Nikkei reported on Friday Japanese HRTech startup SmartHR has secured about 12.5 billion yen (about $115 million US) in the latest series D round, which brought their valuation up to 170 billion yen ...

Colega AI, which provides the AI agent service allowing easy LINE-based social media operation and analysis for restaurants using proprietary AI, announced on the 5th securing funding from Taiwan and ...

Preferred Networks (PFN), a developer of AI solutions and semiconductors, announced on December 23 that it has raised 19 billion yen in its latest funding round. The round was led by SBI Group, with ...

See the original story in Japanese. Kyoto Fusioneering, a developer of key components for fusion reactors, announced on Tuesday that it has completed its second Series C extension round, raising 1.07 ...

Knowhere, which handles sports DX business, announced on the 17th that it has conducted a third-party allotment of shares totaling 480 million yen with GLOBIS Capital Partners as the lead investor.

Shinryo means a bridge connecting ports and reflects Okinawa’s historical role as a trade hub between Japan and other Asian countries. Toyosato explained that the fund will invest in startups looking ...

See the original story in Japanese. Tokyo- and Okinawa-based Payke, the Japanese startup behind a mobile shopping assistant app ( iOS / Android ) for foreign visitors to Japan under the same name, … ...

Power Diamond Systems (PDS), which conducts research and development of next-generation power devices and high-frequency devices, announced on the 17th that it has raised approximately 100 million yen ...

Tokyo-based Parallel, the Japanese startup behind a voice chat app under the same name, announced today that it has secured 1.2 billion yen (about $11 million US) in a series B round. Participating ...

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Tokyo-based Crowd Credit, the Japanese startup behind a cross-border peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform under the same name, announced on Thursday that it will be fully acquired by Osaka-based ...