# Trend Micro

> Trend Micro is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Big Data and Internet. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Dec 2015
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/trend-micro
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/trendmicro
- Website: http://www.trendmicro.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Trendmicro

Trend Micro is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Big Data and Internet. Trend Micro Incorporated, a global leader in cyber security solutions, helps to make the world safe for exchanging digital information. Their innovative solutions for consumers, businesses, and governments provide layered security for data centers, cloud environments, networks, and endpoints.Optimized for leading environments, including AmazonWeb Services, Microsoft®, VMware®, and more, their solutions enable organizations to automate the protection of valuable information from today’s threats. All their products work together to seamlessly share threat intelligence and provide a connected threat defense with centralized visibility and control, enabling better, faster protection.Trend Micro customers include 45 of the top 50 Fortune® Global 500 companies, and 100% of the top 10 global automotive, banking, telecommunications, and petroleum companies.With over 5,000 employees in over 50 countries and the world’s most advanced global threat intelligence, Trend Micro enables organizations to secure their journey to the cloud.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Trend Micro. Shizune tracks 7 team members at Trend Micro. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/trend-micro?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Big Data | 1 | 50% |
| Internet | 1 | 50% |
| Advertising | 1 | 50% |
| Social Media | 1 | 50% |
| Virtualization | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |
| Series C | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| China | 1 | 50% |
| Taiwan | 1 | 50% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eva Chen | Co-Founder & CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eva-chen |
| Felix Sterling | SVP of General Counsel & Global Legal Team | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/felix-sterling |
| Leah MacMillan | Sr. Vice President, Global Marketing | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leah-macmillan |
| Mahendra Negi | Chief Financial Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mahendra-negi |
| Max Cheng | CIO & EVP of Core Technology | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/max-cheng |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| VMFive | Founded in May 2014, VMFive is a Taiwanese startup company specializing in cloud technology with its world's largest cloud virtual mobile platform. With the integration of its leading core technologies: Cloud, Virtualization, Streaming, Ad Tech, and Big Data, VMFive creates AdPlay - Playable Ad Solution, which turns mobile apps into playablead unit, and enables users to instantly try apps before downloading. AdPlay becomes an effective advertising solution, which acquires higher quality game users while providing a better user experience than traditional ads.VMFive has won top prize at TechCrunch Beijing in 2014 and Slush Asia Tokyo in 2015, and it is moving on to the Asia-Pacific market, actively engaging potential collaborators to create a brand new mobile advertising model.Learn more about VMFive and AdPlay：http://vmfive.com | $6M | Series A | Dec 21, 2015 |  |
| SINA | SINA is an online media company and MVAS provider in the People’s Republic of China and for the global Chinese communities. With a branded network of localized websites targeting Greater China and overseas Chinese, the Company provides services mainly through SINA.com (online news and content), Weibo.com (microblog) and SINA Mobile (MVAS). Throughthese businesses and properties and other business lines, SINA offers an array of services including region-focused online portals, MVAS, microblog, blog, video, and music streaming, photo sharing, online games, email, search, classified listings, fee-based services, e-commerce and enterprise e-solutions. The Company generates the majority of its revenues from online advertising and MVAS offerings and, to a lesser extent, from fee-based services.SINA offers distinct and targeted content on each of its region-specific websites and a range of complementary offerings designed to broaden its user base and increase user traffic. The Company aims to become the media platform of choice for Internet users to research and retrieve information, share opinions and build social networks and for businesses to market and promote their products and services. SINA offers a range of complementary offerings, all centered on its core online media business, that are intended to enhance the attractiveness of its portal and microblogging properties and strengthen its reach in the Chinese online community. | $60M | Series C | Nov 08, 1999 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [CDIB Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cdib-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
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## FAQ

### What does Trend Micro invest in?

Trend Micro invests primarily in Big Data, Internet and Advertising startups, most often at Series A and Series C stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Trend Micro?

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### Who are the partners at Trend Micro?

The team at Trend Micro includes Eva Chen (Co-Founder & CEO), Felix Sterling (SVP of General Counsel & Global Legal Team) and Leah MacMillan (Sr. Vice President, Global Marketing), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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