gumi ventures

Gumi Ventures helps the new entrepreneurs and businesses to cause a new innovation in the smartphone field. Gumi Ventures supports the new entrepreneurs and businesses that can resonate with gumi listed in the business mission, that cause a new innovation in the smartphone field. They will create a global company that represents the future of Japan.
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Hiroyuki Kawamoto

Director and CFO

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Hirohiro Kunimitsu

Founder, Director and CEO

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Makoto Motoyoshi

Investment Manager

31 past transactions

XZ Closet

Seed Round in 2015
Closet allows users to take pictures of the clothes in their closets and mix and match outfits using the clothes of other users. - See more at: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/xz-closet#sthash.ztb8G3y7.dpuf

Breaker

Venture Round in 2015
Breaker Inc. makes videos and movies for promotion. It also engages in film production, TV program production, CM production, influencer marketing, inbound marketing, artist management, event planning, and video analysis tool. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

1sec Inc.

Seed Round in 2021
1sec is a virtual influencers in Japan,develop in-house and management. IMPACT to CEKAI in 1 second. Based on the concept of making CEKAI happy in one second, US based in Los Angeles and Japan, based in Tokyo, virtual influencers × AI, fashion & music & The company will develop a number of CEKAI's first and first projects in Japan in the field of enter teignment.

Metaps Inc.

Series C in 2015
Metaps is an app monetization platform using AI & big data to maximize app revenue and optimize campaign performance. Founded Metaps Pte. Ltd. in Singapore in 2011, and Metaps has expanded to opening offices in 8 countries around the world. Metaps has also released SPIKE in closed beta, a no commission online payment credit service that does not require any installation and can be set up in under a minute.

vivito

Venture Round in 2018
vivito, Inc. offers video review, preview service, digital movie production, and location matching platform. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

GeoCreates

Seed Round in 2014
Geocreates is a VR software development company that has developed the Toalog SaaS tool for VR. ToPolog is a SaaS-type tool that quantifies the spatial experience when viewing VR. The VR experience video can be saved directly in the cloud regardless of software or hardware. The 3D modeled VR screen or the VR picture of the live view can be used to speculate the line of sight or brain waves, and quantify and design the space experience just like a customer map.

Immersal Oy

Seed Round in 2017
Immersal Ltd. develops Immersal AR Cloud SDK, a visual positioning and mapping solution for markerless, persistent, battery-friendly, massively multi-user AR. It can be used for enabling immersive AR experiences, such as indoor navigation, product finding, multi-player AR games, ads — your imagination is the limit. Immersal is based in Helsinki, Finland, and currently employ a team of 10 AR gurus.

Lute Inc.

Seed Round in 2017
Lute Inc. provides artist management and commissioned video production services. The company produces mobile optimized vertical short videos. It offers video casting and consulting for the content creation of other companies. It helps artists to shoot and produce videos on the spot multiple times throughout the day. Lute Inc. was founded in 2017 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Edoga Inc.

Corporate Round in 2018
Edoga Inc. produces virtual reality (VR) contents. The company also provides training and learning on production of VR contents, shooting, and editing movies. The company offers lectures on planning and production of VR contents, conducts workshops and VR courses, and also provides VR equipment lending solutions. Edoga Inc. was founded in 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

NEW STANDARD Inc.

Venture Round in 2017
NEW STANDARD Inc. formerly known as TABI LABO Inc. provides advertising services. The company supports branding and marketing activities using media and video production; virtual reality (VR) content; and through events. It also does consulting work. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. formerly known as provides advertising services. The company supports branding and marketing activities using media and video production; virtual reality (VR) content; and through events. It also does consulting work. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

BUZZCAST Inc.

Series B in 2018
BUZZCAST Inc. provides business planning, development, and consulting services related to video. It serves productions and live broadcasters in Japan and internationally. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

ActEvolve

Series A in 2018
ActEvolve develops Blitz Freak, a multi virtual reality game. It began operation in 2017, with its headquarters in Tokyo in Japan.

