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aSTART co-investors

Who invests alongside aSTART · Venture capital · Tokyo, Japan

aSTART shares at least one checked portfolio company with 29 other investors. It backs companies most often with Abies Ventures (3), Global Brain (3) and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Capital (3), and 76% of its 17 checked companies have another investor VCinfo tracks.

29co-investors
13companies backed with another investorof 17 checked
76%of its portfolio is co-backed
Abies Venturesmost frequent co-investor3 shared companies

Co-investor network

the 14 firms it shares most with, and the companies they back together
26 shared companies26 shared companies17 shared companies16 shared companies16 shared companies14 shared companies14 shared companies14 shared companies13 shared companies12 shared companies11 shared companies9 shared companies8 shared companies7 shared companies7 shared companies5 shared companies5 shared companies5 shared companies5 shared companies5 shared companies5 shared companies5 shared companies5 shared companies4 shared companiesAbies Ventures: 3 shared companiesAbies Ventures3Global Brain: 3 shared companiesGlobal Brain3Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Capital: 3 shared companiesMitsui Sumitomo Insur…3UTokyo Innovation Platform: 3 shared companiesUTokyo Innovation Pla…3Coral Capital: 2 shared companiesCoral Capital2Energy & Environment Investments, Inc.: 2 shared companiesEnergy & Environment …2Globis Capital Partners: 2 shared companiesGlobis Capital Partne…2Incubate Fund: 2 shared companiesIncubate Fund2JAFCO: 2 shared companiesJAFCO2Shizuoka Capital: 2 shared companiesShizuoka Capital2Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Investment: 2 shared companiesSumitomo Mitsui Trust…2Asahi Media Lab Ventures: 1 shared companiesAsahi Media Lab Ventu…1Awagin Capital: 1 shared companiesAwagin Capital1Canal Ventures: 1 shared companiesCanal Ventures1
Shared portfolio companies with aSTARTFirms that also back companies together

Circle size is the number of companies shared with aSTART; a line joins two co-investors that back at least two companies together.

All co-investors

ranked by shared portfolio companies
#InvestorSharedCompanies both back
1Abies VenturesVenture capital · Japan3Compare · Its co-investors
2Global BrainVenture capital · Japan3Compare · Its co-investors
3Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance CapitalCorporate VC · Japan3Compare · Its co-investors
4UTokyo Innovation PlatformCorporate VC · Japan3Compare · Its co-investors
5Coral CapitalVenture capital · Japan2Compare · Its co-investors
6Energy & Environment Investments, Inc.Venture capital · Japan2Compare · Its co-investors
7Globis Capital PartnersVenture capital · Japan2Compare · Its co-investors
8Incubate FundVenture capital · Japan2Compare · Its co-investors
9JAFCOVenture capital · Japan2Compare · Its co-investors
10Shizuoka CapitalVenture capital · Japan2Compare · Its co-investors
11Sumitomo Mitsui Trust InvestmentJapan2Compare · Its co-investors
12Asahi Media Lab VenturesVenture capital · Japan1Compare · Its co-investors
13Awagin CapitalCorporate VC · Japan1Compare · Its co-investors
14Canal VenturesCorporate VC · Japan1Compare · Its co-investors
15Daiwa House VenturesCorporate VC · Japan1Compare · Its co-investors
16Future Food FundCorporate VC · Japan1Compare · Its co-investors
17Hulic StartupCorporate VC · Japan1Compare · Its co-investors
18Iwagin Jigyo Souzou CapitalVenture capital · Japan1Compare · Its co-investors
19Japan Post CapitalCorporate VC · Japan1Compare · Its co-investors
20JR East Start UPCorporate VC · Japan1Compare · Its co-investors
21Keio Innovation InitiativeVenture capital · Japan1Compare · Its co-investors
22PARTNERS FUNDVenture capital · Japan1Compare · Its co-investors
23Samurai Incubate Inc.Venture capital · Japan1Compare · Its co-investors
24Seraphim SpaceVenture capital · United Kingdom1Compare · Its co-investors
25SMBC Venture CapitalVenture capital · Japan1Compare · Its co-investors
26Sony Innovation FundCorporate VC · India1Compare · Its co-investors
27Spiral CapitalVenture capital · Japan1Compare · Its co-investors
28Yokohama CapitalVenture capital · Japan1Compare · Its co-investors
29ZENRIN FUTURE PARTNERS CO., LTD.Corporate VC · Japan1Compare · Its co-investors
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A co-investor is a firm whose own portfolio page lists a company that aSTART's page lists too, both checked against the company's site. It shows who backs the same companies, not who joined the same round. How the data is graded

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