# GlobalBrain

> GlobalBrain is a VC fund in Christchurch backing E-Commerce, Internet and Software. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Mar 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.globalbrain.net

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 40% |
| Internet | 1 | 20% |
| Software | 1 | 20% |
| Automotive | 1 | 20% |
| Advertising | 1 | 20% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Series D | 1 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 20% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 40% |
| Japan | 1 | 20% |
| South Korea | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Okage | Okage provide smartphone orders, tablet menus, and POS cash register services linked to them that allow you to order restaurants by smartphone. | $5.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 02, 2021 |  |
| IDUS | IDUS is an online store that sells watches, home fabric, shoes, rings, earrings, necklaces, bracelets, phone cases, digital accessories, and home interior products. They enable customers to transact directly with sellers over the Internet via a web browser or a mobile app. Their goods benefit customers. | $25.1M | Series D | Jun 08, 2020 |  |
| Staked us | Staked operates the most secure, performant, and cost-effective block production nodes for decentralized PoS protocols on behalf of institutional investors. Our multi-tier signing and listening node architecture delivers stakeholders the ideal combination of security, scalability and decentralization. | $4.5M | Seed | Jan 31, 2019 |  |
| StradVision | StradVision offers an embedded perception algorithm designed for advanced driver assistance systems and applications in autonomous vehicles. Utilizing its production-ready ADAS software IP platform, which employs camera-based perception AI or LiDAR, StradVision is committed to its roadmap towards achieving autonomous driving. The machine learningalgorithm developed by StradVision has attained the top performance in prestigious technological evaluations, including scene text detection in both English and Chinese, as well as pedestrian detection. StradVision's computer vision algorithm is both precise and rapid, operating seamlessly on embedded and IoT devices. | $12.3M | Series A | Oct 10, 2018 |  |
| IDUS | IDUS is an online store that sells watches, home fabric, shoes, rings, earrings, necklaces, bracelets, phone cases, digital accessories, and home interior products. They enable customers to transact directly with sellers over the Internet via a web browser or a mobile app. Their goods benefit customers. | $11.9M |  | Sep 13, 2018 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [IMM Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/imm-investment) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mirae Asset Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mirae-asset-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Smilegate Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smilegate-investment) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [9Yards Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/9yards-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Altos Venture — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Altos Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/altos-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does GlobalBrain invest in?

GlobalBrain invests primarily in E-Commerce, Internet and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did GlobalBrain last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for GlobalBrain closed in Mar 2021. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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