Fast Company Tech

MARCH 24, 2025

When the brand did similar limited-edition vintage drops in Germany, South Korea, and Japan, they sold out within minutes or hours. Photo: Rimowa] Emilie De Vitis, Rimowa’s VP of product and marketing, says the company launched the program quietly, since it wasn’t sure how customers would react.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

In Japan, where the real estate market is fragmented, homeowners have faced uncertain selling prices riddled with brokerage fees and an average selling period of between four and eight months, Ito said. “The difference is that we purchase from the seller at a discount from the market price. . and the U.K., While the U.S.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2021

The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners (UTEC) , a deep-tech investment firm, announced the first close of its fifth fund, which is expected to total 30 billion JPY (or about $275 million USD) by June 2021. UTEC’s deep-tech investments around the world. What do we mean when we talk about deep tech?

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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. Nonprofit Tech for Good Report ] On average, posts reach 1.4% Nonprofit Tech for Good Report ] On average, posts reach 1.4%

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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. Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 28, 2020

This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest private market news, talks about the coming week, digs into some recent funding rounds and mulls over a larger theme or narrative from the private markets. And it doesn’t appear that Japan did either. Lalamove raised $515 million in a Series E.

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TechSpot

JULY 5, 2023

The EU's Commissioner for Internal Market met with both government officials and representatives from private companies, discussing advanced technology such as semiconductors and supply chain issues. This week, the European Union sent Commissioner Thierry Breton to Tokyo for a high-profile meeting with the Japanese government.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Separately, Hybe Japan will announce a boy band in Japan, Hyunrock Han, CEO of Hybe Japan, said. South Korea’s four biggest entertainment companies, Hybe, JYP, SM, and YG, have been competing to tap into the new tech. BTS label Big Hit Entertainment inks broad partnership with streaming tech company Kiswe.

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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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The Verge

JANUARY 15, 2021

While Amazon has allowed companies to build skills for Alexa and allows pretty much any consumer electronic device maker to integrate Alexa into a compatible product, the e-commerce giant has not licensed the underlying AI tech for use in other assistant-like products. Amazon is calling the new offering Alexa Custom Assistant.

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The Next Web

JULY 29, 2013

The main hub for starting a tech business is currently San Francisco. It’s an amazing city, full of people working at tech businesses, and ready to start the next big thing. The costs of living are incredibly high and you will compete with the world’s most successful tech businesses for talent. Understand trends and markets.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2023

Mark Boggett is the CEO and co-founder of the Seraphim Space Manager LLP , the world's first listed fund focused on space tech. While it’s still a very early market with limited existing capabilities, companies such as Apple, T-Mobile, Globalstar, SpaceX, AST SpaceMobile and Lynk Global are targeting this area.

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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

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Beam, which currently operates e-scooters and e-bikes in 35 cities across Malaysia, Thailand, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand, aims to spread into markets like Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Turkey. . Advanced rider assistance systems: Tech spawned by the politics of micromobility.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

French startup Back Market has raised another mega round of funding. 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. Instead, third-party companies act as the sourcing partners for Back Market.

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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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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

The key investors to keep tabs on are, for the most part, concentrated in four primary markets: China. Of course, to land any funding, you typically have to be based there and focused on the Chinese market. The players in Japan have had their ups and downs. As an example, just look at KakaoTalk relative to WeChat. and China.

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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

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 13, 2022

We plan to use the new funding to double down on expanding our footprint in key markets, including Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong, Korea and Asia,” founder and CEO Ming Chen told TechCrunch. “In During the pandemic, KKday’s main growth driver was domestic travel in markets like Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan and Southeast Asia.

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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

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 startup has secured $4.2 million in seed funding led by Headline Ventures. Wholesale marketplace Abound raises $22.9M.

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TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2021

The company is headquartered in Japan, with operations in Malaysia, and plans to expand into Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia. The capital will be used to expand its fulfillment infrastructure, including a network of warehouses and cold chain logistics, hire more people for its engineering team, and sales and marketing.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

Most of SNKRDUNK’s transactions are within Japan now, but it plans to become a cross-border marketplace. While the COVID-19 pandemic was initially expected to put a damper on the sneaker resell market, C2C marketplaces have actually seen their business increase. Part of the funding will be used to expand into other Asian countries.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 22, 2013

Thomas Clayton has started and run numerous high-tech startups in Silicon Valley. Prioritize the markets. It’s wise to first broadly prioritize the top markets (i.e. Then plug the data for all of your potential target markets in Asia into the table. This will force a ranking of the markets. Laser focus.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2022

Few areas in tech today are as polarized as the blockchain gaming space. GFR Fund, owned by Japan’s mobile gaming firm GREE, also participated. Before the debate is settled, the ecosystem around blockchain games is already getting built and funded. “But prices are being normalized.”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2021

Japan owner Z Holdings last month, and now the two firm’s venture capital arms have also combined. The new firm also announced the launch of a 30 billion JPY (about $271 million USD) fund, which it claims makes it one of the largest corporate venture capital funds in Japan. startups into Japan.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

As companies continue to more aggressively protect their market value and brand equity in the digital space, the market for narrative intelligence services is likely to grow to as much as $70 billion annually, Blackbird.AI The company has already positioned itself well, and expects its revenues to double or triple over the next year.

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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. Founded in 2016, its target is to serve 50 million users by 2025.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

The round also included participation from returning backers food tech venture firm AgFunder and Decacorn Capital, and new investor Anthill Ventures. Its customer base started in Southeast Asia, before expanding into China, Japan, the United States and Europe. The present and future of food tech investment opportunity.

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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

JUNE 16, 2021

as well as a large swathe of insurers in Japan, specifically Tokio Marine Nichido, Mitsui Sumitomo, Aioi Nissay Dowa and Sompo. will overtake Japan as Tractable’s biggest market soon. .” Customers that have integrated with Tractable to date include Geico in the U.S., He also added that he thinks the U.S.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 30, 2013

Thomas Clayton has started and run numerous high-tech startups in Silicon Valley. My first post in this series described how businesses should start when considering expansion into Asia, which is home to some of the largest and fastest growing markets in the world. Nothing gets done otherwise. You also need true local expertise.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Many kids want to study coding, but school curriculums are limited, said Tung Nguyen, the co-founder of MindX , an online/offline education platform that focuses on preparing students for tech careers. MindX plans to build its network of tech companies that offer jobs to students who complete its courses.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2023

Japanese marketing tech firm Geniee, part of the SoftBank Group, has paid about $70 million in cash to acquire the revenue optimization platform Zelto (formerly known as AdPushup), a person familiar with the matter said, delivering 40 times return to a number of angel investors in the startup that began its journey in India.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2021

Global metaverse market size is projected to increase $280 billion by 2025 from $30.7 Big tech corporations, ranging from Facebook, Intel to Microsoft, are targeting to move in the area. Construction tech startup Agora raises $33M in Tiger Global-led round amid 760% YoY ARR growth. The company has about 50 B2B customers.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

Some of the big players in the market today include Indeed.com — owned Japan’s HR giant Recruit Holdings, which itself is valued at around $66 billion and owns other brands like SimplyHired — ZipRecruiter, which went public last year; LinkedIn; and the search giant Google. It paid $1.3

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