# PlaceHolder funding: rounds and investors

> PlaceHolder has raised across 1 round since 2025. Investors include Global Brain Corporation, Mizuho Capital and Incubate Fund. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *PlaceHolder*

One round we have observed, with the 4 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

**Undisclosed** raised across 1 round since 2025, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Venture Aug 2025
- **Investors:** 4

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Aug 2025** Venture **Amount undisclosed** [Global Brain Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-brain-corporation) [Mizuho Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-capital) [Incubate Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/incubate-fund) [Sony Innovation Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sony-innovation-fund) Source recorded

## Everyone who backed them

[Global Brain Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-brain-corporation) VC firm **1** round

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

[Incubate Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/incubate-fund) VC firm **1** round

[Sony Innovation Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sony-innovation-fund) Corporate VC **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list PlaceHolder as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Ambush Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ambush-capital) Angel network Per its own site

[Angels of Many](https://millionrounds.com/fund/angels-of-many) Angel network Per its own site

[TBS Innovation Par...](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tbs-innovation-par) VC firm 2018, per its site

## Quick answers about PlaceHolder

### Who invested in PlaceHolder?

PlaceHolder's investors include Global Brain Corporation, Mizuho Capital, Incubate Fund and Sony Innovation Fund.

### How much has PlaceHolder raised?

PlaceHolder has raised 1 round since 2025, none with a disclosed amount.

### When did PlaceHolder last raise?

PlaceHolder's most recent round was a Venture in Aug 2025.

### Who backed PlaceHolder first?

PlaceHolder's first round on record, in Aug 2025, was backed by Global Brain Corporation, Mizuho Capital and Incubate Fund and 1 others.

### What stage is PlaceHolder at?

PlaceHolder's latest named round is a Venture, in Aug 2025.

### Where is PlaceHolder based?

PlaceHolder is based in Japan.

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