Best Media & Entertainment Companies in Shibuya, Japan
The 80 best Media & Entertainment companies in Shibuya, Japan in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: openrec.
Ranked: Best Media & Entertainment companies in Shibuya
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | App-install YoY | Last round | Stage | Founder | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mangamo Offering mobile app for comics reading | — | +22% | 67 mo ago | Seed | — | WebflowSwiperjQuery+9 | — |
| 2 | AlphaPolis App-based comic book reading platform | — | +17% | — | Unfunded | Yusuke Kajimoto CEO | Amazon ALBVue.jsApache HTTP Server+10 | — |
| 3 | AlphaPolis Provider of online novels, manga, and comics | — | +16% | — | Public | Yusuke Kajimoto Founder & President | Element UIAmazon ALBVue.js+28 | — |
| 4 | pixiv Online social platform for connecting with anime enthusiasts | — | +14% | 57 mo ago | Seed | Shingo Kunieda CEO | Cart FunctionalityContentfulSentry+27 | — |
| 5 | taskey Ebook & novels reading application | $2M | +7% | 35 mo ago | Series E | Oishi Romy Founder & CEO | ContentfulNode.jsGoogle Maps+14 | — |
| 6 | CyberAgent Media network of multiple online brands | — | +2% | — | Public | Susumu Fujita CEO & President | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | — |
| 7 | Ameba App-based blogging platform for diversified content | — | +2% | — | Unfunded | Susumu Fujita CEO | Node.jsFirebaseEnvoy+19 | — |
| 8 | Pictoria AI-based platform offering solutions for Vtubers | $5M | — | 1 mo ago | Series B | Hayato Akiwatari CEO | Node.jsTailwind CSSReact+11 | — |
| 9 | Anique Online platform that provides information on special goods sold & art exhibitions | $8M | — | 3 mo ago | Series B | — | Cart FunctionalityShopifySearchanise+32 | — |
| 10 | emole Online video streaming platform for short films | $2M | — | 8 mo ago | Series A | Naomichi Sawamura Founder & CEO | STUDIOFirebaseNode.js+9 | — |
| 11 | Utoniq Manufacturer of smart cards for art sharing | $4M | — | 13 mo ago | Series A | Shuntaro Tsuneta Co-Founder & CEO | SentryApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+15 | — |
| 12 | Plott Provider of anime content for Youtube | $7M | — | 19 mo ago | Series B | Shota Okuno CEO | STUDIOFirebaseNode.js+10 | — |
| 13 | openrec Online platform for streaming live videos for E-sports games | $16M | — | 25 mo ago | Series A | Yo Hyodo CEO & Representative Director | SentryZendeskNode.js+19 | — |
| 14 | Castee Social collaboration platfrom for creators | $3M | — | 19 mo ago | Series A | Shintaro Otake CEO | Node.jsYouTubeTailwind CSS+14 | — |
| 15 | Financie Digital platform offering cryptocurrency social tokens | $14M | — | 34 mo ago | Series B | Hironao Kunimitsu Founder & CEO | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceRuby+27 | — |
| 16 | SOUNDRAW Provider of AI enabled music creation software | $5M | — | 27 mo ago | Series A | Daigo Kusunoki CEO | SentryRubyElement UI+26 | 1 launch |
| 17 | GAZAI Platform offering AI-powered tools to analyze, generate, and automate insights from visual and multimedia… | $697K | — | 21 mo ago | Seed | Takuya Kanda Co-Founder | STUDIOApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+11 | — |
| 18 | Kreation Official website to integrate fashion and gaming | $2M | — | 33 mo ago | Seed | Tomoya Ogawa Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 19 | SwipeVideo Online platform providing live streaming solution | $3M | — | 43 mo ago | Seed | Shinya Shimojo CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+10 | — |
| 20 | Crevo Video production and crowdsourcing platform | $4M | — | 105 mo ago | Series A | — | WordPressMySQLRuby+28 | — |
| 21 | Scene Provider of cloud-based 3D CAD modelling software | $794K | — | 42 mo ago | Seed | — | — | — |
| 22 | Amadeus Code Artificial intelligence-based collaborative tool for music creation | $2M | — | 84 mo ago | Series A | Gyo Kitagawa Co-Founder | SentryNode.jsFirebase+16 | — |
| 23 | Pixta Royalty-free stock photo marketplace | $2M | — | 151 mo ago | Public | Daisuke Komata CEO | Cart FunctionalityRubyMediaElement.js+28 | — |
| 24 | Yae Labs Company offering a Web3 based metaverse | $168K | — | 46 mo ago | Seed | Yoshiki Kono Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 25 | Booklap Social reading and networking platform | $232K | — | 156 mo ago | Deadpooled | Reo Kasai Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
Top 12 Media & Entertainment companies in Shibuya
#1
Series B · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2017$5Mraised▾
AI-based platform offering solutions for Vtubers. It allows users to create avatars and produce content as Vtubers.
