Sumitomo Corporation

With its global network and based on trust from companies in various industries and from consumers, Sumitomo Corporation engages in multifaceted business activities by making the most of its Integrated Corporate Strength. These business activities include sales of a variety of products and services within Japan, import and export, trilateral trade, and domestic and international business investment.
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Masayuki Hyodo

CEO

Kuniharu Nakamura

President and CEO

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Masato Sugimori

Director, EVP, Jupiter Telecommunications

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Koichi Takahata

EVP

Past deals in Sierra Leone

Cereva Networks

Series E in 2001
Cereva Networks was a victim of swiftly shrinking corporate IT budgets. The company failed to meet the demand for a start-up large-scale, storage systems. Resulted in abruptly shutting down and laid off 140 employees.

Arqit

Post in 2021
Arqit Limited develops and offers quantum key distribution network. The company uses the quantum properties of photons to create unique keys that can be shared between two parties in laser transmissions from a satellite. Arqit Limited was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Sitara Networks

Corporate Round in 2000
Sitara solutions provide enterprises, ASPs and ISPs the ability to deploy e-business applications on existing networks while improving critical application performance and network efficiency.

Enforta Limited

Series B in 2005
Enforta uses a variety of technologies (including WiMAX) to offer Russians internet, telephone, VPN and custom telecom/IT solutions. The company serves more than 7000 clients in 18 cities of Russia. Complete service packages including both voice and data services start at $20 per month. In December of 2003 Enforta acquired ZAO Prestige Internet and in 2005 they acquired OOO Evgenia. Later in 2005 the company launched its first wireless broadband services. The name "Enforta" is derived from the Latin word "forte" (strong) and the English word "enforce" (to strengthen), which makes sense since the company is trying to "strengthen" customer communications.

Torana

Series B in 2022
Torana provides "Toysub!" well known as educational toy subscription service in Japan market. We plan to go global and will be more bigger market share holder in East Asia. We collect month-age base toy feedback data and children's development status information. We plan best combination of toys and deliver. Customer returns and gets new toys which fit children's growth and it is eco friendly service. We plan to build our own brand toys based on massive customer feedback and growth data and enter D2C market.

Linough

Venture Round in 2018
It is a system development company specializing in real estate. Development of real estate management for the system and the application, real estate utilization site operator manufacturing and sale of real estate management for hardware.

Arevo Labs

Series B in 2018
AREVO, based in Silicon Valley, California, develops technology to enable direct digital additive manufacturing of ultra-strong, lightweight composite parts for end use applications in high volume. With the company's unique combination of breakthrough materials, powerful design/build software, and free motion robotics for the first “true 3D” construction, AREVO is moving beyond prototypes by enabling the design and fabrication of large, mass-produced parts and structures, quickly leading 3D printing into mainstream manufacturing. AREVO provides designers and manufacturers with unprecedented freedom to unlock the unparalleled strength and weight of composite materials for a wide range of consumer and industrial products, and has seen early success manufacturing CFRTP composite parts for OEM customers. With an initial focus on Aerospace, Defense, Consumer Electronics, Transportation, and Consumer Goods, Arevo is poised to optimize additive manufacturing services to OEM’s worldwide.

Nileworks Inc.

Series A in 2017
Nileworks Inc. designs, manufactures, and develops drone technology in farming and agricultural industry. It develops automatic aerial agricultural spraying drone, multi-copter based on image processing and information technology. The company’s product is used for pesticide spraying, growth control, and sale of agricultural chemicals. Nileworks Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

H2Pro, Ltd.

Series B in 2020
H2Pro, Ltd. develops water-splitting technology for producing hydrogen fuel. The company’s electrolysis technology, E-TAC (Electrochemical–Thermally-Activated Chemical water splitting), decouples the hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Caesarea, Israel.

MARS Company Japan

Corporate Round in 2019
MARS Company is an application of 3D design service. MARS Company technologies “Kuraban” and “sea snow” are based on the Sustainable Technology Extension Platform (STePP) of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Tokyo Investment and Technology Transfer Promotion Office (Tokyo Office).

Aver Asia (S) Pte

Acquisition in 2021
Aver Asia operates construction equipment distribution and rental business in seven countries, including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand, and handles aerial work platforms, compressors, and generators as their main products. Along with the wide range of rental products, their nature as an equipment distributor enables them to meet a broader range of customers’ requirements, such as quick and quality maintenance service, or flexible choice between renting and purchasing the equipment. Another distinguishing feature is that they are focusing on locally-rooted services that adapt business models to the maturity of the market in each country.

PowerGen Renewable Energy

Series B in 2019
Powergen Renewable Energy provides energy solutions to residential, community, commercial, government, and industrial customers in East Africa. The company offers microgrids and commercial and industrial solar consulting; development; engineering, procurement, and construction; operation and maintenance; and financing services. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Nairobi, Kenya with additional offices in Arusha, Tanzania; Freetown, Sierra Leone; and Lagos, Nigeria.

Aerosense

Venture Round in 2020
A joint venture between Sony and ZMP, Aerosense uses drones to develop a range of image and data-centric services that improve business processes for enterprise customers.

Taranis

Series B in 2018
Taranis is a leading precision agriculture intelligence platform that uses sophisticated computer vision, data science and deep learning algorithms to effectively monitor fields. The system enables farmers to make informed decisions by detecting early symptoms of weeds, uneven emergence, nutrient deficiencies, disease or insect infestations, water damage and machinery problems. Overseeing millions of acres of farmland in Argentina, Brazil, Russia, Ukraine and the United States, Taranis gives farmers the tools to address issues in real-time, increasing yields and cutting costs. Taranis employs over 100 people worldwide and is headquartered in San Francisco with subsidiaries in Israel, Argentina and Brazil.

