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Crunchyroll

company

About

Crunchyroll is a video service provider for Japanese animated productions and Asian media services.

Highlights

Total Funding Amount
$26.79M
Funding Rounds
3
Investors
5
Investments
5
Acquisition
3
Employee Profiles
10

Details

Last Funding Type
Series A
Last Funding Money Raised
$4.05M
Industries
Subscription Service,Video
Founded date
Jan 1, 2008
Number Of Employee
101 - 250
Operating Status
Active
Legal Name
Ellation, Inc

Crunchyroll is a global video service for Japanese Anime and Asian media.

Crunchyroll has over 20,000 videos and 10,000 hours of Anime, Korean Drama and Live-Action titles on Crunchyroll.com and Crunchyroll-powered platforms including iPhone, iPad, Android, TV set-top boxes, Playstation®3, Xbox LIVE, and other devices.

With offices in San Francisco, Calif. and Tokyo, Japan, Crunchyroll is funded by leading venture capital firm, Venrock, Japanese entertainment giant TV TOKYO, digital publishing leader Bitway and a group of angel investors representing some of the brightest and most successful entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
3
$26.79M
Crunchyroll has raised a total of $26.79M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Nov 20, 2015 from a Series Unknown round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Nov 20, 2015 Series Unknown $21.99M 1 Otter Media — Detail
Mar 25, 2010 Series Unknown $750K 1 TV Tokyo — Detail
Feb 1, 2008 Series A $4.05M 3 — — Detail

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
5
0
Crunchyroll has made 5 investments. Their most recent investment was on Nov 17, 2021, when The Luupe raised $3M.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Nov 17, 2021 The Luupe
Seed $3M Advertising —
Feb 1, 2017 Artera (formerly WELL Health)
Seed — Enterprise Software —
Feb 26, 2016 Crexi
Seed $4.30M Commercial Real Estate —
Jul 11, 2012 Discord
Angel — Communities —
Jul 18, 2008 Minted
Angel — Art —

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
2
5
Crunchyroll is funded by 5 investors. Otter Media and TV Tokyo are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Otter Media Yes Series Unknown
TV Tokyo Yes Series Unknown
James Hong — Series A
Venrock — Series A
Yee Lee — Series A

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
10
Crunchyroll has 10 current employee profiles, including Executive Kun Gao
Kun Gao
Executive
Punnoose Isaac
Executive
Terry (Qing) Li
Employee
Brady McCollum
Executive
Donald Chen
Employee
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Acquisition

Crunchyroll has acquired 3 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Redux on Jun 12, 2014. They acquired Redux for 0.

Date Company Name
Industry Acquisition Type Price
Jun 12, 2014 Redux
Ediscovery acquisition — Detail
Sep 6, 2019 Viz Media Europe
Media and Entertainment acquisition — Detail
Aug 4, 2022 Right Stuf
Animation acquisition — Detail
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