Q4 2016
Startup News Asia
Japan
- Bandai Namco invests in AI startup to improve game characters
- A quick look at 6 recently-funded startups
- Polyglots language learning startup secures funding
- Kyash remittance startup lands $8.5M
- A look at the sharing economy opportunities in Japan
- Wave of startups set to challenge Japan’s aversion to risk
- Rakuten ecommerce giant invests in Germany’s Kreditech
- Global Brain launches $175M 6th fund, aiming at IOT, education and more
- ‘Space entertainment’ startup ALE raises $6M
- A look at 6 promising startups that recently landed funding
- Travel agency JTB to invest in tourism and tech incubator fund
- Shiseido creates team to invest $26M in beauty startups
- A quick look at 5 startups that recently gained funds
- A look at the 14 startups from the recent Infinity Ventures Summit
- Japan Exchange Group unveils blockchain consortium
- Blockchain remittance consortium launches with 42 banks
- E-commerce platform Base lands $14M to grow payment services
- 5 banks take stakes in Money Design robo-adviser startup
- Japanese space startup, Singapore app monetiser set for Russia’s Startup Village
- Japan’s largest printing co acquires startup turning limestone into paper
- Fukuoka poised to be the country’s Silicon Valley
- A brief look at Japan’s preferences around experiencing VR
- A quick look at Japan’s consumer expectations from ecommerce
- A look at winners from the recent Tech In Asia Japan edition
- LINE to shift focus to media and news, post-IPO
- 3 key items when considering Japan’s startup ecosystem
- Japan’s SoftBank partners Saudi public fund for $100b vehicle to invest in tech
- Digital payments slow to catch on with Japan’s consumers
- IDEO design firm, Genuine Startups VC partner for new VC fund
- In Japan, reading remains primarily print-based, regardless of age
- Stripe brings multicurrency payments to Japan
- Line sees sustained success, regardless of age group
