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Timeline
February 2017
bitFlyer raises a $1,860,000 venture round from Dai-ichi Life, Mizuho Financial Group and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group.
April 2016
bitFlyer raises a $27,900,000 series C round from SBI Investment and Venture Labo Investment.
January 2016
bitFlyer raises a $465,000 venture round.
August 2015
bitFlyer raises a $4,743,000 series B round from Dentsu Digital Holdings, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Venture Capital, Quick Corporation and Venture Labo Investment.
January 2015
bitFlyer raises a $1,209,000 series B round from Digital Currency Group, GMO VenturePartners and Recruit Strategic Partners.
October 2014
bitFlyer raises a $236,000 series B round from Digital Currency Group.
July 2014
bitFlyer raises a $1,600,000 series A round.
February 2014
bitFlyer raises a $186,000 angel round from Shinji Kimura.
January 9, 2014
bitFlyer was founded by Rikiya Masuda, Takafumi Komiyama and Yuzo Kano.
January 2014
bitFlyer raises a $1,116,000 seed round from B Dash Ventures, East Ventures and Incubate Fund.
Funding Rounds
Patents
News
Title
Author
Date
Publisher
Description
Omar Faridi
July 10, 2020
Crowdfund Insider
Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange bitFlyer will be developing digital asset wallet for Brave Browser users.
Omar Faridi
July 7, 2020
Crowdfund Insider
Bitcoin Magazine, Bittrex, ConsenSys, LedgerX, Messari, among many other blockchain firms have received funding via COVID linked PPP scheme.
References
Organization
CompanyCompany attributes
Cryptocurrency
Blockchain
E-commerce
Crowdfunding
Currency exchange
Bitcoin
FinanceLocation
Luxembourg
TokyoB2X
MarketplaceCEO
Yuzo Kano
Rikiya Masuda
Takafumi KomiyamaPitchbook URL
Legal Name
BitFlyer Co., Ltd.
Subsidiary
bitFlyer USALegal classification
CorporationDate Incorporated
January 9, 2014
Number of Employees (Ranges)
100 – 249
Full Address
9-7-1, AKASAKA MIDTOWN TOWER MINATO-KU, TOKYO, 107-0052 Japan
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
Mizuho Financial Group
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
Dai-ichi Life
SBI Investment
Venture Labo Investment
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance GroupFounded Date
January 9, 2014
Email Address
info.eu@bitflyer.com
info@bitflyer.jp
Total Funding Amount (USD)
39,315,000
Latest Funding Round Date
February 2017
Binance
FTX Trading Ltd.
Huobi
Gate.io
Bitfinex
Bybit
EXMO
CoinbaseBusiness Model
Transaction processing / marketplace
Latest Funding Type
Patents Assigned (Count)
5
Japan