Moshimo Co., Ltd.

Venture Round in 2007
Moshimo enables small businesses to easily sell merchandise online by offering an efficient way to build an online shop front. In addition, Moshimo provides drop shipping, a supply chain management technique where the wholesale supplier, not the small business, holds and ships the product. This system eliminates the difficulties of designing an online store, holding inventory, and sending goods. Moshimo offers their users the opportunity to sell over 350,000 different products sourced from more than 800 wholesale suppliers.

Q-Park

Acquisition in 2019
Q-Park N.V. designs, upgrades, and operates parking facilities in Europe. The company focuses on providing services related to parking at targeted locations in or near multifunctional inner-city areas, at public transport interchanges, and at hospitals. It offers paid and regulated parking solutions. The company also provides off-street parking at strategic locations. Q-Park N.V. was founded in 1998 and is based in Maastricht, the Netherlands. It has parking facilities in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, the United Kingdom, France, Ireland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland.

Equippo AG

Corporate Round in 2019
Equippo was founded on the belief that buying heavy equipment on the global market can and should be simple. They bring together select manufacturers, dealers, leasing companies and other trusted sellers of heavy equipment with buyers from all over the world, including markets like South America, Russia, and Poland. Headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, Equippo’s dedicated team is as international as its mission; buyers and sellers can speak with salespeople in more than nine languages. They are very proud of their most important and unique technological innovation - the Equippo final price calculation engine makes it even easier to deal internationally: tariffs, transport and logistics specific to your region are already included in the price displayed.

CDP Group Ltd.

Series B in 2006
CDP Holdings, Ltd operates as a human capital management (HCM) service provider in the People’s Republic of China. It operates CDP EcoSaaS, an integrated software platform that delivers HCM services, including payroll, tax and social security management, benefits programs, workforce management, and other HR applications. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People’s Republic of China.

Rapid5 Networks

Series B in 2000
Rapid5 Networks is a telecommunications-equipment company focused on the telecom and Internet infrastructure market.

Genomedia Inc.

Venture Round in 2020
Genomedia Inc. provides genomic information analysis services. The company also engages in the development of software/tools necessary for performing genomic information analysis, including a data management service that collects information from public databases, etc. and front drug/mutation/clinical trial matching solutions. Genomedia Inc. was founded in 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Enigma Inc

Series C in 2000
Enigma is a developer of software for the management and maintenance of large and complex equipment often found in industrial machinery. Enigma’s software handles the maintenance of databases containing large stores of technical components including heavy industrial equipment, aircraft spare parts and components, mechanical equipment and the like. The software is designed to help manage the maintenance of a product throughout the course of its lifecycle, from the moment it comes off the assembly line all the way through to its installation. Enigma is used in companies throughout the world with client’s including Ford and FedEx to name a few.

SmartDrive Inc.

Series B in 2017
SmartDrive Inc. develops vehicle tracking and big data analytics solutions. The company offers data platform, which provides data about vehicle management, usage management, route optimization, accident, safe driving analysis, real time vehicle management services through GPS, dangerous area mapping etc. The company also offers devices such OBD and car charger. Additionally, the company offers DriveOn, an iPhone application and base hardware that promotes safe driving. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Shinagawa-ku, Japan.
Global Mobility Service is a financial service company to Creating new car value created by FinTech and cutting-edge IoT services.

DeNA Co.

Series A in 2000
DeNA (pronounced "D-N-A") provides social game platform, social games, e-commerce and other Web services for mobile devices and PCs. DeNA's current flagship business is its mobile social games platform Mobage (pronounced "moh-bah-geh"), which offers first-, second- and third-party games on multiple localized player networks worldwide.

Sumi Agro Europe

Acquisition in 2015
SUMI AGRO is a subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation, one of the leading companies in Japan. The business activities of Sumitomo Corporation extends to many different industries. 350 years company tradition have shaped the identity of Sumitomo Corporation decisively. The origin of the company dates back to the early 17th century, when Masatomo Sumitomo (1585-1652) opened a book and drugstore in Kyoto. He later wrote down his guidelines for company founders, who formed the cornerstone of his company philosophy. Sumitomo's corporate principles (see left), based on integrity and prudent management, are based on the Masatomo Sumitomo guidelines and have been influential in the spirit of the Sumitomo Group for more than three centuries. The core business of Sumitomo was originally copper mining. Later diversification into different business areas, including finance, insurance, iron and steel and carried out property. Today Sumitomo is one of the most renowned Japanese companies.
Community Healthcare Coordination Platform, Inc. provides management support services to healthcare providers, such as medical institutions, nursing care providers, and dispensing pharmacies. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Agro Amazônia

Acquisition in 2015
Founded in 1983, Agro Amazonia is a pioneer in the agribusiness sector in the State of Mato Grosso. It is one of the largest and most successful distributors of agricultural and livestock supplies, offering a spectrum of the finest products from international manufacturers, and also providing technical support to farmers. Agro Amazonia is the only company of its kind to operate throughout the State of Mato Grosso and also has a presence in states of Goias, Tocantins and Para. With 25 locations and nearly 300 employees, the Company services over 2,500 customers in the agricultural sector and 14,000 in livestock. A consolidated partnership with suppliers allows them to offer customers the best and most complete portfolio of agro-business materials and services. It is the goal of Agro Amazonia’s trained and qualified team to provide good value and help increase crop yield.

