Kyoto fusion components developer attracts US VC firm, total …
Jul 26, 2024 · 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 billion yen (about $7 million US). This round saw participation from four parties, including US venture capital firm In-Q-Tel (IQT), Nichicon (TSE: 6996), and Marubeni Corporation ...
An online community for Japanese girls who like ‘boys love’
Aug 28, 2013 · PictBLand is one example, where the target users of the site are ‘Fujoshi’ or so-called ‘rotten girls’. This modern term refers to females who likes novels and manga about male homosexuality (love between two males is often described as ‘boys love’ in Japan, hence the ‘BL’ in the service’s name). On PictBLand users can view ...
Top 5: Japanese Online Dating Sites - BRIDGE
Jul 2, 2013 · 1kViews. facebook. Online dating sites like Match.com don’t really have clear equivalents in Japan, at least not ones that people talk about using openly. Online dating is still less common here and even a little frowned upon. But thanks to the rise of social networks, especially Facebook, more people feel safe about meeting someone new online.
A glance of the most active lead VCs in 2023 (Infographic) - BRIDGE
Jan 20, 2024 · The 2023 edition of the VC Radar reflects Japan’s most active Lead VCs in 2023. Specifically, this infographic depicts the number of new investments led by Japan’s independent venture capital funds into domestic startups last year. Only investments in which the VC firm served as Lead investor for a startup that was not already in their ...
Kakaku.com: Japan’s price comparison king – BRIDGE
May 21, 2013 · Japanese price comparison site Kakaku.com is a pretty essential tool for shoppers in Japan, whether you do your shopping online or offline. While sites like Rakuten or Amazon Japan are among the most likely online retail destinations, along with countless other lesser known e-commerce options. But in order to find out where the cheapest option ...
Tokyo Government launches center of exchange between
Nov 27, 2023 · Image credit: Masaru Ikeda. On Monday, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government held a kick-off event to celebrate the opening of Tokyo Innovation Base or TiB for short, a center of exchange between entrepreneurs and other stakeholders in the startup landscape.. Based on its startup strategy titled Global Innovation with Startups, the government uses the venue for activities in aim to help increase ...
Japanese digital therapeutics startup CureApp secures $51.5M in …
Tokyo-based digital therapeutics startup CureApp announced on Tuesday that it has secured about 7 billion yen (about $51.5 million US) from global investment firm Carlyle (NASDAQ:CG) in a series G round. This follows their previous round raising 2.1 billion yen ($19.7 million) back in March of 2017. The latest round brought their funding sum up ...
Japan’s Incubate Fund launches $147M fund for growth-stage
Tokyo-based VC firm Incubate Fund announced on Tuesday that it has established a new growth fund called IFGO worth 16.1 billion yen (about $147 million). This is the sixth flagship fund for the firm since its first fund established in 2010 (excluding regional funds and franchise funds in India, the US, and Brazil).
Tokyo Otaku Mode acquired by Japanese major publisher …
Tokyo Otaku Mode announced on Tuesday that it has been acquired by Japanese major publishing company Shogakukan. The terms of the deal have not yet been disclosed. We haven’t confirmed that the company secured funding from VC firms and other sources after January of 2018. To date, the total amount of funds secured through the Series A and ...
Japan’s robotic leg prosthesis developer BionicM secures $2.8M in ...
Jan 31, 2023 · Tokyo-based BionicM, the Japanese startup developing the Bio Leg robotic leg prosthesis, announced on Tuesday that it has 370 million yen (about $2.8 million) in a extended series A round.Participating investosr are NVenture Capital (a wholly owned subsidiary of NEC Capital Solutions), Shinsei Corporate Investment, University of Tokyo Innovation (UTokyo IPC), Kiraboshi Capital, Chibagin ...