NTT DOCOMO Ventures invests in the field of information technology, telecommunications, and contents platform services.
NTT DOCOMO Ventures is the venture capital arm of NTT DOCOMO, Inc. specializing in investments in incubation, early stage, middle stage, and later/pre-IPO stage companies. It prefers to invest in the field of information technology, telecommunications, content platform services, battery power, authentication security, BigData, a solution with devices, cloud, and communication platforms. The firm invests in and outside of Japan. It seeks to invest up to about USD $2 million to USD $3 million per investment. It prefers to seek minority stakes of around 20% or less per portfolio. The firm seeks to exit its investments through sales of stocks or transfer of shares to DOCOMO and NTT Group companies. It also runs an accelerator program called DOCOMO Incubation Program. Docomo Innovation Ventures, previously known as NTT Investment Partners Inc., was established on February 20, 2008, and is based in Minato, Chiba, Japan.
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Company Name
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Round | Money Raised | Industry | Lead Investor |
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Aug 23, 2022
Inworld AI
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Series A | $50M | Artificial Intelligence | — |
Oct 19, 2021
JumpCloud
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Series F | $66M | Cloud Data Services | — |
May 6, 2021
Arcturus
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Seed | $5M | Apps | — |
Dec 11, 2019
Zippin
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Series A | $12M | Artificial Intelligence | — |
Dec 3, 2019
LISNR
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Series Unknown | — | Analytics | Yes |