Enforta Limited

Series C in 2008
Enforta uses a variety of technologies (including WiMAX) to offer Russians internet, telephone, VPN and custom telecom/IT solutions. The company serves more than 7000 clients in 18 cities of Russia. Complete service packages including both voice and data services start at $20 per month. In December of 2003 Enforta acquired ZAO Prestige Internet and in 2005 they acquired OOO Evgenia. Later in 2005 the company launched its first wireless broadband services. The name "Enforta" is derived from the Latin word "forte" (strong) and the English word "enforce" (to strengthen), which makes sense since the company is trying to "strengthen" customer communications.

Moshimo Co., Ltd.

Convertible Note in 2007
Moshimo enables small businesses to easily sell merchandise online by offering an efficient way to build an online shop front. In addition, Moshimo provides drop shipping, a supply chain management technique where the wholesale supplier, not the small business, holds and ships the product. This system eliminates the difficulties of designing an online store, holding inventory, and sending goods. Moshimo offers their users the opportunity to sell over 350,000 different products sourced from more than 800 wholesale suppliers.

M-KOPA

Private Equity Round in 2023
M-KOPA Kenya Limited develops and markets solar home systems. It offers solar systems with three lights, phone charging, and a solar powered radio. The company sells its products through dealers and retail shops in Kenya. It offers M-KOPA 5, KOPA 6, KOPA 600, and KOPA 6000. M-KOPA Kenya Limited was founded in 2011 and is based in Nairobi, Kenya. M-KOPA Kenya Limited operates as a subsidiary of M-Kopa, LLC.

Simple Mart Retail Co., Ltd.

Corporate Round in 2018
Simple Mart Retail Co., Ltd. owns and operates a chain of retail stores in Taiwan. It operates approximately 681 stores, as well as offers products online. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Taipei, Taiwan.

Carrier IQ

Series C in 2009
Carrier IQ is a Mobile Service Intelligence solution provider for mobile network operators and equipment vendors.

Method Products

Series C in 2005
Method is the pioneer of premium planet-friendly and design-driven home, laundry and personal care products. our naturally derived, biodegradable ingredients clean like heck, smell like heaven and put the hurt on dirt without doing harm to people, creatures or the planet. founded in 2000, method’s mission is to help people clean happy and our challenge is to make sure that every soap sent out into the world is a little agent of environmental change. our products are made from safe and sustainable materials, manufactured responsibly and never tested on animals. today, method can be found in more than 40,000 retail locations throughout North America, Europe, Australia and Asia.

Onedot Inc.

Venture Round in 2020
Onedot Inc. develops and operates an online platform that offers easy-to-understand baby food recipes and one-minute videos relating to childcare. It offers childcare know-how, baby food recipe, handmade goods making method, introduction of childcare products, and educational toys. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Amata Power

Funding Round in 2007
Amata Power builds and operates power plants in Thailand.

Moshimo Co., Ltd.

Venture Round in 2007
Moshimo enables small businesses to easily sell merchandise online by offering an efficient way to build an online shop front. In addition, Moshimo provides drop shipping, a supply chain management technique where the wholesale supplier, not the small business, holds and ships the product. This system eliminates the difficulties of designing an online store, holding inventory, and sending goods. Moshimo offers their users the opportunity to sell over 350,000 different products sourced from more than 800 wholesale suppliers.

ada

Corporate Round in 2018
Ada is an integrated digital marketing business. They combine data science, creative & technology for brands and businesses across Asia. ​

Terramera

Venture Round in 2016
Terramera is a leader in plant intelligence using green chemistry, machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies to develop and optimize safer, more effective plant-based replacements to synthetic chemical pesticides and fertilizers. Their mission is to use technology to unlock the power in nature, so they can live healthier, make clean food affordable and feed the world. Terramera is committed to cultivating safe, healthy homes and environments, and developing highly-effective natural products for consumers and farmers.
Digital:Convergence allows media companies, manufacturers and virtually all organizations to link their printed or broadcast content and advertisements as well as their products directly to web pages deep within their websites. The company's technology, which includes the :CueCat device and :CRQ software, takes a broadcast viewer or reader of print media directly to relevant information on the Internet. The :CRQ software responds to a proprietary digital signal called a "cue" that is transmitted. Digital:Convergence became on of the first .dotCom era Unicorns (even before the term was coined). Scheduled for it's IPO lead by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, ING Barings LLC, Banc of America Securities LLC and Bear, Sterns & Co. Inc. The IPO was registered to share an initial 10,000,000 shares at a price which could go as high as $40. The IPO was pushed due to weakening markets and then the company became part of the huge .dotCom market crash. The company was shuttered, however a new company was formed - lead by founder Jovan Hutton Pulitzer; to insure the patents and the technology survived. Those patents matured and are now one of the most financially successful patent portfolios ever created.

Nissin Sugar Manufacturing

Acquisition in 2007
Nissin Sugar manufactures and sells sugar.

Cashlez

Series A in 2019
Cashlez is a payment technology company that creates an mPOS system, a concept of receiving credit card and debit card-based applications on smartphones connected to a card reader via Bluetooth. This system can monitor all sales transactions of the business in real-time. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Jakarta.

