Seed Funding for Startups
In the context of startups, ‘seed funding’, ‘seed money’ or ‘seed capital’ are terms that are getting more and more familiar to the casual audience. The concept of seed funding …
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Smart HR: Managing the heart of your Business
Japan may be leading in many industries and providing amazing solutions for everyday lifestyle, but some things just never change there. Take, for example, faxes and pagers. Also, we cannot leave …
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Startups:Challenges and Solutions
Japan is a leading centre for innovation, boasting a highly attractive business and living environment within one of the world’s largest economies. A survey by the Ministry of Economy, Trade …
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Investment in Japanese Software Organisations
Japan is home to a large information technology (IT) industry. The software sector alone accounted for sales of more than 15 trillion Japanese yen as of 2018. During the same year, the data …
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Wakaze, bringing Japanese sake from Paris brewery, nabs $3M for Europe, US expansion
Japanese sake brewing startup Wakaze announced on Wednesday that it has secured 330 million yen (about $3 million US) in a series A round. Participating investors in this round are Jafco Group …
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Insurance giant Sompo buys 21.9% stake in Google-backed deep learning startup Abeja
Tokyo-based Abeja announced that it has formed a capital and business alliance with Japanese insurance giant Sompo Holdings (TSE:8630). Sompo acquired 21.9% of the outstanding shares from Abeja’s five existing shareholders: INCJ, Salesforce.com, Mizuho Capital Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, and Itochu (TSE:8001). The startup became an affiliate of the insurance conglomerate. Founded in September of 2012, […]
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Japan’s Hacobu secures $8.7M to use big data for optimizing B2B logistics
Tokyo-based Hacobu, a business-to-business logistics optimization startup, has announced that it has secured 940 million yen (about $8.7 million US) in its latest round of funding. Participating investors are JIC Venture Growth Investments (JIC VGI), NN Corporate Capital (Investment arm of Nomura Real Estate Holdings), Toyota Tsusho (TSE:8015), Logistics Innovation Fund (Spiral (TSE:8015), Logistics Innovation […]
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