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LINE Corp

2175 employees

LINE develops calling and messaging applications for mobile phones in Japan and internationally.

Investor insights

Sectors invested in

Information Technology6
Software6
Artificial Intelligence5
Machine Learning4
Analytics3
Internet3
Financial Services2
Shopping2
Retail Technology2
E-Commerce2
Ride Sharing2
Information Services2
Mobile2
Audio2
SaaS2
Content2
Audio Equipment1
Block Chain1
Mobile Game Publishing1
Social Network1

Funding rounds participated in

$11M sweet spot round size

Most of their 22 investments are in rounds between $3M and $33M

Basic info

Industry

internet

Sectors

Messaging
Mobile Apps
Mobile
Apps

Date founded

2000

Investments made

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LifeAt raised $3M on January 30, 2023

Investors: Y Combinator, Pioneer Square Labs Holdings LLC, Goodwater Capital, Pioneer Fund, Pack Ventures, Meta, SV Tech Ventures, TRAC - Third Round Analytics Capital and LINE Corp

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Toonsquare raised $3M on June 3, 2022

Investors: LINE Corp

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Tickled Media raised $8M on March 10, 2022

Investors: LINE Corp

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Undisclosed raised undisclosed on May 27, 2020

Investors: (株)ピアラ and LINE Corp

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LINE TAXI raised undisclosed on December 2, 2019

Investors: LINE Corp

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Undisclosed raised undisclosed on August 1, 2019

Investors: Monex Group, Inc., Hayaat Group, Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. and LINE Corp

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Venture Republic Inc. raised undisclosed on July 11, 2018

Investors: LINE Corp

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CATALOG raised $4M on June 26, 2018

Investors: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Prelude Ventures, StarVest Partners, Pathbreaker Ventures, Starlight Ventures, Industry Ventures, OS Fund, Green Bay Ventures and LINE Corp

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iprice group raised $4M on May 7, 2018

Investors: Cento Ventures and LINE Corp

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Balancehero India raised $23M on April 20, 2018

Investors: Shinhan Bank, Z Venture Capital and LINE Corp

Funding rounds raised

Total raised

$10M

from 7 investors over 7 rounds

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LINE Corp raised $10M on July 13, 2022

Investors: YG Plus Inc, Hashed, Naver Z (ZEPETO), LINE Games, Shinsegae and NAVER WEBTOON CORP

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LINE Corp raised undisclosed on May 1, 2019

Investors: (株)みずほ銀行

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