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Nakama (AniBiz.com): Capital Raising
Nakama, the start-up behind anime licensing platform AniBiz.com, raised an initial $6 million from three Japanese anime licensors: TBS Group, Toei Animation and TV Tokyo Holdings. AniBiz launched in July, founded by Crunchyroll founder Kun Gao with former Crunchyroll executives Brady McCollum and Sae Whan Song.
Source: Variety
- Who
- Nakama (AniBiz.com) · Japan
- What happened
- Nakama, the start-up behind anime licensing platform AniBiz.com, raised an initial $6 million from three Japanese anime licensors: TBS Group, Toei Animation and TV Tokyo Holdings. AniBiz launched in July, founded by Crunchyroll founder Kun Gao with former Crunchyroll executives Brady McCollum and Sae Whan Song.
- When
- 2026-10-27
- Source
- Variety
- So what
- Nakama (AniBiz.com)'s raise resets the leadership agenda more than the balance sheet.
The leadership read
Nakama (AniBiz.com)'s raise resets the leadership agenda more than the balance sheet. Capital into the sector buys room to build senior operating and commercial bench strength ahead of scale. The near-term tilt favours operators who have scaled before; the appointments that follow say more than the announcement did across Asia.
Market context: MitchelLake's Talent Market Index sits at 109.3 (Hot), up 7.6 on the prior month; Asia hiring signal is running rising (+2.9pts).
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