Line, one of the most popular smartphone apps in Japan, recently reached the 100 million user…

5 days ago · Image credit: Social Mover. Social Mover, a provider of transportation services for nursing care facilities, announced on the 14th that it has raised 50 million yen in a pre-Series A round led by the general incorporated association 1982 Impact Fund.. The nursing care industry faces a serious shortage of human resources. The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare estimates a shortage of ...

5 days ago · Company website. Synthesia, provider of an enterprise AI video generation platform, announced on the 15th the completion of a Series D round totaling $180 million (approximately 28.1 billion yen at current exchange rates).. The round was led by NEA, with participation from existing investors GV, MMC Ventures, FirstMark Capital, and new investors WiL, Atlassian Ventures, and PSP Growth.

5 days ago · Image credit: YUIME. YUIME, which provides recruitment support and media operations for primary industries including agriculture, announced on the 20th that it has raised 440 million yen in the first close of its Series B round through third-party allocation of shares. KDDI participated as the lead investor, along with The Norinchukin Bank, Sagan Capital & Consulting, and D4V.

Jul 27, 2020 · See the original story in Japanese. As per some media reports, Tokyo-based Base, the Japanese startup…

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5 days ago · X&KSK, a venture capital firm led by former Japanese national soccer player Keisuke Honda, announced on the 4th the completion of its first fund, raising approximately 15.3 billion yen. Investors include financial institutions and corporations such as Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, SBI Group ...

5 days ago · Image credit: infobox. infobox, developer and provider of the sales data platform “infobox,” announced on the 21st that it has raised 1.65 billion yen in a Series A round.. The funding includes third-party allocation of shares led by X&KSK, with participation from ANRI, XTech Ventures, GREE Ventures, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, and Dentsu Ventures SGP Fund, as well as loans from Sumitomo ...

5 days ago · Faeger website. Faeger, a company engaged in carbon credit generation and sales, announced on the 20th that it has raised a total of 1.17 billion yen in the first close of its Series A round. The funding comes through third-party allocation of shares to Environmental Energy Investment, Incubate Fund, and Tokio Marine Holdings.

Lang–8, launched in 2007, is a language-learning platform in which users from different language backgrounds can…