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 AFCO Ventures is an independent venture capital firm investing in emerging technology companies with true breakout potential. We look for exceptional companies with differentiated technology and compelling business models. Given our close relationship among all the leading venture capital firms in Silicon Valley, it is an investment requirement at our firm to co-invest in every deal with top-tier venture investors to help validate the opportunity and bring to our portfolio of companies the collective expertise needed to help assure a successful outcome.
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Strategic Added Value: All of the members of our
team have significant venture capital and operating experience. We truly understand
the challenges of entrepreneurial teams and have a lot of experience helping businesses
scale to their potential. We know how best to be very actively engaged when needed
and we also know when it is best to simply provide encouragement from the sidelines.
In addition, for those companies where it applies, we have the additional highly
differentiated added value component of a proven business development team based
in Tokyo, whose sole purpose is to aggressively pursue substantial revenue opportunities
for our portfolio companies in a very time-efficient manner. This team of professionals
has an extensive network of strategic relationships that very effectively leverage
the JAFCO franchise value in Japan and other parts of Asia. As many of our portfolio
companies will gladly testify, at JAFCO Ventures, our definition of value-add is
quite tangible and readily measurable.
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Investment Process: Since we are organized to work
collectively as a team on each deal, we pride ourselves on our responsiveness to
entrepreneurs and commit to making investment decisions in a very timely manner.
JAFCO Ventures is the lead investor in almost all of our financings since we have
the expertise to determine valuation, set sensible terms and align the interests
of all the investors and management in our deal structures. Our typical initial
investment size is $4 million to $8 million depending on the level of maturity of
the company and the size of its financing requirements.
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We intentionally keep our fund sizes modest to ensure that we act in an optimal
manner for the benefit of all of our constituents—the entrepreneurs we back, the
partners with whom we co-invest and the limited partners we serve.
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