# SmartBank funding: rounds and investors

> SmartBank has raised $28M across 2 rounds since 2024. Investors include Global Brain Corporation, Mizuho Capital and IVC. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *SmartBank*

2 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.

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Funding summary Updated 15 Nov 2026

**$28M** raised across 2 rounds since 2024, from 2 sources

**$26M** Round **$1.6M** Series B

- **Latest round:** Series B, $1.6M Jan 2025
- **Biggest round:** $26M Round · Nov 2024
- **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.

2025

**$26M** Round

**$1.6M** Series B

- **First round:** Round, $26M
- **Biggest round:** $26M
- **Between rounds:** 2 months

## The rounds

- **Jan 2025** Series B **$1.6M** *5 new* [Mizuho Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-capital) [IVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivc) [Z Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/z-venture-capital) [ANRI](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anri) [MUFG Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mufg-bank) Source recorded
- **Nov 2024** Round **$26M** *1 new* [Global Brain Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-brain-corporation) Reported by TechCrunch

## 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.

**Round** 2024 **Series B** 2025 [Global Brain Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-brain-corporation) [Mizuho Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-capital) [IVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivc) [Z Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/z-venture-capital) [ANRI](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anri) [MUFG Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mufg-bank)

## 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

[IVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivc) VC firm **1** round

[Z Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/z-venture-capital) Corporate VC **1** round

[ANRI](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anri) VC firm **1** round

[MUFG Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mufg-bank) Investment firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 5 firms list SmartBank 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.

[Globis Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/globis-capital-partners) VC firm Per its own site

[Spiral Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spiral-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[DBJ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dbj-capital) Government Per its own site

[GMO VenturePartners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gmo-venture-partners) Corporate VC 2020, per its site

[Akatsuki](https://millionrounds.com/fund/akatsuki) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about SmartBank

### Who invested in SmartBank?

SmartBank's investors include Global Brain Corporation, Mizuho Capital, IVC, Z Venture Capital and ANRI, and 1 more on record.

### How much has SmartBank raised?

SmartBank has raised $28M across 2 rounds since 2024.

### When did SmartBank last raise?

SmartBank's most recent round was a Series B of $1.6M in Jan 2025.

### What was SmartBank's biggest round?

SmartBank's largest round on record is $26M (Undisclosed round), in Nov 2024.

### Who backed SmartBank first?

SmartBank's first round on record, in Nov 2024, was backed by Global Brain Corporation.

### What stage is SmartBank at?

SmartBank's latest named round is a Series B, in Jan 2025.

### Where is SmartBank based?

SmartBank is based in Japan.

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