Line

About

LINE develops calling and messaging applications for mobile phones in Japan and internationally.

Tokyo,Tokyo,Japan
1001 - 5000
https://linecorp.com/ja/

Highlights

Details

Last Funding Type: Post-IPO Equity
Industries: Apps,Messaging,Mobile,Mobile Apps
Founded date: Sep 4, 2000
Number Of Employee: 1001 - 5000
Operating Status: Active
Stock Symbol: tyo:3938
Legal Name: NHN Japan Corporation
Also Known As: LINE株式会社

LINE develops calling and messaging applications for mobile phones in Japan and internationally. It offers LINE, a smartphone application that allows users to make free calls and messaging with other users regardless of which mobile network provider they are using.The company also offers NAVER, a search communication service; NAVER Matome, a user-participatory curation platform; Livedoor, a portal site; livedoor Blog, a blogging service; and livedoor News that provides information gathered from various news sources, as well as a range of advertising products. In addition, it operates LINE GAME, a platform that lets LINE users to play games.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds

Total Funding Amount

3

¥148.10B

Line has raised a total of ¥148.10B in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on May 1, 2019 from a Post-IPO Equity round.

Announced Date	Round	Money Raised	Number of Investors	Lead Investors	Post Valuation
May 1, 2019	Post-IPO Equity	—	3	—	—	Detail
Aug 4, 2018	Post-IPO Equity	¥148.10B	—	—	—	Detail
Jul 19, 2016	IPO	—	—	—	—	Detail

Investments

Number of Investments

Number of Lead Investments

26

8

Line has made 26 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jun 3, 2022, when Toonsquare raised $3M.

Date Company Name	Round	Money Raised	Industry	Lead Investor
Jun 3, 2022 Toonsquare	Series A	$3M	Artificial Intelligence	—
Mar 10, 2022 The Parentinc	Corporate Round	$8M	Brand Marketing	—
May 27, 2020 Sproot	Corporate Round	—	Content	—
Dec 2, 2019 LINE TAXI	Series A	—	Advertising Platforms	—
Aug 1, 2019 Loyyal	Series Unknown	—	Blockchain	—

Investors

Number of Lead Investors

Number of Investors

—

3

Line is funded by 3 investors. LINE Financial Corporation and Mizuho Bank are the most recent investors.

Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round
LINE Financial Corporation	—	Post-IPO Equity
Mizuho Bank	—	Post-IPO Equity
Orient Corporation	—	Post-IPO Equity

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles

23

Line has 23 current employee profiles, including Executive Ikebe Tomohiro

Executive

Employee

Employee

Executive

Executive

Exits

Line has had 7 exits. Line most notable exits include SoundHound , Appier

Date	Company Name	Exit Type	Industry
Apr 28, 2022	SoundHound	IPO	Artificial Intelligence	Detail
Mar 30, 2021	Appier	IPO	Analytics	Detail
Dec 17, 2019	Freee	IPO	Accounting	Detail
Jan 15, 2019	Pocket Concierge	M&A	Hospitality	Detail
May 16, 2018	TalkIQ	M&A	Analytics	Detail

Acquisition

Line has acquired 11 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was MixRadio on Dec 1, 2014. They acquired MixRadio for 0.

Date Company Name	Industry	Acquisition Type	Price
Dec 1, 2014 MixRadio	Apps	acquisition	—	Detail
Feb 10, 2015 WebPay	Cloud Computing	acquisition	—	Detail
Jun 29, 2015 Wit studio	Developer APIs	acquisition	—	Detail
Mar 5, 2017 vinclu Inc.	Internet of Things	acquisition	—	Detail
Jul 10, 2017 Next Floor	Apps	acquisition	—	Detail