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24Portfolio Exits
4Partners & Customers
10About Dai Nippon Printing
Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) (TYO: 7912) manufactures commercial printers. The company offers books and magazines, dictionaries, catalogs, and business forms, as well as CD-ROMs, holograms, and smart cards. Dai Nippon Printing was founded in 1876 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
Latest Dai Nippon Printing News
Aug 26, 2024
WEBWIRE – Monday, August 26, 2024 Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (head office: Chuo, Tokyo; President & CEO: HASHIMOTO Osamu; securities code: 4183; Mitsui Chemicals) announced in a news release on December 12, 2023, titled Notice Regarding Investment in a Special-Purpose Company for the Acquisition of Shares of SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., that it will work with funds managed and operated by JIC Capital, Ltd.* (head office: Minato, Tokyo; President & CEO: IKEUCHI Shogo; JICC), as well as with Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (head office: Shinjuku, Tokyo; President: KITAJIMA Yoshinari; securities code: 7912; DNP), to invest in JICC-04, Ltd. (the Tender Offeror). Subject to a number of prerequisites, including the completion of processes and procedures required by domestic and overseas competition laws, overseas investment laws and other such regulations, the Tender Offeror intends to commence a tender offer (the Tender Offer) for shares of common stock in SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. (Tokyo: 6967; President: KURASHIMA Susumu; the Target), and is proceeding with these processes and procedures in its effort to implement the Tender Offer. However, a news release made by the Tender Offeror on August 26, 2024, titled Announcement Regarding Progress, etc. of the Tender Offer for the Shares of SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. (Securities Code: 6967) by JICC-04, Ltd. (the Tender Offeror News Release), states that out of the processes and procedures required by competition law in Japan, South Korea, Vietnam and China, it has not yet completed the processes and procedures required by competition law in Vietnam and China as of August 26, 2024. The Tender Offeror News Release also states that these processes and procedures required by competition law are expected to be completed and the Tender Offer to commence in or after late January 2025, and that the Tender Offeror will continue striving to complete these processes and procedures as soon as possible. Going forward, the Tender Offeror intends to announce more specific details about its schedule once those details are available. In the event that no estimated date has been provided by late February 2025 for the commencement of the Tender Offer, a further update will be provided regarding progress and an estimated commencement date for the Tender Offer. For more information, please see the Tender Offeror News Release. The plan to invest in the Tender Offeror within the fiscal year ending March 2025 will go ahead as previously announced, and the impact of this investment on Mitsui Chemicals results for the fiscal year ending March 2025 is expected to be insignificant. #### *The funds managed and operated by JICC (the JICC Funds) include a fund in which Hachijuni Sustainability No. 1 Fund (general partner: Hachijuni Investment Co., Ltd.) will invest. Disclaimer: The financial advisors to Mitsui Chemicals, JICC, the JICC Funds, DNP, the Tender Offeror and The Target. as well as the tender offer agent (including their respective affiliates) may, within their ordinary course of business, engage during the tender offer period in the purchase of, or an arrangement to purchase, shares in The Target. for their own account or for their customers accounts outside the Tender Offer in accordance with Rule 14e-5(b) of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, to the extent permitted under Japanese securities regulations and other applicable laws and regulations. Such purchases, etc. may be made at the market price through market transactions or at a price determined by negotiation outside of the market. In the event that information regarding such purchases, etc. is disclosed in Japan, such information will also be disclosed in a similar manner in the U.S. ( Press Release Image: https://photos.webwire.com/prmedia/6/326031/326031-1.png )
Dai Nippon Printing Investments
24 Investments
Dai Nippon Printing has made 24 investments. Their latest investment was in xID as part of their Corporate Minority on July 16, 2024.
Dai Nippon Printing Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7/16/2024 | Corporate Minority | xID | Yes | 2 | ||
5/13/2024 | Corporate Minority - P2P | monoAI technology | $6.34M | Yes | 3 | |
3/1/2024 | Corporate Minority - II | KIYONO | Yes | 3 | ||
10/4/2023 | Series B | |||||
8/30/2023 | Series B |
Date | 7/16/2024 | 5/13/2024 | 3/1/2024 | 10/4/2023 | 8/30/2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Corporate Minority | Corporate Minority - P2P | Corporate Minority - II | Series B | Series B |
Company | xID | monoAI technology | KIYONO | ||
Amount | $6.34M | ||||
New? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Dai Nippon Printing Portfolio Exits
4 Portfolio Exits
Dai Nippon Printing has 4 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Kaizen Platform on December 22, 2020.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12/22/2020 | IPO | Public | 1 | ||
Date | 12/22/2020 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Exit | IPO | |||
Companies | ||||
Valuation | ||||
Acquirer | Public | |||
Sources | 1 |
Dai Nippon Printing Acquisitions
1 Acquisition
Dai Nippon Printing acquired 1 company. Their latest acquisition was Hacosco on July 31, 2023.
Date | Investment Stage | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Total Funding | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7/31/2023 | Series B | $1.15M | Corporate Majority | 2 |
Date | 7/31/2023 |
|---|---|
Investment Stage | Series B |
Companies | |
Valuation | |
Total Funding | $1.15M |
Note | Corporate Majority |
Sources | 2 |
Dai Nippon Printing Partners & Customers
10 Partners and customers
Dai Nippon Printing has 10 strategic partners and customers. Dai Nippon Printing recently partnered with Open Identity Exchange on July 7, 2024.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7/4/2024 | Partner | United Kingdom | OIX expands digital ID collaboration to Japan with DNP membership OIX is a UK-based collaborative trade group for organizations involved in digital identity to foster interoperable and trusted digital ID 's . | 1 | |
3/26/2024 | Partner | Japan | Dai Nippon Printing to mass produce photomasks for Rapidus chip Dai Nippon Printing participated as a subcontractor in a Rapidus project sponsored by the Japanese government . | 1 | |
5/9/2022 | Partner | Canada | TORONTO , May 09 , 2022 -- OTI Lumionics , a leader in the development of production-ready advanced materials for consumer electronics , and Dai Nippon Printing Co. , Ltd. , a leading supplier of the Evaporation masks for patterning OLED displays , have collaborated to optimize the use of EVM for the deposition of OTI Lumionics 's CPM ™ material , creating a more effective manufacturing solution for next-generation OLED products . | 1 | |
4/21/2021 | Vendor | ||||
3/23/2021 | Partner |
Date | 7/4/2024 | 3/26/2024 | 5/9/2022 | 4/21/2021 | 3/23/2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type | Partner | Partner | Partner | Vendor | Partner |
Business Partner | |||||
Country | United Kingdom | Japan | Canada | ||
News Snippet | OIX expands digital ID collaboration to Japan with DNP membership OIX is a UK-based collaborative trade group for organizations involved in digital identity to foster interoperable and trusted digital ID 's . | Dai Nippon Printing to mass produce photomasks for Rapidus chip Dai Nippon Printing participated as a subcontractor in a Rapidus project sponsored by the Japanese government . | TORONTO , May 09 , 2022 -- OTI Lumionics , a leader in the development of production-ready advanced materials for consumer electronics , and Dai Nippon Printing Co. , Ltd. , a leading supplier of the Evaporation masks for patterning OLED displays , have collaborated to optimize the use of EVM for the deposition of OTI Lumionics 's CPM ™ material , creating a more effective manufacturing solution for next-generation OLED products . | ||
Sources | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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