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CrestLab Funding Round
CrestLab closed a Seed funding round on 8/14/2025. Investors included East Ventures, NTT DOCOMO Ventures and private investors.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
8/14/2025
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
Unknown
Round
Seed
Investors
Proceeds Purpose
The company will use the funds to develop its AI-powered platform further, strengthen deployment capabilities, and expand adoption among anime production studios.
Company Information
Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Artificial Intelligence
Mailing Address
Yamato Building 405, 1-6-16 Kanda Izumicho, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo, 101-0024
Japan
Tokyo, 101-0024
Japan
Phone
Undisclosed
Website
Email Address
Not Recorded
Overview
CrestLab is a company that develops and provides an AI-powered animation production support platform called ANICRA. The company was spun out from NTT Docomo's in-house entrepreneurship program, docomo STARTUP, and was founded in January 2025 by Yuta Bando and Wataru Wada. Headquartered in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, its platform automates key stages of anime production, like in-betweening and finishing, using AI.
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Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Yuta Bando
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