# CharacterBank funding: rounds and investors

> CharacterBank has raised $2.6M across 1 round since 2023. Investors include SMBC Venture Capital, Seed Capital and NetEase. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/characterbank (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Japan · [Series A startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *CharacterBank*

One round we have observed, with the 3 investors named in it. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$2.6M** raised across 1 round since 2023, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Series A, $2.6M Apr 2023
- **Investors:** 3

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Apr 2023** Series A **$2.6M** [SMBC Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smbc-venture-capital-2) [Seed Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seed-capital) [NetEase](https://millionrounds.com/fund/netease) Source recorded

## Everyone who backed them

[SMBC Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smbc-venture-capital-2) Investment bank **1** round

[Seed Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seed-capital) VC firm **1** round

[NetEase](https://millionrounds.com/fund/netease) Corporate VC **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists CharacterBank 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.

[FreakOut Shinsei Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/freakout-shinsei-fund) Corporate VC Per its own site

## Quick answers about CharacterBank

### Who invested in CharacterBank?

CharacterBank's investors include SMBC Venture Capital, Seed Capital and NetEase.

### How much has CharacterBank raised?

CharacterBank has raised $2.6M across 1 round since 2023.

### When did CharacterBank last raise?

CharacterBank's most recent round was a Series A of $2.6M in Apr 2023.

### What was CharacterBank's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $2.6M in Apr 2023, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed CharacterBank first?

CharacterBank's first round on record, in Apr 2023, was backed by SMBC Venture Capital, Seed Capital and NetEase.

### What stage is CharacterBank at?

CharacterBank's latest named round is a Series A, in Apr 2023.

### Where is CharacterBank based?

CharacterBank is based in Japan.

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