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B2B marketplace for deadstock apparel wins Starburst accelerator 5th Demoday in...
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StarBurst is the Tokyo-based seed accelerator managed by ProtoStar. The accelerator held its 5th Demo Day in Tokyo in...
Senri, sales optimization tool for FMCG firms in Africa, raises $7.2M...
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Nairobi-based Africa Incubator (Afri-inc), the Kenyan startup offering the Senri sales optimization platform for manufacturing and distribution businesses in...
Activ8 raises $5.4M from Gumi, Makers Fund; expands ‘Virtual YouTuber’ business
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Tokyo-based Activ8 (pronounced 'activate'), the Japanese startup behind the Upd8 (pronounced 'update') 'Virtual YouTuber' supporting project, announced on Tuesday...
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Drone Fund announces $27M second fund; Japan soccer star Honda joins as investor
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Japan’s Drone Fund, the fund led by the Japanese angel investor Kotaro Chiba focusing on investment into drone startups, last...
Meet six teams from Mitsubishi UFJ’s 3rd acceleration batch in Tokyo
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Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), a bank holding company with its core commercial banking subsidiary The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi...
SynchroLife, blockchain-based restaurant discovery app from Japan, raises $720K
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Tokyo-based Ginkan, developing and offering an AI-powered social restaurant discovery app called SynchroLife, announced on Friday that it has...
Leapfrog Ventures makes first investment in Africa, backs regional FinTech startup Exuus
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Our readers may recall that we have covered Takuma Terakubo, formerly working for Tokyo-based startup incubator Samurai Incubate, has...
Japan’s Spectee, news video aggregator for press, ready for North America expansion
This is a guest post authored by “Tex” Pomeroy. He is a Tokyo-based writer specializing in ICT and high technology.
Spectee, at an OrangeFab meetup...