The Verge

AUGUST 12, 2020

Unlike the Xbox One, the Xbox Series X will launch in Japan at the same time as other major markets, meaning it’ll see release this November. The Xbox One came out in November 2013 in 13 countries, but Japan had to wait until September 2014 along with several other regions, despite its outsized importance to the games industry.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

In this case, Barnabas Birmacher, CEO of Platform as a Service company Bitrise, shared the lessons he learned as his team attempted to enter Japan. Instead of relying solely on strategic partners, his team visited Japan before ramping up to host events and engage directly with early adopters. Walter Thompson. yourprotagonist.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

A supplemental post to 101 Digital Marketing & Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits , the statistics listed below can guide your nonprofit in creating and maintaining a successful social media strategy. Rival IQ Social Media Industry Benchmark Report ] Nonprofits have an average engagement rate of 0.066% on Facebook.

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The Verge

JUNE 24, 2020

Japan Industrial Partners, the company that bought the VAIO computer business from Sony, has signed a memorandum of understanding that will see Olympus spin out the division and transfer all of its shares. Olympus has announced plans to get out of the camera business entirely, selling off its imaging division to an investment fund.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The contamination could see the price of NAND — the main component of SSDs — spike up to 10 percent, according to market research firm TrendForce. Any potential NAND shortages or price fluctuations could affect the PC market over the next few months, which had another big year in 2021 despite global chip shortages and demand for GPUs.

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TechSpot

MAY 10, 2023

Back in 2021, the Japanese government said it would make it a top priority to reboot the local semiconductor industry, which was once a dominant force on the global market. Despite hosting more chip factories than an other country, Japan has fallen behind when it comes to mass-producing chips on. Read Entire Article

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

While working as a software engineer in Japan, Singapore and San Francisco for the past 10 years, Ryo Chikazawa , CEO and co-founder of Autify , came to realize that there’s one common problem in the software development industry; software testing takes excessive time. The company is currently focusing on two markets, the U.S.

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Tableau

DECEMBER 7, 2020

It can be particularly tough for businesses in Asia Pacific & Japan (APJ) who have been weathering this storm the longest. But as we approach the end of the year, APJ is finally on a slow path of recovery, even though progress is uneven across markets.

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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.” market, the largest autonomous mobile robots market, which was already $762 million in 2021 and is expected to grow to $3.2

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 2, 2022

Seven venture capital firms participated in the latest round: DS Asset Management, Industrial Bank of Korea, Hanwha Investment & Securities, S&S Investment, Toss investment, Korea Asset Investment & Securities and Venture Field. Among all the directions and industries, our focuses are [mainly] smart city and autonomous driving.”

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Organizations across many industries believe their employees are more productive and efficient with AI tools such as chatbots and coding assistants at their side. Other standout AI apps focuse on specific industries. Numerous AI startups found traction offering such solutions during 2024. and the accompanying app, in September 2024.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2021

UTEC currently has about $780 million in total assets under management, and says this makes it one of the largest venture capital funds focused on science and tech in Japan, and one of the largest deep-tech funds in Asia. UTEC is an independent firm that works closely with universities. So far, 25 of its investments have exited.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

According to eMarketer , Japan and Korea’s e-commerce markets were estimated at $144 billion and $121 billion, respectively, in 2021. Despite the large e-commerce market size, both countries have fewer e-commerce aggregators than other countries with smaller markets, South Korean e-commerce aggregator New Vessel said.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Coherent Connect is a social media marketing campaign manager; Coherent Explainer is a sales tool for breaking down quotes; and Coherent Flow allows agents to sell policies to customers remotely with features like video chat and electronic signatures. Coherent will focus on China and emerging markets in Asia.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2021

The funding is coming at a high-watermark moment for edtech — with the shift to remote learning in the last year of pandemic living highlighting the opportunity to build better tools to serve that market, and a number of startups in the category subsequently raising hundreds of millions of dollars to tackle the opportunity.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 16, 2021

As the insurance industry adjusts to life in the 21st century (heh), an AI startup that has built computer vision tools to enable remote damage appraisals is announcing a significant round of growth funding. as well as a large swathe of insurers in Japan, specifically Tokio Marine Nichido, Mitsui Sumitomo, Aioi Nissay Dowa and Sompo.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2021

With COVID-19 disrupting the entire manufacturing supply chain including semiconductor shortages, companies across multiple industries have been struggling to seek a procurement solution that can rebalance the gap between supply and demand. Indian logistics SaaS startup FarEye raises $100 million. “We

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The Verge

JANUARY 7, 2021

The Wi-Fi Alliance, the industry-wide group that oversees Wi-Fi, is now starting to certify the first wave of products with support for Wi-Fi 6E. There is absolutely momentum, and it is building around making [6GHz] available for Wi-Fi,” Kevin Robinson, the Wi-Fi Alliance’s marketing leader, told The Verge.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Already reeling from the last-minute halt of the public debut of Ant Group, a major Chinese fintech player with deep ties to Alibaba, the e-commerce giant came under new fire, as China’s markets watchdog opened a probe into its business practices concerning potentially anticompetitive behavior.

