# bitFlyer funding: rounds and investors > bitFlyer has raised $8.6M across 5 rounds since 2014. Investors include Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, SBI Investment and IVC. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/bitflyer (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Japan · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # 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. Asset Management Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$8.6M** raised across 5 rounds since 2014, from 5 sources **$1.6M** Seed **$236K** Venture **$1.1M** Venture **$4.0M** Venture **$1.7M** Venture - **Latest round:** Venture, $1.7M Feb 2017 - **Biggest round:** $4.0M Venture · Aug 2015 - **Investors:** 7 See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2015 2016 2017 **$1.6M** Seed **$236K** Venture **$1.1M** Venture **$4.0M** Venture **$1.7M** Venture - **First round:** Seed, $1.6M - **Biggest round:** $4.0M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 6 months ## The rounds - **Feb 2017** Venture **$1.7M** *3 new* *1 returning* [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitsubishi-ufj-capital-co-ltd) [SBI Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sbi-investment) [IVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivc) [Digital Currency Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/digital-currency-group) Source recorded - **Aug 2015** Venture **$4.0M** *3 new* [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitsubishi-ufj-capital-co-ltd) [Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitsui-sumitomo-insurance-company) Venture Labo Investment Co.,Ltd From a historical funding record - **Jan 2015** Venture **$1.1M** *1 new* [Barry Silbert](https://millionrounds.com/fund/barry-silbert) Also list them on their own site [GMO VenturePartners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gmo-venture-partners) From a historical funding record - **Oct 2014** Venture **$236K** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record - **Jul 2014** Seed **$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. **Seed** 2014 **Venture** 2014 **Venture** 2015 **Venture** 2015 **Venture** 2017 [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitsubishi-ufj-capital-co-ltd) [SBI Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sbi-investment) [IVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivc) [Digital Currency Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/digital-currency-group) [Barry Silbert](https://millionrounds.com/fund/barry-silbert) [Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitsui-sumitomo-insurance-company) Venture Labo Investment Co.,Ltd ## Everyone who backed them [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitsubishi-ufj-capital-co-ltd) VC firm **2** rounds [SBI Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sbi-investment) VC firm **1** round [IVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivc) VC firm **1** round [Digital Currency Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/digital-currency-group) VC firm **1** round [Barry Silbert](https://millionrounds.com/fund/barry-silbert) Angel **1** round [Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitsui-sumitomo-insurance-company) VC firm **1** round Venture Labo Investment Co.,Ltd no record of our own yet **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=bitflyer). ## 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. [GMO VenturePartners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gmo-venture-partners) Corporate VC 2015, per its site ## Quick answers about bitFlyer ### 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. ### 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. ## Companies like bitFlyer In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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