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JAFCO vs SMBC Venture Capital

JAFCO lists 196 portfolio companies and has joined 28 funding rounds; SMBC Venture Capital lists 103 companies and has joined 26 rounds. JAFCO comes in most often at Seed (26% of its entries), SMBC Venture Capital comes in most often at Seed (32% of its entries). 7 companies are on both portfolios, among them Aiming, Chatwork and Eneres.

196Portfolio companies103
28Funding rounds joined26
11Rounds led3
23Rounds, last 12 months17
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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JAFCO and SMBC Venture Capital, head to head
JAFCOSMBC Venture Capital
Portfolio companies196103
Funding rounds joined2826
Rounds led113
Rounds, last 12 months2317
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$5M to $20M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed26%32%
Series A26%26%
Series B26%16%
Growth21%26%

JAFCOSMBC Venture Capital

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Entry stages of JAFCO and SMBC Venture Capital, share of entries
JAFCOSMBC Venture Capital
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed26%32%
Series A26%26%
Series B26%16%
Growth21%26%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning18%18%
Enterprise Software14%11%
Healthcare & Biotech11%13%
Industrial & Manufacturing10%9%
Fintech6%9%
Education4%8%

JAFCOSMBC Venture Capital

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Themes of JAFCO and SMBC Venture Capital, share of checked companies
JAFCOSMBC Venture Capital
AI & Machine Learning18%18%
Enterprise Software14%11%
Healthcare & Biotech11%13%
Industrial & Manufacturing10%9%
Fintech6%9%
Education4%8%

Companies both back

7

Shared companies are those both firms' own portfolio pages list, each checked against the company's site. The same comparison through the API is POST /v1/overlap, for up to 20 firms. How the data is graded

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GET /v1/firms/smbc-vc.co.jp/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/jafco.co.jp/coinvestors
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