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    Rakuten

    Rakuten is a Series A to Series E stage investment firm. It has made 19 investments. Average disclosed round size is $79.9M (across 19 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    19

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Series C

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    SA

    Saemin Ahn

    Managing Partner International Investment

    MP

    Michael Piechalak

    Partner, Rakuten Capital

    NS

    Nicole SJ Jang

    Senior Partner

    SS

    Seiichiro Sonoda

    President of Rakuten Capital

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    22 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Cabify logoCabifySeries B$110MMar 2023
    Bluevine logoBluevineSeries F$102.5MNov 2019
    Rakuten Medical, Inc. logoRakuten Medical, Inc.Unknown$100MJul 2019
    ViSenze logoViSenzeSeries C$20MFeb 2019
    Altiostar logoAltiostarSeries C$114MJan 2019
    Rakuten Medical, Inc. logoRakuten Medical, Inc.Unknown$100MJan 2019
    Verishop logoVerishopSeries B$12.5MJan 2019
    Hoodline logoHoodlineSeries A$10MSep 2018
    Careem logoCareemSeries E—Jun 2017
    CafeX logoCafeXSeries C$18MJan 2017
    CCareem NetworksSeries F$500MDec 2016
    BBizreachSeries A$32.8MJan 2016
    Currencycloud logoCurrencycloudSeries C$18MJun 2015
    WWePayGrowth—Jan 2015
    Bitnet logoBitnetSeries A$14.5MJan 2014
    Pinterest, Inc. logoPinterest, Inc.Series E$225MOct 2013
    WWePaySeries C$15MAug 2010
    Fanli logoFanliSeries C——
    VViSenze(a Rezolve Ai Company)Series C$20M—
    AirMap logoAirMapSeries B$26M—
    WWePaySeries D$40M—
    WePay logoWePaySeries D$40M—

    Top Co-Investors

    August Capital4 shared
    Continental Investors3 shared
    Ignition Partners3 shared
    Qualcomm Ventures2 shared
    Dentsu Ventures2 shared
    Singapore Press Holdings2 shared
    Gobi Partners2 shared
    Sonae IM2 shared
    WI Harper Group2 shared
    UOB Venture Management2 shared
    Rough Draft2 shared
    500 Global2 shared
    Al Tayyar1 shared
    Greyhound Capital1 shared
    Steamboat Ventures1 shared
    Telefonica1 shared
    Salesforce1 shared
    Salesforce Ventures1 shared
    GREE Ventures1 shared
    Phillip Private Equity1 shared

    Last updated: 19 September 2026