Global Brain (GB) has invested in LiveStreamers Inc., (Founder: Yuki Iida, CEO: Shigehiro Ichikawa), the leading production agency specialized in Live streaming, through its GB-VII Growth Fund Investment Limited Partnership (GB-VII) and KDDI Open Innovation Fund III(“KOIF”).
With a vision of “changing the world by live streaming”, LiveStreamers Inc. is expanding its business specializing in “Liver”. “Liver” is a creator from the internet who delivers live streaming using services such as Twitcasting, SHOWROOM, 17 Live, MixChannel, OPENREC.tv, Niconico Live, and YouTube Live. Also Live streaming is one of the most popular entertainment for many teenagers and youth. LiveStreamers Inc. is developing their business that specializes in live streaming together with powerful Livers and plans to utilize the funds raised in this round to train professionals for live streaming and strengthen human resources for new business development.
GB highly evaluated the growth potential of Live streaming market, LiveStreamers Inc.’s strong business development capability and incredible drive. Through this investment, GB will provide various support including business strategies development and expansion of its business.
About LiveStreamers Inc.
- Name
- LiveStreamers Inc.
- Location
- Tokyo, Japan
- Representative
- Shigehiro Ichikawa
- Founded
- April, 2015
- Business
- Creator business focusing on Live streaming (production agency / influencer marketing), Production business (program / video / event / live / goods), Music business, VR (Vtuber) business, Media business, Game (e-Sports / game streaming) business
About GB-VII
- Name
- GB-VII Growth Fund Investment Limited Partnership
- General Partner
- Global Brain Corporation
About KOIF
- Name
- KDDI Open Innovation Fund III
- General Partner
- Global Brain Corporation
- Fund Size
- 20 Billion JPY
About GB
- Location
- Tokyo, Japan
- Representative
- Yasuhiko Yurimoto
- Founded
- January, 1998