Howco Group plc

Acquisition in 2007
Howco Group manufactures, supplies, and manages bespoke metal products for the oil and gas industry.

Edgen Group

Acquisition in 2013
Edgen Group delivers specialty products to the energy sector like highly engineered steel pipe, valves, quenched and tempered steel, high yield heavy plate and related components. Edgen Group products are designed to meet the demands of difficult environments including extreme temperatures, corrosive and abrasive material transport and high-pressure applications. Edgen Group provides premium products with broad scale and global distribution capabilities to customers in the energy infrastructure industries. Edgen Group extensive resources and supplier relationships, along with our volume and logistical capabilities create efficient, coordinated delivery to multiple, remote sites around the world. Edgen Group operates sales and distribution facilities in 14 countries, serving more than 1,800 customers who rely on our supplier relationships, procurement ability, and stocking and logistical support for timely delivery around the world. Edgen Group stocking facilities in the United Kingdom, Singapore, Dubai, Azerbaijan, the Netherlands and across North America offer easy access to rail, road, inland water and sea shipping routes.

WAmazing

Debt Financing in 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 that demand a local phone number. WAmazing was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Centerseat

Venture Round in 2001
Centerseat Inc. is a leading rich media technology and solutions provider. Centerseat has developed patent-pending interactive multimedia technology framework that enables companies to easily integrate their information systems with time-based rich media assets in a contextual and synchronized manner. In addition to licensing its technology framework, Centerseat develops and fully executes turnkey business and communications solutions for enterprise customers.

GA Drilling

Venture Round in 2022
GA Drilling a.s. designs and develops PLASMABIT, a milling and drilling technology system. Its product includes a precise chemical, electrical, and mechanical systems to control the overall tool operation, including positioning, feedback, and plasma focus and movement. It also offers geothermal power generation and decommissioning, including environmental plug and abandonment services. The company serves oil and gas, geothermal, and mining industries. GA Drilling a.s. was formerly known as Geothermal Anywhere, a.s. and changed its name to GA Drilling a.s. in May 2013. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Bratislava, Slovakia

Fyffes plc

Acquisition in 2016
Fyffes plc has operations in Europe, the US and Central and South America. Our primary activities are the production, procurement, shipping, ripening, distribution and marketing of bananas, pineapples and melons. A commitment to the principles of corporate responsibility is at the heart of the Fyffes brand.

DIGITAL GRID

Venture Round in 2018
Digital Grid Inc. engages in the retail business of electricity targeting non-electrification areas and off-grid communities of Africa. The company provides a fee-based electricity credit system where a kiosk (shop owners) provides charging services to communities for phones, lanterns, and other electronic appliances. It offers rental rechargeable devices, such as LED lanterns, portable radios, tablet PCs, and mobile charging for end users; and leasing instruments, including WPDs, PV panels, and batteries, as well as a smartphone as a controller for agents. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Sina

Series C in 1999
Chinese online media company

akippa Inc.

Venture Round in 2017
akippa Inc. develops and operates a parking lot reservation application. Its application provides parking lot sharing service by enabling users to make online reservations for unoccupied monthly parking spaces and vacant spaces, such as private garages, vacant lots, and commercial facilities. akippa Inc. was formerly known as Galaxy agency Inc. and changed its name to akippa Inc. in February 2015. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Osaka, Japan with an additional office in Tokyo.

Cinnamon

Series B in 2019
Cinnamon, Inc. provides products and consulting development services for artificial intelligence. The company develops an auto documentation tool that enables users to extract information from application forms, documents, and email, and create formatted documents, a highly accurate recommendation/matching engine, and a Chatbot that understands natural languages. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Nileworks Inc.

Venture Round in 2021
Nileworks Inc. designs, manufactures, and develops drone technology in farming and agricultural industry. It develops automatic aerial agricultural spraying drone, multi-copter based on image processing and information technology. The company’s product is used for pesticide spraying, growth control, and sale of agricultural chemicals. Nileworks Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

ENECHANGE Ltd.

Series B in 2018
Tokyo-based Enechange, the company offering an energy price comparison site under the same name .They are disseminating information on electricity and energy, useful electricity savings and savings right now, in order to liberalize the electricity in 2016.Enechange.Jp/try/detail Let's now begin the power company to choose in! The middle person is a graduate student intern! I am studying every day.

ZMP Inc.

Corporate Round in 2017
ZMP Inc. is an international company in the field of robotics, autonomous vehicles, automotive technology, sensing technology and related areas. Currently we employ half of engineers from overseas, Australia, China, Egypt, France, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, India, Taiwan and UK. We will keep employing new members from all over the world in the future. *Japanese language is not required.

H2Pro, Ltd.

Series A in 2020
H2Pro, Ltd. develops water-splitting technology for producing hydrogen fuel. The company’s electrolysis technology, E-TAC (Electrochemical–Thermally-Activated Chemical water splitting), decouples the hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Caesarea, Israel.

Ensim Corporation

Venture Round in 2001
Leading provider of solutions to automate: on-boarding, subscription, orchestration, provisioning, billing, and management, of

DIGITAL GRID

Venture Round in 2018
Digital Grid Inc. engages in the retail business of electricity targeting non-electrification areas and off-grid communities of Africa. The company provides a fee-based electricity credit system where a kiosk (shop owners) provides charging services to communities for phones, lanterns, and other electronic appliances. It offers rental rechargeable devices, such as LED lanterns, portable radios, tablet PCs, and mobile charging for end users; and leasing instruments, including WPDs, PV panels, and batteries, as well as a smartphone as a controller for agents. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

LO3 Energy

Venture Round in 2019
LO3 Energy, Inc. owns and operates Pando, a marketplace solution that connects energy suppliers to customers. The company’s services help clients to create, deploy, and monetize energy products and customer services. It serves retail customers in utility and energy sectors. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Portland, Oregon.

