# Castee

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/castee

- Industry: Internet
- Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan
- Website: https://castee.co.jp
- Total disclosed funding: $4.4M
- Latest round: Series A (Nov 6, 2024)
- Investors on record: 8

## About

Based in Tokyo, Japan, and founded in 2022, Castee, Inc. is an online platform that develops a social collaboration platform for content creators. In June 2023, Castee, Inc. raised JPY 250 million in seed funding led by Apricot Ventures, Firebug, and XTech Ventures. As of 2023, the company’s president is Shintaro Ohtake.

Castee, Inc. provides a social collaboration platform that allows users, like creators and influencers, to collaborate on social media platforms such as TikTok and YouTube. The firm offers Castee Bridge, a service that helps Japanese creators find work on overseas projects and facilitates communication between creators and overseas projects specifically for Japanese-speaking individuals. The service handles everything from confirming the work to negotiating and collecting costs. The company develops a tool for negotiation and payment collection management for collaborations outside Japan.

The company plans to use the funds raised in June 2023 to strengthen its recruitment initiatives for platform development.

## Funding rounds

- Series A, Nov 6, 2024, $2.6M — Mizuho Capital, Nissay Capital, Venture Labo Investment, Hakuhodo DY Ventures, Shochiku Ventures
- Seed, Jun 5, 2023, $1.8M — mint, XTech Ventures, Firebug

## Investors

- mint (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/mint) — Seed
- XTech Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/xtech-ventures) — Seed
- Firebug (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/firebug) — Seed
- Mizuho Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/mizuho-capital) — Series A
- Nissay Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/nissay-capital) — Series A
- Venture Labo Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/venture-labo-investment) — Series A
- Hakuhodo DY Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/hakuhodo-dy-ventures) — Series A
- Shochiku Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/shochiku-ventures) — Series A