[Sd] Japan’s Netprice.com invests in Turkey’s largest price comparison site...
Japanese e-commerce and incubation company Netprice.com announced today that it has invested in Turkey’s largest price comparison site Akakce.com, establishing a strategic partnership at the same time....
View Article[Sd] Japanese crowdsourcing marketplace Lancers raises $2.9 million
Japanese crowdsourcing marketplace Lancers announced today that it has raised 300 million yen ($2.9 million) from Globis Capital Partners (GCP) and GMO Venture Partners (GMO-VP). Coinciding with this...
View Article[Sd] Japanese mobile livestreaming app TwitCasting raises $634,000
Japanese mobile livestreaming app TwitCasting announced today that it has raised 64.8 million yen (approximately $634,000) from East Ventures, as well as Japanese serial entrepreneur Masao Ito who runs...
View Article[Sd] After announcing new CEO last week, Japan’s Mixi invests in two startups
In the wake of announcing a new CEO last week, Japanese social network company Mixi (TYO:2121) continued a busy month by announced investments in two startups today. At its financial results briefing,...
View ArticleTranslation Management System, Yaraku Raises Around 100M Yen From VCs And...
Crowd based translation management system, WorldJumper operator, Yaraku announced fundraising of 108 million yen from Nissay Capital, Nippon Venture Capital, and others. With the capital, it aims to...
View ArticleResarch and Innovation Raises Capital From 3 Venture Capitals / PR TIMES
My comment operator, Research and Innovation conducted allocation of new shares to Mizuho Capital, SMBC Venture Capital, and KLab Ventures.Mycomment is an experience-based research service enabling to...
View Article[Sd] Japanese voice-acting service adds new languages, announces investment
Voip is a crowdsourcing service for voice-acting work. Since its launch back in January, it has acquired more than 1,500 registered actors in partnership with actor agencies and vocational schools. The...
View Article[Tech In Asia] Thailand’s Wongnai Receives Series A Investment from Japan’s...
Founded in 2010, Thailand-based restaurant review startup Wongnai has today announced that it has just concluded a Series A financing round from Japan’s Recruit Strategic Partners (RSP), a subsidiary...
View Article[TechCrunch] SoftBank Capital Raises $50M To Invest Exclusively In New York...
SoftBank Capital, the investment arm of Japanese mega-carrier Softbank Corp., has just announced that they’ve raised $50 million that they plan to invest entirely into early-stage New York startups....
View Article[Sd] Japanese data analysis startup pLucky raises funds from CyberAgent Ventures
pLucky is the Tokyo-based startup behind the user behavior analysis tool Slash-7. The company announced today that it has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from CyberAgent Ventures. We figure...
View ArticleShinsei Bank Invests 10B Yen In Startups / Nikkei
Shinsei Bank plans to invest 10 billion yen within the next three years in startups through a subsidiary, Shinsei Corporate Investment which was established in last Novemeber. For the first deal, it...
View ArticleSkype English Lesson, Rarejob Raises 330M Yen From KDDI, YJ Capital,...
Online English lesson, Rarejob fundraised 330 million yen by allocation of new shares to KDDI Open Innovation Fund, YJ Capital, Cyber Agent, Cyber Agent Ventures, Global Brain, and Mitsubishi UFJ...
View Article[Tech In Asia] Property Marketplace UrbanIndo Raises Series A Round From GREE...
Indonesian online real estate marketplace UrbanIndo has concluded a series A financing round led by Japan-based GREE Ventures. IMJ Fenox, a new fund focusing on Southeast Asia markets has also...
View Article[TechCrunch] Watch Out Amazon, Japan’s Rakuten Buys E-Commerce Fulfillment...
Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten is acquiring Webgistix, a U.S.-based logistics and services company specializing in fulfillment technology for e-commerce retailers. The acquisition is Rakuten’s...
View ArticleCookpad Has 950,000 Premium Users / Venture Now
Cookpad announced financial result ending April 2013. The current earnings increased by 41.6% from last year to have 2.71 billion yen. Premium users increase steadily to surpass 950,000. The revenue...
View ArticleMetaps Releases spike, Free Online Credit Payment Service / Cnet Japan
Metaps launched closed beta version of spike, free online payment service on June 17th. It is provided for invited users only at this moment. Since it is in the process of applying international...
View Article[Sd] Japanese accounting solution provider, A-SaaS, raises $6.6 million
Accounting SaaS Japan, or A-SaaS for short, is a Tokyo-based startup providing solutions to Japanese accounting firms. The startup announced that today it has raised 625 million yen (approximately $6.6...
View Article[Sd] Japan’s e-commerce service Locondo raises $6.3 million from Excite Japan...
Locondo is a shoes and fashion e-commerce service that says it allows consumers to ‘buy first and than choose.’ Readers may recall that we recently featured the company after it partnered with Spanish...
View Article[Sd] Japanese online ticket startup EventRegist receives seed investment
EventRegist is a Tokyo-based startup providing an online ticket issuing and management system for organizers of events and meetups. The startup announced yesterday it has raised seed investment from...
View Article[Sd] Japan’s Street Academy raises $420,000
IntheStreet, the startup behind private lesson marketplace Street Academy, announced today that it has raised 40 million yen (approximately $420,000) from CyberAgent Ventures, Genuine Startups , and...
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