# BitStar funding: rounds and investors > BitStar has raised $16M across 2 rounds since 2018. Investors include Makers Fund, Colopl Next and Global Brain/ ABC Dream. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/bitstar (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Japan · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *BitStar* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 10 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. Creator Economy Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$16M** raised across 2 rounds since 2018, from 2 sources **$12M** Series C **$3.9M** Debt - **Latest round:** Debt, $3.9M Oct 2023 - **Biggest round:** $12M Series C · Aug 2018 - **Investors:** 10 (1 led) 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. 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 **$12M** Series C **$3.9M** Debt - **First round:** Series C, $12M - **Biggest round:** $12M - **Between rounds:** 5.1 years ## The rounds - **Oct 2023** Debt **$3.9M** *3 new* *2 returning* [Global Brain Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-brain-corporation) [East Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/east-ventures) [Makers Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/makers-fund) [Pegasus Tech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pegasus-tech-ventures) [Colopl Next](https://millionrounds.com/fund/colopl-next) Source recorded - **Aug 2018** Series C **$12M** *7 new* Global Brain/ ABC Dream Lead [Makers Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/makers-fund) [Colopl Next](https://millionrounds.com/fund/colopl-next) [Asahi Shimbun](https://millionrounds.com/fund/asahi-shimbun) [Intage Open Innovation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intage-open-innovation) Nagoya TV Wright Flyer Reported by Thebridge ## 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. **Series C** 2018 **Debt** 2023 [Makers Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/makers-fund) [Colopl Next](https://millionrounds.com/fund/colopl-next) Global Brain/ ABC Dream L [Global Brain Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-brain-corporation) [East Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/east-ventures) [Pegasus Tech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pegasus-tech-ventures) [Asahi Shimbun](https://millionrounds.com/fund/asahi-shimbun) [Intage Open Innovation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intage-open-innovation) Nagoya TV Wright Flyer ## Everyone who backed them [Makers Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/makers-fund) VC firm **2** rounds [Colopl Next](https://millionrounds.com/fund/colopl-next) Corporate VC **2** rounds Global Brain/ ABC Dream no record of our own yet **1** round, led 1 [Global Brain Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-brain-corporation) VC firm **1** round [East Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/east-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Pegasus Tech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pegasus-tech-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Asahi Shimbun](https://millionrounds.com/fund/asahi-shimbun) Growth equity **1** round [Intage Open Innovation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intage-open-innovation) Growth equity **1** round Nagoya TV no record of our own yet **1** round Wright Flyer 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=bitstar). ## Quick answers about BitStar ### Who invested in BitStar? BitStar's investors include Makers Fund, Colopl Next, Global Brain/ ABC Dream, Global Brain Corporation and East Ventures, and 5 more on record. ### How much has BitStar raised? BitStar has raised $16M across 2 rounds since 2018. ### When did BitStar last raise? BitStar's most recent round was a Debt of $3.9M in Oct 2023. ### What was BitStar's biggest round? BitStar's largest round on record is $12M (Series C), in Aug 2018, led by Global Brain/ ABC Dream. ### Who backed BitStar first? BitStar's first round on record, in Aug 2018, was backed by Global Brain/ ABC Dream, Makers Fund and Colopl Next and 4 others. ### What stage is BitStar at? BitStar's latest named round is a Debt, in Oct 2023. ### Where is BitStar based? BitStar is based in Japan. ### Who led BitStar's rounds? Global Brain/ ABC Dream led the Series C in 2018. ## Companies like BitStar In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Tohakusha** $442K · Jan 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/tohakusha)[**Million Production** $1.2M · Jun 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/million-production)[**Utaite** $52M · May 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/utaite)[**Affinity Labs** $3.2M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/affinity-labs)[**Scripto** $5.0M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/scripto)[**Astute** $1.2M · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/astute) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app