{"site":"Yomimono","license":"CC BY 4.0 (citation required)","generated_at":"2026-05-22T19:39:34.135Z","story":{"id":"r_1ea08e653ac540fe8d1de00b","slug":"brave-group-and-sbi-holdings-enter-strategic-partnership-talks-for-vtuber","url":"https://yomimono.id/brave-group-and-sbi-holdings-enter-strategic-partnership-talks-for-vtuber","headline":"Brave Group and SBI Holdings Enter Strategic Partnership Talks for VTuber Business","summary":"Brave Group, operator of VTuber projects Vspo! and HIMEHINA, announced on May 19 it has begun discussions toward a strategic partnership with SBI Holdings. Capital participation by SBI Group is also under consideration. The companies plan to explore collaboration combining SBI Neo Media Holdings' esports and VTuber operations with Brave Group's IP, metaverse, and overseas expansion.","why_it_matters":"The partnership would join a VTuber operator that just raised 8 billion yen in Series E funding with a financial conglomerate already deepening its entertainment bets, signaling a new scale of capital integration in the VTuber space.","published_at":"2026-05-20T05:18:31.000Z","source_count":1,"sources":["KAI-YOU"],"citations":[{"source":"KAI-YOU","title":"Brave Group to Realize Strategic Partnership with SBI Holdings, Collaborate on VTuber Business","url":"https://kai-you.net/article/95446"}],"license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"business","domain":"vtuber","is_roundup":false}}}