Rakuten Ventures is a venture capital firm in Tokyo that focuses on internet services, finance services, and others. Founded 1997 in Tokyo, Japan by Hiroshi Mikitani, it invests in seed, series A, corporate rounds, and post-IPO equity rounds. Its portfolio companies include Point, Sider, AirCloset, Synadia Communications, and Plaid. As of March 2020, Rakuten has made 70 investments. Their most recent investment was on September 24, 2019, when Everledger raised $20M. Rakuten has had 11 exits, the most notable of which include Lyft, Careem, and WePay. The company has raised three funds, their latest being Rakuten Global Investment Fund. This fund was announced on April 12, 2016 and raised a total of $200M.
Timeline
Founded
Funded Companies
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Mobile and online consumer-to-consumer marketplace
People
Hiroshi Mikitani
Founder, President and CEO
Akio Sugihara
Managing Executive Officer & Director Executive Director of Global Human Resources Department
Koji Ando
Senior Executive Officer
Takahito Aiki
Senior Executive Officer
Yasufumi Hirai
Executive Vice President and Representative Director
Further reading
Documentaries, videos and podcasts
Companies
Altiostar Networks
Careem
Everledger
Fever
from scratch
Okan, Inc.
Rakuten Medical
