GFR Fund

GFR Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital fund investing in early-stage startups disrupting consumer entertainment. With over a decade of experience, they focus on emerging technologies like VR, AR, AI, video streaming, and blockchain to drive innovation. They seek talented entrepreneurs globally to help realize their vision.
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Gran Fredrick

Analyst

Yasushi Komori

Partner

Jeremy Lim

Senior Associate

Kinuko Tanaka

Associate

Teppei Tsutsui

Managing Partner

Past deals in Entertainment

Unvale

Pre Seed Round in 2025
Unvale is a rapidly expanding social platform designed for creatives. It facilitates the development of stories, helps users grow an audience, and enables self-publishing. The platform's core feature is an online character management system, allowing creators to build detailed profiles for their characters, fostering connections with others, and aiding in the transformation of ideas into published stories.

Magic Potion Games

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Magic Potion Games is a computer gaming company specializing in online, social gaming experiences for children. It operates a platform offering engaging, age-appropriate virtual worlds, prioritizing safety and trust for both young users and their parents.

Unvale

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Unvale is a rapidly expanding social platform designed for creatives. It facilitates the development of stories, helps users grow an audience, and enables self-publishing. The platform's core feature is an online character management system, allowing creators to build detailed profiles for their characters, fostering connections with others, and aiding in the transformation of ideas into published stories.

VShojo

Seed Round in 2022
VShojo is a talent-focused VTuber company dedicated to supporting the growth and success of its members. It operates in the emerging US VTuber scene, providing resources and industry expertise to help virtual content creators thrive. The company features a roster of content creators who utilize animated avatars as their public personas on platforms such as YouTube and Twitch. Co-founded by Justin “TheGunrun” Ignacio and Phillip "MowtenDoo" Fortunat, VShojo aims to innovate within the VTubing space while respecting the contributions of earlier pioneers in the field. By fostering an environment that encourages creativity and audience engagement, VShojo enables VTubers to connect with their fanbases and expand their reach across various digital platforms.

Hiber

Seed Round in 2021
Hiber is a Gothenburg-based platform that enables users to create and play 3D interactive experiences without coding across web browsers and mobile devices. Founded in 2017, it operates a social gaming and entertainment ecosystem centered on HiberWorld, a web-based environment where people can build and share 3D worlds, games, and social spaces. The platform evolved from browser-based creation to include touch-enabled mobile creation, expanding access and user-generated content to more than a million experiences such as virtual worlds, 3D hangouts, games, and interactive exhibits. Hiber supports no-code and coding options and, with AI-powered features and natural-language input, aims to let users express themselves through interactive 3D media accessible from mobile and desktop devices.

Hiber

Seed Round in 2020
Hiber is a Gothenburg-based platform that enables users to create and play 3D interactive experiences without coding across web browsers and mobile devices. Founded in 2017, it operates a social gaming and entertainment ecosystem centered on HiberWorld, a web-based environment where people can build and share 3D worlds, games, and social spaces. The platform evolved from browser-based creation to include touch-enabled mobile creation, expanding access and user-generated content to more than a million experiences such as virtual worlds, 3D hangouts, games, and interactive exhibits. Hiber supports no-code and coding options and, with AI-powered features and natural-language input, aims to let users express themselves through interactive 3D media accessible from mobile and desktop devices.

Fable Studio

Venture Round in 2020
Fable Studio, Inc. specializes in developing interactive content that leverages artificial intelligence characters within augmented and virtual reality environments. Established in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company focuses on creating immersive cinematic projects. Fable Studio is committed to nurturing characters that exhibit distinct style and approachability, allowing creator-driven teams to be agile in their creative processes and take innovative risks beyond conventional methods.

GameClub

Venture Round in 2019
GameClub Inc., founded in 2017 and based in New York, develops a mobile gaming platform that aims to revive classic and niche game genres, such as adventure, action, tower defense, and arcade games. The company focuses on providing premium mobile game experiences by utilizing the original source code of each game, updating it with modern technology while ensuring a high level of detail. GameClub’s platform offers a growing collection of quality games that are free from intrusive advertisements and microtransactions, allowing gamers to enjoy titles that are no longer widely available. In March 2022, GameClub was acquired by Take-Two Interactive Software, further enhancing its potential in the gaming industry.

YBVR

Seed Round in 2018
Founded in 2017, YBVR specializes in creating immersive video experiences for the sports industry. Its platform delivers high-quality, multi-view experiences across various devices, optimizing bandwidth usage and enhancing accessibility. YBVR has partnered with renowned organizations such as Real Madrid, Australian Open tennis, and Meta to provide immersive technology solutions.

YBVR

Convertible Note in 2018
Founded in 2017, YBVR specializes in creating immersive video experiences for the sports industry. Its platform delivers high-quality, multi-view experiences across various devices, optimizing bandwidth usage and enhancing accessibility. YBVR has partnered with renowned organizations such as Real Madrid, Australian Open tennis, and Meta to provide immersive technology solutions.

Rad

Venture Round in 2017
Rad is an innovative online entertainment platform that specializes in streaming services. It offers an app suite called Rad NFTV, which provides users access to Live TV, Premium Video, and Live Events, all accessible through non-fungible tokens (NFTs). In addition to its core offerings, Rad is associated with Littlstar, a global network focused on virtual reality, 360-degree video, and immersive experiences. This combination positions Rad as a unique player in the entertainment industry, leveraging cutting-edge technology to enhance viewer engagement and expand its content offerings.

Toonstar

Seed Round in 2017
Toonstar is a digital animation platform that enables users to livestream and record animated content by transforming themselves into cartoon characters through facial recognition. The platform offers avatar customization, voice modulation, and real-time animation capture to produce engaging, personalized animated videos for mobile audiences and social media. It focuses on rapid creation of daily interactive pop culture content and partners with creators to bring virtual influencers to life. Founded in 2014 and based in Los Angeles, Toonstar aims to simplify the production of entertaining animated experiences for communication and entertainment.
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