TechCrunch

OCTOBER 25, 2021

One of the big leaders in buying up and scaling third-party merchants selling on Amazon and other marketplace platforms is announcing a major round of funding today as it continues to expand its ambitions. Upper90, funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P., It said that it’s currently on a rate of buying 1.5

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

Shared micromobility company Luup has raised $8 million (1 billion yen) in debt and asset financing to meet the growing demands of Japan’s micromobility market, which according to a recent report , is projected to reach $11.6 Securing those spaces represents a unique kind of land grab for micromobility companies in Japan.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

With their services more relevant than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic, the startup announced it has raised $14 million in new funding. Based in Hong Kong, Coherent helps insurance providers go digital. The company also offers three tools for working with customers.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2022

Before the debate is settled, the ecosystem around blockchain games is already getting built and funded. The idea is to turn creators into shareholders of the platform by giving them governance tokens, a model that will “align the interests of content operators and creators for the first time,” Lin suggested.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2023

When Masaya Aso worked on autonomous driving technology at Bosch in Japan and Germany, he realized that “many tasks were still manual as over 85% of warehouses have almost no automation at all.” billion JPY) of Series A funding that values the company at approximately $38.8 with a fresh injection of about $10.7 million (1.45

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

The company is one of the largest VC–backed startups in Southeast Asia, having raised over $60M in funding. We’ve asked him to give us some insight into starting, building, and funding a company across Asia. He is currently CEO of Bubbly , a social media startup backed by Sequoia Capital, SingTel Innov8, and JAFCO.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

Bear has seen some success in deployment of late, including a bid to get its system in more restaurants in Japan. Japan has long eyed robots as a way to keep business moving for its aging population, and the pandemic only served to accelerate those needs. This latest round brings Bear’s full funding up around $117 million to date.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 2, 2022

Most artificial intelligence models are trained through supervised learning, meaning that humans must label raw data. Data labeling is a critical part of automating artificial intelligence and machine learning model, but at the same time, it can be time-consuming and tedious work. Japan and Vietnam.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

Wolt , the Helsinki-based online ordering and delivery company that initially focused on restaurants but has since expanded to other verticals, has raised $530 million in new funding. Former Atomico and SoftBank VC Carolina Brochado has joined EQT to help build its new growth fund. shareholders that exited to new investors). “We’re

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TechCrunch

JULY 11, 2022

Byju announced an $800 million funding back in March, but Manish reports that the startup is $250 million short of hitting that goal. The tiger gets caged for a bit : Tiger Global has been on a hell of a run, but Manish reports that it’s going to hit the brakes for a couple of quarters and is planning to raise a new fund later this year.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2021

Now serial entrepreneurs John de Souza and Khaled Hassounah are reviving the battery swapping business model with a startup called Ample and an approach that they say solves some of the problems that Better Place could never address at a time when the adoption of electric vehicles is creating a far larger addressable market.

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The Verge

JANUARY 19, 2021

WEBTOON’s innovative monetization model and Wattpad’s massive library of diverse stories will provide each prospective affiliate with new levers for growth, creating a stronger foundation to fund an aspiring generation of young, creative talent.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2021

This round of funding was led by Hanwha Hotel & Resort, which is a subsidiary of South Korean conglomerate Hanwha Corporation. The company had raised Series A funding of $1.8 The company had raised Series A funding of $1.8 million (13 billion won) in a Series B+ round as it scales up. million and an additional $1.2

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2022

Glorang , a Seoul-based edtech startup that offers after-school classes and extracurricular activities via online for students between the ages of 3 and 18, said Friday it has raised a $10 million Series A funding co-led by Korea Investment Partners and Murex Partners, along with Japan’s Pksha Capital. .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2021

And this approach is not just for “privacy freaks” Businesses that need search but don’t need Google’s dominant market position are increasingly attracted by this model. The result of the investment is that Xayn will now also focus on the Asian market, starting with Japan, as well as Europe.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

It will also use the funding for global expansion, Kimura said. Honolulu, Las Vegas, Miami) and Japan, Kimura said. SmartRyde announced today it has secured a $1.6 The company plans to expand further in major cities and tourist destinations, including Mexico, Spain, Thailand, Dominican Republic, the U.S.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2021

Other participants included returning investors Google’s AI-focused fund Gradient Ventures, SOSV and Monk’s Hill Ventures, along with Endeavor Catalyst and Globant Ventures. Its last round of funding was a $7 million Series A announced in 2019. Van said one of ELSA’s main advantages is its proprietary voice recognition AI tech.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2022

Some SMEs don’t want to get (or have access to) equity funding, but also want to stay away from high-interest bank loans. The Mumbai-based startup announced today that it has raised $36 million in equity and debt led by Varanium Nexgen Fintech Fund, DMI Sparkle Fund, along with returning investors Chiratae Ventures and Dream Incubator Japan.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

