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New fund from Okinawa wants to help startups expand across Asia
Kenichiro Toyosato gave opening remarks at KozaRocks 2024. Image credit: KozaRocks2024. Bridge learned that Kenichiro Toyosato, founder of startup hubs in Okinawa like Koza Startup Arcade and Startup ...
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Knowhere raises 480 million yen led by GLOBIS Capital Partners, with active professional baseball players among investors – BRIDGE
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.… ...
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Letara, Developer of Hybrid Engines for Spacecraft, Raises Additional 650 Million Yen in Seed Round – BRIDGE
Letara website. Letara, a startup that develops and manufactures propulsion systems (engines) for spacecraft such as satellites using plastic as fuel, announced on the 12th that it has raised an ...
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Parallel, Japan’s answer to Discord, secures $11M series B for global expansion - BRIDGE
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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MUFG to acquire 70% stake in Japan’s Kanmu for $150M to foray into BNPL business - BRIDGE
Some of the Kanmu team with their founder and CEO Wataru Yamaki standing in the middle. Image credit: Kanmu. See the original story in Japanese.. Nikkei reported on Monday that Japanese FinTech ...
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Japanese founder-led employee benefit platform Venteny files for IPO in Indonesia - BRIDGE
Jakarta, Indonesia-based VENTENY Fortuna International announced on Thursday that its application to list on the Indonesia Stock Exchange has been approved. The company will be the first Japanese ...
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Autonomous Transport Solution Provider eve autonomy Raises Funding in Series B Extension - BRIDGE
eve autonomy website. eve autonomy, which provides the Level 4 autonomous transport solution “eve auto” primarily for factories and logistics facilities, announced on the 12th that it has raised 1 ...
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HAKKI AFRICA Aiming to Become Africa’s “Cross-Border” Challenger Bank Raises 1.97 Billion Yen in Series C – BRIDGE
Image credit: HAKKI AFRICA. HAKKI AFRICA, which operates microfinance business for taxi drivers in Africa, announced on the 3rd raising 1.97 billion yen in funding jointly led by SMBC Venture Capital ...
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Turing, an Autonomous Driving System Developer, Raises Additional 1 Billion Yen from Government Funds – BRIDGE
Image Credit : TURING. Turing, a developer of autonomous driving systems, announced on the 25th that it has raised 1.02 billion yen in a pre-Series A extension round through investments from JIC ...
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A glance of the most active lead VCs in 2023 (Infographic) - BRIDGE
This guest post is authored by Mark Bivens. Mark is a Silicon Valley native and former entrepreneur, having started three companies before “turning to the dark side of VC.” As is customary, we are ...
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LA startup Cashi Cake secures $3.7M to promote seaweed-based functional sweets, beverages – BRIDGE - BRIDGE（ブリッジ）|「起業家と投資家を繋ぐ ...
Misaky.Tokyo and OoMee Image credit: Cashi Cake. Los Angeles-based Cashi Cake, the Japanese startup behind the Misaky Tokyo seaweed confectionery brand and the OoMee seaweed beverage brand, announced ...
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「ブルーカーボン」で環境と経済の好循環を目指す ——富士通発スタートアップBLUABLEの挑戦 - BRIDGE（ブリッジ）
左から、BLUABLE 取締役の福地達貴氏、代表の魚谷貴秀氏、取締役の西川暢子氏. 本稿はコーポレートアクセラレーターを運営するゼロワンブースターが運営するオウンドメディア「01 Channel」からの転載記事です。 富士通から出向起業という形でスピンアウトしたBLUABLE（ブルアブル）は、海藻の ...