# Grooves funding: rounds and investors > Grooves has raised $9.9M across 3 rounds since 2014. Investors include IVC, CyberAgent Capital and Nippon Venture Capital. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/grooves (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Japan · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # 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 summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$9.9M** raised across 3 rounds since 2014, from 3 sources **$1.9M** Venture **$3.0M** Round **$5.0M** Venture - **Latest round:** Venture, $5.0M Nov 2025 - **Step-up i:** 1.7× - **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. 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 **$1.9M** Venture **$3.0M** Round **$5.0M** Venture - **First round:** Venture, $1.9M - **Biggest round:** $5.0M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 6.5 years ## The rounds - **Nov 2025** Venture **$5.0M** *5 new* [IVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivc) [CyberAgent Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cyberagent-ventures) [Nippon Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nippon-venture-capital) [JIC Venture Growth Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jic-venture-growth-investments) [Aozora Corporate Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aozora-corporate-investment) Source recorded - **Apr 2019** Round **$3.0M** *2 new* [JTB Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/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. **Venture** 2014 **Round** 2019 **Venture** 2025 [IVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivc) [CyberAgent Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cyberagent-ventures) [Nippon Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nippon-venture-capital) [JIC Venture Growth Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jic-venture-growth-investments) [Aozora Corporate Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aozora-corporate-investment) [JTB Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jtb-corporation) All-Japan Tourism National Fund ## Everyone who backed them [IVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivc) VC firm **1** round [CyberAgent Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cyberagent-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Nippon Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nippon-venture-capital) Corporate VC **1** round [JIC Venture Growth Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jic-venture-growth-investments) VC firm **1** round [Aozora Corporate Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aozora-corporate-investment) Private equity **1** round [JTB Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jtb-corporation) Investment firm **1** round All-Japan Tourism National Fund 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=grooves). ## 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 Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hiroshima-venture-capital) VC firm Per 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. ### How much has Grooves raised? Grooves has raised $9.9M across 3 rounds since 2014. ### When did Grooves last raise? Grooves's most recent round was a Venture of $5.0M in Nov 2025. ### What was Grooves's biggest round? Its most recent round, $5.0M in Nov 2025, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Grooves first? Grooves's first round on record, in Apr 2019, was backed by JTB Corporation and All-Japan Tourism National Fund. ### What stage is Grooves at? Grooves's latest named round is a Venture, in Nov 2025. ### Where is Grooves based? Grooves is based in Japan. ## Companies like Grooves In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Beer and Tech** $8.8M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/beer-and-tech)[**Forest** $43M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/forest)[**Kuradashi** $1.8M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/kuradashi)[**Caguuu** $9.6M · Dec 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/caguuu)[**Anatae** $1.8M · Jul 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/anatae)[**S-Mat** $39M · Jun 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/s-mat) ## 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