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Japanese sneaker marketplace reaches 0M valuation after raising funds from SoftBank
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Japanese sneaker marketplace reaches $340M valuation after raising funds from SoftBank

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Tokyo-based Soda, the Japanese startup behind a marketplace specializing in sneakers and streetwear called SNKRDUNK (pronounced as Sneaker Dunk), announced today that it has secured an undisclosed sum in a series D round from SoftBank Vision Fund 2 (SBVF2), which brought the company’s valuation up to 38 billion yen or $340 million US. This follows […]

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Japan music marketplace Audiostock secures .8M for global subscription service
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Japan music marketplace Audiostock secures $5.8M for global subscription service

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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 […]

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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

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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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Autify advances no-code AI-powered software testing automation platform with M Series A
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Autify advances no-code AI-powered software testing automation platform with $10M Series A

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While working as a software engineer in Japan, Singapore and San Francisco for the past 10 years, Ryo Chikazawa, CEO and co-founder of Autify, came to realize that there’s one common problem in the software development industry; software testing takes excessive time. Chikazawa and co-founder Sam Yamashita started Autify in 2016 in San Francisco to […]

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Online sales saas Platform bellFace scoops up 3 billion yen in series D round
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Online sales saas Platform bellFace scoops up 3 billion yen in series D round

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Bellface, which operates the online sales system “Bellface” that realizes non-face-to-face business negotiations, announced on September 21 that it has raised approximately 3 billion yen in Series D round funding through a third-party allotment. .. …

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