We invest in superior technologies provided by passionate teams in Europe and help our portfolio companies to get access to global markets. With Venture Capital as our core, we also support the wider group in all investment related initiatives across Europe.
Investment Sectors:
- FinTech
- Climate Tech
- Industrial Tech
- Energy
- Automation
- Age Tech
About SBI Holdings
Established in 1999 as a pioneerin Japan, SBI Holdings has formed the world's leading internet-based financial conglomerate providing services in a broad range of fields.
SBI Holdings is a publicly listed financial conglomerate, consisting of more than 500 companies. Since its spin-off from Softbank in 1999, SBI’s dedicated investment entity, SBI Investment, has emerged as Japan's most active venture capital investor, with more than 1,100 portfolio companies and more than 7 billion USD in assets under management. Besides its own funds, SBI also manages the CVC Funds of 21 Japanese corporations.
Investment Fund
We operate and advice the following investment vehicles:
Future Industry Ventures (FIV): FIV is a European joint venture fund between Redstone and SBI that invests at an early stage in solutions making industrial systems more efficient, sustainable, and secure.
Ticket size: 1-3m EUR
Direct Investments: We make direct investments in companies that tackle the broader implications of demographic changes.
Ticket size: 0.5-10m EUR
Investment Funds in Japan (managed by SBI Investment)
SBI Investment operates several growth-stage funds, investing in areas such as: fintech, digital space, quantum, crypto, and others. SBI Ventures Europe supports SBI Investments with deal sourcing, Due Diligence and post-investment management initiatives in Europe.
Ticket size: 3-50m EUR
CVC Funds
SBI manages the CVC(Corporate Venture Capital) Funds of 21 large Japanese corporations, each with its own individual investment thesis. SBI Ventures Europe supports the European initiatives of these funds.
Ticket size: 0.5-5m EUR
Our Team
As an international team with over 60 years of investment experience, we believe that it takes a global mindset and local, hands-on support to tackle the challenges of our time and turn them into opportunities. We embrace diversity – in people, experience and mindset.