Nileworks Inc.

Series B in 2019
Nileworks Inc. designs, manufactures, and develops drone technology in farming and agricultural industry. It develops automatic aerial agricultural spraying drone, multi-copter based on image processing and information technology. The company’s product is used for pesticide spraying, growth control, and sale of agricultural chemicals. Nileworks Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Petgo

Corporate Round in 2018
Petgo is a Social Entrepreneurship company. Petgo are engaged in the pet health business mainly for e-commerce. E-commerce mainly provides pet health products such as veterinary drugs for dogs and cats, dietary foods, and supplements as products that help improve pet quality of life. In addition, as other services,Petgo provide marketing support to pet-related manufacturers using pet data and medical treatment services through animal hospitals.

AmicaTerra

Venture Round in 2021
AmicaTerra is a supplier of biomass products and services.
Nutrition Technologies Ltd. produces sustainable insect proteins, oils, and frass from black soldier fly larvae for aqua and animal feed. The company's products include hi proteins, hi oils, hi drieds, hi lives, and hi frasses. Nutrition Technologies Ltd. was incorporated in 2016 and is based in High Wycombe, United Kingdom.

Kimura Foundry America

Corporate Round in 2020
Kimura Foundry America operates a manufacturing facility. The company uses 3D printing technology to manufacture prototype casting for a variety of industries, including automotive, agricultural, and gas and oil.

MonotaRO Co., Ltd.

Venture Round in 2006
MonotaRO Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, operates an online MRO products store in Japan, Korea, China, Indonesia, and internationally. It offers products for manufacturing, construction, and automotive industries. The company was formerly known as Sumisho Grainger Co., Ltd. and changed its name to MonotaRO Co., Ltd. in February 2006. MonotaRO Co., Ltd. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Amagasaki, Japan.

MonotaRO Co., Ltd.

Venture Round in 2002
MonotaRO Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, operates an online MRO products store in Japan, Korea, China, Indonesia, and internationally. It offers products for manufacturing, construction, and automotive industries. The company was formerly known as Sumisho Grainger Co., Ltd. and changed its name to MonotaRO Co., Ltd. in February 2006. MonotaRO Co., Ltd. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Amagasaki, Japan.

MonotaRO Co., Ltd.

Venture Round in 2001
MonotaRO Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, operates an online MRO products store in Japan, Korea, China, Indonesia, and internationally. It offers products for manufacturing, construction, and automotive industries. The company was formerly known as Sumisho Grainger Co., Ltd. and changed its name to MonotaRO Co., Ltd. in February 2006. MonotaRO Co., Ltd. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Amagasaki, Japan.

Standard Steel, LLC

Acquisition in 2011
Standard Steel, LLC manufactures and sells forged steel wheels and axles for freight railcars, locomotives, and passenger railcars. It offers wide flange contour wheels for freight cars, narrow flange contour wheels for diesel locomotives, and other wheels in various types and sizes for the passenger/transit markets; and roller bearing freight car axles. The company serves Class I railroads, freight railcar builders, railcar, and locomotives maintenance shops; and locomotive builders and regional transit authorities in North America. It offers its products through sales representatives and field sales executives. Standard Steel, LLC was formerly known as Freedom Forge Corporation and changed its name to Standard Steel, LLC in 2002. The company was founded in 1795 and is based in Burnham, Pennsylvania. Standard Steel, LLC operates as a subsidiary of Nippon Steel Corporation.

Merchantrade

Corporate Round in 2009
Merchantrade develop first-in-the-market cross border, multi-currency payment solutions by leveraging on cutting-edge technology.
The Chain Museum Co., Ltd. plans, curates, and directs a small and unique museum on the floors of the commercial facility Newman Yokohama. Its range of recordings, from famous artists to works by young artists of interest; and genres of the works also include diverse, such as installations, paintings, and performing arts. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Oblix

Series D in 1999
As of March 28, 2005, Oblix, Inc. was acquired by Oracle Corp. The company develops identity-based security solutions for e-business networks. It offers Oblix NetPoint, a Web access management solution that provides an identity infrastructure for e-business environment. The company offers identity and Web services management, as well as access control and single sign-on to the enterprise and partner applications. Oblix, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is based in Cupertino, California.

Enforta Limited

Series A in 2005
Enforta uses a variety of technologies (including WiMAX) to offer Russians internet, telephone, VPN and custom telecom/IT solutions. The company serves more than 7000 clients in 18 cities of Russia. Complete service packages including both voice and data services start at $20 per month. In December of 2003 Enforta acquired ZAO Prestige Internet and in 2005 they acquired OOO Evgenia. Later in 2005 the company launched its first wireless broadband services. The name "Enforta" is derived from the Latin word "forte" (strong) and the English word "enforce" (to strengthen), which makes sense since the company is trying to "strengthen" customer communications.

Firework

Series A in 2021
Firework is one of the fastest growing interactive video platforms on mobile.

MonotaRO Co., Ltd.

