Tech & startup news
from June 2018
- WIT Japan & North Asia Startup Pitch 2018 tourism-focused winners unveiled
- World Innovation Lab, a US-Japan VC firm, raises $521M 2nd fund to connect entrepreneurs with corporate resources
- Japan: An intro to the DRAGON, airborne drone which can change shape during flight
- Japan’s Wantedly HR startup launches job-matching services in Hong Kong
- Japan: Umitron raises $8.2M for AI and data analytics in fish farming
- Japan could become ‘unicorn’ central if some political constraints are lowered
- Japan: 2020 Olympics to deploy facial recognition tech to screen staff, athletes and reporters
- Japan: Curbside, app offering shoppers mobile ordering from bricks-and-mortar stores for outside pickup, acquired
- Japan cryptocurrency space set to gain from entry of Coinbase from US
- Japan: Tech In Asia conference set for Tokyo in September
- Japan: Tokyo expects to launch driverless car system by 2020
- Japan: Mercari flea market app set to expand from e-commerce with $3.65BN valuation
- Japan’s Aisin Group launches $50M VC fund with Silicon Valley’s Fenox Venture Capital for auto-tech startups
- Japan: Cinnamon, startup using AI to push workplace productivity and creativity, raises $9M
- Japan: Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance replace 34 employees with AI system
- Japan: $55M AI fund launched, focusing on seed and early-stage
- Taiwan: A look at the recent Infinity Ventures Summit, aiming to build tech networks with Japan