Technology industry venture financing deals total $801.6m in Japan in Q2 2022

Total technology industry venture financing deals worth $801.6m were announced in the in Q2 2022, with $120m venture financing of OPN being the sector’s biggest investment, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

The value marked an increase of 6.9% over the previous quarter and a rise of 14.6% when compared with the last four-quarter average of $699.56m.

Japan held a 1.46% share of the global technology industry venture financing deal value that totalled $55.09bn in Q2 2022.

In terms of deal activity, Japan recorded 132 deals during Q2 2022, marking a decrease of 7.69% over the previous quarter and a a rise of 15.28% over the last four-quarter average.

Japan technology industry venture financing deals in Q2 2022: Top deals

The top five technology industry venture financing deals accounted for 41.2% of the overall value during Q2 2022.

The combined value of the top five venture financing deals stood at $330.16m, against the overall value of $801.6m recorded for the quarter.

The top five technology industry deals of Q2 2022 tracked by GlobalData were:

1) JIC Venture Growth Investments,Mars Growth Capital and MUFG Bank $120m venture financing deal with OPN

2) The $101m venture financing of LegalForce by Sequoia Capital Operations,SoftBank Vision Fund and The Goldman Sachs Group

3) Goldman SachsLLC $49.86m venture financing deal with Rapyuta Robotics

4) The $32.38m venture financing of SUPER STUDIO by Global Brain

5) Japan Post Capital,Salesforce Ventures and Z Venture Capital $26.92m venture financing deal with Zeal

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