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Japan's Digital Banking Startup Kyash Rakes In US$45M

Japan’s Digital Banking Startup Kyash Rakes In US$45M

With the latest round of investments, Kyash’s total funding amount has reached US$73 million Tokyo-based mobile banking startup Kyash has raised US$45 million in a Series C funding round co-led by Greenspring Associates and existing investor Goodwater Capital, according to a statement issued by the company on March 30. With the latest round of financing, […]

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With the latest round of investments, Kyash’s total funding amount has reached US$73 million Tokyo-based mobile banking startup Kyash has raised US$45 million in a Series C funding round co-led by Greenspring Associates and existing investor Goodwater Capital, according to a statement issued by the company on March 30. With the latest round of financing,

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Yokogawa acquires Danish AI-tech startup Grazper

This is the second of three partnerships so far this month. Tokyo-based electrical engineering and software company Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced in a statement yesterday that it had acquired Danish artificial intelligence (AI) startup Grazper Technologies ApS for an undisclosed amount on 20 March 2020. Founded in 2015 in Copenhagen, Grazper’s investors include Danish venture

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This is the second of three partnerships so far this month. Tokyo-based electrical engineering and software company Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced in a statement yesterday that it had acquired Danish artificial intelligence (AI) startup Grazper Technologies ApS for an undisclosed amount on 20 March 2020. Founded in 2015 in Copenhagen, Grazper’s investors include Danish venture

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A New Decade for Japanese Startups

A New Decade for Japanese Startups

The Bridge Co-founder Masaru Ikeda discusses Japan’s startup opportunities and its growing unicorn population I primarily write about startups in Japan and the rest of the world for my Japanese audience, but I occasionally do so in English to encourage interest and share what’s going on in the Japanese startup landscape. Based in Tokyo, I

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The Bridge Co-founder Masaru Ikeda discusses Japan’s startup opportunities and its growing unicorn population I primarily write about startups in Japan and the rest of the world for my Japanese audience, but I occasionally do so in English to encourage interest and share what’s going on in the Japanese startup landscape. Based in Tokyo, I