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SMBC Venture Capital's Media portfolio
SMBC Venture Capital has backed 10 Media startups in rounds we track, $112M between them, shown by the stage each has reached. The best-funded is Light.
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Funding by segment
- Stage not reported$15M3
- Series A$81M3
- Pre-seed and seed$2.4M2
- Series B$14M2
Where they are based
- Japan8$27M
- United States1$80M
Japan
United StatesFounded
1 without a founding year on record.
Total raised
- Under $1M1
- $1M to $10M8
- $10M to $50M0
- $50M to $250M1
- $250M to $1B0
- $1B and over0
Each dot is a startup: the year it was founded across, the total it has raised up (each line is ten times the one below). Pick a segment to pick it out.
8 of 10 startups shown; the rest have no founding year or amount on record.
- 1 to 2
- 3 to 7
- 8 to 24
- 25 to 99
- 100 and more
- Japan8
- United States1
Startups by country, 2 countries in all.
Segment by segment
Stage not reported
3 startups · $15M raised
TanpTanp is an online shopping platform that focuses on gifts and provides products for various everyday events.Japan$7.0M
KIYO LearningPlanning, production, sales and management of Educational content and Educational services for business people.-$4.9M
Crunch StyleCrunch Style is a flower subscription service that makes it easy to make a flowery life.Japan$2.8M
Series A
3 startups · $81M raised
LightLight is a depth-sensing and perception technology company that provides automation solutions for automobiles.United States$80M- WWanderlustWanderlust is a Japanese startup company developing the online social travel guide, "Compathy".Japan$1.1M
EXestFounded by Yukihiro Nakabayashi in December 2016, EXest is a tourism start-up that aims to connect people who would not otherwise Japan$92K
Pre-seed and seed
2 startups · $2.4M raised
- TJTheoria JapanTheoria Japan provides food delivery services.Japan$1.4M
ChipeeChipee is a social networking platform that enables its users to send digital gratitude in the form of chips.Japan$1.0M
How this map is made. Every startup here works in Media and has raised money in a round we track that names SMBC Venture Capital as an investor. Each sits under the stage of its latest round. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.
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