News Share x facebook whatsapp Posted byMasaru IkedaSep 23, 2018Payke mobile shopping assistant for foreign visitors in Japan raises $9 millionSee the original story in Japanese. Tokyo- and Okinawa-based Payke, the Japanese startup behind a mobile…
News Share x facebook whatsapp Posted bykigoyamaSep 13, 2018Japan’s HiNative Q&A app for language learning hits 3.4M registered users, raises $6MSee the original story in Japanese. Tokyo-based Lang-8, the company behind a Q&A app for language…
Interview / News Share x facebook whatsapp Posted byMasaru IkedaSep 12, 2018Japan’s Cluster secures $3.6M series B to develop own VR live show contentSee the original story in Japanese. Tokyo-based Cluster, the Japanese startup behind the social VR (virtual…
News Share x facebook whatsapp Posted byMasaru IkedaSep 9, 2018Japanese personal data storage startup Datasign launches password manager appSee the original story in Japanese. Tokyo-based DataSign, a startup offering a service for managing and…
News Share x facebook whatsapp Posted byMasaru IkedaSep 3, 2018Senri, sales optimization tool for FMCG firms in Africa, raises $7.2M from Japanese VCsSee the original story in Japanese. Nairobi-based Africa Incubator (Afri-inc), the Kenyan startup offering the Senri…
News Share x facebook whatsapp Posted bykigoyamaSep 2, 2018Activ8 raises $5.4M from Gumi, Makers Fund; expands ‘Virtual YouTuber’ businessSee the original story in Japanese. Tokyo-based Activ8 (pronounced ‘activate’), the Japanese startup behind the Upd8…
News Share x facebook whatsapp Posted byMasaru IkedaAug 27, 2018Japan’s Leapfrog Ventures invests in Kenya-based sales bot and SaaS startup BiasharaSee the original story in Japanese. Three months have passed since we first covered Leapfrog Ventures…
News Share x facebook whatsapp Posted byMasaru IkedaAug 24, 2018Japan’s influencer marketing startup BitStar secures $12M series C led by Global BrainSee the original story in Japanese. Tokyo-based BitStar, develoing the BitStar influencer support platform and the…
News Share x facebook whatsapp Posted byThe BridgeAug 23, 2018Japan’s Metro Engines raises $6.3M, offers hotels with AI-powered pricing optimizationSee the original story in Japanese. Tokyo-based Metro Engines, the Japanese startup offering Dynamic Pricing functions…
News Share x facebook whatsapp Posted byMasaru IkedaAug 23, 2018Ex-Tech in Asia editor launches his startup, aims to attract more people with craft beersSee the original story in Japanese. Entrepreneurs are often eccentric, and that may be a kind…