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See the original story in Japanese. Tokyo-based Activ8 (pronounced ‘activate’), the Japanese startup behind the Upd8 (pronounced ‘update’) ‘Virtual YouTuber’ supporting project, announced on Wednesday ...
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 ...
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 ...
「カラダの状態を、正確かつ簡単に可視化することで、一人ひとりの人生を最大限に楽しくする」をミッションに掲げる PITTAN。同社が開発する汗分析技術は、わずか15分間のパッチ採取で肌 ...
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 startup ...
Kenichiro Toyosato gave opening remarks at KozaRocks 2024. Shinryo means a bridge connecting ports and reflects Okinawa’s historical role as a trade hub between Japan and other Asian countries.
Knowhere is developing an analysis app (from the company website) that can perform motion analysis based on body movements and calculate tracking data such as ball rotation with just a smartphone. It ...
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 ...
On the 11th, Bandai Namco Entertainment announced the renaming and expansion of its startup investment fund, now called the Bandai Namco 021 Fund, increasing its investment capacity to over ¥6 billion ...
Singapore- and Tokyo-based aquatech startup Umitron announced on Tuesday that it has raised 1.22 billion yen (about $9.2 million US) in a pre-series B round from ENEOS Holdings (TSE: 5020), QB Capital ...
電動パーソナルモビリティを手掛ける glafitは10日、アイシンと米 Pegasus Tech Ventures が共同で運営するアイシン CVC(アイシン・ペガサス・テック・ベンチャーズ)を引受先とする資金調達を ...
有効求人倍率は約7倍、交通誘導に限れば都内で99.9倍に達するとされるなど、深刻な人材不足に直面している警備業界。strayaは、この課題に SaaS で立ち向かい、2024年6月の正式リリース以来 ...