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Rakuten

company

About

Rakuten is a provider of e-commerce, fintech, digital content, and communications products and services.

Details

Last Funding Type
Post-IPO Equity
Industries
E-Commerce,Electronics,FinTech,Internet,Payments
Founded date
Feb 7, 1997
Number Of Employee
10001 - max
Operating Status
Active
Stock Symbol
tyo:4755
Legal Name
Rakuten, Inc.
Also Known As
Rakuten Global Market,MDM Inc.,楽天

Rakuten is a tech company that offers electronic commerce solutions in Japan and internationally. The company operates in three segments such as internet services, finance services, and others.

The internet services segment comprises businesses running various e-commerce sites, including Rakuten Ichiba, an internet shopping mall; travel booking sites; portal sites; and e-book businesses as well as businesses for advertising and sale of contents and similar on these sites.

Its offerings include e-reading, online travel reservations, online auctions, online marketing, online golf course reservations, portal sites, search engines, integrated internet marketing, online recipe posting and browsing, student recruiting community, online purchase of discount coupons, online shopping, and video on demand services. It is involved in the online sale of books, CDs, and DVDs.

The internet finance segment is engaged in providing services related to banking and securities, credit cards, life insurance, and electronic money. This segment provides credit card payment, internet banking, online brokerage, online comprehensive insurance, and face-to-face and online life insurance services as well as credit card transactions on smartphones and tablets.

The other segments are involved in the provision of communications services such as next-generation LTE-compatible mobile data communication, telecommunications, internet connection and corporate mobile phone services, and management of a professional baseball team.

The company was formerly known as MDM, Inc. and changed its name to Rakuten, Inc. in June 1999. Rakuten, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
4
¥242B $42.40M
Rakuten has raised a total of ¥242B $42.40M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Mar 12, 2021 from a Post-IPO Equity round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Mar 12, 2021 Post-IPO Equity ¥242B 3 Japan Post Holdings Detail
Apr 14, 2010 Post-IPO Equity 1 Detail
Apr 18, 2006 Post-IPO Equity $42.40M 1 Detail
Apr 21, 2000 IPO Detail

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
72
38
Rakuten has made 72 investments. Their most recent investment was on Nov 17, 2021, when QuEra Computing raised $17M.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Nov 17, 2021 QuEra Computing
Series Unknown $17M Consumer Research Yes
Jun 2, 2021 AWL
Series B ¥2B Artificial Intelligence Yes
Apr 7, 2021 AST SpaceMobile
Post-IPO Equity $230M Information Technology
Mar 24, 2021 XDEFI Wallet
Seed $1.20M Cryptocurrency
Mar 12, 2020 ShopBack
Series B $30M E-Commerce

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
1
5
Rakuten is funded by 5 investors. Japan Post Holdings and Tencent are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Japan Post Holdings Yes Post-IPO Equity
Tencent Post-IPO Equity
Walmart Post-IPO Equity
MVI (MENA Venture Investments) Post-IPO Equity
Intel Capital Post-IPO Equity

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
63
Rakuten has 63 current employee profiles, including Executive Michael King
Executive
Employee
Executive
Employee

Exits

Rakuten has had 25 exits. Rakuten most notable exits include simplesurance ,   Azimo

Date Company Name Exit Type Industry
Sep 28, 2022 simplesurance M&A E-Commerce Detail
Mar 28, 2022 Azimo M&A Financial Services Detail
Dec 31, 2021 Glovo M&A Delivery Service Detail
Dec 7, 2021 AirMap M&A Aerospace Detail
Oct 25, 2021 Estmob M&A File Sharing Detail

Acquisition

Rakuten has acquired 36 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was LinkShare Corporation on Feb 1, 2005. They acquired LinkShare Corporation for 0.

Date Company Name
Industry Acquisition Type Price
Advertising Detail
Ad Network $ 425M Detail
Mar 18, 2010 eBank
Banking Detail
May 20, 2010 Buy.com
Consumer Electronics Detail
Jun 17, 2010 Rakuten France
E-Commerce € 200M Detail