[The Bridge] Japanese travel log platform raises funds Incubate Fund, Recruit
Wunderlust, the startup behind the travel log platform Compathy, has allocated shares to Incubate Fund and Recruit. The amount of shares was not disclosed, but it expected that Compathy has raised tens...
View Article[The Bridge] Japanese growth hacking startup Kaizen Platform raises $5 million
Tokyo-based Kaizen Platform, the startup behind the user interface A/B testing platform PlanBCD, announced today that it has secured $5 million from Fidelity Growth Partners Japan and Gree Ventures....
View Article[The Bridge] Japanese mobile flea market app Mercari raises $14 million, will...
Tokyo-based Mercari, the startup behind the mobile flea market app of the same name, announced today it has raised 1.45 billion yen (approximately $14.1 million) from Global Brain, Globis Capital...
View ArticleSpecialist Consultation By 1 Hour, VisasQ Raises 70M Yen From 2 VCs And...
walkntalk, a startup running a social service, visasQ allowing users to receive advice from experts by the hour, raised 70 million yen in total from Venture United, CyberAgent Ventures, and individual...
View Article[The Bridge] Providing booking services for weekend leisure activities,...
Tokyo-based Catarizm, the startup behind online leisure booking site Asoview, announced today that it has raised about 200 million yen (or approximately $1.95 million) from Globis Capital Partners and...
View ArticleRecruit Establishes 5B Yen Venture Fund / Nikkei
Recruit Holdings established a new organization to invest in startups doing R&D of IT. It sets up 5 billion yen of fund to invest in 30 companies in and out of Japan within 2014. In addition to...
View Article[The Bridge] Japan’s EventRegist raises $1.6 million from Nikkei
Tokyo-based EventRegist provides a mobile app for event organizers. It lets you announce events, handle ticketing, and collect admission fees from guests. The startup announced today that it has raised...
View ArticleDocomo Ventures Invests In Eltes, Web Risk Management Service Provider / Mynavi
NTT Docomo Ventures announced investment in Eltes which provides services to prevent and countermeasure abuses on the web.Eltes cloud is a service to detect negative information for a company on web...
View Article[The Bridge] Japan’s Iemo secures funding from B Dash Ventures
Some of our readers may remember a few months back when we told you about the launch of Tokyo-based Iemo, a new curation media focused on interior decoration and housing. The company announced today it...
View Article[The Bridge] Boasting over 200K Facebook likes, cosplay photo sharing...
Ample, the Tokyo-based startup behind cosplay photo sharing platform of the same name, announced today that it has raised an undisclosed sum of funding from Japan’s online learning company Hitomedia...
View Article[The Bridge] Japanese startup Tokyo Otaku Mode raises $2.7M
Tokyo Otaku Mode, the startup behind the Japanese subculture site of the same name, announced today that it has raised series A funding worth 270 million yen. The round was led by Itochu Technogy...
View ArticleCloud-based Reservation Management, Coubic Raises From DCM And Others For...
Cloud reservation management service provider, Coubic announced fundraising 50 million yen as a seed round from Silicon Valley's venture capital, DCM and Gree Ventures.Coubic allows users to launch and...
View Article[Tech In Asia] Music startup Beatrobo gets $1.1 million funding to reinvent...
Japanese convenience store chain Lawson will announce its US$1.1 million series A investment in Tokyo-based startup Beatrobo later today, Tech in Asia has learned. Beatrobo is a global, social music...
View ArticleDentsu Digital Holdings Invests In Welby, Medical Cloud Service / Mynavi
Dentsu Digital Holdings announced investment in Welby through Dentsu Digital Fund. Welby provides cloud service to allow users to record blood glucose level and others necessary for self management of...
View ArticleCreators Match Raises 192M Yen From Nissay Capital / MarkeZine
Creators Match provides crowd sourcing service focused on production of advertisement and also runs ADFlow, a business process management platform to support a workflow of the crowd sourcing service....
View Article[The Bridge] Japanese travel startup Trippiece launches English version and a...
Tokyo-based travel startup Trippiece announced today that it has launched an English version to assist international travelers visiting Japan. Since its launch back in 2011, it has been serving...
View Article[The Bridge] Japanese apartment search portal raises $1M
Tokyo-based Chintai Joho Co., the startup behind apartment search portal Cashback Chintai, announced today that it has fundraised 100 million yen (about $975,300) from Japanese investment firm Global...
View Article[The Bridge] Japanese cloud-based accounting startup Freee raises $8M
Tokyo-based Freee, the operator of a cloud-based accounting solution of the same name, has raised $8 million from two venture capital firms, including DCM and Infinity Venture Partners. This is...
View Article[The Bridge] Japan’s news curation app Gunosy launches English version for...
Tokyo-based Gunosy, the startup behind the news curation app of the same name, launched an iOS app for the UK market this week. This version lets you to curate updates and articles from about 500...
View ArticleAiming To Become Google For Outdoor, Search Places In 5 Min Walk, Pathee...
tritrue, which runs Pathee allowing users to search places within a five minutes walk fundraises 130 million yen from Opt and Daiwa PI Partners. Pathee focuses on search with a smartphone outdoor....
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