Z Holdings
VC Fund
Tokyo, Japan
Z Holdings is a consolidated subsidiary of SoftBank Corp. that handles the control of group companies and related operations. Z Holdings operates Yahoo Japan Corp.'s search engine and e-commerce services.
- Total investments:
- 12
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 17%
Last updated:
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Industries Z Holdings invests in
Stages Z Holdings invests in
Countries Z Holdings invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 12 contacts → | |||
Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 2 (17%)
- Marketing 2 (17%)
- Real Estate 2 (17%)
- Financial Services 2 (17%)
- SaaS 1 (8%)
Stage
- Venture - Series Unknown 5 (42%)
- Funding Round 2 (17%)
- Corporate Round 2 (17%)
- Seed 1 (8%)
- Series B 1 (8%)
Country
- Japan 10 (83%)
- Singapore 1 (8%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gen Miyazawa
EVP, Managing Corporate Officer (Supervising Media)
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EVP, Managing Corporate Officer (Supervising Media) | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Hide Makoto
Executive Officer, Head of Business Promotion Office of Commerce Company
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Executive Officer, Head of Business Promotion Office of Commerce Company | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Hiromi Onizuka
Outside Director
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Outside Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Ichiro Nakayama
Executive Officer & General Manager
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Executive Officer & General Manager | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Kentaro Kawamata
Director
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Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 12 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driver Technologies is a cloud logistics platform provider. It provides a solution for driver matching and cargo vehicle demands. | $660.7K / Seed / Nov 09, 2023 | ||
| Endowus is a supplier of financial advice and customized investing services designed to help clients develop their money. The company's services enable investors to access institutional share-class funds at institutional-level fees, charging a single access fee that includes advice, investment, rebalancing, transfers, and brokerage. | $25.6M / Venture - Series Unknown / Nov 29, 2021 | ||
| OpenStreet is a service that allows to use shared cycling nationwide. | Venture - Series Unknown / May 10, 2021 | ||
| ZEALS is the leading conversational commerce company in Japan serving over 400 large domestic and multi-national enterprises. Our vision is to revolutionize how we do commerce and the overall engagement experience. We offer ZEALS Chatbot Commerce, a fully automated conversational engagement on messaging applications that services end customer likea human sales representative. | $255.1M / Apr 01, 2021 | ||
| ZEALS is the leading conversational commerce company in Japan serving over 400 large domestic and multi-national enterprises. Our vision is to revolutionize how we do commerce and the overall engagement experience. We offer ZEALS Chatbot Commerce, a fully automated conversational engagement on messaging applications that services end customer likea human sales representative. | $9M / Series D / Mar 31, 2021 | ||
| mybest is a recommended information service | Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 30, 2020 | ||
| OYO LIFE is a rental housing type service that allows you to complete the occupancy procedure with just one smartphone. | $26.9M / Oct 30, 2018 | ||
| PayPay is an online payment application. This benefit is not applicable when paying with PayPay online payment service. For PayPay, per person, the granting limit for one payment is equivalent to 15,000 yen, and the total granting limit for one month is equivalent to 30,000 yen. | $1.8M / Venture - Series Unknown / Nov 15, 2017 | ||
| One Tap BUY provides my banker, the financial smartphone application. The application allows its users to select the stocks they want to buy and sell, helps them to decide amounts, and buy stocks by spending a lesser amount of money. Stocks can be traded throughout the day and it also allows its users to buy and sell only profits and keep thestocks with them. | $1.8M / Venture - Series Unknown / Nov 15, 2017 | ||
| SRE Group engages in real estate business, AI cloud, and consulting business.AI (artificial intelligence) developed by Sony calculates all kinds of information such as the estimated price of condominiums in 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures, as well as the price transition matrix for each prefecture and age. By utilizing the latest IT, SREReal Estate allows sales agents to consult online for sales without visiting their homes, enabling highly accurate assessment of sales prices. Please feel free to contact us. | $14.7M / Corporate Round / Jul 10, 2015 | ||
| See all 12 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Z Holdings invest in?
Z Holdings invests primarily in FinTech, Marketing and Real Estate startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Funding Round stage. Most of the 12 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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Who are the partners at Z Holdings?
The team at Z Holdings includes Gen Miyazawa (EVP, Managing Corporate Officer (Supervising Media)), Hide Makoto (Executive Officer, Head of Business Promotion Office of Commerce Company) and Hiromi Onizuka (Outside Director), among 12 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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