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    DeNA

    Tokyo, JapanFounded 1999
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    GamingE-Commerce & MarketplaceHealthcareMobility & Transportation

    DeNA Co., Ltd. is a publicly traded Japanese company (TSE: 2432) that develops and operates a broad range of mobile and online services including games, e-commerce, entertainment content distribution, healthcare, and automotive. Through its corporate venture and investment arm, it has established funds such as a $27.5 million investment fund for social gaming startups and invested in AI-focused venture builder funds.

    They made 1 investment in the last 12 months. Their most common stage is series-b (40% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $48.2M (across 5 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    8

    Fund Size

    $27.5M

    Top Stage

    Series B

    Last 12 Mo

    1

    Team

    HH

    Hiroyuki Hayashi

    Deputy President & Head of the Corporate Unit YOKOHAMA DeNA BAYSTARS BASEBALL CLUB, INC. & Representative Director & President, Yokohama Stadium Co., Ltd.

    KM

    Ko Manabe

    Director, IRIAM Inc.

    MK

    Masaya Kubota

    Outside Director

    SM

    Shinya Masuda

    Head of the Live Community Business Unit, & Representative Director & President, IRIAM Inc.

    SS

    Sho Segawa

    Head of the Healthcare Business Unit, & Representative Director, DATA HORIZON CO., LTD.

    TO

    Takaaki Otani

    Head of the Medical Business Unit, & Representative Director & President, Allm Inc.

    TK

    Tatsuo Kawasaki

    Outside Director

    TK

    Tetsuo Kitani

    Outside Director

    TN

    Tomoyuki Namatame

    Representative Director & President, Nippontect Systems Co., Ltd.

    YK

    Yota Kimura

    Representative Director & President, General Manager, of Baseball Operations, YOKOHAMA DeNA BAYSTARS BASEBALL CLUB, INC.

    JJ

    Jaysu Jeyachandran

    Technology Officer of Growth Business Unit & Technology Officer of Live Community Business Unit

    SS

    Seiichiro Sumiyoshi

    Head of Growth Business Unit

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    10 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Artis logoArtisSeries B—Jun 2026
    ALGO ARTIS logoALGO ARTISSeries B—Jan 2026
    Artis logoArtisSeries B—Jan 2026
    Connecterra logoConnecterraSeries B—Jan 2020
    DDocsAppSeries A$7.2MDec 2017
    IInkmonkSeed—Jan 2017
    LLang-8Bridge$200MJan 2016
    Kamcord logoKamcordSeries A$7MJan 2014
    ngmoco logongmocoUnknown$25MJan 2010
    Connecterra logoConnecterraSeed$1.8M—

    Top Co-Investors

    Salesforce Ventures3 shared
    UTEC3 shared
    GG12 shared
    Sistema Venture Capital2 shared
    Translink Capital1 shared
    Y Combinator1 shared
    SV Angel1 shared
    CyberAgent Capital1 shared
    Salesforce1 shared
    Sony Innovation Fund by IGV1 shared
    LVX1 shared
    Sistema_VC1 shared
    7percent Ventures1 shared
    ADM Capital1 shared
    Kleiner Perkins1 shared
    Norwest Venture Partners1 shared
    InnoVen Capital1 shared
    Rebright Partners1 shared
    Bessemer Venture Partners1 shared

    Last updated: 20 October 2026