VC  GFR Fund

https://www.gfrfund.com/




     Office Locations:

c/o Greenough Consulting Group
1350 Bayshore Hwy, Suite 920
Burlingame, CA 94010
 

Stages:

  • Early
  • Seed
 

Industries:

  • Consumer Products & Services
  • Media & Digital Media
  • Software & Internet


    		•
     

    Description:

    GFR Fund is a venture capital fund that invests in early-stage technology startups disrupting digital media and entertainment. The firm works with founders who are ahead of social trends, understand their audience and creatively combine existing technologies to offer new experiences to users. The GFR Fund makes investments across the US and internationally, with a focus VR/AR, Games/Esports, Media/Video, and Consumer Apps companies in Pre-seed, seed and Series A stages. GFR Fund is an affiliate of GREE, Inc., a global leader in the mobile gaming industry. To date, GFR Fund has invested in more than 30 companies, including ProGuides, Fan.AI, VRChat, WaveXR, SPACES, Sliver.tv, Littlstar, Fable, YBVR, Sturfee, InsiteVR, Apprentice.io and Phiar.



    Investment Firm Key

       VC = Venture Capital
       PE = Private Equity
       A = Angel
       I = Incubator
       MB = Merchant Bank
       VD = Venture Debt
       FI = Family Investment Office
       FOF = Fund of Funds
       ED = Economic Development Office   
       TT = Technology Transfer Office
       CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
       SEC = Secondary Purchaser
       HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
       
       
       
    COMPANY STAGEREVENUE
    Venture Capital
    Seed Stage
    (includes "pre-seed," or
    concept stage)    		No Revenue
    Early StageMinimal
    Revenue
    Growth Stage
    (also called Mid-stage)    		$2M-$7M
    Expansion Stage
    (also called Late-stage)    		$7M and greater
    Private Equity
    Lower Middle Market$10M-$249M
    Middle Market$250M-$499M
    Upper Middle Market$500M-$1B
    Large Cap>$1B
       
       
     

    Investment Team:


    Name   Title
    Get the complete investment team + individual email addresses for investment team partners. Get personal images, LinkedIn links, investment specialties, office locations and more with a National Database subscription or Silicon Valley Database subscription.
    Kinuko Tanaka Associate
    Masaki Fujimoto General Partner
    Teppei Tsutsui General Partner
    Yasushi Komori General Partner

     

    Recent Funding Events (trailing 12 months):


      Date
      Name
      State
      Amount
      Stage

      03/18/2024
      Bitbrand
      CA
      $500,000
      First Round

      12/12/2023
      Magma
      TX
      $5,000,000
      Seed

      11/14/2023
      Atlas Design
      CA
      $6,000,000
      Seed

     

    Portfolio companies include:


      Apprentice.io
        web link


      Atlas Design
        web link


      Based
        web link


      Bitbrand
        web link


      Dibs


      Hiber


      Magma
        web link


      Phiar


      Pillow


      Platejoy


      ProGuides
        web link


      Rad


      Spaces


      Streem


      V Shojo


      Vurbl


     

    Recent News: