# BANDAI NAMCO Holdings

> BANDAI NAMCO Holdings is a VC fund in Tokyo backing VoIP and Audio. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/namco-bandai-holdings-inc.
- Website: https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/

BANDAI NAMCO Holdings is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on VoIP and Audio. BANDAI NAMCO Holdings offers management strategy planning and execution support for group company business. It helps its clients with their business strategy execution and management of business activities. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Chiba, Tokyo.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for BANDAI NAMCO Holdings. Shizune tracks 3 team members at BANDAI NAMCO Holdings. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/bandai-namco-holdings?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| VoIP | 1 | 33% |
| Audio | 1 | 33% |
| Legal | 1 | 33% |
| Animation | 1 | 33% |
| Legal Tech | 1 | 33% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series C | 1 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 33% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Masaya Nakamura | Founder | 0 | — |
| Miaki Taguchi | President | 0 | — |
| Oshita Satoshi | President & CEO | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Yoyogi Animation Academy | Yoyogi Animation Academy is a Japanese vocational‑style education company that operates Yoyogi Animation Academy, one of Japan’s largest and oldest specialized schools for animation, manga, voice acting, and game design.The academy offers practical, industry‑oriented programs in fields such as animator training, background art, illustration, manga,voice‑acting (seiyuu), and digital content creation, mainly at campuses in major cities like Tokyo and Osaka. | $17.9M |  | Jun 22, 2026 |  |
| 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 |  |
| NexTone | Established in 2000 upon the enforcement of the Japanese copyright management law and re-established in February 2016 as a joint venture between e-License Inc. and Japan Rights Clearance Inc., NexTone continues to strive towards providing solutions for rights holders through the offering of flexible copyright management and licensing, transparentoperations and processing, and equitable royalty distribution. | $15.9M | Corporate Round | Mar 31, 2017 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [CRIT Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crit-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Akatsuki](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akatsuki-2032) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Amuse](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amuse) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Anime Times Company](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anime-times-company) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Bushiroad — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Bushiroad Music — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does BANDAI NAMCO Holdings invest in?

BANDAI NAMCO Holdings invests primarily in VoIP, Audio and Legal startups, most often at Series C and Funding Round stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact BANDAI NAMCO Holdings?

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### Who are the partners at BANDAI NAMCO Holdings?

The team at BANDAI NAMCO Holdings includes Masaya Nakamura (Founder), Miaki Taguchi (President) and Oshita Satoshi (President & CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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