Startup News
Japan
A broad round-up of Japan’s startup news from July 2019.
- Japan: Sony announces $185M Innovation Growth Fund aimed at tech startup investments
- A look at Uber Eats’ surprising success strategies in Japan, including deliveries by the elderly
- Japan: Tier IV self-driving vehicle startup raises $100M Series A with open-source software approach
- Japan: Kyash payments app and putative challenger bank raises $14M with prepaid debit-based mobile wallet
- Japan’s Itochu trading house partners China’s Citic state conglomerate for $1.8BN VC fund to introduce Japanese startups into China
- Japan: 100 major manufacturers partner to use blockchain to share data to boost efficiency and improve competitiveness
- Japan: “The number of crypto asset exchange service providers which have expressed their interest [in launching in Japan] is about 110 as of June”
- Japan: Secrets of ancient Kuzushiji texts are now being revealed by AI
- Japan’s Agribuddy gains backing for agtech focus on rice, cassava and corn farmers across 7 provinces in Cambodia
- Japan: An overview of how Osaka is setting itself up as a hub for innovation
- Japan: An intro to Fukuoka Growth Next, aiming to make Fukuoka Japan’s Silicon Valley
- SoftBank Group announces $108BN Vision Fund 2 to focus on AI, with investor participation by Apple, Foxconn, Microsoft and others
- A brief look at how robotics startups from China and India are capitalizing on Japan’s labor and logistics challenges in responding to online shopping’s growth
- Japan: Deepcore incubator to boost AI-focused startups investment to 70, and may launch a second fund
- China’s Douyu live-streaming platform sets sights on Japan’s burgeoning esports market via JV with Mitsui trading house
- An overview of Japan’s collaborations with, and investments in, India’s startups
- Sony and Diawa arm launch Innovation Growth Ventures, aiming to raise $185M for tech startup investments in Japan, Europe, the US and Israel
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