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Global Brain Corporation

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Global Brain (GB) is an early stage venture capital firm based in Tokyo, expanding its investment activities in the US and Asia.

Since 2001, GB has invested in about 30 companies selectively, provided full services and resources and achieved 7 IPOs and 7 M&As.

GB accelerates growth of portfolio companies in a long run by providing not only capital but also supports to build strategies, partnerships and a team to achieve their milestones.

GB is strong at e-commerce and forms a platform called EC-PLANET among its group companies: a listed DRTV/Infomercial company, one of the largest sport goods online stores, a logistics company that can provide comprehensive fulfillment services and a social media company that can develop web services.

EC-PLANET, GB’s resources and accesses to Japanese established companies can help Japan entry of US/Asian companies. GB recently invested in zozi and is trying to identify outstanding venture companies and management teams to build a business together across the Pacific.

Milestones

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  Global Brain Corporation invested in Retailigence. (9/1/11)
  Posted 4/26/12 at 12:42pm via motorolasolutions.com
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  Global Brain Corporation invested in Stipple. (11/18/10)
  Posted 11/18/10 at 8:17am via techcrunch.com
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  Global Brain Corporation invested in Retailigence. (11/12/10)
  Posted 10/19/10 at 3:35am via finsmes.com
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  Global Brain Corporation invested in zozi. (8/30/10)
  Posted 8/27/10 at 8:34pm via techcrunch.com
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  Global Brain Corporation — Adding to its list of marquee partners, zozi (www.zozi.com) today announced that it has launched a partnership with foursquare to provide local activities and experiences to its 10 million members. (7/12/11)
  Posted 7/13/11 at 12:03pm via tnooz.com

Investments

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ZOZI ANNOUNCES FOURSQUARE PARTNERSHIP (tnooz.com) [edit]
1. Motorola Solutions Venture Capital Invests in Retailigence’s $2.6 Million Funding Round (mediacenter.motorolasolutions.com) [edit]
2. Stipple Raises $2M From Kleiner Perkins, Mike Maples … And Justin Timberlake (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. Retailigence Raises $1.5M in Seed Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
4. Local-Activity Site Zozi Lands $3 Million Series A From 500 Startups And Zig Capital (techcrunch.com) [edit]