Masaru started his career as a programmer/engineer, and previously co-founded several system integration companies and consulting firms. He’s been traveling around Silicon Valley and Asia exploring… ...

SPACECOOL, developer and distributor of the radiative cooling material “SPACECOOL,” announced on the 14th that it has raised a total of 900 million yen in pre-Series A and Series A rounds.

In an era when artificial intelligence is reshaping every industry, a new initiative aims to produce globally competitive AI startups born in Japan. Delight Ventures —an early‑stage venture‑capital ...

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 ...

See the original story in Japanese. Tokyo-based Mercari, the startup behind the mobile flea market app of the same name, announced today it has raised 1.45 billion yen (approximately $14.1 million)… ...

Gatebox, which develops products that allow users to live with characters, announced on the 11th that it has raised a total of 230 million yen in a seed round from three companies: PKSHA Algorithm ...

Youtube is the most popular online video site in the world, and it’s certainly big here in Japan too. But Japan also has a very unique video sharing site called Niconico Douga that’s wildly popular… ...

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 ...

Unchorlight Kenya Limited (UKL) is offering a BNPL (Buy Now, Pay Later) service called Zaribee, exclusively for “boda boda” motorcycle taxi riders in the Eastern African country. The company announced ...

Regional Fish, a pioneer in genome-edited aquaculture, announced on December 26 that it has raised a total of ¥4.07 billion (approximately $25.3 Million) in its Series C funding round.

Neusignal Therapeutics, a startup spun off from Tohoku University, announced on January 31st that it has raised a total of 2.25 billion yen in a Series A round.

Tokyo-based Dinii, offering cloud-based solutions for restaurants, has secured $48 million US in a Series B round. The latest round was led by U.S.-based Bessemer Venture Partners and Hillhouse ...