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Gaudiy Financial Labs, Inc. — JVCEA Type-II Member (Web3 IP Platform Operator)

Confidence: Likely Updated 2026-05-18 Review by 2026-08-08 Sources 10 Machine-translated Original (JA)
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FSA Registration Number Not disclosed (Type-II Member = application in preparation or planned) · JVCEA Member #2033 (Type-II Member) · Parent Group: Gaudiy Group, Inc. (formerly Gaudiy, Inc.)

Gaudiy Financial Labs, Inc. was established as the financial infrastructure subsidiary of Gaudiy Group, Inc. — a startup in the Web3 × IP fan-economy space that is not itself a crypto asset exchange operator. Its membership in the JVCEA as a Type-II member is positioned as preparatory licensing work for the group to build infrastructure for fan tokens and crypto asset-related services connecting IP holders with fans. The business model differs substantially from existing crypto asset exchanges (Type-I members); the primary purpose is understood to be the expansion of financial capabilities within a B2B IP community platform.

1. Corporate Entity and Shareholders

  • Trade name (JVCEA-registered name): Gaudiy Financial Labs, Inc.
  • Parent entity: Gaudiy Group, Inc. (formerly: Gaudiy, Inc.) — located in Kanda-Kajichō, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; unlisted startup
  • Date of incorporation (parent company): 2018 年 5 月 (incorporation of Gaudiy Group; incorporation date of Gaudiy Financial Labs itself: not disclosed; the freee public-notice page shows the 1th- and 2th-fiscal-year financial statements)
  • Registered office (Gaudiy Financial Labs): 6-7 5F, 3-chome, Kanda-Kajichō, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (JVCEA-registered address)
  • Parent company’s registered office: Kanda-Kajichō, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (same address on JVCEA)
  • Shareholders and ownership ratios: Gaudiy Group is understood to be the principal shareholder; details not publicly disclosed
  • Major shareholders of Gaudiy Group (disclosed as of 2025年5月):
    • Sony Group (newly joined in 2025年 Pre-Series C)
    • Bandai Namco Holdings (participant from 2022年 Series B)
    • STRIVE, JAFCO (follow-on investors from Series A)
    • SBI Investment, KDDI, Sony Music Entertainment
    • Sanrio, Mitsubishi UFJ Innovation Partners, Mizuho Capital
    • Akatsuki, Anime Times, Coamix, Kodansha, Shueisha, Shogakukan, Bushiroad (newly joined in 2025年 share exchange)
  • Listed status: Unlisted

2. Licences and Registration

  • Crypto Asset Exchange Business (FSA): Not disclosed — JVCEA Type-II membership signifies “registration applied for or planned”; no FSA formal registration number is recorded on the JVCEA page or official website
  • JVCEA Membership: Type-II Member #2033 (1社 of 4社)
  • Financial Instruments Business / Electronic Payment Means Exchange Business / Funds Transfer Business: none disclosed
  • Type-II Member status: Under JVCEA rules, this category is for operators “currently applying for, or intending to apply for, registration as a crypto asset exchange operator or crypto asset-related derivatives dealer.” No FSA formal registration can be confirmed as of 2026-05-18

3. Handled Currencies

  • As of the present (2026-05-18), no fact of having launched official crypto asset exchange services can be confirmed
  • The “Gaudiy Fanlink” platform operated by Gaudiy Group has a mechanism allowing IP holders to issue and grant their own fan tokens. These differ from “handled instruments” in the crypto asset exchange business context but are expected to require regulatory compliance once their status as crypto assets is formalised
  • Number of handled instruments / major instruments: not disclosed

4. Business Scope

Gaudiy Financial Labs is positioned as the financial infrastructure component of the parent group’s Web3 × IP business model. The principal businesses operated by parent Gaudiy Group are as follows:

Gaudiy Fanlink (flagship SaaS)

  • Provides B2B fan co-creation community platforms to IP holders (publishers, anime and game companies, etc.)
  • Delivers one-stop implementation of token issuance, fan-contribution evaluation, point design, and NFT issuance using blockchain technology
  • Builds an economic ecosystem for each IP by combining proprietary blockchain with generative AI
  • IP deployments (public examples): Shueisha’s “Shōnen Jump+,” Sanrio, Bandai Namco Entertainment (“World of Denon-bu”), Aniplex, Sony Music Entertainment, KONAMI (“Qto”), and others

Gaudiy Financial Labs (JVCEA-registered entity)

  • Mission stated as creating new financial infrastructure for the Web3 era (official website)
  • Building the tokenomics foundation to convert fan passion and contributions into “economic value”
  • Oriented toward future support for IP-specific token listings and provision of trading infrastructure (stated explicitly in past Series B announcements)

