Digital Garage
VC Fund
Tokyo, Japan
Digital Garage is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Software and E-Commerce. Digital Garage provides "new contexts" through the Internet by implementing three core technologies: IT (Information Technology), MT (Marketing Technology), FT (Financial Technology). Their core competence is the ability to integrate these multi-disciplinary technologies together into a one-stop seamless solution.As a "contextcompany", Digital Garage combines events occurring in different business fields by using the three technologies IT, MT and FT, in order to complete a new "context."The seeds of business nurtured by Digital Garage are flourishing under the three business segments. The "Incubation Segment" invests in prospective startups and develops media business, the "Marketing Segment" provides advertising/promotion solutions that reach each consumer and the "Payment Segment" offers payment solutions crucial for monetizing on the Internet. These business segments and the subsidiaries are on the verge of bearing fruit as their branches and leaves continue to grow. Digital Garage's management practice enables different corporate entities to operate independently, while acting and resonating in union at the same time.Digital Garage will continue to place emphasis on the power of group collaboration. Please pay attention to Digital Garage as they make progress and pioneer the future of the Internet.
- Total investments:
- 114
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 13%
Last updated:
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Industries Digital Garage invests in
Stages Digital Garage invests in
Countries Digital Garage invests in
Contacts
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Kent Lindstrom
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Koji Makino
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 22 (19%)
- E-Commerce 16 (14%)
- Mobile 12 (11%)
- Social Media 10 (9%)
- Apps 9 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 43 (38%)
- Series A 22 (19%)
- Series B 13 (11%)
- Series C 8 (7%)
- Funding Round 8 (7%)
Country
- United States 52 (46%)
- Japan 22 (19%)
- Singapore 5 (4%)
- India 4 (4%)
- Indonesia 2 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Hayashi Kaoru
CEO
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CEO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Kaoru Hayashi
President & CEO
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President & CEO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Keith Yuki Isobe
Managing Director, DG Ventures
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Managing Director, DG Ventures | Total investments: 20 | Find email | |
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Kent Lindstrom
COO -- Neo Innovation
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COO -- Neo Innovation | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
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Koji Makino
Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
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Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Qlay
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Qlay is an AI-automated global engineer hiring platform | $1.4M / Pre-Seed / Nov 08, 2024 | |
Giftpack
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Giftpack's AI-powered solution simplifies the corporate gifting process and amplifies the impact of personalized gifts. We're crafting memorable touchpoints by sending personalized gifts selected out of a curated pool of 3 million options with just one click. Our AI technology efficiently analyzes each recipient's social media,cultural background, and digital footprint to customize gift options at scale. We take care of generating, ordering, and shipping gifts worldwide. We're transforming the way people build authentic business relationships by sending smarter gifts faster with gifting CRM. | $4.3M / Seed / Sep 21, 2023 | |
Cuzen Matcha
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Cuzen Matcha is a tea company and food-tech startup offering customizable everyday drink solutions for offices and the home. Its mission is to bring authentic matcha into people’s daily lives. An easy, customizable everyday drink solution for offices and the home. It provides sustained energy. | $3.6M / Series A / Jun 06, 2023 | |
Omneky
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Omneky is an AI-agentic advertising platform that generates and orchestrates personalized omni-channel ad campaigns. By analyzing cross-channel marketing data from platforms like Meta, Google, TikTok, Reddit and LinkedIn, Omneky identifies the specific design elements and messaging that drive conversions. It then leverages generative AI to quicklyproduce and launch highly tailored image and video ads across various advertising channels, helping brands optimize their campaigns, reduce creative fatigue, and ultimately increase return on ad spend. | $7M / Seed / Nov 15, 2022 | |
Callback
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Callback is building a next-generation loyalty platform for independent stores | $1M / Seed / Mar 29, 2022 | |
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Giftpack
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Giftpack's AI-powered solution simplifies the corporate gifting process and amplifies the impact of personalized gifts. We're crafting memorable touchpoints by sending personalized gifts selected out of a curated pool of 3 million options with just one click. Our AI technology efficiently analyzes each recipient's social media,cultural background, and digital footprint to customize gift options at scale. We take care of generating, ordering, and shipping gifts worldwide. We're transforming the way people build authentic business relationships by sending smarter gifts faster with gifting CRM. | $1M / Seed / Mar 22, 2022 | |
Limbix
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Limbix is a prescription digital therapeutic company passionate about creating mental health treatments for adolescents. The Limbix team is uniquely suited to develop prescription digital therapeutics, as its diverse team of clinicians, product designers, researchers, and engineers understand the value of pairing clinical expertise withtechnological innovation. Their first digital therapeutic, SparkRx by Limbix, is available for licensed healthcare professionals to offer to patients nationwide. For more information about Limbix and SparkRx, please visit limbix.com and SparkRx.com. | $15M / Series A / Dec 07, 2021 | |
MILIZE
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MILIZE is a development and operation of a web platform that integrates financial engineering, AI research, development, and operation. | Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 08, 2021 | |
MX Technologies
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MX is a fintech data company that aims to connect people with their financial data in a way that automates their money experience. It enables fintech and all financial institutions with aggregating, enhancing, analyzing, presenting, and acting on financial data. MX enables banks and credit unions to achieve record-breaking growth by winning theircompetitor's most profitable account holders. As one of the fastest-growing fintech providers, MX drives customer-centric banking relationships by gathering and providing data upon which online and mobile banking partners and financial institutions can create and deliver next-generation banking applications and solutions.Founded in 2010, MX delivers data aggregation, data cleansing, auto-categorization, classification, money management, custom API, data analytics, marketing, UI, and more. In addition, MX offers an extensive array of client services, ranging from training to custom marketing services. MX currently partners with more than 600 financial institutions and more than 30 digital, online, and mobile banking providers — designating MX as a proven powerhouse in the fintech space. | $300M / Series C / Jan 13, 2021 | |
mmhmm
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Mmhmm is a developer of a virtual camera application used to help make creative use of background during video conferencing calls. Its application integrates into the user's video calling applications and adds backdrops, allows users to team-up with their remote partners and give presentations together, and enables customers to make theirvirtual meetings more interesting and informative.The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $30.4M / Series A / Oct 07, 2020 | |
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FAQ
What does Digital Garage invest in?
Digital Garage invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 114 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at Digital Garage?
The team at Digital Garage includes Hayashi Kaoru (CEO), Kaoru Hayashi (President & CEO) and Keith Yuki Isobe (Managing Director, DG Ventures), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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