startup Investment

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 […]

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

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 …

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

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 …

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

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 …

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

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 …

HAX Tokyo alumni LexxPluss secures seed round to enhance warehouse robotics Read More

HoloAsh announced on Monday that it has secured 73 million yen (over $670,000 US) in a pre-seed round. Participating investors include Akatsuki’s Heart Driven Fund, Miraise as well as angel …

weBelong, social network app for teenage minorities, raises $670K+ in pre-seed round Read More