Anique operates services that breathe life into popular Japanese IP through digital art collection platforms, curated merchandise, and experiential events. The company has recently expanded into physical experiences, including its immersive “洒落CAFE,” a matcha-focused café concept that blends pop culture with dining. Leveraging technologies such as AI, VR, and other immersive tools, Anique enables fans worldwide to interact with characters and purchase goods even when they cannot visit in person. Its products already have sales traction in China, the United States, and South Korea, and management plans to accelerate localization, logistics, and marketing in each region. The firm is entering a “second founding” phase, recruiting key talent across CFO/COO roles, creative, merchandise development, and global business. Capital from the latest round will fund global expansion, further build out dining and spatial design projects, and deepen co-creative planning with rights holders. Headquartered in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Anique positions itself as a bridge delivering Japanese pop-culture experiences to a global audience.

Total raised

$8M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series B

Latest activity

Feb 2026