CyberAgent Invest In Smartphone Ads Startup In Silicon Valley / MarkeZine
CyberAgent invests in URX Inc., retargeting advertising focused on mobile apps. It is the first investing deal for CyberAgent in Silicon Valley. Its advertising technology division partners with URX...
View ArticleSocial Media Marketing, Allied Architects Goes IPO On Mothers / Venture Now
Allied Architects was founded on August 2005. It runs social media marketing services centered around Monipla Fun Blog which is a community platform allowing business customer to do marketing and sales...
View ArticleZIGExN To Be Listed On Mothers At November 22 / Cnet Japan
ZIGExN was founded as a joint venture between Drecom and Recruit Group under the name of Drecom Generated Media. From 2008, it has operated vertical search service enabling to search across multi net...
View Article[The Bridge] Japanese business reporting tool Gamba raises $200,000 from...
Yokohama-based Gamba, the startup behind the business reporting tool of the same name, announced today that it has raised $20 million yen (approximately $200,00) from Skyland Ventures, a Japanese...
View Article[The Bridge] Japanese personal accounting startup Money Forward raises $5...
Tokyo-based Money Forward, the startup behind the personal accounting app of the same name, announced today that it has raised 500 million yen ($5 million) from Japanese investment company Jafco. Money...
View Article[The Bridge] Japanese mobile payments processor Coiney secures $8M in funding
Japan’s Nikkei reported that Tokyo-based mobile payments processor Coiney will soon raise up to 800 million yen (approximately $8 million) from Innovation Network Corporation of Japan, the country’s...
View ArticleSNS Platform, Revolver Raises 52.5M / Venture Now
Revolver announced fundraising of 52.5 million yen from CyberAgent Ventures, Mizuho Capital and E-Guardian. The company develops and operates a platform allowing celebrities and luxury brands to build...
View ArticleCloud Business Card Management, Sansan Forms Capital Alliance With Salesforce...
Sansan provides business card management service which allows users to share their human network in their company by scanning business cards. It keeps the data up-to-date with patented technology to...
View ArticleStock Photos Service, PIXTA Raises 70M Yen / Cnet Japan
Stock photos, videos, and illustrations sales site, PIXTA revealed fundraising from Globis Capital and others to secure 70 million yen. In addition, it launched a subsidiary in Singapore to expand...
View ArticleQuan Fundraises From Daiwa PI Partners And Others / Cnet Japan
Quan announced finance from Daiwa PI Partners and Mitsubishi UFJ Capital. Quan was founded in August 2011 to develop services for smartphone.The company partners with Thai largest telecom operator, AIS...
View Article[The Bridge] Japan’s Meetrip acquired by social game developer Donuts,...
Meetrip is a service that gives you a chance to discover authentic travel experiences arranged by locals in 14 cities across Asia. Tokyo-based Duckdive, the startup behind the service, announced today...
View ArticleE-coupon, Moggy Fundraises From Interspace / Cnet Japan
Moggy revealed fundraising from Interspace. The amount is not disclosed but it is considered to be around several tens of million yen.Moggy provides electric coupon service for smartphones. Shops can...
View ArticleWeb conferencing, V-cube Goes IPO On Mothers / Venture Now
TV and web conferencing solution provider, V-cube is accepted for IPO on Mothers market. The planned date is December 10th....V-cube was founded in October 1998 as V-cube Net. It became a corporation...
View ArticleReal Estate Portal, O-uccino To Be Listed On Mothers / Venture Now
Real estate information sites operator, O-uccino will go to be listed on Mothers on December 11th.O-uccino was established in April 2003 as Home Advisor. In addition to a portal of newly built...
View Article[The Bridge] Leading Mark raises 50 million yen, launches online platform for...
Tokyo-based startup Leading Mark, announced on November 5th that it has launched an alpha version of Recme, an online platform that aims to create a more efficient recruitment process. The company also...
View Article[The Bridge] Japan’s Toyro brings life insurance online, raises funds from...
Toyro, a startup which operates an online insurance products platform called Insnext, announced that it has raised funds from CyberAgent Ventures, a figure in the tens of millions yen. Toyro is a...
View ArticleReal Estate Support Service, Itandi Raises 300M Yen From Globis and Nissay...
Itandi announced fundraising from Globis Capital Partners, Nissay Capital, and SMBC Venture Capital.Itandi runs HEYAZINE, a rent information portal site placing only properties from real estate...
View ArticleINCJ Invests In Global Brain's Fund As LP / Cnet Japan
Innovation Network Corporation of Japan, a manager of Japanese government owned fund, announced investment up to 10 billion yen in a new fund established by Global Brain, which is a venture capital to...
View Article[Sd] Japanese crowdsourcing platform ‘Crowdworks’ raises $10.7 million
Tokyo-based Crowdworks, the startup behind the crowdsourcing platform of the same name, announced today it has raised 1.1 biillion yen ($10.7 million) from CyberAgent, DG Incubation, and Dentsu Digital...
View Article[Sd] Japan-based restaurant finder app Retty raises $3.2M
Tokyo-based Retty, the startup behind the restaurant finder app of the same name, announced today that it has raised 330 million yen (approximately $3.2 million) in a series B round from Itochu...
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