# HEARTBEATS funding: rounds and investors > HEARTBEATS has raised $17M across 3 rounds since 2021. Investors include SMBC Venture Capital, Mizuho Capital and ANOBAKA. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/heartbeats (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Japan · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *HEARTBEATS* 3 rounds we have observed, with the 6 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. Entertainment Fintech Marketplaces Media Raised this month Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$17M** raised across 3 rounds since 2021, from 3 sources **$2.4M** Series A **$15M** Series C - **Latest round:** Debt Oct 2026 - **Biggest round:** $15M Series C · Sept 2026 - **Investors:** 6 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. 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 **$2.4M** Series A **$15M** Series C **?** Debt - **First round:** Series A, $2.4M - **Biggest round:** $15M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 4.8 years ## The rounds - **Oct 2026** Debt **12億5,000万円** *1 new* [UFJ](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ufj) Reported by Google News search - **Sept 2026** Series C **$15M** *4 returning* [SMBC Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smbc-venture-capital-2) [Mizuho Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-capital) [ANOBAKA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anobaka) [World Innovation Lab Wil](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wil-world-innovation-lab) Source recorded - **Dec 2021** Series A **$2.4M** *5 new* [SMBC Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smbc-venture-capital-2) [Mizuho Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-capital) [ANOBAKA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anobaka) [Samurai Incubate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samurai-incubate-inc) [World Innovation Lab Wil](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wil-world-innovation-lab) Source recorded ## 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 A** 2021 **Series C** 2026 **Debt** 2026 [SMBC Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smbc-venture-capital-2) [Mizuho Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-capital) [ANOBAKA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anobaka) [World Innovation Lab Wil](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wil-world-innovation-lab) [Samurai Incubate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samurai-incubate-inc) [UFJ](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ufj) ## Everyone who backed them [SMBC Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smbc-venture-capital-2) Investment bank **2** rounds [Mizuho Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-capital) VC firm **2** rounds [ANOBAKA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anobaka) VC firm **2** rounds [World Innovation Lab Wil](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wil-world-innovation-lab) VC firm **2** rounds [Samurai Incubate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samurai-incubate-inc) VC firm **1** round [UFJ](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ufj) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=heartbeats). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists HEARTBEATS 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. [Nippon Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nippon-venture-capital) Corporate VC Per its own site ## Quick answers about HEARTBEATS ### Who invested in HEARTBEATS? HEARTBEATS's investors include SMBC Venture Capital, Mizuho Capital, ANOBAKA, World Innovation Lab Wil and Samurai Incubate, and 1 more on record. ### How much has HEARTBEATS raised? HEARTBEATS has raised $17M across 3 rounds since 2021. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did HEARTBEATS last raise? HEARTBEATS's most recent round was a Debt in Oct 2026. ### What was HEARTBEATS's biggest round? HEARTBEATS's largest round on record is $15M (Series C), in Sept 2026. ### Who backed HEARTBEATS first? HEARTBEATS's first round on record, in Dec 2021, was backed by SMBC Venture Capital, Mizuho Capital and ANOBAKA and 2 others. ### What stage is HEARTBEATS at? HEARTBEATS's latest named round is a Debt, in Oct 2026. ### Where is HEARTBEATS based? HEARTBEATS is based in Japan. ## Companies like HEARTBEATS In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**megli** $634K · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/megli)[**Bee Informatica** $912K · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/bee-informatica)[**DubGuild** $13M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/dubguild)[**NeoRealX** $3.4M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/neorealx)[**Brave group** $31M · Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/brave-group)[**YOAKE Entertainment** $3.2M · Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/yoake-entertainment) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. 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