Jafco Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Venture Capital

  • Status
  • Active

  • Professionals
  • 60

Professionals
  • Investments
  • 516

  • Portfolio
  • 188

  • Exits
  • 230

Exits

Jafco General Information

Description

Founded in 1973, JAFCO is a venture capital firm based in Tokyo, Japan. The firm prefers to invest in seed-stage, early-stage, and later-stage companies. The firm also prefers to invest in growth-stage companies through buyouts. The firm seeks to invest in business products, business services, consumer products, consumer services, information technology, healthcare, SaaS, manufacturing, life sciences, mobile, e-commerce, the internet of things, oncology, TMT, smart cities, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and technology sectors.

Contact Information

Website
www.jafco.co.jp
Year Founded
1973
Investor Status
Actively Seeking New Investments
Trade Association
Japan Venture Capital Association (JVC)
Primary Investor Type
Venture Capital
Other Investor Types
PE/Buyout
Primary Office
  • Toranomon Hills Mori Tower 24F
  • 1-23-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku
  • Tokyo, 105-6324
  • Japan
+81 00-0000-0000

Jafco Investments & Acquisitions (516)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Company Stage Lead Partner
REJECT 24-Mar-2023 Later Stage VC 00.00 Entertainment Software Generating Revenue 000000 00000000
000000000 23-Mar-2023 00000 00000 000.00 Media and Information Services (B2B) Generating Revenue 0000000 00000
000000 28-Feb-2023 00 000000000 000.00 Financial Software Generating Revenue
00000000 08-Feb-2023 00000 00000 00.000 IT Consulting and Outsourcing Generating Revenue 0000000 00000
00000000000 07-Feb-2023 00000 00000 000.00 Database Software Generating Revenue
00000 21-Dec-2022 00000 00000 00.000 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue 000000 000000
000000000 09-Dec-2022 00000 00000 00.000 Biotechnology Generating Revenue 00000 00000
00000000 01-Nov-2022 00000 00000 00.000 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue 00000 00000
BackTech 24-Oct-2022 Later Stage VC 00.000 Other Healthcare Technology Systems Generating Revenue 000000 0000
Bring Out 14-Oct-2022 Seed Round 00.000 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
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Jafco Exits (230)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size
A-zas 16-Mar-2023 Out of Business
000000 0000000 23-Dec-2022 000 000.00
0000 (000000 00000 21-Dec-2022 000 00.000
0000000 (00000 000 26-Oct-2022 000 00.000
0000000 000000 03-Oct-2022 000000000 00000000
00000000 08-Sep-2022 000 00 00000000
000 00000 01-Aug-2022 000000000 00000000
000000000 29-Jul-2022 000 00.000
ChatBook 28-Jul-2022 Merger/Acquisition
Microwave Chemical 24-Jun-2022 IPO 0000
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Jafco Fund Performance

Fund Name Vintage Size Dry Powder DPI RVPI TVPI IRR

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Jafco Investments by Industry, Year, and Region

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Jafco Team (93)

Name Title Deals Funds Boards Office
Keisuke Miyoshi Chief Executive Officer, President & Board Member 0 0 0 Tokyo, Japan
Mizuki Takahara General Manager of West japan Branch & Partner 0 0 0 Tokyo, Japan
Ko Minamikurosawa Partner, Managing Director & General Manager of Structured Investment Division Tokyo, Japan
Yoshiyuki Shibusawa Managing Director 0 Tokyo, Japan
Hiroshi Yamada Executive Managing Director Tokyo, Japan
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Jafco Co-Investors (349)

Name With Exits Lead Partner Series Industry
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital 20 00 Series chart Industry bar
SMBC Venture Capital 00 0 00 Series chart Industry bar
SBI Investment 00 00 Series chart Industry bar
Global Brain 00 0 Series chart Industry bar
Z Venture Capital 00 0 Series chart Industry bar
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