# Anime Times Company

> Anime Times Company is a VC fund in Mita backing B2C, VoIP and Web3. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mita, Japan
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://x.com/AnimeTimes_Ch

Anime Times Company is a VC fund in Mita focused on B2C and VoIP. Anime Times Company deals with supply of anime works to video distribution services.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2C | 1 | 50% |
| VoIP | 1 | 50% |
| Web3 | 1 | 50% |
| Video | 1 | 50% |
| Content | 1 | 50% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series C | 1 | 50% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gaudiy | Gaudiy is involved in a fan-economy business based on blockchain technology. Gaudiy's product, Gaudiy Fanlink, is a Web3-era fan platform that maximizes fan heat by utilizing blockchain technology such as NFT and DID (distributed ID). Gaudiy offers an IP community system, that has the ability to record and accumulate cross-sectional fanactivity data and build an ecosystem that accurately evaluates and returns fan contributions and enthusiasm. | $68.5M | Series C | May 08, 2025 |  |
| MyAnimeList | MyAnimeList is a social network for anime and manga fans. It provides users a customizable 'listing' feature to show other users what anime or manga they have watched or read. Users can read anime and manga reviews and connect to other users who read and watch the same things as they do. It also offers a database with anime, manga, andperson information. | $2.8M | Corporate Round | May 31, 2021 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Akatsuki](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akatsuki-2032) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Akatsuki Games Inc.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akatsuki-3) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BANDAI NAMCO Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bandai-namco-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bushiroad](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bushiroad) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Coamix](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coamix) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DMM.com](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dmm) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Anime Times Company invest in?

Anime Times Company invests primarily in B2C, VoIP and Web3 startups, most often at Series C and Corporate Round stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Anime Times Company last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Anime Times Company closed in May 2025. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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