Who invested in Grooves

3 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.

E-commerce

Raised 12 months ago

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$9.9Mraised across 3 rounds since 2014, from 3 sources

$1.9MVenture$3.0MRound$5.0MVenture

Latest round: Venture, $5.0MNov 2025
Step-upi: 1.7×
Investors: 7

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The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

20162018202020222024

$1.9MVenture$3.0MRound$5.0MVenture

First round: Venture, $1.9M
Biggest round: $5.0M
Usual gap between rounds: 6.5 years

The rounds

Nov 2025
Venture$5.0M5 new
Source recorded
Apr 2019
Round$3.0M2 new
- JTB Corporation
- All-Japan Tourism National Fund
Reported by Tech in Asia
Dec 2014
Venture$1.9M
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.

Venture2014Round2019Venture2025

IVCCyberAgent Capital

Nippon Venture CapitalJIC Venture Growth InvestmentsAozora Corporate InvestmentJTB CorporationAll-Japan Tourism National Fund

Everyone who backed them

IVCVC firm1round

CyberAgent CapitalVC firm1round

Nippon Venture CapitalCorporate VC1round

JIC Venture Growth InvestmentsVC firm1round

Aozora Corporate InvestmentPrivate equity1round

JTB CorporationInvestment firm1round

All-Japan Tourism National Fundno record of our own yet1round

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Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Grooves 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.

Hiroshima Venture CapitalVC firmPer its own site

Quick answers about Grooves

Who invested in Grooves?

Grooves's investors include IVC, CyberAgent Capital, Nippon Venture Capital, JIC Venture Growth Investments and Aozora Corporate Investment, and 2 more on record.