4th quarter 2017
Startup News
Japan
- Japan launches its 1st quantum computer prototype
- Japan: Kawasaki city to predict tsunamis and impact using AI
- Japan: Honda to unveil 3E robotics, AI and energy solution concepts in 2018
- Japan’s finance industry embraces bitcoin mining
- Japan: Tokyo Financial Exchange takes step toward launching bitcoin derivatives
- Japan: City of Tokyo announces blockchain startup accelerator
- Fujitsu to trial blockchain payments with 3 Japanese banks
- Hitachi and Mizuho partner for blockchain supply chain management
- Japan: Blockchain system to manage personal financial data developed; banks now able to access credit history and consumer activity
- Honda Innovations expanding early stage innovation program to Japan, China, Detroit and Europe
- Japan: Visa-backed Japanese currency crypto payment card sets for launch
- Japan: 11 crypto exchange operators endorsed; no plan for ICO ban
- Japan: Quoine raises $105M in oversubscribed ICO
- Japan: Inagora lands $67.6M for e-commerce sales of Japanese goods to China
- Japan: TEPCO launches 2nd edition of Free Electrons accelerator aimed at energy startups
- Japan: Money Forward fintech goes to IPO on $505M valuation
- Japan: Eight Roads Ventures launches $224M fund aimed at fintech, health and emerging tech
- Japan: Kyushu to gain from IoT solutions for agriculture and aquaculture
- Japan to aggressively invest in SEA startups, aiming primarily at IoT and healthcare
- Japan: Riverfield robotic surgeon startup set to reach market by 2020
- Japan, Singapore prep for linked blockchain-based digital trading platform proof-of-concept
- Japan: A look at Borderless Japan, supporting social entrepreneurs
- Japan: Twitter remains top social network whilst Instagram grows
- Plug and Play incubator/investor sets global push to Tokyo and beyond
- Japan mulls startup visa program to lure foreign entrepreneurs and businesses
- Japan: Infostellar lands $7.3M for cloud-based satellite antenna sharing
- Japan: Candee livestreaming startup lands $21.5M for video, media and talent services
- Japan: Adoir videography and filming knowledge platform lands $875K
- Tujia, ‘China’s Airbnb’, sets expansion sights on Japan
- China’s Sensetime AI firm partners Japan’s Honda around smart cars
