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

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

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

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

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

Japan’s Top Social Media Platforms in 2021

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

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

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 […]

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Japan’s Flatt Security nabs .8M to help developers fix security issues in codes

Japan’s Flatt Security nabs $1.8M to help developers fix security issues in codes

Tokyo-based cybersecurity startup Flatt Security announced on Monday that it has secured about 200 million yen (about $1.8 million US) in equity and loans from B Dash Ventures, FinTech Global, and an unnamed business company. For the startup, this follows their $2 million funding back in July of 2019. The latest round brought their total […]

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