Secai Marche nabs $1.4M to extend food supply chain connecting …
Tokyo- / Kuala Lumpur-based Secai Marche, the Japanese startup behind a shared food supply chain for the Southeast Asian market under the same name, announced on Tuesday that it has secured 150 million yen (about $1.4 million US) from Beyond Next Ventures and Rakuten Ventures.The company plans to use the funds to strengthen its fresh food fulfillment service, hire new talents, and enhance its ...
Top 5: Japanese Online Dating Sites - BRIDGE
Jul 2, 2013 · Pairs ¶. Pairs is an online dating site with over 150,000 members. With 950,000 Facebook likes, the site is very aggressive in its online marketing. Judging by the posts on its Facebook page, they appear to target men more than women. All identities are displayed by initials only, and nothing will be posted on people’s Facebook pages.
Japan’s virtual YouTuber management agency Anycolor files for IPO
Apr 30, 2022 · Tokyo-based Anycolor, the Japanese startup behind the VTubers (short for “Virtual YouTubers”) group Nijisanji, announced on Thursday that its IPO application to list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange had been approved.The company will be listed on the TSE Growth Market on June 8 with plans to offer 30,000 shares for public subscription and to sell 174,600 shares in over-allotment options for a ...
Tokyo Otaku Mode acquired by Japanese major publisher …
Tokyo Otaku Mode announced on Tuesday that it has been acquired by Japanese major publishing company Shogakukan. The terms of the deal have not yet been disclosed. We haven’t confirmed that the company secured funding from VC firms and other sources after January of 2018. To date, the total amount of funds secured through the Series A and ...
A glance of the most active lead VCs in 2023 (Infographic) - BRIDGE
Jan 20, 2024 · The 2023 edition of the VC Radar reflects Japan’s most active Lead VCs in 2023. Specifically, this infographic depicts the number of new investments led by Japan’s independent venture capital funds into domestic startups last year. Only investments in which the VC firm served as Lead investor for a startup that was not already in their ...
Kakaku.com: Japan’s price comparison king – BRIDGE
May 21, 2013 · Japanese price comparison site Kakaku.com is a pretty essential tool for shoppers in Japan, whether you do your shopping online or offline. While sites like Rakuten or Amazon Japan are among the most likely online retail destinations, along with countless other lesser known e-commerce options. But in order to find out where the cheapest option ...
Japanese exoskeleton developer Innophys raises $32.4M - BRIDGE
Jan 6, 2020 · See the original story in Japanese.. Japanese startup developing Innophys announced in late December that it has secured 3.53 billion yen (about $32.4 million US) in the latest round. Participating investors are HI-LEX Corporation (TSE:7279), Fidelity International, Brother Industries (TSE:6448), Future Venture Capital, Nac (TSE:9788), Towa Pharmaceutical (TSE:4553), Tokai (TSE:9729), Bic ...
Japan’s virtual community Ameba Pigg is what Second Life
Jul 18, 2013 · Ameba Pigg is a virtual community operated by Japanese tech giant CyberAgent, perhaps most famous for its Ameba Blog platform. The virtual community was launched back in Feburary of 2009, and has over 15 million registered users to date. After creating an avatar on Ameba Pigg, users can play around in the virtual community and chat with friends ...
Wri.pe: A simple and handy note-taking app from Japan
Jun 3, 2013 · But a recent web app called Wri.pe is a promising example of made-in-Japan note-taking service that has some potential. At first glance Wri.pe looks something like Draft, another recent in-browser writing service. While Wri.pe isn’t so full featured, there’s still lots to like about it. Most notable perhaps is the fact that it can be used ...
Meet Crowdcredit, Japan’s peer-to-peer lending platform for …
Dec 31, 2014 · Meet Crowdcredit, Japan’s peer-to-peer lending platform for emerging markets – BRIDGE. See the original story in Japanese. In my view the boom of peer-to-peer social lending services has passed its peak in Japan. The reason is that the recent step down of the management at a pioneering company in this sector as well as transitioning their ...