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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 …
SoftBank Vision Fund invests in Japanese firm for 1st time Read More
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 …
A $2 billion Japanese startup aims to fix polarized news via an algorithm Read More
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 […]
Japan’s sticker character production Quan to merge with cartoonist agency Wwwaap Read More
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 […]
Japan’s Flatt Security nabs $1.8M to help developers fix security issues in codes Read More
Mitsubishi Power Americas, Inc and El Paso Electric have signed a joint development agreement (JDA) creating a collaboration framework to jointly develop projects that will enable EPE to achieve its clean energy goals. The JDA extends EPE’s commitment to reducing carbon emissions by replacing carbon-intensive assets with a combination of renewables, storage and power generation […]
Mitsubishi Power, El Paso Electric to develop roadmap toward carbon-free energy mix by 2045 Read More
TOKYO — The University of Tokyo plans to start investing in startups spawned at the institution drawing from a new 60 billion yen ($536 million) fund, Nikkei has learned, as it aims to support the creation of unicorns and help Japan catch up in the global tech race. The fund is expected to become Japan’s largest university-launched […]
University of Tokyo to set up $536m fund for school-born startups Read More
Microsoft Corp.’s LinkedIn is shuttering a localized version of its professional networking platform in China, becoming the last major U.S. social media provider to pull out of the country and …
Microsoft to shut LinkedIn China, citing ‘challenging’ climate Read More