Smart Value
VC Fund
Osaka, Japan
Smart Value is a VC fund in Osaka focused on Education and Cryptocurrency. Smart Value engages in the business of cloud solutions and mobility services. The company's cloud solution category provides cloud services that act as social systems to foster communication between public entities, such as local governments, and local communities and residents. Its mobility services provide cloud services that utilizetechnologies such as IoT to target the wide concept of “mobility,” with automobiles.
- Total investments:
- 7
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 43%
Last updated:
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Industries Smart Value invests in
Stages Smart Value invests in
Countries Smart Value invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Investment Focus
Industry
- Education 2 (29%)
- Cryptocurrency 2 (29%)
- Finance 1 (14%)
- Security 1 (14%)
- Training 1 (14%)
Stage
- Venture - Series Unknown 4 (57%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (14%)
- Series C 1 (14%)
- Corporate Round 1 (14%)
Country
- Japan 5 (71%)
- Brazil 1 (14%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Jun Shibuya
President
|
President | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somos a peopletech pioneira em pesquisas e diagnósticos personalizadas para Gestão Cultural & Gestão de Mudança estratégica em organizações com elevado foco em pessoas, dados e resultados de impacto. Oferecemos resultados mais profundos, assertivos e ágeis, com mínimos vieses de pesquisa. | $143.2K / Pre-Seed / Dec 21, 2022 | ||
| Qubena is an AI platform that analyzes each child's strengths and weaknesses. | $1.2M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 31, 2020 | ||
| Lean on Me provides e-learning training for people with disabilities. | Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 26, 2020 | ||
| Blue Planet-works is a recognizes the importance of personal information | $21.7M / Series C / Sep 02, 2019 | ||
| Blue Planet-works is a recognizes the importance of personal information | $10.8M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 25, 2019 | ||
| INDETAIL is a quickly growing company with mainly Japanese employees and an international Blockchain team.Blockchain technology is being adopted quickly, and currently, INDETAIL is involved in a lot of projects and continues to receive new requests. To support that growth, the blockchain team is looking to expand and become one of the main actorsof blockchain technology in Japan. Through collaborative blockchain projects and R&D experiments with partners, we are promoting the practical application of blockchain technology to businesses.Smart-city traffic infrastructureFuture proof and innovative regional transportation researching project, using Electric vehicle (EV), Renewable energy and Blockchain.Multilingual Smart Check-in ServiceChat-bot booking application for hotels and users connected on LINE messenger platform.Blockchain-based IoT solutionProject that combines IoT with full-featured blockchain networks. As one implementation, we took a look at the technology that broadcasting companies are using in Japan and combined them with Blockchain technology.Medicines dead stock reselling serviceTransparent medicine transactions between pharmacies with blockchain technology. | Corporate Round / Jan 07, 2019 | ||
| SIVIRA is a log storage service that utilizes the blockchain Broof developed by Sybilla . | Venture - Series Unknown / Nov 28, 2016 |
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FAQ
What does Smart Value invest in?
Smart Value invests primarily in Education, Cryptocurrency and Finance startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 7 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 Smart Value includes Jun Shibuya (President). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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