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Japan music marketplace Audiostock secures .8M for global subscription service

Japan music marketplace Audiostock secures $5.8M for global subscription service

December 13, 2021December 13, 2021 - by upendra - Leave a Comment

Okayama, Japan-based Audiostock, the Japanese startup behind a marketplace for music composers and sound creators under the same name, has secured 670 million yen (about $5.8 million) in its latest round, according to Nikkei’s report on Wednesday. Participating investors include Susquehanna International Group, Ceres (TSE:3696), and HBCC Technology Investment. This follows the company’s series B […]

Japan’s space debris remover Astroscale secures 9M, brings valuation to 5M

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Japan’s space debris remover Astroscale secures $109M, brings valuation to $295M

December 13, 2021December 13, 2021 - by upendra - Leave a Comment

Tokyo-based Astroscale Holdings, the Japanese startup offering space debris removal services, has secured approximately 12.4 billion yen (about $109 million) in a Series F round, which brought the startup’s valuation to 33.4 billion yen (about $295 million). This follows their series E round back in October of last year. Investors participating in the latest round […]

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How To Start A Business In Japan: A Step-By-Step Guide

November 23, 2021November 23, 2021 - by upendra - Leave a Comment

Japan is an ever-growing market, and it’s a hugely popular choice for foreign individuals and businesses who want to take the challenge of opening or expanding their business abroad. We have talked in our blog about entering the Japanese market , but in this article, we will be diving deep into the technicality of registering […]

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Japan’s Top Social Media Platforms in 2021

November 23, 2021November 23, 2021 - by upendra - Leave a Comment

Covid-19 pandemic has changed our behaviour, especially online. Social Media, mobile, digital have become an indispensable part of our daily life for people living around the world. According to the Digital Report by We are Social, in partnership with Hootsuite, in 2020, while most of the world was in lockdown, social media users grew at […]

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SoftBank Vision Fund invests in Japanese firm for 1st time

November 2, 2021November 2, 2021 - by upendra - Leave a Comment

SoftBank Group Corp’s Vision Fund has invested in a Japanese biotechnology company, the startup said Friday, marking its first investment in a domestic firm. Aculys Pharma Inc, based in Fujisawa …

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A $2 billion Japanese startup aims to fix polarized news via an algorithm

November 2, 2021 - by upendra - Leave a Comment

It all started, Ken Suzuki says, back in 1989 when he visited the Berlin Wall. Suzuki, who was 14 and on a school trip at the time, was allowed to …

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Japan’s sticker character production Quan to merge with cartoonist agency Wwwaap

November 2, 2021 - by upendra - Leave a Comment

Tokyo-based Quan, the Japanese startup producing characters like Betakkuma and Business Fish for messaging stickers, has announced that it will merge with Wwwaap (pronounced ‘warp’), an agency of cartoonists and influencers. The two companies will be merged by January of 2022 to establish a new company called Minto. Quan’s CEO Kazuhiro Mizuno will be appointed […]