Global Brain

Financial Services · Blockchain & Crypto
536investments
26exits
$2.3Braised by its portfolio in 12 months
3,729open roles in its portfolio

Overview

Global Brain is an independent Japanese venture capital firm that supports startups through hands-on involvement and open innovation. It invests in technology startups in Japan, the United States, Europe and Asia, and manages corporate venture funds on behalf of major Japanese corporations such as KDDI. The firm was founded in 1998 by Yasuhiko Yurimoto and is headquartered in Tokyo.

Investor profile

Venture capital
Investments
536
255 of them startups
Hiring now
184
3,729 open roles
Rounds in 12 months
33
$2.3B raised
Exits
26
Focusshare of its companies
Artificial Intelligence 17%Software 15%Health Care 7%Energy & Utilities 6%Financial Services 6%Robotics 6%Media & Entertainment 6%Transportation & Logistics 5%
Where its companies are
Japan 25%United States 11%Singapore 2%United Kingdom 2%South Korea 1%India 1%Germany 1%Canada 1%
Stage of its companies
Series B 31%Series A 29%Series C and later 23%Pre-seed & seed 17%
Its companies, the freshest money firstAll 536 investments
FormicVenture round $50M · this month · 56 roles KinishSeries A $33.3M · this month · 2 roles kikitoriSeries A $2M · 1 mo ago · 3 roles Cornelis NetworksVenture round $205M · 1 mo ago · 18 roles Reframe SystemsVenture round $40M · 2 mo ago · 26 roles CraifVenture round $33M · 2 mo ago · 12 roles GroqSeries A $350M · 2 mo ago · 27 roles BounceConvertible Note $200k · 2 mo ago · 9 roles AsueneSeries D $87M · 3 mo ago · 17 roles Starlight EngineVenture round $412.1M · 3 mo ago · 5 roles RevCommSeries B $22.8M · 3 mo ago · 33 roles CleanFiber# Climate Tech# North AmericaConvertible Note $4.5M · 4 mo ago
3,729 open roles at 184 of its companies
Hiring fastestroles opened in 30 days
Honeywell678 new roles in 30 days Commonwealth Fusion Systems51 new roles in 30 days Digantara40 new roles in 30 days Unity Technologies37 new roles in 30 days REGENT31 new roles in 30 days Alpaca31 new roles in 30 days
New in the portfolioadded to its portfolio page in 6 months
GHGSatadded Nov 8 Kinishadded Oct 25 · 2 roles Noxtuaadded Oct 18 Oceanadded Oct 11
Co-investorscompanies they hold together
Plug and Play 30 shared Globis Capital Partners 27 shared Z Venture Capital 26 shared NTT Docomo Ventures 24 shared JIC Venture Growth Investments 20 shared Genesia Ventures 16 shared GMO VenturePartners 15 shared 500 Global 14 shared Keio Innovation Initiative 13 shared Daiwa Corporate Investment 13 shared
Similar investorstheir companies share markets and countries
Coral Capital Globis Capital Partners Z Venture Capital JIC Venture Growth Investments NTT Docomo Ventures Incubate Fund Genesia Ventures UTEC
Sources: its portfolio page, read Nov 8

News

News Nature 4 years ago
Beyond noise to function: reframing the global brain activity and its dynamic topography
How global and local activity interact with each other is a common question in complex systems like climate and economy. Analogously, the brain too displays 'global' activity that interacts with local-regional activity and modulates behavior. The brain's
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News techinasia.com 7 years ago
AI software testing platform raises $2.5m from Salesforce, Global Brain, others Read more
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News techinasia.com 9 years ago
Japanese VC Firm Global Brain to Start Investing in ICOs Read more
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News sciencedirect.com 9 years ago
Technological Forecasting and Social Change: Special Issue on the Global Brain Read more
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News hackishword.com 12 years ago
The coming global Brain-Suck Read more
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News theratchet.ca 13 years ago
Pathway to the Global Brain (part 4/5) Read more
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News theratchet.ca 13 years ago
What is The Global Brain? Read more
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News slideshare.net 13 years ago
Client Challenge Read more
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News harvardbiz 14 years ago
How the Internet is Shaping Our
And why we must be mindful of technology's risks and rewards.
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News e27.sg 14 years ago
Venture capitalist Global Brain Japan to set up office in Singapore Read more
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Tokyo Japan
HQ
1-10 est. staff