Line

company

About

LINE develops calling and messaging applications for mobile phones in Japan and internationally.

Details

Last Funding Type
Post-IPO Equity
Industries
Apps,Messaging,Mobile,Mobile Apps
Founded date
Sep 4, 2000
Number Of Employee
1001 - 5000
Operating Status
Active
Stock Symbol
tyo:3938
Legal Name
NHN Japan Corporation
Also Known As
LINE株式会社

LINE develops calling and messaging applications for mobile phones in Japan and internationally. It offers LINE, a smartphone application that allows users to make free calls and messaging with other users regardless of which mobile network provider they are using.The company also offers NAVER, a search communication service; NAVER Matome, a user-participatory curation platform; Livedoor, a portal site; livedoor Blog, a blogging service; and livedoor News that provides information gathered from various news sources, as well as a range of advertising products. In addition, it operates LINE GAME, a platform that lets LINE users to play games.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
3
¥148.10B
Line has raised a total of ¥148.10B in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on May 1, 2019 from a Post-IPO Equity round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
May 1, 2019 Post-IPO Equity 3 Detail
Aug 4, 2018 Post-IPO Equity ¥148.10B Detail
Jul 19, 2016 IPO Detail

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
26
8
Line has made 26 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jun 3, 2022, when Toonsquare raised $3M.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Jun 3, 2022 Toonsquare
Series A $3M Artificial Intelligence
Mar 10, 2022 The Parentinc
Corporate Round $8M Brand Marketing
May 27, 2020 Sproot
Corporate Round Content
Dec 2, 2019 LINE TAXI
Series A Advertising Platforms
Aug 1, 2019 Loyyal
Series Unknown Blockchain

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
3
Line is funded by 3 investors. LINE Financial Corporation and Mizuho Bank are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
LINE Financial Corporation Post-IPO Equity
Mizuho Bank Post-IPO Equity
Orient Corporation Post-IPO Equity

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
23
Line has 23 current employee profiles, including Executive Ikebe Tomohiro
Executive
Employee
Employee
Executive
Executive

Exits

Line has had 7 exits. Line most notable exits include SoundHound ,   Appier

Date Company Name Exit Type Industry
Apr 28, 2022 SoundHound IPO Artificial Intelligence Detail
Mar 30, 2021 Appier IPO Analytics Detail
Dec 17, 2019 Freee IPO Accounting Detail
Jan 15, 2019 Pocket Concierge M&A Hospitality Detail
May 16, 2018 TalkIQ M&A Analytics Detail

Acquisition

Line has acquired 11 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was MixRadio on Dec 1, 2014. They acquired MixRadio for 0.

Date Company Name
Industry Acquisition Type Price
Dec 1, 2014 MixRadio
Apps acquisition Detail
Feb 10, 2015 WebPay
Cloud Computing acquisition Detail
Jun 29, 2015 Wit studio
Developer APIs acquisition Detail
Mar 5, 2017 vinclu Inc.
Internet of Things acquisition Detail
Jul 10, 2017 Next Floor
Apps acquisition Detail