GMO Venture Partners Fund VIII

GMO Venture Partners

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Status

ACTIVE

Global HQ

Tokyo, Japan

Countries of investment

Japan
United States
Singapore
Indonesia
Thailand
Vietnam

Investment stages

Seed
Series A
Series B

Industries

Fintech
Payments
E-commerce
SaaS
Blockchain & crypto
Internet infrastructure
Advertising technology

About
GMO Venture Partners is a Tokyo-based corporate venture capital firm connected to the GMO Internet Group. They invest in technology companies in Japan, Southeast Asia and the United States, giving founders a route into Japanese distribution and the group's operating platforms. Their focus spans fintech, commerce and internet infrastructure.

Min check size: $500K
Max check size: $5M
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Investment Thesis

GMO Venture Partners is the venture arm of Japan's GMO Internet Group, with a thesis grounded in strategic proximity to internet infrastructure, payments and digital services. They invest at seed through Series B across fintech, e-commerce, SaaS and blockchain, offering portfolio companies access to the parent group's payments, domain and hosting businesses and its Japanese market presence.

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Manager's Experience

Corporate venture arm of Japan's GMO Internet Group, based in Tokyo. Its strategic value to founders is access to the parent group's payments, domain registration and hosting infrastructure and its Japanese market distribution. Invests seed through Series B across Japan, Southeast Asia and the United States in fintech, payments, e-commerce, SaaS and blockchain. (Leadership, fund sizes and portfolio unverified.)