Published 28 Sep 2022

Cygames, Japan’s leading mobile game developer, launches a new VC fund

Cygames, Japan’s leading mobile game developer, launches a  new VC fund

On September 28, 2022, Cygames, Japan’s leading mobile a game developer, announced it launches “Cygames Capital” as its startup investment arm.

Cygames, a CyberAgent group company, is engaged in game planning, development, and operation business with the vision of being "the company that creates the best content.” The company was established in 2011 as a wholly owned subsidiary of CyberAgent and has created many hit titles such as "Uma Musume Pretty Derby", "Rage of Bahamut", "Granblue Fantasy", "Shadowverse", "Princess Connect! Re:Dive" and many other hit titles.

Cygames Capital supports startups that enrich society through products and services. Cygames will be directed by Aisaku Chikaishi, director of Cygames, with a board member of Koichi Watanabe, president of Cygames, and Hirofumi Kondo, president of CyberAgent Capital. Cygames describes the background behind the launch of the VC subsidiary as follows:

CyGames, whose vision is to be "the company that creates the best content," has released a wide range of content to date, and has also invested in startups that are trying to bring innovation to society through their products and services. In order to further accelerate our support for such startups, we have established a subsidiary, Cygames Capital, which is our new investment arm. We expect to invest a total of 5 billion yen ($35M). Based on the mission of "creating a better world by supporting startups that enrich society," Cygames Capital will work to help create products and services that enrich the lives of people around the world in the future, regardless of the synergy effects from us on their businesses.


Cygames Capital’s company profile is here:
https://protocol.ooo/en/companies/cygamescapital