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D4V (Design for Ventures)

14 employees

D4V is an early-stage venture capital firm in partnership with IDEO that focuses on consumer and enterprise technology startups.

Investor insights

Sectors invested in

Financial Services6
Finance5
FinTech5
Internet5
Software5
Analytics4
Content4
Machine Learning4
AI3
Information Technology3
Media and Entertainment3
Artificial Intelligence2
Blockchain2
Cryptocurrency2
Asset Management2
SNS2
lending2
ai2
bank2
fintech2

Funding rounds participated in

$2.3M sweet spot round size

Most of their 49 investments are in rounds between $890K and $3.5M

Investor type

Venture Capital

Basic info

Industry

venture capital and private equity principals

Sectors

Innovation
venture capital
Financial Services
Insurance
Design thinking
Venture Capital

Date founded

2016

Investments made

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SUNMETALON Inc. raised $2M on April 13, 2023

Investors: Impact Science Ventures, Scrum Ventures and D4V (Design for Ventures)

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General Prognostics (GPx) raised $3.3M on September 30, 2022

Investors: D4V (Design for Ventures)

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SUNMETALON Inc. raised $9.6M on August 29, 2022

Investors: Globis Capital Partners and D4V (Design for Ventures)

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Panalyt raised $2.4M on July 28, 2021

Investors: Headline Asia and D4V (Design for Ventures)

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Undisclosed raised undisclosed on February 15, 2021

Investors: DG Ventures, TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD. / 凸版印刷株式会社, Genesia Ventures and D4V (Design for Ventures)

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Undisclosed raised $2.3M on October 13, 2020

Investors: Adways Inc. and D4V (Design for Ventures)

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Undisclosed raised $3.5M on June 2, 2020

Investors: NVCC, Z Venture Capital and D4V (Design for Ventures)

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Undisclosed raised $3.2M on May 26, 2020

Investors: D4V (Design for Ventures)

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Undisclosed raised $2.3M on April 30, 2020

Investors: Gumi Cryptos Capital and D4V (Design for Ventures)

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Scalar, Inc. raised $2.9M on February 14, 2020

Investors: 三井住友海上キャピタル(株), TIS Inc., LINE Corp and D4V (Design for Ventures)

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