Japanese digital therapeutics startup CureApp secures $51.5M in …
WEBTokyo-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 Sagri secures $1.4M to roll out satellite-based solutions for ...
WEBJun 5, 2021 · Sagri, the Japanese startup behind a satellite-based agricultural analytics platform under the same name, announced on Wednesday that it has secured 155 million yen (about $1.4 million US) in its latest round. This round is led by Real Tech Fund with participatioin from Minato Capital, Senshu Ikeda Capital, …
Japan’s cloud-based CCTV solution provider Safie hits $1.6B
WEBOct 5, 2021 · See the original story in Japanese.. Tokyo-based Safie (TSE: 4375), the Japanese startup offering cloud-based CCTV solutions, went public on the TSE Mothers market on Wednesday. The company has priced its initial public offering at 2,430 yen (about $22) a share but it hit the highest price of 3,700 yen (about $33) last week which brought the company’s market cap up to over 180 billion yen ...
Meet Oton Glass, the Japanese smart glasses helping the reading ...
WEBMay 25, 2015 · Oton Glass was originally designed to integrate with a character recognition API (application program interface) provided by NTT Docomo, capturing images with a built-in camera, recognize them on the cloud, send synthesized voices back to the user. So the platform can support people with reading disabilities without human assistance, but ...
BRIDGE – Tech and Startup News from Japan
WEBAug 19, 2024 · Japanese AI startup Alt files for IPO, eyes $119M valuation. Tokyo-based Alt, the Japanese startup developing AI solutions and Large Language Models (LLMs), announced on Thursday that its initial listing application on the Tokyo Stock Exchange had been approved. The…. 1 Min Read. 2.4k Views. News.
Japanese government unveils downloadable 3D topographical …
WEBMar 22, 2014 · Japanese government unveils downloadable 3D topographical map of the country – BRIDGE. 3D model of Mt. Tsukuba. The Geospatial Information Authority of Japan recently unveiled a three-dimensional version of the nation’s map which can be viewed from various angles. You can even create a solid model of the islands using map and altitude data ...
Niconico Douga: Japanese online video site puts discussion
WEBFeb 27, 2013 · Niconico Douga quietly first emerged back in December of 2006, pushing out a beta version a month later. Since then, the site has offered many unique features to its users, successfully accumulating over 30 million users as of 2012. That averages out to a whopping 440,000 new users per month. The user demographic is …
Top 5: Japanese Online Dating Sites - BRIDGE
WEBJul 2, 2013 · Pairs ¶. Pairs is an online dating site with over 150,000 members. With 950,000 Facebook likes, the site is very aggressive in its online marketing. Judging by the posts on its Facebook page, they appear to target men more than women. All identities are displayed by initials only, and nothing will be posted on people’s Facebook pages.
Japan’s Crowd Realty gets $2.1M from banks and property giant to ...
WEBJan 25, 2018 · The webpage of “Kyomachiya No. 2 Fund” that made use of Umamachi, Kyoto’s historical townhouses Image credit: Crowd Realty. See the original story in Japanese.. Tokyo-based Crowd Realty, which provides the real estate-specific crowdfunding platform under the same name, announced in late December that it has fundraised from Mitsubishi Estate (TSE: 8802), Shinsei Corporate Investment ...
Japanese sneaker marketplace reaches $340M valuation after …
WEBDec 2, 2021 · Tokyo-based Soda, the Japanese startup behind a marketplace specializing in sneakers and streetwear called SNKRDUNK (pronounced as Sneaker Dunk), announced today that it has secured an undisclosed sum in a series D round from SoftBank Vision Fund 2 (SBVF2), which brought the company’s valuation up …