, the 2 cloud-based talent sourcing platforms deliver similar results to what Linkedin delivers to enterprise clients outside of Japan. An added feature of CareerTrek due to its focus on a younger audience is its recommendation engine, which supports jobseekers in not only proactively finding jobs that they think fit them, but being introduced to positions that other similar users find interesting. Stanby: Stanby is a job search engine, which aggregates job postings from hundreds of third-party job sites. This “Google for Jobs” service enables jobseekers to search from over 4 million jobs posted online from all over the country in just one search. Stanby ATS is a service provided to employers, and is a cloud-based applicant tracking system for employers, and is free to use. Employers can create job postings, source applicants and track applicants, together functioning as a central platform for all recruitment efforts. Stanby thrives to bring every job opening to the online world, and become the largest original source of hiring information. | $37.7M / Series A / Mar 29, 2016 | ||
| Xica Co.,Ltd. is engaged in the research and development of micro and macro information technology systems. The company provides statistical analysis application, data estimation and collection, and modeling analysis consulting services. Xica Co.,Ltd. was founded in February 2012 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. | $1.1M / Series B / Mar 23, 2016 | ||
| Toreta develops tools specializing in reservation and customer ledger systems for restaurants. It offers Toreta, a mobile application for restaurant reservation management in Japan. The application facilitates the recording of reservation conversations automatically with customers, generates customer ledgers based on reservation information, andaccepts reservations through the internet.The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. | $2.7M / Series B / Feb 29, 2016 | ||
| See all 26 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Dentsu Digital Holdings invest in?
Dentsu Digital Holdings invests primarily in Internet, Software and Finance startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Series B stage. Most of the 26 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Dentsu Digital Holdings invest in?
Dentsu Digital Holdings typically joins rounds of $1M–$38M at Series A, $1.1M–$21M at Series B and $98k–$13M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Dentsu Digital Holdings's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Dentsu Digital Holdings took part in.
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Who are the partners at Dentsu Digital Holdings?
The team at Dentsu Digital Holdings includes Abe Mitsuru (Executive Vice President), Daisuke Kobayashi (Executive officer) and Jun Hayatake (Operating Officer), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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