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Who invested in bitFlyer?
bitFlyer's investors include Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, SBI Investment, IVC, Digital Currency Group and Barry Silbert, and 2 more on record.
201520162017
$1.6MSeed$236KVenture$1.1MVenture$4.0MVenture$1.7MVentureJapan · Venture startup
Who invested in bitFlyer
5 rounds we have observed, with the 7 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.
Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026
$8.6Mraised across 5 rounds since 2014, from 5 sources
$1.6MSeed$236KVenture$1.1MVenture$4.0MVenture$1.7MVenture
- Latest round
- Venture, $1.7MFeb 2017
- Biggest round
- $4.0MVenture · Aug 2015
- Investors
- 7
The funding story
Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.
- First round
- Seed, $1.6M Jul 2014
- Biggest round
- $4.0M Venture · Aug 2015
- Usual gap between rounds
- 6 months the median of 4
The rounds
- Feb 2017Venture$1.7M3 new1 returning
Source recorded
- Aug 2015Venture$4.0M3 new
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital- Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company
- Venture Labo Investment Co.,Ltd
From a historical funding record
- Jan 2015Venture$1.1M1 new
Also list them on their own siteGMO VenturePartners
From a historical funding record
- Oct 2014Venture$236K
No investor was named in the report.
From a historical funding record
- Jul 2014Seed$1.6M
No investor was named in the report.
From a historical funding record
Who was in which round
The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.
Seed2014Venture2014Venture2015Venture2015Venture2017Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
SBI Investment
IVC
Digital Currency GroupBarry SilbertMitsui Sumitomo Insurance CompanyVenture Labo Investment Co.,Ltd
Mitsubishi UFJ CapitalSBI InvestmentIVCDigital Currency GroupBarry SilbertMitsui Sumitomo Insurance CompanyVenture Labo Investment Co.,LtdEveryone who backed them
Barry SilbertAngel1round
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance CompanyVC firm1round
Venture Labo Investment Co.,Ltdno record of our own yet1round
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Also claim to have backed them
This firm lists bitFlyer as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.
Quick answers about bitFlyer
How much has bitFlyer raised?
bitFlyer has raised $8.6M across 5 rounds since 2014.
When did bitFlyer last raise?
bitFlyer's most recent round was a Venture of $1.7M in Feb 2017.
What was bitFlyer's biggest round?
bitFlyer's largest round on record is $4.0M (Venture), in Aug 2015.
Who backed bitFlyer first?
bitFlyer's first round on record, in Jan 2015, was backed by Barry Silbert.
What stage is bitFlyer at?
bitFlyer's latest named round is a Venture, in Feb 2017.
Where is bitFlyer based?
bitFlyer is based in Japan.
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