Q2 2017
Startup News Asia
Japan
- Japan: popIn online ad startup making foray into South Korea, Taiwan
- Japan: Fringe81 adtech startup set to list on Tokyo bourse
- Japan: A look at 11 startups from the recent New Economy Summit
- Japan: A quick overview of the recent Agritech Summit in Tokyo
- Japan set to use AI to simplify patent processing
- Japan: Smart Drive driving behavior analytics startup lands $9M
- Japan: BTMU bank and others plan int’l fund transfers via blockchain in 2018
- Japan: Authlete API security startup lands $1.2M
- Japan: $9M DroneFund launched to nurture drone ecosystem
- Japan: Online shoppers pick browsers over apps for purchasing
- Japan: Mistletoe backs Funderbeam $2.15M for Asia blockchain stock exchange
- Japan: Trend Micro launches US$100M VC fund for IoT startups
- Japan: Z-Works elderly healthcare IoT gains $3.6M backing
- Japan: GMS rickshaw taxi loan tech startup raises $6M for SEA growth
- 4 of Asia’s VR startups to keep an eye on
- Japan: Fukuoka, ‘Asia’s Seattle’, draws startups to buck ageing trend
- Japan: A look at the recent Slush Tokyo event
- Japan: A look at Code Republic’s latest 3 startups
- Japan: A look at Limex limestone-based paper alternative
- Japan: Seven Dreamers laundry-folding robot startup lands $22M
- ASEAN-Japan Innovation Network launches collaboration drive
- WIT Startup Pitch, 2-day travel tech conference, seeks startups to pitch in Tokyo
- Japan: Panasonic Corporation to launch $100M VC arm
- Japan: GREE Ventures closes 2nd fund at $67M, targets 30 investments
- Japan: government-backed Cool Japan Fund joins with 500 Startups
- Japan: Paneo VR avatar startup raises $800K
- Japan: Cluster VR startup raises $1.8M
- Japan: Cluster VR startup wins Infinity Ventures Summit pitch battle
- Japan: Playsnak VR gaming startup raises $1.2M to close $2.5M seed round