Venture Round in 2003
MonotaRO Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, operates an online MRO products store in Japan, Korea, China, Indonesia, and internationally. It offers products for manufacturing, construction, and automotive industries. The company was formerly known as Sumisho Grainger Co., Ltd. and changed its name to MonotaRO Co., Ltd. in February 2006. MonotaRO Co., Ltd. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Amagasaki, Japan.

Intematix

Series C in 2006
Intematix Corporation engages in developing, manufacturing, marketing, and selling nano, bulk, and thin film materials to light and imaging markets. The company offers phosphors materials for LED, CCFL, CFL, and security/detection applications; lighting solutions; and energy storage/clean energy materials technologies, including fuel cell and battery materials. It also provides chips and silicones in the greater China market. Intematix Corporation was founded in 2000 and is based in Fremont, California with a technology center in Yang Mei, Taiwan.

Sustainable Medicine

Corporate Round in 2020
Sustainable Medicine, Inc. engages in development of medical software application for treating insomnia. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Spring Tide

Series C in 2000
Spring Tide is a Texas-based computer hardware company.

Silot

Series A in 2019
Silot specializes in using cutting-edge artificial intelligence and knowledge graph technology to work with banks around Southeast Asia, radically transforming these institutions to be smarter and more efficient. Our solutions go beyond task automation or rote processing. We aim to empower banks with unprecedented discovery and decision-making ability using AI that can learn, with the ultimate goal of helping banks transcend into a new era of intelligent banking.

Sunseap Group Pte. Ltd.

Series E in 2020
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 and construction. 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.

Livevault

Venture Round in 2000
LiveVault provider of disk-based online server backup and recovery solutions for small and mid-size businesses and for corporations with remote offices.

CropX

Series B in 2019
CropX Ltd., an ag-analytics company, develops cloud based software solutions integrated with wireless sensors, which boosts crops yield and saves water and energy. It offers advanced adaptive irrigation software service that delivers crop yield increase, and water and energy cost saving services while conserving the environment. The company also generates irrigation maps and automatically applies the right amount of water to different parts of the same field. It serves farmers worldwide. CropX Ltd. was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel with an additional office in San Francisco, California. CropX’s proprietary science helps farmers better understand water usage across their fields. Its low-cost soil sensors can increase crop yields while simultaneously cutting water usage by one third. In just one irrigation season, CropX sensors were installed on thousands of acres of all major row crops and demonstrated immense value, with early customers across the United States reporting dramatic water, manpower and cost savings, as well as massive crop yield gains. During the current growing season, CropX technology will be rolled out across hundreds of thousands of acres.

Earth Science Analytics

Series B in 2020
Earth Science Analytics (ESA) mission is to improve exploration success in challenging geological settings by providing geoscience-driven machine learning workflows and software. We aim to provide high quality data- driven predictions to clients in the E&P industry more efficiently, with greater precision and at lower cost compared to traditional methods.

LO3 Energy

Series B in 2021
LO3 Energy, Inc. owns and operates Pando, a marketplace solution that connects energy suppliers to customers. The company’s services help clients to create, deploy, and monetize energy products and customer services. It serves retail customers in utility and energy sectors. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Portland, Oregon.

Utility Associates

Series C in 2000
Utility Associates, Inc. offers mobile resource management solutions to command and control field operations. It offers AVaiL, which delivers a mobile operations command and control service that provides a view of the current location and status of mobile resources layered with data from various business systems, such as GIS, customer, and outage management yielding unparalleled awareness of mobile operations; AVaiL-Navigator, which provides an on board navigation system; AVaiL Tablet, which delivers various levels of mobile computing functionalities; AVaiL RFID, which delivers information on the location and status of various mobile resources; AVaiL Diagnostics, which delivers vehicle diagnostic information to AVaiL command and control; AVaiL Cell, which is downloaded to cell-phones; PadWORKS, a work management system for the utility industry; AVaiL Boost, which maintains wireless connectivity in geographic areas; and OnComm Rocket, which enables enterprises to track the location and status of various mobile assets, such as toolboxes, backhoes, personnel, and vehicles.

Turo

Series D in 2017
Turo Inc. operates an online car rental marketplace that enables local car owners to list their cars and travelers to rent them for local pickup, city delivery, and airport delivery. It enables users to calculate and discover what their car could earn for them. Turo, Inc. was formerly known as RelayRides, Inc. and changed its name to Turo, Inc. in November 2015. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Gogoro

Series C in 2017
Gogoro is an electric scooter maker. With a mission to deliver consumer innovations that will improve how the world’s most populated cities distribute and utilize energy, the company is enabling the transformation of megacities into smart cities. Gogoro is working toward a better future by putting power in the hands of everyone – to move us all forward, faster.

Elephantech Inc.

Corporate Round in 2019
Elephantech Inc. specializes in the manufacturing of electronic circuits. The company was founded in January 2014 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Farmnote holdings Japan

Series A in 2017
Firm Note Holdings Co., Ltd., established in December 2016, is a pure holding company with SkyArc Co., Ltd., which operates the web integration business, and Farm Note Co., Ltd., which operates the agricultural IoT solution business.

eWeLL Co., Ltd.

Venture Round in 2017
eWeLL Co., Ltd. develops an application for home-visit nursing. The application supports the reduction and the workforce optimization of the clerical work load of the nurse. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.

aiforce solutions Inc.

