Neoteny
VC Fund
Tokyo, Japan
Neoteny is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Software and Robotics. Neoteny Co., Ltd is a venture capital firm which specializes in growth capital and incubation investments. The firm considers investments in all stages with a preference for early stage. It seeks to invest in the information technology sector. Neoteny Co., Ltd was founded on December 1999 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
- Total investments:
- 14
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 7%
Last updated:
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Industries Neoteny invests in
Stages Neoteny invests in
Countries Neoteny invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $7.9M–$11M
- Series A
- $4M–$18M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $5M–$34M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 5 (36%)
- Robotics 2 (14%)
- Metaverse 2 (14%)
- Information Technology 2 (14%)
- Artificial Intelligence 2 (14%)
Stage
- Series A 4 (29%)
- Seed 3 (21%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (14%)
- Series B 1 (7%)
- Series C 1 (7%)
Country
- United States 10 (71%)
- Germany 1 (7%)
- Hong Kong 1 (7%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Adam Lindemann
Business Development Manager
|
Business Development Manager | Total investments: 6 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiwi Technologies provides advanced crop protection services using state of the art technology. | $10.5M / Seed / Apr 06, 2021 | ||
| Overjet is a software company that develops a platform designed to reduce costs and improve the quality of dental care.It uses artificial intelligence and analyzes dental data to determine what treatments are necessary for the patient, enabling patients to get improved dental care. Its computer vision and machine learning algorithms empowerdental providers and payers to deliver patient care.In 2018, Wardah Inam founded the company in Cambridge, Massachusetts. | $7.9M / Seed / Jun 02, 2020 | ||
| Klang Games is an independent game development studio that develops next generation games. The Klang Gang has grown into a strong team of twelve like-minded individuals from diverse working backgrounds, who all share a similar passion for gaming and creating something special. Klang Games launched its first project, ReRunners: Race for the World,for iOS and Android devices, which was well-received by the gaming press and the gaming community. The company strives to create sustainable products by providing unique playing experiences, utilizing innovative technology, developing distinctive art styles and design, and building valuable communities.Klang Games was founded on 2013 and is based in Berlin, Germany. | $22.3M / Series B / Aug 15, 2019 | ||
| Wise Systems builds autonomous dispatch and routing software that uses machine learning to continuously improve fleet efficiency and customer service across last-mile operations in food, beverage, courier, energy, field service, and other markets. Used by some of the world’s largest brands, Wise Systems customers typically see 10-15% mileagereductions, significant increases in fleet utilization, and up to 80% decreases in late deliveries. The Wise Systems platform applies software-based logic to all orders and makes intelligent, data-driven decisions to optimize both fleet performance and customer service — processing millions of data points and making thousands of real-time decisions that would be impossible for even the most experienced human dispatcher. The system automatically schedules routes, monitors routes in progress, and intelligently adjusts to day-of delays on the ground.The company was founded out of the MIT Media Lab and Center for Transportation Logistics in 2014 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | $7M / Series A / Dec 06, 2018 | ||
| Spatial is a gaming platform where millions of creators build and share fun and inspiring experiences that bring people together across web, mobile, and VR. Our goal is to change the way we share fun experiences, tell stories, and make friends. Today, videos are the most common way to talk and share things online, but often people end up justwatching and not interacting. We want the internet to be a more playful and social place.This change is already happening in the world of gaming. We want to accelerate this by making it easier for everyone to create, share, and play fun games with their friends. Just like YouTube did for videos. To turn this vision into reality, we are currently focused on the following three pillars:- Creator Toolkit: a dynamic extension of Unity, the most widely adopted game engine globally. We provide you with easy tools and useful templates so you can focus on what matters most - creating fun games that bring people together. - Virtual Economy (beta): enabling the sale of digital items, avatar enhancements, and power-ups. We’re proud to provide a creator-friendly revenue share that outperforms our competitors, putting more money in your pocket.- Multi-Platform: the only platform where your games are published across web, mobile, and VR, ensuring you reach every player on every device. | $8.3M / Seed / Oct 24, 2018 | ||
| Pixel Labs (Hoodline.com) is a media tech company that powers hyperlocal content discovery in 40 US cities. We're solving local news and information discovery down to a 0.2 mile radius.Using machine learning and AI, Hoodline editors turns raw data signals into thousands of hyperlocal automated stories each month. Hoodline's platformalso tags and contextualize content from hundreds of partner publications, adding exact location and dozens of other classifying meta-data to each story. Hoodline's APIs and SDK make it easy for any app or site to integrate with its platform to recommend fresh and relevant content to their users. Partners include ABC, Yahoo Search, MSN, Eventbrite, Uber, CBS, Advance Digital, Zumper and McClatchy. Team of 28 in SF. Investors include Greylock, Rakuten, Disney, Social Capital, CRV, Innovation Endeavors & Joi Ito. | $10M / Series A / Sep 10, 2018 | ||
| Klang Games is an independent game development studio that develops next generation games. The Klang Gang has grown into a strong team of twelve like-minded individuals from diverse working backgrounds, who all share a similar passion for gaming and creating something special. Klang Games launched its first project, ReRunners: Race for the World,for iOS and Android devices, which was well-received by the gaming press and the gaming community. The company strives to create sustainable products by providing unique playing experiences, utilizing innovative technology, developing distinctive art styles and design, and building valuable communities.Klang Games was founded on 2013 and is based in Berlin, Germany. | $5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 19, 2018 | ||
| Optimus Ride is a self-driving vehicle company based in Boston, MA. It designs technologies to enable efficient, sustainable, and equitable mobility systems and solutions.As an MIT spinoff company, it combines over 30 years of interdisciplinary university research in self‑driving technologies (DARPA Urban Challenge), electric vehicles (CityCar),and Mobility-on-Demand Systems. The team includes decades of industrial and entrepreneurial experience that combines manufacturing robots, urban design, and shared vehicle fleet management. | $18M / Series A / Nov 02, 2017 | ||
| Dubset Media Holdings is a a technology solutions company that offers an innovative music marketplace for DJs, artists, labels, publishers, music services, and distributors. Through cutting edge technology, rights management database, and easy to use dashboards, Dubset is creating new mix & remix distribution and monetization opportunitiesbuilt on transparency, ownership control, and simplicity. | $4M / Series A / Feb 27, 2017 | ||
| Blackstorm provides a lightweight universal development environment that can be used to create and share high-performance applications. We aspire to exist in a world free of the constraints and limitations of app stores -- and we provide the technology to create and enable that. | $33.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 09, 2016 | ||
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FAQ
What does Neoteny invest in?
Neoteny invests primarily in Software, Robotics and Metaverse startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Neoteny's check size?
Neoteny typically joins rounds of $7.9M–$11M at Seed, $4M–$18M at Series A and $5M–$34M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Neoteny participates in.
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Who are the partners at Neoteny?
The team at Neoteny includes Adam Lindemann (Business Development Manager). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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