See the original story in Japanese. Tokyo- and Okinawa-based Payke, the Japanese startup behind a mobile shopping assistant app ( iOS / Android) for foreign visitors to Japan under the same name, ...
See the original story in Japanese. Tokyo-based Activ8 (pronounced ‘activate’), the Japanese startup behind the Upd8 (pronounced ‘update’) ‘Virtual YouTuber’ supporting project, announced on Wednesday ...
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 ...
See the original story in Japanese. Kyoto Fusioneering, a developer of key components for fusion reactors, announced on Tuesday that it has completed its second Series C extension round, raising 1.07 ...
This guest post is authored by Mark Bivens. Mark is a Silicon Valley native and former entrepreneur, having started three companies before “turning to the dark side of VC.” As is customary, we are ...
Colega AI, which provides the AI agent service allowing easy LINE-based social media operation and analysis for restaurants using proprietary AI, announced on the 5th securing funding from Taiwan and ...
東急建設は12日、グローバル・ブレインと共同で設立したTOKYU-CNST GB Innovation Fund(東急建設-GBイノベーション投資事業有限責任組合)が、低炭素合成燃料製造の米スタートアップ、Twelve ...
Kenichiro Toyosato gave opening remarks at KozaRocks 2024. Shinryo means a bridge connecting ports and reflects Okinawa’s historical role as a trade hub between Japan and other Asian countries.
Tokyo-based Crowd Credit, the Japanese startup behind a cross-border peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform under the same name, announced on Thursday that it will be fully acquired by Osaka-based ...
On the 11th, Bandai Namco Entertainment announced the renaming and expansion of its startup investment fund, now called the Bandai Namco 021 Fund, increasing its investment capacity to over ¥6 billion ...
Pairs is a Facebook-based dating and marriage hunting app launched in 2012 and has acquired over 1.5 million users in Japan and 800,000 users in Taiwan to date. Couple is a memory-sharing and ...
Online dating sites like Match.com don’t really have clear equivalents in Japan, at least not ones that people talk about using openly. Online dating is still less common here and even a little ...