[The Bridge] Japanese startup raises funding for a new kind of interactive...
Japanese startup Byus today launched the beta version of its interactive news service. The company also announced that it has secured an undisclosed sum of funding from Venture United, Incubate Fund,...
View Article[The Bridge] Japan’s flea market app 10sec raises $1.6 million from CyberAgent
Japanese startup 10sec operates a mobile flea market for the US market. Today the company announced that it has raised 160 million yen (about $1.6 million) from Japanese internet company CyberAgent...
View Article[Tech In Asia] Korean file-sharing app Send Anywhere nabs $1M in funding from...
ESTmob, the Seoul-based team behind file-sharing app Send Anywhere revealed today it has completed a US$1 million seed round led by Rakuten Ventures. ESTmob cofounder Suhyuk Kang tells Tech in Asia...
View Article[The Bridge] Japanese mobile game giant Donuts invests in app developer Nagisa
Tokyo-based Donuts, a mobile game developer and the creator of the video app MixChannel, announced today that it has invested an undisclosed sum in Nagisa. Details of this investment were not disclosed...
View Article[Tech In Asia] Japan’s BASE raises $3 million from Global Brain, eyes...
Tokyo-based startup BASE, a company that aims to help users to create an ecommerce website within 30 seconds has raised $3 million from Global Brain. Founded in December 2012 by Yuta Tsuruoka and...
View Article[The Bridge] GREE Ventures closes $50M fund to target Asian startups
GREE Ventures has just announced the initial closing of its second fund. Dubbed the AT-I Investment Limited Partnership, this is a 5 billion yen fund (or about $50 million) which it will use to target...
View Article[TechCrunch] Japanese Contact-Management Service Sansan Raises $14M To Tackle...
Sansan Inc., a cloud contact-management service, has raised $14 million in funding led by DCM. The Tokyo-based startup plans to use the capital to break into the U.S. market this month, as expand in...
View Article[The Bridge] Japanese adtech startup FreakOut has filed for an IPO
Japanese ad platform operator FreakOut applied and was approved for an IPO on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers Market today. The company is expected to be listed on June 24th, with plans to offer...
View Article[The Bridge] Japanese mobile app developer raises $14M, sets up shop in Taiwan
Tokyo-based mobile app developer Akatsuki announced today that it has raised 1.4 billion yen (or about $14 million) from Globis and Link and Motivation. The company plans to accelerate its...
View Article[The Bridge] Japanese family photo service Kiddy raises $500,000, poised for...
Tokyo-based Compath.me, the startup behind family photo sharing platform Kiddy, announced today that it has raised 50 million yen (about $492,000) from Japanese internet company United. The company was...
View ArticleKaonavi Raises 100M Yen From Daiwa PI Partners And NVCC / Venture Now
Cloud-based human resource management service, Kaonavi announced about 100 million yen of fundraising from Daiwa PI Partners and an existing investor, Nippon Venture Capital. ...Kaonavi is a human...
View Article[The Bridge] Japanese internet company Voyage Group files for IPO
Tokyo-based Voyage Group, the internet company best known for the e-commerce and shopping portal EC Navi, has announced that it has been approved for an IPO on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers market...
View Article[The Bridge] Japan’s English learning platform provider Rarejob files for IPO
Tokyo-based English learning platform Rarejob has been approved for an IPO on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers market today. Since its launch back in October of 2007, the company has hired native...
View Article[The Bridge] Japan’s Metaps acquires app ranking and analytics site App Data...
Tokyo-based Metaps, the company behind the app monetization platform of the same name, announced yesterday that it has acquired app ranking and analytics site App Data Bank. Since its launch back in...
View Article[The Bridge] Japan’s deli food delivery company Okan raises from CyberAgent...
Our readers may recall we told you that Tokyo-based startup Okan has launched delivery service for Japanese deli foods for corporate customers. The company announced today that it has raised an...
View Article[The Bridge] Japan’s handmade item marketplace Creema fundraises $1 million...
Tokyo-based Creema, the startup behind the C2C marketplace for handmade items, announced today that it has raised 100 million yen (about $1 million) from KDDI Open Innovation Fund. The company plans to...
View Article[The Bridge] Japan’s social media recruitment consultancy fundraises from...
Tokyo-based Social Recruiting, the startup that provides consultation about recruitment using social media services, announced today that it has fundraised from Japanese investment firm Global Brain....
View Article[The Bridge] Japan’s mobile app developer Ignis files for IPO
Tokyo-based mobile app developer Ignis announced yesterday that it has been approved for an IPO on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers Market. The company will be listed on July 15th. Since its launch...
View Article[The Bridge] CyberAgent Ventures forms $50 million fund to invest in more...
Japan’s startup-focused investment firm CyberAgent Ventures announced today that it has formed a new fund worth 5 billion yen (about $50 million) called CA Startup Internet Fund No.2. This is because...
View Article[the Bridge] Japan’s crowdsourced housekeeping platform Casy fundraises from...
Tokyo-based Casy, the startup offering crowdsourced housekeeping services under the same name, was officially launched today and also announced that it has raised an undisclosed sum of investment from...
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