TechSpot

JUNE 13, 2024

Called the Smartphone Software Competition Promotion Act, the new Japanese law is similar to the DMA in that it prevents big tech companies like Google and Apple from creating app distribution monopolies by restricting third parties from selling apps on their platforms. Read Entire Article

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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

DECEMBER 15, 2021

South Korean startup Kakao Entertainment announced today it has acquired Wuxiaworld , an Asia fantasy fiction platform, via its serialized fiction app subsidiary Radish to bolster the mobile storytelling business. based storytelling platform acquisitions , Radish and Tapas Media. The transaction size is $37.5 million. .

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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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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

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. Business messaging platform Gupshup raises $240 million from Tiger Global, Fidelity and others. Shimizu added.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Josys , the Japanese B2B SaaS platform that streamlines and automates corporate IT operations, said today it has raised 4.4 Josys , the Japanese B2B SaaS platform that streamlines and automates corporate IT operations, said today it has raised 4.4 Additionally, it intends to strengthen its R&D base in India and sales team in Japan.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Workmate , a Singapore-based on-demand staffing platform, has been acquired by Persol Asia Pacific , one of the region’s largest HR service providers. It is one of the largest human resources companies in Japan and has invested in HR tech companies including Glint. Workmate’s Thailand team.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

Tokyo-based SODA , which runs sneaker reselling platform SNKRDUNK , has raised a $22 million Series B led by SoftBank Ventures Asia. Most of SNKRDUNK’s transactions are within Japan now, but it plans to become a cross-border marketplace. million monthly users, which it says makes it the largest C2C sneaker marketplace in Japan.

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TechCrunch

JULY 18, 2022

Japanese commerce enabler AnyMind , which helps brands and influencers’ online operations, has closed a ¥5 billion (approximately $36 million) Series D round on the back of that boost to make additional acquisitions in Japan and globally. The Series D funding, which brings its total funding to date to approximately $91.7

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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

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.

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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. million from Z Venture Capital , the corporate venture capital wholly owned by Z Holdings , which also owns the Japanese messaging app Line and internet portal Yahoo Japan.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

billion monthly active users of which 65% access the site daily and spend an average of 40 minutes per day on the platform. Classy ] Instagram Instagram has 2 billion monthly active users of which 500 million access the site daily and spend an average of 24 minutes per day on the platform. Facebook Facebook has 3.05 Similarweb ] 61.7%

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Hong Kong-based events management platform EventX said today it has raised another $8 million for its Series B, lifting the total amount secured for this round to $18 million. Today, the platform also has a lead generation function, helping organizers develop new clients and partners through events.

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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. Canada, Australia and Asia.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Delegate Connect is the latest virtual/hybrid events platform to land funding. Founded in 2017 and bootstrapped until its seed round, Delegate Connect’s business grew during the COVID-19 pandemic, like many other virtual event platforms. The two finished building the platform at the end of 2019 and launched it in January 2020.

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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. The company also plans to build out its Japanese platform and expand into more countries.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

SmartRyde , a Japanese online pre-booked airport transfers service platform, is a marketplace that connects travelers to local transportation operators/online travel agencies (OTAs). Honolulu, Las Vegas, Miami) and Japan, Kimura said. Since the pandemic outbreak in March 2020, SmartRyde has experienced a significant decrease.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2021

Launched in South Korea five years ago, content discovery platform Dable now serves a total of six markets in Asia. Dable (the name is a combination of “data” and “able”) currently serves more than 2,500 media outlets in South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia. Taboola and Outbrain call off their $850M merger.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2021

The capital will be used to expand ELSA’s operations in Latin America and build a scalable B2B platform, allowing companies and educational organizations to offers the app’s coaching services to employees or students. Founded in 2015, ELSA, which stands for English Language Speech Assistant, now claims more than 13 million users.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

The businesses that the accelerator favor all aim to go beyond Korea’s traditionally inward focus, and move into lucrative markets including the US, China, Japan, and others. Selling premium organic breads from local bakeries via an online platform is what this startup does. HeyBread (E-commerce). Another food-related startup.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Creative professionals continue to look for ways to monetize their talents and knowledge through online education platforms like CLASS101 that bring stable incomes and improve opportunities. CLASS101, a Seoul-based online education platform, announced today it has closed $25.8 and 220 classes in Japan.

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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. Earlier this year, it introduced TRENDER, an embedded analytics solution, to provide brand partners on its platform with real-time insights and trends on sales performance.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

Breaking into Japan is often one of the biggest challenges a growing tech company will encounter. For the startups that cater to these companies, “cracking Japan” is inevitably part of their growth and expansion roadmaps. Japan is not a testing ground for MVP products. Share on Twitter. Barnabas Birmacher is the CEO of Bitrise.

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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. million USD) in pre-Series A funding from Rakuten Ventures and Beyond Next Ventures to build a B2B logistics platform for farmers that sell to restaurants, hotels and other F&B (food and beverage) businesses.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Sony has confirmed that Japan Studio, its internal video game developer based in Tokyo, will essentially wind down and refocus around a single team. It’s a 3D platformer designed to show off the advanced haptic feedback of the new DualSense controller. Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge.

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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. ” Whether that’s true is up for debate.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2021

million students in Korea and Japan. India’s online learning platform Unacademy raises $150 million at $1.45 billion valuation. It has also been partnering with third parties to expand into test prep for other exams. Riiid is driving a paradigm shift in education, from a ‘one size fits all’ approach to personalized instruction.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Germany, Japan and Singapore. . Three co-founders, Jung, Jun Hong and Sugwan Lee, founded the company in 2018 to build autonomous driving simulation platforms that let autonomous vehicle manufacturers simulate real-world test driving. . Morai SIM already replicated more than 20 cities across the globe. . The startup posted $1.7

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 30, 2023

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 Over 4,000 items are available on the platform from farmers in Southeast Asia and Japan, including vegetables, fruit, eggs and seafood.

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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. Sumutasu says its platform enables users to access a fair house valuation in an hour. . and the U.K., While the U.S.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Investors in the latest funding include Sogo Medical, AAIC Investment, Japan Impact Investment, Rakuten Capital, Shoko Chukin Bank, Japan Finance Corporation and Mizuho Bank. Ubie plans to use the proceeds to scale up its healthcare platform and ramp up its penetration into the U.S. Japan’s health-tech Ubie wants to fuel its U.S

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

When travel platform KKday raised the first part of its Series C in September 2020 , the travel landscape was very different. 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 million travelers.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Joby Aviation is partnering with Japanese airline ANA to bring aerial ridesharing services to Japan. Joby’s intent to start up operations in Japan comes to light a week after the company announced plans to launch an air taxi service in South Korea in partnership with SK Telecom. The air taxi market prepares to take flight.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

Ushahidi, an open source project originally deployed in Kenya to report post-election violence has since been downloaded and deployed for many other events and disasters, including Haiti, Chile, and Japan. The internet is an endless stage and platform, and when we are up there speaking, we expect you are all listening.

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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. by 50% (renewables in Japan in 2019 accounted for 18.9% Japanese renewables lag the U.K. of electricity versus 37.9% in the U.K.),

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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. JYP Entertainment partnered with Dunamu to set up a K-pop-based NFT platform in July, while SM announced its launch to build a cryptocurrency and blockchain platform in 2019. .

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