Venture Round in 2020
Aiforce Solutions is an able to use AI to solve problems in the AI market.The company provides three main services, from the introduction to the improvement of AI. In the first “AI Development Due Diligence”, AI Implementation Consulting, which leads to customer business reform, and support prototype development at 1/3 of the cost of competitors. In addition, we support the selection of AI vendors to conduct PoC and the technical evaluation of potential investment candidates as a member of our customers

Tiki Corporation

Series B in 2013
Tiki Corporation retails books, electronics, home appliances, gifts, fashion, beauty, and health products. The company also offers phone, digital equipment and accessories, electrical appliances, life house products, beauty and health products, stationery, vehicles, toys and souvenirs, mother and baby sports products, air ticket booking, and international goods. It sells its products through online store. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Trafi

Series B in 2020
Trafi is the most technologically advanced platform for mobility solutions, powering the world’s leading companies and cities. The technology suite is tailor-made to operate mobility services. From white label MaaS solutions to deep analytics, we enable our partners to become the driving forces of urban mobility. Founded in 2007 with offices in Berlin, Vilnius and London, Trafi is proud to count companies like Lyft, Google, Apple, Volkswagen, Skoda, and cities including Berlin, Jakarta, and Rio de Janeiro amongst our clients.

HawkEye 360

Series A in 2018
HawkEye 360 is a data analytics company that develops space-based radio frequency mapping. The company operates a commercial satellite constellation to identify, process, and geolocate a broad set of RF signals. Its products include maritime domain awareness and spectrum mapping and monitoring; our customers include a wide range of commercial, government, and international entities. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia.
Axiata is one of the largest Asian telecommunications companies. Axiata has controlling interests in mobile operators in Malaysia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Cambodia with significant strategic stakes in India and Singapore. In addition, the Malaysian-grown holding company has a stake in mobile telecommunication operations in Thailand.

TBC Corporation

Acquisition in 2005
TBC Corporation is one of the nation's largest marketers of automotive replacement tires through a multi-channel strategy. The Company's retail operations include company-operated retail centers under the "Tire Kingdom", "Merchant's Tire & Auto Centers" and "National Tire & Battery" brands and franchised retail tire stores under the "Big O Tires" brand. TBC markets on a wholesale basis to regional tire chains and distributors serving independent tire dealers throughout the United States and in Canada and Mexico. The Company's proprietary brands of tires have a longstanding reputation for quality, safety and value.
Hoa Sen - Gemadept Logistics and International Port Corporation owns and operates a port in Vietnam. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Vung Tau City, Vietnam.

Locix, Inc.

Series B in 2018
Locix develops solutions to provide spatial and contextual awareness to buildings, homes, and connected devices. The company solutions uniquely capture location, visual, and sensor data and combine them with advanced data analytics to provide spatial awareness and enable actionable insights for automated decision making. It is backed by several venture and strategic investors including ID Ventures, University of Tokyo Edge Capital, Murata Manufacturing, NTT Docomo Ventures, Sumitomo Corporation of Americas, iRobot, Yaskawa Information Systems, Yaskawa Electric, and Acer Ventures. Locix was founded in 2015 and is based in Silicon Valley.

Petgo

Venture Round in 2006
Petgo is a Social Entrepreneurship company. Petgo are engaged in the pet health business mainly for e-commerce. E-commerce mainly provides pet health products such as veterinary drugs for dogs and cats, dietary foods, and supplements as products that help improve pet quality of life. In addition, as other services,Petgo provide marketing support to pet-related manufacturers using pet data and medical treatment services through animal hospitals.

MOBCAST HOLDINGS Japan

Corporate Round in 2007
mobcast is a sports entertainment company that operates a mobile entertainment platform for smartphones and feature phones. It supports customers with social game and social media services. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. Currently, it operates as a subsidiary of mobcast Inc.

NC Design&Consulting

Corporate Round in 2017
NC Design & Consulting is business consulting,UI / UX consulting System integration Cloud service development.

OpenLogi

Series C in 2020
OpenLogi is a Tokyo based logistics platform focused on SMEs and freelancers. OpenLogi was founded back in December 2013 by Hidetsugu Ito who was previously involved in launching Japanese magazine subscription service Fujisan.co.jp. Based on his experience in discussing and negotiating with logistics companies, he founded OpenLogi to address logistics solutions for small e-commerce players.

M-KOPA

Corporate Round in 2018
M-KOPA Kenya Limited develops and markets solar home systems. It offers solar systems with three lights, phone charging, and a solar powered radio. The company sells its products through dealers and retail shops in Kenya. It offers M-KOPA 5, KOPA 6, KOPA 600, and KOPA 6000. M-KOPA Kenya Limited was founded in 2011 and is based in Nairobi, Kenya. M-KOPA Kenya Limited operates as a subsidiary of M-Kopa, LLC.

akippa Inc.

Venture Round in 2018
akippa Inc. develops and operates a parking lot reservation application. Its application provides parking lot sharing service by enabling users to make online reservations for unoccupied monthly parking spaces and vacant spaces, such as private garages, vacant lots, and commercial facilities. akippa Inc. was formerly known as Galaxy agency Inc. and changed its name to akippa Inc. in February 2015. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Osaka, Japan with an additional office in Tokyo.

Syndeo Corporation

Series C in 2002
Syndeo Corporation was formed in 1999 to empower communications providers like cable operators to drive additional value over their next-generation converged networks by offering VoIP (voice-over-IP) services. The company's Syion Call Management Server combines revenue-generating features with a carrier-grade softswitch platform that scales linearly to large numbers of subscribers. Syndeo has raised $98 million to date from a consortium of cable operators, strategic, and financial investors.

