Nikkei
VC Fund
Tokyo, Japan
Nikkei is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Software and Apps. Nikkei operates as a media conglomerate that publishes the influential financial newspaper as well as the English-language Nikkei Asian Review. Nikkei Asian Review is a business publication that brings insights into Asia. Nikkei was founded in 1876 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
- Total investments:
- 13
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 38%
Last updated:
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Industries Nikkei invests in
Stages Nikkei invests in
Countries Nikkei invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
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Naotoshi Okada
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Nikola Pavesic
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Tsuneo Kita
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Yoshihiro Hirata
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 3 (23%)
- Apps 2 (15%)
- SaaS 2 (15%)
- Content 2 (15%)
- Consulting 2 (15%)
Stage
- Corporate Round 4 (31%)
- Seed 2 (15%)
- Series A 1 (8%)
- Series B 1 (8%)
- Series D 1 (8%)
Country
- Japan 7 (54%)
- Singapore 1 (8%)
- United States 1 (8%)
- The Netherlands 1 (8%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Naotoshi Okada
Chairman ＆ Group CEO
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Chairman ＆ Group CEO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Nikola Pavesic
Head of Partnerships
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Head of Partnerships | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Tsuneo Kita
CEO & Chairman
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CEO & Chairman | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Yoshihiro Hirata
Managing Director
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Managing Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Handshakes
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Handshakes is an award-winning DataTech company. We enable our clients to make safer, more informed decisions by delivering meaningful insights, harnessed from reliable data.Our clients choose us for our reliability, our proprietary data visualisation tools and our ability to customise solutions based on their specific concerns and desiredoutputs. | $1.5M / Corporate Round / Aug 16, 2022 | |
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Handshakes
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Handshakes is an award-winning DataTech company. We enable our clients to make safer, more informed decisions by delivering meaningful insights, harnessed from reliable data.Our clients choose us for our reliability, our proprietary data visualisation tools and our ability to customise solutions based on their specific concerns and desiredoutputs. | Secondary Market / Aug 16, 2022 | |
UTEcon
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UTEcon is an economic consulting firm that provides a variety of consulting services to enterprises, governments, and organizations. | Seed / Sep 28, 2020 | |
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Handshakes
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Handshakes is an award-winning DataTech company. We enable our clients to make safer, more informed decisions by delivering meaningful insights, harnessed from reliable data.Our clients choose us for our reliability, our proprietary data visualisation tools and our ability to customise solutions based on their specific concerns and desiredoutputs. | $5M / Corporate Round / Oct 07, 2019 | |
Astamuse
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Innovation ecosystem based on the platform - astamuseWe provide a platform that visualizes and fluidizes the information of human resource and intangible assets, which are the necessary management resources for innovations.On the other hand, innovations in business are increasingly gaining importance. Regardless of the size of thecompany/business innovativeness has become one of the key factors for the survival of business."Platform Business" - We provide astamuse that visualizes and fluidize s the information of human resource and intangible assets"Human Resource Business" - We provide the system and strategy of acquiring highly skilled engineers and business planners by using astamuse"Data Service Business" - We provide information and strategies regarding intangible assets by using astamuseEach business is bound up together to form an ecosystem that would create innovations. | $70.9M / Corporate Round / Feb 26, 2019 | |
Kepple
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Kepple Accounting is a start-up accounting and tax services. | $38.3M / Corporate Round / Dec 04, 2018 | |
Note
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Note develops a media platform that aims to help creators publish sentences, images, and audio over the Internet. The company's platform enables users to receive updates in order to keep track of daily information, allowing creators and readers to feel comfortable creating things and delivering them pleasantly to the recipients. | $56.7M / Series D / Jul 31, 2018 | |
Blendle
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Blendle is basically an iTunes for Dutch newspapers, an app and a website where readers can buy articles for €0.10 to €0.30 (13¢ to 38¢) a pop.Blendle sells articles from most of the major Dutch papers, as well as from some Belgian publishers, and magazines that include the Economist. Readers can scan the major front pages and a handful ofrecommendations for individual articles from staffers and their friends. The recommendations are presented in a format that looks a little like Twitter. New users start with a credit of €2.50, and so far one in five has spent more than that. Buyers have a short window during which they can cancel an article purchase and get a refund. If they don’t, Blendle takes a 30% cut. | Series A / Apr 14, 2017 | |
Viibar
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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. | $56.7M / Series B / Jan 22, 2017 | |
Wantedly
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Wantedly is a Tokyo-based startup that uses the web to make work the most exciting it’s ever been.Wantedly is a social recruiting platform that allows users to find interesting jobs based on their social graphs.To make this happen,Wantedly has created a platform where people and companies meet based on passion and values, rather than money orbenefits. | $28.3M / Jun 12, 2015 | |
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What does Nikkei invest in?
Nikkei invests primarily in Software, Apps and SaaS startups, most often at Corporate Round and Seed stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The team at Nikkei includes Naotoshi Okada (Chairman ＆ Group CEO), Nikola Pavesic (Head of Partnerships) and Tsuneo Kita (CEO & Chairman). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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