In a year where mass transit on airplanes, trains and buses has had lower traveler numbers in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the startups hoping to pioneer a totally new approach to getting individuals from A to B — flying taxis — has raised some significant funding. “It is now all about execution.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Led by Hike Ventures and Real Ventures, the funding includes participation from Toyota AI Ventures and Uphill Capital, among others, designed to help the company pilot its kitchen robotics technology. SoftBank will bring Bear’s serving robots to Japan, amid restaurant labor shortages. million seed round.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Speak , an English language learning platform with AI-powered features, today announced that it raised $27 million in a Series B funding round led by the OpenAI Startup Fund , with participation from Lachy Groom, Josh Buckley, Justin Mateen, Gokul Rajaram and Founders Fund. ” Image Credits: Speak. .

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

When Udemy last raised money, earlier this year, the president of the business division told me it had clocked up 50 million students that purchase courses in an à la carte format, while enterprise customers — which include Adidas, General Mills, Toyota, Wipro, Pinterest and Lyft in a list of some 5,000 in all — use a subscription model.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

Its customer base started in Southeast Asia, before expanding into China, Japan, the United States and Europe. Its customer base started in Southeast Asia and India, and expanded to China, Japan, the United States and Europe. Its funding will be used to expand into more markets and fill engineering and data science roles.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

Therefore , digitizing has been mostly around delivery rather than building new infrastructure and payment processing models for African individuals and businesses to make cross-border payments. Financial institutions are left with traditional systems and correspondence models to offer service to their customers.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2021

French startup Back Market — a marketplace for refurbished electronics goods — has raised a $335 million Series D funding round led by General Atlantic. Today’s funding round values the startup — which says it now has 5 million customers globally — at $3.2 It will be using the funding to expand into new markets.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 22, 2013

The company is one of the largest VC–backed startups in Southeast Asia, having raised over $60 million in funding. . This is the first of a four-part series that will provide insight into starting, building, and funding a company across Asia. Once a market or set of markets is nailed down, plant a flag and grow from there.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2021

Today his startup — which builds AI-based personalized learning, including test prep, for students — is announcing a major funding round to help it position itself as a player in that process. Seoul-based Riiid has closed a funding round of $175 million, an equity round coming from a single backer, SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

Then it has products that address other parts of their customers’ value chain: AiDeal to help companies send coupons to the customers who are most likely to use them; user engagement platform AIQUA; and AIXON, a data science platform that uses AI models to predict customer actions, including the likelihood of repeat purchases. “I

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2021

The deal will provide $475 million in funds for the company, including via a PIPE that includes Tiger Global, BlackRock and Hedosophia. The model is subscription-based, and is designed to get customers up and running with their own space-based data feed in less than a year from deal designs and commitment.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2021

The Taipei-based startup, which connects brands with Instagram microinfluencers through its online platform, announced today that it has closed $2 million in pre-Series A funding led by DCM Ventures, and is launching a new subscription plan. Influenxio plans to use its new funding for hiring and product development.

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TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2022

As a later-stage company, Bucketplace will use the new injection of funding to accelerate its growth in South Korea and enter into new markets, such as Japan, Southeast Asia and the U.S., Its business model is similar to Houzz , which also have a slew of online showrooms. Lee told TechCrunch.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 30, 2013

The company is one of the largest VC–backed startups in Southeast Asia, having raised over $60 million in funding. This is the second part of a four-part series that will provide insight into starting, building, and funding a company across Asia. See part one here. When they say, “jump” everyone always does.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

Bridgestone’s partnership with May Mobility will see the AV startup integrate Bridgestone’s predictive tire wear modeling technology into its vehicles later this year. and Japan in the hopes of becoming profitable. Azuga brings fleet management, camera intelligence and route planning features to May’s capabilities.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

French startup Back Market has raised another mega round of funding. In addition to saving money, many customers think new phones only feature incremental updates compared to previous generation models. and Japan. In May, the company raised a $335 million Series D round. market — it currently has 650 employees.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2022

million in seed funding led by Headline Ventures. The new round of funding brings its total raised to $5.8 With the latest funding, Peeba plans to double its headcount and expand local offices to improve local language support across 11 Asia countries. The startup has secured $4.2

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

million (25 billion KRW) in a Series B funding round as it wants to increase its global presence, specifically into the U.S., Germany, Japan and Singapore. . It brings its total funding raised to date to $24.9 The fresh capital was led by Korea Investment Partners along with KB Investment and Korea Development Bank.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

The funding comes at a time when the global sneaker resale market is thriving, with an expectation to reach $30 billion by 2030, according to a 2020 report by Cowen Equity Research. Other competitors have a C2B2C business model and mainly work with individual sellers with unverified supply sources,” Yip told TechCrunch.

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