AppyParking

Series A in 2019
AppyWay is on a mission to make parking a truly forgettable experience. We understand how fragmented infrastructures and stand-alone solutions cause stress and hassle for the most mundane of daily tasks, like finding and paying for a parking space. We know there’s a better way of doing things and so we’re building innovative and future-ready solutions from the bottom up, to improve the way parking is accessed and managed. Our holistic kerbside management platform provides a ‘future of mobility’ conduit between the private and public sector, ensuring standardised kerbside data can flow between local authorities and mobility operators, unlocking the barriers that hinder the adoption of intelligent mobility solutions. Armed with best-in-class data, mobility APIs and our Govtech platform, we're now on a global mission to make the kerb work for everyone, physically, socially and commercially. AppyParking was named 2018 Best Parking App by Auto Express and 2017 Best UK Start-Up by Credit Suisse and received the 2019 Smarter Travel Innovation Award from Smarter Travel. AppyParking was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in England, UK.

Sensoro

Series B in 2017
SENSORO is committed to uniting the physical and digital world with advanced sensing technologies. Connectivity with our environments at home, in public, at work, and everywhere in between, brings improved comfort, security, and health. It allows businesses to reduce operating costs and boost productivity. SENSORO’s Alpha Suite delivers a comprehensive solution to enhance our world and elevate our lives. The Alpha Suite forms an industrial-grade wireless sensor network that merges ultra-long-range communication with proximity Bluetooth Low Energy technology. With the Alpha Suite, SENSORO provides a simple to implement, easily managed and scaled system that is ideal for smart cities and buildings, asset tracking, energy management, and environmental monitoring.

Integrity Healthcare Japan

Corporate Round in 2018
Integrity Healthcare Co., Ltd. develops and provides regionally-comprehensive care systems and medical and long-term care coordination systems. It provides corporate development services to healthcare business and management support services for medical institutions. It offers international patients access to the physicians and services through MORE Health's Physician collaboration platform. It also offers ePRO platform YaDoc for pharmaceutical companies, hospitals, and university research institutes, which is utilized in real clinical, clinical research, and clinical trials .The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
Excel Crop Care provides a range of agrochemicals farming solutions. The company’s product portfolio includes insecticides, weedicides, termicides, fungicides, fumigants, rhodenticides, enchancers, bio-products, and seeds as well as post-harvest treatment services. Excel Crop Care is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

FXcoin

Corporate Round in 2019
FXcoin is a virtual currency exchange company

Active Scaler

Seed Round in 2018
ActiveScaler exponentially improves the flow of people and goods for transportation providers. The company's Managed Mobility-as-a-Service (Managed MaaS) product suite includes FleetFactor™, In-Motion™ global platform and API, and IMBOT™ that revolutionize mobility by automating operations management with contextual analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence. Transportation providers can readily improve and expand service offerings while making sense of a growing stream of real-time data. ActiveScaler focuses on serving a range of transportation providers from individual mobility operators to multi-mode integrators and large-scale commercial fleets. For more information, please visit www.activescaler.com.

Agri Info Design, LTD.

Venture Round in 2018
Agri Info Design, LTD. operates as an agricultural IT / ICT startup company that develops driving support application. It offers applications, including AgrIBus-NAVI, AgrIBus-Web, AgIBus-GMInIR, AgrIBus-G2, and AgrIBus-Autosteer. The company also manufactures and sells aftermarket agricultural equipment. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Obihiro, Japan.

SORABITO Co., Ltd.

Corporate Round in 2019
SORABITO Co., Ltd. operates ALLSTOCKER, an online marketplace for used construction equipment and machinery. It sells excavators, wheel loaders, dozers, rollers, graders, finishers, cranes, forklifts, generators, welders, compressors, attachments, parts, trucks, tractors, other farm machinery, and others. The company also provides IT solutions for construction equipment rental companies. SORABITO Co., Ltd. was founded in 2014 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Jupiter Shop Channel Co

Funding Round in 2008
Jupiter Shop Channel Co., Ltd., a direct marketing/retailing company, operates a television shopping channel in Japan. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. As of July 3, 2007, Jupiter Shop Channel Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation.

aiforce solutions Inc.

Seed Round in 2019
Aiforce Solutions is an able to use AI to solve problems in the AI market.The company provides three main services, from the introduction to the improvement of AI. In the first “AI Development Due Diligence”, AI Implementation Consulting, which leads to customer business reform, and support prototype development at 1/3 of the cost of competitors. In addition, we support the selection of AI vendors to conduct PoC and the technical evaluation of potential investment candidates as a member of our customers

KUSURI-NO-KATSUMATA

Acquisition in 2009
KUSURI-NO-KATSUMATA is a Drugstore chain management, insurance dispensing services.

Sumally

Corporate Round in 2017
The word “Sumally” was coined from the words “sum” + “all” .. meaning an “addition of everything”. With the help of users and style leaders from all over the world, Sumally is finding and cataloging every and anything. Sumally aims to become the go-to online encyclopedia of treasured objects. Use Sumally to keep track of who owns what, who wants what, and whether they're selling the items you've been looking for.

ActiveSky Research Pty Ltd.

Venture Round in 2000
ActiveSky Research Pty, Ltd. provides online mobile multimedia application development and distribution platforms. It offers multimedia publishing and distribution technology solutions that enable the rapid deployment of customizable rich graphical user-interfaces and multimedia applications on current and emerging wireless handsets.