[Hyperion Co., Ltd.] Venture capital “HYPERION”, which invests on the theme of AI technology x existing industry transformation, establishes its first fund Image
URL: Hyperion Co., Ltd. Press release: November 13, 2024 Venture capital “HYPERION”, which invests on the theme of AI technology x existing industry transformation, establishes its first fund As a VC specializing in the start-up/pre-seed stage, we also provide support for co-founding business startups
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period/pre-seed period (first round) Initial investment amount Expected to be 10-50 million yen Total fund amount 510 million yen Background of the establishment of the fund The history of AI began around the 1950s, and has gone through several booms and winters. Starting from the first AI boom with exploratory inference, the second AI boom incorporated voice recognition, etc., and from around 2013, the social implementation of deep learning/machine learning and other technologies accelerated in the third AI boom. I’ve been doing it. With the development and scale-up of transformer models starting around 2022, the accuracy of LLM will dramatically improve, and with the birth of generative AI, we are currently in the midst of the 4th AI boom, which is said to be the closest to realizing the singularity. I’m here.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/151501/3/151501-3-5be97dee7854b597a3a388c093c6bd6b-1280×720.jpg From the time when a large amount of development funds and time were required to utilize AI, we have entered an era where it is possible to update the way we work and live with minimal cost performance. In other words, we believe that the phase of competing on the amount of LLM calculations will end, and we will enter an era in which startups will be born that will work to solve problems with applications that replace specific tasks in each industry with AI technology, with the premise that the foundation will become a commodity. I am. Support details for startups In principle, we hold regular weekly individual meetings with investee companies, and provide support through a wide range of general management support such as business strategy formulation, financing, team building, customer development, and other aspects required for start-up companies in the founding/pre-seed stage. I will do it.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/151501/3/151501-3-75670f5f88429280766d558ec665d4bf-1280×720.jpg Event information Hyperion regularly holds open and closed events related to generative AI and LLM. Some events are planned to be co-hosted with multiple venture capital firms, so if you are interested, please contact us.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/151501/3/151501-3-fb836cf57ae9b24d8318b5d64b4737b1-1200×630.jpg Generative AI trend sharing meeting & idea pitch Date and time: 12/10 (Tue) 19:00-21:00 Location: Azabudai Hills Garden Plaza B 5F, 5-9-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku (inside the Incubate Fund Office) Target audience: People who are starting/considering starting a business with generative AI Number of participants: around 10 people (first come, first served) Participation fee: Free Detailed URL: https://x.gd/KcxLI Representative profile
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/151501/3/151501-3-d4246d21c5f1728a5a8e9501f4055c5d-3900×2595.jpg Representative Director / General Partner Masaya Minamide March 2017: Graduated from Keio University April 2017: Joined Nomura Securities Investment Banking Department Engaged in corporate finance operations, domestic and international funding support, and IPO advisory. March 2020: Participated in Incubate Fund Engaged in finding new investment targets, increasing the value of existing support targets, and creating funds. Our track record of support includes 1 IPO company and 2 M&A companies. November 2024: Hyperion Co., Ltd. established Appointed as General Partner. As an independent VC, he invests in startups in their early stages. Company profile
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/151501/3/151501-3-8e8500e55a6fca792551bd71abf19172-3000×2000.jpg Company name: Hyperion Co., Ltd. Representative name: Masaya Minamide Location: Minato-ku, Tokyo Website: https://hyperion-vc.jp/ X (old Twitter): https://x.com/_MNMD_
