CAMPFIRE

company

About

CAMPFIRE engages in the planning, development, and operation of a crowd funding platform.

Details

Last Funding Type
Series E
Last Funding Money Raised
¥3.11B
Industries
Asset Management,Content,Cryptocurrency,Fashion,Finance,Human Resources,Internet,Sharing Economy,SNS
Founded date
Apr 28, 2011
Number Of Employee
51 - 100
Operating Status
Active
Legal Name
CAMPFIRE, Inc.
Investor Type
Venture Capital

Campfire engages in the planning, development, and operation of a crowd funding platform.

They operate the largest cloud funding platform in Japan [CAMPFIRE (campfire)], which supports "whoever wants to start something."

The fee is 5% of the domestic level, and about 15,000 projects have collected about $70million in total from over 700,000 people.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
12
¥4.17B $35.50M
CAMPFIRE has raised a total of ¥4.17B $35.50M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Dec 4, 2020 from a Series E round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Dec 4, 2020 Series E ¥3.11B 4 Minerva Growth Partners — Detail
Jul 3, 2020 Series D ¥600M 2 — — Detail
May 10, 2019 Series C $20M 11 Global Brain Corporation
KDDI Open Innovation Fund
— Detail
Apr 10, 2019 Series Unknown — 1 ITOCHU Corporation — Detail
Aug 1, 2018 Series B $10M 3 — — Detail

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
1
1
CAMPFIRE has made 1 investments. Their most recent investment was on Feb 28, 2019, when Tricot raised ¥2.54M.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Feb 28, 2019 Tricot
Equity Crowdfunding ¥2.54M Food and Beverage Yes

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
6
40
CAMPFIRE is funded by 40 investors. Minerva Growth Partners and KDDI Open Innovation Fund are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Minerva Growth Partners Yes Series E
KDDI Open Innovation Fund Yes Series C
ITOCHU Corporation Yes Series Unknown
BASE — Series E
MARUI GROUP — Series E
Mizuho Bank — Series E
Global Brain Corporation — Series D
Alliance Partners — Series C
Ceres — Series C
FreakOut Holdings — Series C

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
24
CAMPFIRE has 24 current employee profiles, including Employee Toru Shikibu
Employee
Executive
Employee
Advisor

Acquisition

CAMPFIRE has acquired 4 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was STARted on Dec 16, 2016. They acquired STARted for 0.

Date Company Name
Industry Acquisition Type Price
Dec 16, 2016 STARted
Fashion acquisition — Detail
Apr 3, 2018 FAAVO
Communities acquisition — Detail
Jan 10, 2019 Gojo
Apps acquisition ¥ 40M Detail
Apr 23, 2019 TOMOSHIBI
Human Resources acquisition — Detail