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One Concern raises $45M from SOMPO to scale its disaster resilience platform across Japan

TechCrunch

Climate change is intensifying across the globe, and one of the most challenging cases is Japan. Japan has been something of a gem in One Concern’s market development the past few years. Japan has been something of a gem in One Concern’s market development the past few years. The company was founded in 2015.

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Korean micromobility startup Swing grabs $24M for growth, expands to Japan 

TechCrunch

Swing , a South Korean electric scooter and micromobility startup, announced today it has raised $24 million in a Series B round to spur its growth and expansion to Japan. . With the fresh capital, Swing has raised a total of approximately $33 million (40 billion KRW) since its inception in 2019. . Expansion to Japan.

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Japanese Olympic athletes will wear infrared-blocking uniforms to keep camera creeps at bay

TechSpot

In 2020, some athletes raised concerns with the Japanese Olympic Committee after finding infrared images of themselves circulated online accompanied by sexually explicit commentary, as reported by The Japan Times. In response, the committee has teamed up with sportswear giant Mizuno and a couple of other brands to co-develop a.

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Online learning marketplace Udemy is raising up to $100M at a $3.32B valuation

TechCrunch

And that is giving a big bump to education startups, which are raising money to capitalise on the growth opportunity. It’s not clear if the round has closed, and whether the full amount was raised (or indeed, more). India’s online learning platform Unacademy raises $150 million at $1.45 billion valuation.

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Southeast Asia farm-to-table startup Secai Marche raises Series A

TechCrunch

Secai Marche , a farm-to-table fulfillment platform serving farmers in Japan and Southeast Asia, announced today it has raised 210 million Japanese yen (about $1.6 This brings the startup’s total raised so far to $4.5 This brings the startup’s total raised so far to $4.5 million USD) in Series A funding.

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How to raise money for your startup from VCs and investors in Asia

The Next Web

The company is one of the largest VC–backed startups in Southeast Asia, having raised over $60M in funding. The final piece of my four-part guide to expanding a business into Asia is tailored more towards local startups and a big issue that affects many of them: raising funding from investors. Where are all of the VCs in Asia?

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Japan’s Zeals raises $38.8M to scale its chat commerce platform

TechCrunch

The latest round brings its total funding raised to $41.4 JIC Venture Growth Investments led the Series E equity funding, with participation from Z Venture Capital , a venture investment arm of Z Holdings, Japan Post Capital and Salesforce Ventures. Conversational AI startup Yellow Messenger raises $20M Series B from Lightspeed.