MyAnimeList

  • Owns a subsidiary operating one of the world’s largest anime/manga community sites, with big data on 240 countries and 12 億 titles (acquisition timing and amount not disclosed)

Gaudiy US Inc. (established 2023 年, New York State)

  • Established as a North American base; part of global expansion

Fiat deposit channels / margin trading / derivatives: not disclosed (prior to formal launch of crypto asset exchange operations)

5. Market Share and Trading Volume

6. History and Key Events

PeriodEvent
2018 年 5 月Gaudiy established (founder: Yūya Ishikawa). Started with protocol/application development and consulting applying blockchain technology
2019 年 1 月Launched “Mainichi Shimbun Blockchain Lab” with Mainichi Shimbun. Joint research with Hakuhodo began from 2
2019 年 2 月Seed round raised: third-party allotment to JAFCO, Mainichi Mirai Sōzō Lab, and gumi chairman Hironao Kunimitsu (amount and valuation undisclosed)
2020 年 7 月Jointly developed and published a paper on a new auction method for blockchain content sales with Keio Professor Toyotaka Sakai. Office relocated the same month
2022 年 6 月Series B1 (1st Close) raised 25 億円: STRIVE, JAFCO, SBI Investment, KDDI, and Bandai Namco Entertainment participated. Cumulative funding 28 億円
2022 年 6 月Announced NFT project “World of Denon-bu” with Bandai Namco
2022 年 8 月Series B2 (2nd Close) raised 9 億円: Sony Music Entertainment, Mitsubishi UFJ Innovation Partners, Sanrio, and Mizuho Capital participated. Cumulative funding 37 億円
2022 年 8 月Announced collaboration with Sanrio in the Web3 domain (global rollout of character community services)
2023 年Established Gaudiy US Inc. in New York State, USA
2023 年Partnership with KONAMI in the Web3 domain; jointly developed “Qto,” a creator-economy platform for music creation
Around 2024 年 11 月Gaudiy Financial Labs, Inc. registered as JVCEA Type-II Member #2033 (estimated from the date of listing on the JVCEA website; official admission date not disclosed)
2025 年 5 月 8 日Pre-Series C round raised 100 億円: Sony Group and Bandai Namco Holdings subscribed to the third-party allotment; Akatsuki, Anime Times, Coamix, Kodansha, Shueisha, Shogakukan, and Bushiroad joined as shareholders via share exchange. Cumulative funding reached 134 億円
As of 2026-05-18FSA registration for Gaudiy Financial Labs remains unconfirmed

Major incidents / administrative actions: None disclosed (as of 2026-05-18)

7. Strategic Developments

  • Use of Pre-Series C proceeds (announced 2025 年 5 月): Large-scale investment in existing services and M&A; global expansion through additional overseas bases; Web3/AI-related R&D and engineer hiring; launch of social and educational ventures. A second close was also planned within the year
  • Capital partnerships with major publishers and entertainment companies: With Shueisha, Kodansha, Shogakukan, Bandai Namco HD, Sony Group, and others as shareholders, the structure substantially lowers the barrier to collaboration with content IP holders
  • Dual pillars of AI × blockchain: In addition to the proprietary blockchain, the company is commercialising analysis of fan behaviour data and optimisation of reward design using large language models. Internal labs — “Gaudiy AI Lab” and “Gaudiy Web3 Lab” — drive R&D
  • Global expansion as a priority: Explicitly signalled entry into global IP markets, including the New York base (Gaudiy US) and Southeast Asia (from 2023 年 onward)
  • Leveraging MyAnimeList: Oriented toward expanding the IP fan economy through synergies with the global platform holding 12 億 titles of anime/manga viewing data
  • Support for IP-specific token listings: From the Series B announcement stage (2022 年), the company has publicly stated that it aims “in the medium to long term to support listing of tokens unique to each IP”; Gaudiy Financial Labs’ JVCEA registration is consistent with this direction

8. Key Persons

  • Yūya Ishikawa: Representative Director CEO and founder of Gaudiy Group, Inc. Has served as representative since the company’s founding in 2018 年. Drives academic collaboration with Keio professors and capital partnerships with major entertainment companies under the banner of “creating a fan-nation”
  • Toyotaka Sakai: Professor, Keio University; Economic Design Advisor (appointed 2019 年, confirmed in official PR Times release). A leading authority in institutional design and auction theory, collaborates on Gaudiy’s tokenomics design
  • Representative director and officers of Gaudiy Financial Labs: not disclosed (as of 2026-05-18)

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