- Apr 2026Series B$2.1M
- May 2024Series A—
- Apr 2024Series A$1.5M
- Dec 2022Series A$1.7M
#2
Series B · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2019 · 12 employees$8.4Mraised▾
Online platform that provides information on special goods sold & art exhibitions. It delivers artwork such as anime, manga, and games to art lovers. Users can connect with artwork by engraving their names onto their favorite artworks with the creator, as well as, they can order artworks from the platform.
- Feb 2026Series B$8.4M
#3
Series A · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2018$2.1Mraised▾
Online video streaming platform for short films. It enables users to stream content in various genres including romance, action, thriller, and more. It also allows them to watch the production process of the work, such as auditions, rehearsals, and shooting. The mobile application is available for Android devices.
- Oct 2025Conventional Debt$4.5M
- Mar 2025Conventional Debt—
- Mar 2025Series A$5.6M
- Sep 2023Seed$1.8M
#4
Series A · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2018$3.5Mraised▾
Utoniqoffers digital cards where users can stream all the media by an artist. The card has art like movies, songs, e-magazine, and more. The artists can monetize their art through monthly subscriptions. They can embed YouTube, offer community functions, and more. It can also monetize through sales with digital tokens. Users can access audio, video, e-magazine contents through a unique ID and password provided. Artists can also sell their content offline through CDs and DVS. There will be a QR code on the merch that can be unlocked after buying these products. Users can buy their own website and application when there is an increase in the fan following of the artist.
- May 2025Series A$3.5M
#5
Series B · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2017 · 88 employees$6.9Mraised▾
Provider of anime content for Youtube. The company produces and distributes various animated video series like A peaceful solution Enma-chan, Black Channel, Teiko Penguin, and more.
- Nov 2024Series B$6.4M
- Jun 2021Series A—
- Nov 2019Angel—
- Aug 2019Seed$474.7K
#6
Series A · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2014$15.5Mraised▾
Online platform for streaming live videos for E-sports games
- May 2024Series A$15.5M
- May 2024Conventional Debt—
#7
Series A · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2022$2.6Mraised▾
Social collaboration platfrom for creators. It is a digital platform that enables collaboration and communication between creators, influencers, and brands. It also provides content creation tools for users.
- Nov 2024Series A$2.6M
#8
Series B · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2019$13.5Mraised▾
Digital platform offering cryptocurrency social tokens. It offers a platform that enables users to create accounts, purchase tokens for a community, and participate in events and content. Token holders can participate in voting to determine community management policies, events, and goods. Its app is available for Android and iOS users.
- Jul 2023Series B$10.8M
- Mar 2019Series A$2.7M
#9
Series A · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2020$5Mraised▾
Provider of AI enabled music creation software. It uses AI for the creation of music for videos. Users have to select a mood for their music, the software generates multiple tracks, users can select the track and customize the structure, length, instruments, key, and BPM. The music can be used for commercial purposes and on platforms like Youtube.
- Mar 2024Series A$3M
- Jul 2022Seed$1.4M
- Mar 2021Seed—
- Jun 2020Seed$605.1K
#10
Seed · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2024$696.6Kraised▾
Platform offering AI-powered tools to analyze, generate, and automate insights from visual and multimedia content. It helps users extract meaningful insights, automate analysis, and enhance decision-making through computer vision and intelligent automation, supporting use cases across research, monitoring, and digital content workflows.
- Sep 2024Seed$696.6K
#11
Seed · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2019 · 5 employees$2.1Mraised▾
Operator of a global platform for gaming and cyber fashion intended to connect fashion brands, creators, metaverses, and consumers. The company's platform contributes to the development of new fashion culture within digital services and utilizes the power of technology, enabling clients to link self-expression and fashion within digital services to demonstrate creativity.
- Sep 2023Seed$1.5M
#12
Series E · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2014$2.2Mraised▾
taskey is an ebook & novels reading application. It enables users to read free chat style novels based on multiple genres such as horror, thriller, love, mystery, drama, comics, and more. As of June'19, the app is available for iOS and Android devices.
- Jul 2023Series E$2.2M
- May 2019Seed—
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Media & Entertainment coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
Common questions
Sweetie watches where the money and the users are piling in. She covers sector wealth and momentum — the install curves and revenue pools that show which corners of the market are quietly on fire.