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Japan’s Allm secures .5M+ to promote COVID-19 solutions and telemedicine in Asia

Japan’s Allm secures $50.5M+ to promote COVID-19 solutions and telemedicine in Asia

April 20, 2021 - by Pritam Gupta - Leave a Comment

Japanese MedTech Startup Allm has secured 5.6 billion yen (over $50.5 million) from investors including Mitsui & Co (TSE:8031) and SOMPO Holdings (TSE:8630), Nikkei reported on Sunday. This round is considered to be a series A extension round while Japanese startup database Initial reports the company’s post-valuation has reached about 32 billion yen (about $300 […]

Messaging platform Gupshup raises 0 million at .4 billion valuation

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Messaging platform Gupshup raises $100 million at $1.4 billion valuation

April 8, 2021April 8, 2021 - by upendra - Leave a Comment

A startup that began its journey in India 15 years ago, helping businesses reach and engage with users through texts said on Thursday it has attained the unicorn status and is also profitable. San Francisco-headquartered Gupshup has raised $100 million in its Series F financing round from Tiger Global Management, which valued the 15-year-old startup […]

Tiger Global, SoftBank invest in cloud firm Redis Labs at b valuation

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Tiger Global, SoftBank invest in cloud firm Redis Labs at $2b valuation

April 8, 2021 - by upendra - Leave a Comment

SoftBank Group Corp’s Vision Fund 2 and private equity firm Tiger Global Management have invested in Redis Labs, a real-time cloud analytics platform provider, in a late-stage funding round valuing the firm at over $2 billion. Existing investor TCV also participated in the round which raised $110 million, bringing the net amount so far to $347 million, […]

Japan’s Mitsuri, B2B platform for metalworking, secures .8M in series A round

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Japan’s Mitsuri, B2B platform for metalworking, secures $3.8M in series A round

April 3, 2021 - by Pritam Gupta - Leave a Comment

Tokyo-based Catallaxy, the company behind a B2B platform for metalworking called Mitsuri, announced on Monday that it has secured about 410 million yen ($3.8 million US) in a Series A round. Participating …

Amid buy-now-pay-later boom, Paidy becomes unicorn after raising 0M in series D

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Amid buy-now-pay-later boom, Paidy becomes unicorn after raising $120M in series D

April 3, 2021 - by Jitendra Singh - Leave a Comment

Tokyo-based Paidy, the Japanese startup behind cardless online payments and “Buy Now, Pay Later” service, has raised US$120 million in a Series D round, according to Nikkei’s report on Tuesday. It …

Nextblue unveils first fund with M target for Japanese and European startups

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Nextblue unveils first fund with $28M target for Japanese and European startups

March 30, 2021 - by upendra - Leave a Comment

Tokyo-based VC firm Nextblue announced on Thursday that its first fund targeting to raise up to 3 billion yen ($27.5 million), which was initially set up in April, has reached its first …

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HAX Tokyo alumni LexxPluss secures seed round to enhance warehouse robotics

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

Kawasaki, Kanagawa-based LexxPluss announced on Wednesday that it has secured an undisclosed sum in a seed round from Incubate Fund, SOSV Investments, and Sumitomo Corporation. For the startup, this is the first …