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Kyocera Launches Venture Capital Fund to Fuel Innovation

Approx. $40 million fund opening April 1 will focus on start-ups in Japan and Asia

 
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Kyocera Corporation (President: Hideo Tanimoto; hereinafter, Kyocera) today announced that it will launch the "Kyocera Venture Innovation Fund-I," a corporate venture capital fund of approx. 40 million U.S. dollars, on April 1, 2024, as a vehicle to create new businesses.

Kyocera has a long history of supporting start-ups through direct investment and collaboration using its unique technologies to enhance research and development and build new enterprises. The new fund will allow Kyocera to continue these efforts in anticipation of future market changes while accelerating its open innovation activities.

The fund will invest primarily in Japanese and Asian start-ups in the fields of environment and energy, information and communications, medical and healthcare, mobility, advanced materials, software (including AI), aerospace and defense, semiconductors, and nuclear fusion. Kyocera will collaborate with VC firm Global Brain Corporation (CEO: Yasuhiko Yurimoto, hereinafter, Global Brain) to develop venture capital strategies supported by Global Brain's investment platform, networks, and knowledge base.

Fund Outlook

Entity name

KVIF-I Limited Partnership (Registered Name)

(Name: Kyocera Venture Innovation Fund-I)
Establishment date April 1, 2024
Fund size Approx. USD40 million
Operation period 10 years
Investment areas environment and energy, information and communications, medical and healthcare, mobility, advanced materials, software (including AI), aerospace and defense, semiconductors, and nuclear fusion
Investment stage Early stage (Series A-C)
Investment size USD0.2-2 million (less than 20% equity)
Unlimited liability partner Global Brain Corporation
Limited partner Kyocera Corporation



About Global Brain

Company Name Global Brain Corporation
Location of Head Office 10-11 Sakuragaoka-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Representative Yasuhiko Yurimoto, CEO
Establishment January 1998
Business activities Venture capital business
URL https://globalbrains.com

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