Tokyo Broadcasting System
VC Fund
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo Broadcasting System is a stockholding company in Tokyo, Japan.
- Total investments:
- 9
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 78%
Last updated:
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Industries Tokyo Broadcasting System invests in
Stages Tokyo Broadcasting System invests in
Countries Tokyo Broadcasting System invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- EdTech 2 (22%)
- Advertising 2 (22%)
- Virtual Reality 2 (22%)
- Augmented Reality 2 (22%)
- Media and Entertainment 2 (22%)
Stage
- Series A 4 (44%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (22%)
- Series B 1 (11%)
- Secondary Market 1 (11%)
Country
- Japan 4 (44%)
- United States 2 (22%)
- South Korea 1 (11%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legendary Entertainment is a media company that creates and distributes content for television and digital platforms around the world. Through a strategic partnership with other production studios, the company creates, develops, co-produces, co-finances, and distributes motion pictures dedicated to owning, producing, and delivering content tomainstream audiences with a targeted focus on the powerful fandom demographic. It owns, produces, and distributes box-office movies and films, television shows, and comic story lines. | $150M / Secondary Market / Jan 15, 2026 | ||
| Glorang, Recently secured Series A2 funding from global and domestic VCs and banks, bringing the total funding to approximately $20M. We operate Korea’s leading real-time online class platform for K-12, GGuge. We are the dominant player capturing 80% of Korea’s assessment/psychology test market in Korea. With explosive growth of Gguge andthe launch of global AI diagnostic solution , expanding into the APAC market as the leading AI Ed-Tech company. | $6.5M / Series A / Jun 10, 2024 | ||
| Glorang, Recently secured Series A2 funding from global and domestic VCs and banks, bringing the total funding to approximately $20M. We operate Korea’s leading real-time online class platform for K-12, GGuge. We are the dominant player capturing 80% of Korea’s assessment/psychology test market in Korea. With explosive growth of Gguge andthe launch of global AI diagnostic solution , expanding into the APAC market as the leading AI Ed-Tech company. | Series A / Apr 18, 2024 | ||
| Manga Box is a mobile application to read manga online. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 07, 2020 | ||
| Placeholder is a space value creation company that provides people with inspiring and exciting experiences by fusing digital technology and real space. | $5.5M / Series B / Nov 29, 2019 | ||
| TYFFON was founded on November 11, 2011, by Ken Fukazawa and is based in Tokyo, Japan.TYFFON is the company developing the immersive MR (Magic Reality) contents with innovative VR x AR technologies united with our overflowing imaginations, and operating Free Roam Location-Based Virtual Reality venue "TYFFONIUM"(https://www.tyffonium.com/) to provide people with magical and special experiences in our magic reality world.TYFFON originally launched as a mobile app developing company represented by apps like "ZombieBooth 2", which achieved 40 million downloads in North America. In 2014, TYFFON participated in Disney’s first incubation program "Disney Accelerator" and TYFFON was one of 10 picked up by Disney out of 1,000 companies applying worldwide, followed by the release of "Show Your Disney Side", firstly collaborated Apps with Disney. In late 2017, TYFFON opened our first location-based virtual reality store TYFFONIUM at DiverCity Tokyo Plaza in Japan. In the following year 2018, TYFFON has been formally inaugurated a partnership with some reputable companies as reported and accelerating our business in Japan. The projects of opening first overseas stores are underway.Our aim is to keep making people impressed with our magic reality world which they have never experienced and to expand their experiences all over the world. | $7.8M / Series A / May 20, 2019 | ||
| Placeholder is a space value creation company that provides people with inspiring and exciting experiences by fusing digital technology and real space. | $5.7M / Series A / Feb 15, 2018 | ||
| Ispace Technologies is a space resource exploration company founded in 2013 to develop micro-robots that will locate the resources necessary to extend human life into outer space. Their main focus is to locate, extract, and deliver lunar ice to customers in cis-lunar space.Ispace manages the technological and business development operations ofTeam HAKUTO in the Google Lunar XPRIZE Competition. Team Hakuto is a front runner in the $30M competition to land a privately funded robot on the Moon and was one of only three teams to win a $500,000 Milestone Prize in mobility.Ispace utilizes 3D printed and commercially off the shelf products (COTS) for rapid prototyping while maximizing structural mass efficiency and shortening the developmental life cycle. Their micro-robots are able to explore larger areas of the Moon faster, at a fraction of the cost of large robots. | $90M / Series A / Dec 13, 2017 | ||
| C Channel operates a lifestyle video media platform targeting women, offering content in fashion, beauty, food, and parenting. Its services include influencer marketing and e-commerce operations. It empowers women by combining media, commerce, and technology. | $12M / Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 28, 2016 |
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FAQ
What does Tokyo Broadcasting System invest in?
Tokyo Broadcasting System invests primarily in EdTech, Advertising and Virtual Reality startups, most often at Series A and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Tokyo Broadcasting System last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Tokyo Broadcasting System closed in Jan 2026. Shizune tracks 9 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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