CAMPFIRE

company

About

CAMPFIRE engages in the planning, development, and operation of a crowd funding platform.

Details

Last Funding Type
Series E
Last Funding Money Raised
¥3.11B
Industries
Asset Management,Content,Cryptocurrency,Fashion,Finance,Human Resources,Internet,Sharing Economy,SNS
Founded date
Apr 28, 2011
Number Of Employee
51 - 100
Operating Status
Active
Legal Name
CAMPFIRE, Inc.
Investor Type
Venture Capital

Campfire engages in the planning, development, and operation of a crowd funding platform.

They operate the largest cloud funding platform in Japan [CAMPFIRE (campfire)], which supports "whoever wants to start something."

The fee is 5% of the domestic level, and about 15,000 projects have collected about $70million in total from over 700,000 people.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
12
¥4.17B $35.50M
CAMPFIRE has raised a total of ¥4.17B $35.50M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Dec 4, 2020 from a Series E round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Dec 4, 2020 Series E ¥3.11B 4 Minerva Growth Partners Detail
Jul 3, 2020 Series D ¥600M 2 Detail
May 10, 2019 Series C $20M 11 Global Brain Corporation
KDDI Open Innovation Fund
Detail
Apr 10, 2019 Series Unknown 1 ITOCHU Corporation Detail
Aug 1, 2018 Series B $10M 3 Detail

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
1
1
CAMPFIRE has made 1 investments. Their most recent investment was on Feb 28, 2019, when Tricot raised ¥2.54M.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Feb 28, 2019 Tricot
Equity Crowdfunding ¥2.54M Food and Beverage Yes

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
6
40
CAMPFIRE is funded by 40 investors. Minerva Growth Partners and KDDI Open Innovation Fund are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Minerva Growth Partners Yes Series E
KDDI Open Innovation Fund Yes Series C
ITOCHU Corporation Yes Series Unknown
BASE Series E
MARUI GROUP Series E
Mizuho Bank Series E
Global Brain Corporation Series D
Alliance Partners Series C
Ceres Series C
FreakOut Holdings Series C

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
24
CAMPFIRE has 24 current employee profiles, including Employee Toru Shikibu
Employee
Executive
Employee
Advisor

Acquisition

CAMPFIRE has acquired 4 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was STARted on Dec 16, 2016. They acquired STARted for 0.

Date Company Name
Industry Acquisition Type Price
Dec 16, 2016 STARted
Fashion acquisition Detail
Apr 3, 2018 FAAVO
Communities acquisition Detail
Jan 10, 2019 Gojo
Apps acquisition ¥ 40M Detail
Apr 23, 2019 TOMOSHIBI
Human Resources acquisition Detail