Lancers,Inc., Tokyo-based the largest Crowdsourcing company raised additional $9M from Persol Holdings and Shinsei Bank
Kaizen Platform, Tokyo-based UI / UX improvement service firm raised additional $5M from SBI Investment, Dentsu Innovation Partners, Mizuho Capital and YJ Capital
MoneyDesign, Tokyo-based Robo-Advisory Firm raised additional $7M from NTT docomo and the Dai-ichi Life Insurance
LeapMind has raised Investment of Over US$10 Million
Money Forward just went Public to Mothers.
The application for the listing of Money Forward has officially been approved by Mothers(Market fo the high-growth and emerging stocks).
Tokyo-based Sansan, the largest business card management company has raised $42M from DCM Ventures and Salesforce Ventures.
Aperza, a vertical media for manufacturing company has raised $6M from JAFCO and GMO VenturePartners, Inc.
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