SMFL - Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing
VC Fund
Tokyo, Japan
SMFL - Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Energy and Renewable Energy. SMFL offers a broad range of financial services and solutions to meet the diverse needs of its customers
- Total investments:
- 11
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 27%
Last updated:
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Industries SMFL - Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing invests in
Stages SMFL - Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing invests in
Countries SMFL - Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Investment Focus
Industry
- Energy 3 (27%)
- Renewable Energy 3 (27%)
- Apps 2 (18%)
- Solar 2 (18%)
- Drones 2 (18%)
Stage
- Debt Financing 2 (18%)
- Corporate Round 2 (18%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (18%)
- Series A 1 (9%)
- Series B 1 (9%)
Country
- Japan 8 (73%)
- Ireland 1 (9%)
- Singapore 1 (9%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Masaki Tachibana
President
|
President | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luup is Japan's #1 e-scooter and e-bike sharing service provider. Luup currently operates in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and Yokohama, while planning to expand to other cities all over Japan. The service is based on a high-density port network, where anyone can rent and return to their original fleets. | $23.9M / Debt Financing / Nov 07, 2023 | ||
| Lease Corporation International (LCI) is a privately owned aircraft lessor founded in 2004. Since its inception LCI, has acquired aircraft with a value approaching $6 billion and has provided leasing services to airlines, freight carriers and helicopter operators. These include leading airlines such as as British Airways, Singapore Airlines and AirFrance, and major helicopter operators such as Babcock. | Corporate Round / Mar 29, 2023 | ||
| Luup is Japan's #1 e-scooter and e-bike sharing service provider. Luup currently operates in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and Yokohama, while planning to expand to other cities all over Japan. The service is based on a high-density port network, where anyone can rent and return to their original fleets. | $7.9M / Debt Financing / Apr 14, 2022 | ||
| Sunseap is a Singaporean provider of solar and clean energy. Incorporated in 2011, Sunseap’s proven solar solutions to diversify the energy portfolio through cost competitive models and strategies. Sunseap provides a one-stop service to clean energy solution, which encompasses elements such as funding, development, designing, engineering andconstruction. Sunseap's unique positioning as both a licensed Electricity Wholesaler and Electricity Retailer under the Energy Market Authority (EMA); has enabled it to develop its 2 business models, solar leasing and clean electricity supply. | Series E / Mar 18, 2021 | ||
| Nileworks is a multicopter that automatically recognizes the shape of the field. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 14, 2021 | ||
| REXEV offers a platform that combines energy management and mobility management. It aim to contribute to stable supply by using EV as a storage battery with eMMP and it to adjust the supply and demand of electricity. For inquiries, an online inquiry form is available on their website. | $7.2M / Series A / Dec 21, 2020 | ||
| WAmazing provides free subscriber identification module (SIM) cards that allow foreign travelers to register before their arrival in Japan. Through an app, WAmazing also provides tourists with free internet services of up to 500MB. The service aims to prevent visitors from being locked out of free wifi because of sign-up pages in Japanese thatdemand a local phone number.WAmazing was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. | $7.7M / Debt Financing / Nov 30, 2020 | ||
| SkyDrive is a start-up for development,manufacturing,sales of the “Flying cars” established by CARTIVATOR members. | $36.8M / Series B / Aug 31, 2020 | ||
| SEAOS operates as a smart digital logistics company. | Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 08, 2019 | ||
| Mirai Energy Partners is a start-up to work on renewable energy-related business aiming to be a trusted partner as a hydropower resource specialist to the future of this country, we are what you should go, leaving a small country with limited resources, now it has achieved the economic development faced significant challenges, the future of thiscountry energy so that the rich in this country continues to prosper hope to the future, we want to grow to protect the precious resources our day-to-day, will act thinking that way | Corporate Round / Apr 15, 2019 | ||
| See all 11 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does SMFL - Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing invest in?
SMFL - Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing invests primarily in Energy, Renewable Energy and Apps startups, most often at Debt Financing and Corporate Round stage. Most of the 11 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 SMFL - Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing includes Masaki Tachibana (President). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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