Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC)

www.smbc.co.jp/global ; www.smbcgroup.com

Foreign Bank

Tech Verticals Preferences

Biomed, Cleantech, Consumer-Oriented Software, Digital Health, Energy Tech, Industrial Technologies, Medical Devices, Semiconductors, Software Technologies

General Data

Established	2001
Current Active Portfolio Companies:	4

DESCRIPTION

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) was established in 2001 though the merger of Sakura Bank and Sumitomo Bank, the core financial institutions of the Mitsui Group and the Sumitomo Group, respectively, each with its own long history. Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) is a core member of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), a Tokyo-based bank holding company that is ranked among the largest 25 banks globally by assets under management. As a mega global bank with important operations in major financial centres, SMBC offers the resources and the reach of a multinational banking institution that operates in all corners of the capital markets. SMBC as a core member of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), work together with other members of the Group to offer customers highly sophisticated, comprehensive financial services globally.

SMBC has branches in Brussels, Dubai, Düsseldorf and London, and representative offices in Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Cairo, Doha, Istanbul, Johannesburg and Tehran.

AFFILIATION

Account ID	Affiliation Type	Name	Parent Name	Status
		Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc
1BD27855-675A-E711-80D7-00155D0B832C	Group	Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC)	Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc
	Subsidiary	SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.	Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc
	Subsidiary	Ant Capital Partners Co. Ltd.	SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.
	Subsidiary	Nikko Capital	Ant Capital Partners Co. Ltd.

CONTACT INFO

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Main Address: Tokyo, Japan

Address	1-1-2, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku
City	Tokyo
Country	Japan
Zip	100-0005

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	MANAGEMENT

Key Executive

Name	Title
Mr. Masahiko Oshima	Deputy President, Head of Global Business Unit

Preferences

Stage Preferences

Initial Revenues,R&D,Revenue Growth

SECTOR SEGMENTATION (By Number Of Companies)

Enterprise Software & Infrastructure

67%

Hardware & Industrial

33%

	PORTFOLIO COMPANIES

Current Portfolio Companies (4)

Company Name

Sector

Round/Deal Type

Date Announced

Investor Amount

Total Deal Amount

Remarks

HiBob

Ent. SW

Fifth Round	19/09/2023	N/A	$150m
Fourth Round	17/08/2022	N/A	$150m
Third Round	12/10/2021	N/A	$150m
Second Round	10/12/2020	N/A	$70m
First Round - Extended	13/03/2019	N/A	$20m

Intuition Robotics

HW & Indust.

Third Round	29/08/2023	N/A	$20m
Second Round	13/02/2020	N/A	$36m
First Round	11/07/2017	N/A	$14m

Mirai Creation (Toyota)

Mirai Creation Fund specializes in investments in startups. The Mirai Creation Fund I began operations in November 2015 with financing of JPY 13.5 billion from three companies: Toyota Motor Corporation, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, and SPARX, the Fund's general partner. Ultimately, the fund received contributions from 20 companies, including the above three. Casting intelligent technologies, robotics, and hydrogen-economy technologies as vital to the future, Fund I has invested in approximately 50 companies and projects from the US, the UK, Israel, Singapore, and Japan that possess innovations in these fields. In H2 2018, SPARX began managing the Mirai Creation Fund II, which targets the three existing Mirai Creation fields along with the two additional areas of electrification and new materials. In December 2021, SPARX launched the Mirai Creation Fund III, adding carbon neutrality to the five fields of the Mirai Creation Fund II.

N/A

Investment in Fund

04/11/2015

N/A

Securitize

Ent. SW

Second Round

21/06/2021

N/A

$48m

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