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

Launched in 2018, SODA runs SNKRDUNK , one of Japan’s largest sneaker reselling platforms with about 2.5 SODA said that the deal means its share of Japan’s sneaker resale industry is now 80%, making it the market leader by far. million monthly users. The StockX EC-1.

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TechNode

APRIL 10, 2025

Breaking into Asias diverse and dynamic markets has never been more critical or more competitive. For companies eyeing international growth, access to the right networks, market insights, and strategic partnerships can make all the difference. Tap into emerging trends and forward-thinking ideas to accelerate business innovation.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Artificial intelligence is taking over almost every industry. The investment and finance industry is no exception. Akros Technologies wants to disrupt the current asset management industry via its AI-driven asset management software platform that mines market data for stocks. Akros just raised $2.3

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

Other investors SBI Investment, Tokyu Land Corporation, Kushu Electric Power, Seika Corporation, JOIN (Japan Overseas Infrastructure Investment Corporation for Transport & Urban Development) and exiting investor Venture Lab Investment also joined in the round. . 4 eVTOL trends moving the air taxi industry closer to takeoff.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Apple’s Arm laptop chips wowed the industry in late 2020 , putting other manufacturers on notice.). None of the companies have publicly confirmed that the deal is off; it’s possible they are waiting until financial markets open in the UK or Japan, where Arm and Softbank are headquartered respectively.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2021

Part of Nektar.ai’s seed funding will be used to build a go-to-market team focused on the United States. accelerated product development because “we saw a strong demand for a guided selling solution in the market,” onboarding more than 200 prospects from its waitlist. Vijayvergiya told TechCrunch that over the last six months, Nektar.ai

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 4, 2020

“In China, most supplements are sold at a big markup through pharmacies or multi-level marketing companies like Amway,” Weng said. Amway and the likes spend a lot on marketing and sales.” Moreover, the startup will spend the money on securing health-related certificates and adding Japan to its sourcing regions.

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2022

While this is not a huge extension round, it’s still worth an extra look because it shows how these new strategic investors in the financial services industry are placing early bets on quantum computing and Classiq’s ability to make building quantum software easier. If I had to name two, it would be Japan and Germany.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2021

The traditional process of buying, insuring and financing cars across emerging markets can be challenging, and it defeats the purpose of building an all-around car shopping experience. Today, FlexClub , a South African company, has been provided with $5 million to improve drivers’ experience in these markets. and Japan.

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TechNode

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

It was my way of staying close to the market where I had invested 5 years of my career, and which that same year had become the worlds largest automotive market measured by both sales and production. By 1990, Japan surpassed the United States to become the worlds largest car producing nation.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2022

The round comes from a number of investors including Japan Post Investment Corporation, Block (formerly known as Square), Greyhound Capital, SMBC Nikko Securities, Altos Ventures, Goodwater Capital, StepStone Group, JAFCO Group, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Capital and others. . Kyash, a would-be challenger bank in Japan, raises $14M.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

and expand its product in APAC, including the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia and Japan. It will also double down on existing markets such as the U.K./Europe. Asked what the upside of the Wirecard acquisition was, the Railsbank founder says it helps maintain an orderly market in the U.K.

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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. . billion in 2027 , from $17.6

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Rakuten Symphony , the recently launched telco-focused arm of Japan’s Rakuten Group , today announced that it has acquired Robin.io , a startup that offers a Kubernetes platform optimized for storage solutions and complex network applications. When it first launched, Robin.io

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TechNode

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

For a while now, the industry has wondered as to when Chinese manufacturers will become serious players in the global memory industry, especially DRAM. While still small at 5%, Chinas share of the global memory chip market is growing, and market leaders SK Hynix, Samsung, and Micron should be worried.

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TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2023

Aldagram , a startup out of Japan developing project management software for construction companies, has picked up a new strategic backer to help it build out its footprint across Asia and the Middle East. The global construction management software market is expected to reach $23.9 billion in 2031, up from $9.3

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2022

Whether they do it out of a fear of missing out or genuine belief in blockchain technologies, the trend appears irreversible at least for now, as investment keeps pouring into the industry. Oasys, a Japan- and Singapore-based startup that’s building a blockchain for gaming developers, has just raised $20 million.

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TechNode

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

As China’s domestic smart manufacturing industry enters a new stage of development, the demand for robots continues to rise. A pioneer in China, the company is also looking at international expansion, with the exploration of markets in the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, and the US.

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