DELY

Venture Round in 2016
Dely is running Japan's best cooking video service, Kurashiru. It strives every day to make services that impact the world. Kurashiru helps many people per day. It introduces a variety of tasty food recipes that color the dining table with cooking videos. Tens of millions of people watch and listen to the monthly recipe service in Japan.

Prime Japan

Venture Round in 2015
PRIME will use the questions and requests from customers as a reference for future service improvements, etc.,

ActEvolve

Series A in 2019
ActEvolve develops Blitz Freak, a multi virtual reality game. It began operation in 2017, with its headquarters in Tokyo in Japan.

Candee Inc.

Series A in 2016
Candee Inc. offers online video production, talent management, and advertising services. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Brave group

Series A in 2020
Brave group, Inc. develops intellectual property (IP) development services for the entertainment industry. The company distributes videos on YouTube, sell goods and voices, conduct events online, and distribute music. It also offers marketing and produce support services using animation production technology. Brave group, Inc. was formerly known as Unlimited.Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Brave group, Inc. in June 2020. . The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

GIFMAGAZINE, Inc.

Venture Round in 2019
GIFMAGAZINE is Japan's largest community for posting GIF animation works, with 150,000 works posted monthly. Among them, those who have a unique view of the world and produce highly artistic works are introduced as "GIFMAGAZINE Official GIFer".

DELY

Venture Round in 2017
Dely is running Japan's best cooking video service, Kurashiru. It strives every day to make services that impact the world. Kurashiru helps many people per day. It introduces a variety of tasty food recipes that color the dining table with cooking videos. Tens of millions of people watch and listen to the monthly recipe service in Japan.

ZIG Japan

Venture Round in 2019
ZIG inc. offers media planning and content production services. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Kawasaki, Japan.

PrimeAgain,Inc

Seed Round in 2015
PrimeAgain works to innovate ways for users to connect with each other over mobile devices. Established in Dec. 2010, the company has released a mobile photo decorating diary app, "DecoAlbum", which allows users to save, organize, and share photos easily and privately.

Unisonlive,inc.

Seed Round in 2019
Unisonlive,inc. develops music content, video, novelization, and live entertainment, with the pillar of Virtual YouTuber. The company develops multimedia of intellectual property. It also produces virtual reality and extended reality contents. Unisonlive,Inc. was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Chuo, Japan.

Breaker

Venture Round in 2014
Breaker Inc. makes videos and movies for promotion. It also engages in film production, TV program production, CM production, influencer marketing, inbound marketing, artist management, event planning, and video analysis tool. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Alim Co., Ltd.

Venture Round in 2013
Alim specializes in the planning, development, and production of games for iOS and Android. The company has released games for Android and iOS which is the Project mist gear, Final Fantasy Brave Exvias, Brave Frontier, and Brave Frontier 2. The company also provides planning, development, production, sales, and maintenance of digital content distribution services. Alim was founded in March 2013 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

mikai

Venture Round in 2019
Mikai Inc. develops an AR (Augmented reality) camera application MARGIC, that create effects for animations and video games. The company also engages in training, support, and management of virtual talent. Mikai Inc was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

inXile Entertainment

Venture Round in 2017
inXile entertainment is a game development company focused on creating personality-packed games to gamers wherever they play; from the PS3 to the iPhone. inXile was formed in 2002 by industry veteran Brian Fargo, who turned one of the small developers of the fledgling game industry of the 80's into one of the top 5 publishers of the 90's. inXile entertainment has assembled a team of some of the most talented and experienced people in the software industry so that they can bring the highest quality games possible to home and portable video game systems.

Plott Inc.

Seed Round in 2019
Plott producing youtube animation platform under Vision “Become a Content holder from YouTube”. In August 2019, the company name was changed from Fabo to Plott. Plott, the new company name, is derived from the plot that you make before writing novels, etc., and the idea that “I want to make content all the time” is put in the company name.

Pal+

Seed Round in 2012
Pal+ is a free mobile messaging app that allows users to create and share images, videos, and voice messages while chatting with others. It is available for iOS and Android. Pal+ is formerly known as Cubie. It was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan.

STANDING OVATION

Venture Round in 2015
standing ovation develops and offers fashion coordination applications.