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Fuji TV and Sega Networks invest in Goopa’s game-focused crowdfunding site Crowdrive

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Fuji Startup Ventures, the investment arm of Japan’s Fuji TV Network, and Japanese gaming company Sega Networks announced today that they have invested in Tokyo-based startup Goopa. Investment details have not been disclosed. Goopa is best known for its anime-focused crowdfunding site Anipipo but is planning to launch a game-focused crowdfunding site called Crowdrive in late October. See also: Support your favorite anime artists: Crowdfunding site Anipipo finally launches Goopa was launched by Japanese entrepreneur Hiroaki Taira. In addition to Taira, the board members include two young Thai entrepreneurs Vincent Sethiwan and Permsiri Tiyavutiroj, who are known for running the LaunchPad incubation space in Bangkok. The startup primarily conducts business development in Tokyo, and system development in Bangkok. Goopa previously fundraised 4.5 million yen (approximately $45,000) from Tokyo startup incubator Samurai Incubate last year.

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Fuji Startup Ventures, the investment arm of Japan’s Fuji TV Network, and Japanese gaming company Sega Networks announced today that they have invested in Tokyo-based startup Goopa. Investment details have not been disclosed. Goopa is best known for its anime-focused crowdfunding site Anipipo but is planning to launch a game-focused crowdfunding site called Crowdrive in late October.

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Goopa was launched by Japanese entrepreneur Hiroaki Taira. In addition to Taira, the board members include two young Thai entrepreneurs Vincent Sethiwan and Permsiri Tiyavutiroj, who are known for running the LaunchPad incubation space in Bangkok. The startup primarily conducts business development in Tokyo, and system development in Bangkok.

Goopa previously fundraised 4.5 million yen (approximately $45,000) from Tokyo startup incubator Samurai Incubate last year.

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In Japan, Sega Networks hits the pub to promote its mobile soccer game

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Sega Networks will hold a collaboration event in the month of June around its mobile soccer game ‘Saka tsuku shoot’ [1] here in Japan with the British pub franchise The Hub, across its 66 locations in the country. When a customer buys a drink, they’ll receive a card with a serial code, which could mean a rare player addition for gamers if they’re lucky. Also in June, there will be a ‘Hub Cup’ held within the game itself, where players can also get rare ‘gacha’ cards for a chance to get new players for use in the game. With the World Cup starting next month, I assume that the Hub will see lots of customers (the time difference with Brazil is a bit rough), and perhaps these are just the audience that Sega is trying to reach. It’s a smart maneuver on the part of Sega Networks to get their game in front of enthusiastic football fans. The sports title was released by Sega Networks late last year, peaking as the number one iOS sports app in Japan back on May 15th, and as the fourth ranked Android sports game in Japan this past Monday (May 26th). If you’d like…

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Sega Networks will hold a collaboration event in the month of June around its mobile soccer game ‘Saka tsuku shoot’ [1] here in Japan with the British pub franchise The Hub, across its 66 locations in the country.

When a customer buys a drink, they’ll receive a card with a serial code, which could mean a rare player addition for gamers if they’re lucky. Also in June, there will be a ‘Hub Cup’ held within the game itself, where players can also get rare ‘gacha’ cards for a chance to get new players for use in the game.

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With the World Cup starting next month, I assume that the Hub will see lots of customers (the time difference with Brazil is a bit rough), and perhaps these are just the audience that Sega is trying to reach. It’s a smart maneuver on the part of Sega Networks to get their game in front of enthusiastic football fans.

The sports title was released by Sega Networks late last year, peaking as the number one iOS sports app in Japan back on May 15th, and as the fourth ranked Android sports game in Japan this past Monday (May 26th).

If you’d like to try out the game for yourself, it’s a free download for both iOS and Android. Check out the game’s promo trailer below.

Via Gamebiz

  1. This title does not translate well.  ↩

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Sega Networks invests in and partners with Japanese mobile app developer MyNet

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Tokyo-based mobile game developer MyNet recently announced it has raised an undisclosed sum of investment from Japanese gaming giant Sega Networks. The two companies say they will join forces to develop more gaming apps. Since its launch back in July of 2006, MyNet had been providing customer relationship management solutions to restaurants and retailers. However, they sold their CRM solutions to Yahoo Japan and changed their focus to social games development early last year. Their recent mobile game Emblem of Falkyrie has been performing well these days, especially in the Asia region. Coinciding with this announcement, MyNet has introduced an iOS version of this game. Sega Networks is a subsidiary of Sega Sammy Group, known for having developed the popular mobile puzzle RPG Puyo Puyo Quest.

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Tokyo-based mobile game developer MyNet recently announced it has raised an undisclosed sum of investment from Japanese gaming giant Sega Networks. The two companies say they will join forces to develop more gaming apps.

Since its launch back in July of 2006, MyNet had been providing customer relationship management solutions to restaurants and retailers. However, they sold their CRM solutions to Yahoo Japan and changed their focus to social games development early last year. Their recent mobile game Emblem of Falkyrie has been performing well these days, especially in the Asia region. Coinciding with this announcement, MyNet has introduced an iOS version of this game.

Sega Networks is a subsidiary of Sega Sammy Group, known for having developed the popular mobile puzzle RPG Puyo Puyo Quest.

Emblem of Falkyrie
Emblem of Falkyrie

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