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JAIC America

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AIC America is a venture capital firm based in the Silicon Valley, focused on early stage investments in the Mobile/Communications, Digital Media, Life Science and Cleantech sectors.

JAIC America is part of Japan Asia Investment Co. (JAIC) group, a premier venture capital and private equity firm listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, managing a $1.3 Billion fund. JAIC America was established in January 1999 and since then they have actively invested in the US.

They have successfully created several US-Japan cross-border business models and have the know-how to bring US technologies, services, and business models to Japan. They try to keep the right “management team – investor” balance to engender a productive outcome – they know when they add value and when they impede progress.

Recent Milestones

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  JAIC America invested in melodis. (10/7/08)
  Posted 8/25/09 at 4:51am via melodis.com
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  JAIC America invested in UltiZen. (8/5/08)
  Posted 8/11/08 at 11:47am via socaltech.com
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  JAIC America invested in RateItAll. (6/25/08)
  Posted 7/1/08 at 8:54am via paidcontent.org
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  JAIC America invested in scanR. (3/22/07)
  Posted 9/9/09 at 7:35am via venturebeat.com
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  JAIC America invested in GCT Semiconductor. (8/1/06)
  Posted 7/12/11 at 1:45pm via gctsemi.com

Investments

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1. Search and Sound Recognition Innovator MELODIS and Creator of Midomi Raises $7 Million in Series B Funding (melodis.com) [edit]
2. Ultizen Games Gets $6M (socaltech.com) [edit]
3. Product Rater RateItAll Gets First Round (paidcontent.org) [edit]
4. ScanR, a cross-device scanner company, raises $8M more (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
5. Corporate Overview (gctsemi.com) [edit]