Roblox studio WAKA adds $2.9M, hitting US$3.85M total raised
What's the deal? WAKADealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, a Tokyo-based studio building games on Roblox, has raised an additional US$3.46M (roughly $2.9 million) in an early-stage round. The funding came from an equity investment by TOKIDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → plus debt financing from Mizuho BankDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → and Hokkoku Bank. Its cumulative debt and equity raised now stands at US$3.85M.
What does WAKA do? The company develops, operates, and acquires games on Roblox, calling itself an "immersive content studio." It publishes official games tied to anime and manga, and buys existing popular titles to run and grow them.
Why now? The round follows a June 2026 raise and comes at a higher valuation than the previous financing — an up round. In September 2026, WAKA announced official Roblox games for the anime "Gintama" and "Black Clover," and said it had acquired a Roblox game with about two million daily active users.
What's the endgame? Chief executive officer Keita Noda, 19, founded WAKA at 15 and has since pivoted the business twice. The new capital will fund WAKA's global development and operations, further acquisitions, and growth support for existing titles.
What's next? Noda framed the current stage as only the beginning, saying the company will need "tens of billions of yen" to pursue bigger challenges. He is now seeking a chief financial officer to lead capital strategy, large financings, and M&A.
The signal: The raise lands in the middle of the pack by size, at roughly the 51st percentile among comparable rounds. For a teenage-founded studio betting on Roblox as a global content platform, the modest cheque and bank-backed debt suggest steady scaling rather than a moonshot — with the larger ambitions still ahead.
Read more: prtimes.jp
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