# MyDearest

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

- Industry: Software
- Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan
- Website: https://mydearestvr.com
- Total disclosed funding: $19M
- Latest round: Series C (Aug 8, 2025)
- Investors on record: 16

## About

Founded in 2016 and based in Tokyo, Japan, MyDearest Inc. operates as a developer, publisher, and distributor of virtual reality games, software, and novels. The firm, as of September 2026, is led by its Representative Director and CEO, Kento Kishigami. MyDearest specializes in virtual reality (VR) game development and publishing, with notable titles such as Tokyo Chronos, ALTDEUS: Beyond Chronos, and DYSCHRONIA: Chronos Alternate, available on Meta Quest 2 and PlayStation® VR2. The company offers extensive publishing services, including platform communication, PR, and community management, and assists overseas developers with Japanese market entry through localization and targeted advertising. Additionally, MyDearest operates a motion capture studio that provides high-precision services for game and anime motion capture, Vtuber live streaming, and music video production.  The firm generates revenue by offering products under different usage plans such as the Individual support plan at JPY 40,000, the Standard plan at JPY 80,000, the Live Streaming Plan at JPY 90,000, etc. In September 2026, MyDearest Inc. raised an undisclosed amount in venture funding from Carbon Ventures.

 The company plans to use its proceeds from September 2026 to develop and publish VR games, expand its original IP portfolio, and support global growth of its VR entertainment business.

## Funding rounds

- Series C, Aug 8, 2025, $1.2M — SBI Investment, Chugin Capital Partners
- Series C, Jun 2, 2025, $2.3M — The Asahi Shimbun Company, FFG Venture Business Partners, Awagin Capital
- Series C, Nov 7, 2023, $7.7M — Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, SBI Investment, Samurai Incubate, DG Daiwa Ventures, OLM Ventures, Wing Capital Partners, DENTSU GROUP INC., NetEase Games
- Series B, Jun 30, 2021, $8.1M — Globis Capital Partners, SMBC Venture Capital, Monex Ventures, DBJ Capital, DG Daiwa Ventures

## Investors

- Globis Capital Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/globis-capital-partners) — Series B
- SMBC Venture Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/smbc-venture-capital) — Series B
- Monex Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/monex-ventures) — Series B
- DBJ Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/dbj-capital) — Series B
- DG Daiwa Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/dg-daiwa-ventures) — Series B, Series C
- Mitsubishi UFJ Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/mitsubishi-ufj-capital) — Series C
- SBI Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/sbi-investment) — Series C
- Samurai Incubate (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/samurai-incubate) — Series C
- OLM Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/olm-ventures) — Series C
- Wing Capital Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/wing-capital-partners) — Series C
- DENTSU GROUP INC. — Series C
- NetEase Games — Series C
- The Asahi Shimbun Company — Series C
- FFG Venture Business Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/ffg-venture-business-partners) — Series C
- Awagin Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/awagin-capital) — Series C
- Chugin Capital Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/chugin-capital-partners) — Series C