#StartupJapan news
January, February & March 2019
- Japan: Cinnamon AI startup secures $15M
- Japan: Regulators approve Crypto Garage’s bitcoin sidechain trial for exchanges
- Japan: Marubeni trading firm partners LO3 Energy blockchain startup for energy marketplace trial project
- Japan: China’s SenseTime AI startup unveils self-driving center outside Tokyo
- Japan: Gov’t to white-hat test-hack 200 million devices as security preparation for 2020 Olympics
- MoneyTap, blockchain-backed payment app co-developed by Ripple and Japan’s SBI financial services giant, secures investments from 13 local banks
- Japan: Tokyo Metropolitan Government sets sights on becoming global entrepreneur hub
- Japan’s largest bank to launch blockchain-backed payment network in 2020
- Japan: Infinito tech provider unveils Infinito Blockchain Platform for development of decentralised apps using APIs
- Japan: Five banks collaborate to launch Fitting Hub blockchain-based financial services infrastructure
- Japan: Rakuten e-commerce giant to launch Rakuten Wallet cryptocurrency exchange in April
- Japan: SBI Holdings financial services giant establishes new subsidiary to manufacture cryptocurrency mining chips and systems
- Japan: Vaak startup develops AI that can identify shoplifters before they steal, based on body language
- Japan: Startups will soon be permitted to use stock options to pay outside experts who contribute to new business
- Japan: Beam privacy-oriented cryptocurrency startup secures funding from Recruit Co, Japan’s LinkedIn equivalent
- Japan: An intro to the LINE Pay-Visa co-branded credit card
- Japan: An intro to BugMo, startup making protein bars out of powdered crickets
- Japan’s Mizuho Bank partners China’s state-run Zhongguancun tech fund to discover startups
- WiT Japan & North Asia Startup Pitch 2019 issues call for entries for this year’s competition
- 3rd ASEAN-Japan Women Entrepreneurs’ Linkage Program commences to empower female entrepreneurs and women-led startups
- An overview of 10 of Japan’s fast-growing AI startups
- Japan: Tonari tech startup aims to combat rural exodus with wall-size telepresence portals
- Japan: Aroma Bit deep-tech startup secures $2.2M led by Sony Ventures
- Japan’s startup funding more than doubles in 5 years
- Japan: Coral Capital early-stage investment firm launched by departing 500 Startups Japan team with $45M corpus ready
- Japan: Genesia Ventures launches US$80M fund for SE Asia startups
- Japan: Sojitz trading firm partners Silicon Valley’s Fenox VC to launch $30M tech startup fund
- Japan: NordicNinja VC launches, aiming for investment in Europe’s deep tech startups
- Chinese tech startups eye Japan’s real estate and tourism sectors
- Techstars Music unveils its next cohort of 9 music-tech startups
- The 9 startups selected for the current Techstars Music Accelerator
- Japan’s Akatsuki VC unit focuses on India, seeking content-focused startups in vernacular languages, gaming, entertainment and media
- India: Happy Marketer digital marketing firm acquired by Japan’s Dentsu advertising agency
- India: Oyo joint venture with Yahoo Japan opens up Japan’s rental market as first overseas expansion
- Japan’s Atom Solutions fintech firm partners Philippines’ Bayad Center outsourced payment solutions company to allow users to pay utility bills with token
- Thailand: Japanese embassy launches Rock Thailand to intro 10 tech startups to 20 key Thai enterprises