TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

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.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2022

Peeba says the lack of B2B-focused online wholesale solutions and tech infrastructure hampered Asia’s antiquated B2B retail, wholesale market in business growth and new market entries during the pandemic. The new round of funding brings its total raised to $5.8 Wholesale marketplace Abound raises $22.9M.

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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. It will be using the funding to expand into new markets. trillion market globally. ” Back Market doesn’t refurbish devices directly.

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

Just half a year after leading SODA’s Series B , SoftBank Ventures Asia is raising its bet on the Tokyo-based sneaker resell platform. SODA said that the deal means its share of Japan’s sneaker resale industry is now 80%, making it the market leader by far. The StockX EC-1.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Jakarta-based fintech Akulaku has raised $200 million from Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), the largest bank in Japan. This is part of a strategic investment, with startup and MUFG planning to expand into new markets and product together in 2023.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 16, 2021

Tractable , which works with automotive insurance companies to let users take and submit photos of damaged cars that are then “read” to make appraisals, has raised $60 million, a Series D that values Tractable at $1 billion, the company said. will overtake Japan as Tractable’s biggest market soon.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2021

In one of the latest developments, Bisu — a Tokyo-headquartered healthcare startup that has built a lab-grade testing device that can be used at home for diagnostics that translate into actionable health data — has raised $3.2 The seed funding brings its total raised to $4.3

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Railsbank , the London-headquartered Banking-as-a-Service platform, has raised $37 million in new growth funding. 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.

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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. 35% of nonprofits raised more money than they expected while 23% raised less. 32% raised what they expected.[

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

Skycatch today announced a $25 million raise, led by ADB Ventures and Wavemaker. Indonesia, China, Philippines, Thailand and Japan. It typically is owned by the laser scanning market,” says Sanz. Skycatch Raises $13.2M The list includes Chile, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Australia, Canada, the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

Japanese startup ispace has raised $46 million in a fresh round of Series C funding as it looks to complete three lunar lander missions in three years. It will deliver a 22-pound rover for Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center, a lunar robot for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and payload from three Canadian companies.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Ride Vision , an Israeli startup that is building an AI-driven safety system to prevent motorcycle collisions, today announced that it has raised a $7 million Series A round led by crowdsourcing platform OurCrowd. The company has now raised a total of $10 million. Honda also has patents on similar technologies.

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2022

“In this round, it was important for us to bring in strategic money — money is important, funding is important and this is our way to scale — but also, in this market, strategic partners are important. So what we care about is where the main markets of enterprises that will adopt quantum computing are.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2022

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 The latest funding, which brings Akros’s total amount raised to $6.1 In March, Akros raised $3.75

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

billion (300 billion yen), mostly in cash, to enhance its business in Japan. After the acquisition, the Japan-based company will continue to operate its existing business and maintain the brand while the leaders, Paidy’s president and CEO Riku Sugie and founder and executive chairman of Paidy Russel Cummer, keep their positions.

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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

MARCH 7, 2022

The e-commerce market of South Korea is expected to increase up to $250 billion by 2025. Una says that South Korea, the fifth-largest e-commerce market globally, is considered a key market for Una Brands. . Singaporean E-commerce aggregator Rainforest raised a series of funding last year.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The round, led by the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), follows last year’s $170 million raise. Canada, Japan and additional parts of Europe. The company is also set to spread into more Asia-Pacific markets and the Middle East. Europe-based vertical farming firm Infarm this week announced a $200 million Series D.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2021

CADDi, a Tokyo-based B2B ordering and supply platform in the manufacturing and procurement industry, helps both procurement (demand side) and manufacturing facilities (supply side) by aggregating and rebalancing supply and demand via its automated calculation system for manufacturing costs and databases of fabrication facilities across Japan.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

The startup, whose clients include Danone, Kellogg’s, Cargill and Dole, announced today it has raised an oversubscribed $4.4 It brings Ai Palette’s total raised to $5.5 Its customer base started in Southeast Asia, before expanding into China, Japan, the United States and Europe. Both will join Ai Palette’s board.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

This is the sixth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. In fact, one of the most in-demand job skills for digital marketers and fundraisers is knowing how to effectively use social media advertising channels and Google Ads.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2023

Its video review marketing tool is called VREVIEW , and it works by sending a chatbot to a merchant’s customers to collect their video reviews and product ratings. The startup just raised $8.1 China and Japan and intends to enter the U.S. market in the second quarter of this year to attract more users overseas.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The South Korea and Japan-based startup automates front and backend processes including accommodation reservation, room management and front desk duties, and it will be using the funds to continue expanding its business. It entered Japan in 2017, for example, by acquiring several Japanese hospitality management companies.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Paytm has raised $1.104 billion in India’s largest-ever anchor round as part of its initial public offering, which is also shaping up to be the nation’s largest, as the poster child of the Indian startup ecosystem moves closer to listing in the public markets. billion capital it is looking to raise from the IPO. to $28.85).

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

French startup Back Market has raised another mega round of funding. In May, the company raised a $335 million Series D round. If you’re not familiar with Back Market, the company operates a marketplace of refurbished electronics devices — mostly smartphones. Back Market doesn’t refurbish devices directly.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Beam , a Singaporean shared micromobility operator, announced today that it has raised $93 million in a Series B round to accelerate growth into new countries in Asia. Singapore’s micromobility startup Beam raises $26 million. Advanced rider assistance systems: Tech spawned by the politics of micromobility.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

The global thirst for an up-charged pair of Yeezy’s or limited edition Jordan’s combined with a growth in a digital ecosystem is creating new opportunities, particularly in the sneaker resale market, for companies like Kicks Crew , a Los Angeles- and Hong Kong-based sneaker and apparel platform. valuation in Series F raise.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2021

“Microinfluencers” are gaining clout among marketers. Founded in 2018, Influenxio has now raised over $3 million in total, including from seed investor SparkLabs Taipei. It currently operates in Taiwan and Japan, where it has databases of 100,000 and 250,000 Instagram creators, respectively.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

It’s my hope that this will help prospective entrepreneurs who are looking at – or are already in – the region determine where to focus their next capital raise, what to expect from specific countries and firms, and how to navigate the changing tides in Asia’s investor waters. The players in Japan have had their ups and downs.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

But with more and more business processes moving online, online job search is the gift that keeps on giving, and so today comes news of another portal in the space raising a big round to take on the incumbents in the space with more innovative and accurate technology. It paid $1.3

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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 latest funding brings Autify’s total raised to $12.2

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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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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

In August, the startup raised a $60 million A round at a $400 million valuation from Andreessen Horowitz, Thrive Capital, OpenAI, Googles Jeff Dean, OpenAIs Noam Brown, and the founders of Stripe, GitHub, Ramp, and Perplexity. has raised more than $20 million in venture capital so far. Blackbird.AI

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

One of the latest entrants to this market is MagniLearn , an AI-centric startup that provides students with individualized lessons based on their progress. As the Israel-based startup announced today, it has now raised a $2.8 Image Credits: MagniLearn. Currently, MagniLearn’s product focuses on teaching English.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Octopus will now launch as a brand in Japan with its trademark 100% renewable electricity operation, which uses an innovative AI and data-based platform to balance loads around the grid. Octopus has a 5% share of the energy supply market and counts 1.8 by 50% (renewables in Japan in 2019 accounted for 18.9% In the U.K.,

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 25, 2021

As a marker of where it was prior to this round, in April of this year, when it raised $100 million , Thrasio was valued at $3.7 The company, founded in 2018, has now raised $3.4 One of the reasons it has raised so much in this round is to better target that global opportunity. Thrasio already has operations in the U.K.,

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