Japanese e-learning startup Schoo files for IPO, eyes $47M valuation
According to its financial statement, the company posted revenue of 2.008 billion yen ($14.1 million US) and an ordinary loss of 672 million yen ($4.71 million US) for the fiscal year ending September 2023. Since its launch back in 2011, Schoo has been offering the Schoo WEB-campus online learning service in the field of recurrent education.
An online community for Japanese girls who like ‘boys love’
Aug 28, 2013 · PictBLand is one example, where the target users of the site are ‘Fujoshi’ or so-called ‘rotten girls’. This modern term refers to females who likes novels and manga about male homosexuality (love between two males is often described as ‘boys love’ in Japan, hence the ‘BL’ in the service’s name). On PictBLand users can view ...
BRIDGE – Tech and Startup News from Japan
Japanese payments solution provider Infcurion raises $70M+ from Sumitomo Mitsui. In a move to strengthen corporate digital transformation support, Infcurion, the Tokyo-based payments solutiuon provider, has…. 3 Min. 8.8k. News. The Bridge. Sep 27, 2024.
Comico provides free, mobile-friendly manga - BRIDGE
Nov 5, 2013 · Comico provides free, mobile-friendly manga – BRIDGE. Although many people in Japan still prefer to read comic books on paper, smartphones are pushing the industry towards digital at a fast pace. In Japan, there are websites like Ebook Japan that provide over 160,000 digital comics, and other services like Cmoa and Manga Okoku (roughly means ...
Japanese FinTech startup Moneytree secures series C round …
Apr 29, 2020 · Tokyo-based Moneytree, a startup that provides a personal finance app and a cloud-based accounting service, announced on Tuesday that it has secured series C round funding from Fidelity International.. Details of financial terms have not been disclosed. Given that the company claims that the latest round brought their total funding sum up to 3.1 billion yen (about $29 million US), however, it ...
Japan’s Brave group sets up shop in US to develop VTubers for …
Jun 2, 2023 · Image credit: Brave group. Tokyo-based Brave group, a Japanese VTuber studio, announced that it has founded a US subsidiary to begin full-scale global operations.Their first initiative is V4Mirai, a VTuber production project focused on English-speaking markets, in which two VTubers (Abi Kadabura and Serina Maiko) will debut on June 11.Brave group US plans to use this as a springboard to expand ...
Top 5: Japanese Online Dating Sites - BRIDGE
Jul 2, 2013 · Pairs ¶. Pairs is an online dating site with over 150,000 members. With 950,000 Facebook likes, the site is very aggressive in its online marketing. Judging by the posts on its Facebook page, they appear to target men more than women. All identities are displayed by initials only, and nothing will be posted on people’s Facebook pages.
Japan’s Vinclu, holographic virtual assistant developer ... - BRIDGE
See the original story in Japanese.. Tokyo-based Vinclu, the Japanese startup developing a holographic virtual assistant called Gatebox, has announced that it will start co-developing solutions using Clova, the artificial intelligence (AI) platform developed by Japanese messaging company Line and its Korean parent company Naver.Coinciding with this, Line unveiled that it …
Japanese sneaker marketplace reaches $340M valuation after …
Dec 2, 2021 · Tokyo-based Soda, the Japanese startup behind a marketplace specializing in sneakers and streetwear called SNKRDUNK (pronounced as Sneaker Dunk), announced today that it has secured an undisclosed sum in a series D round from SoftBank Vision Fund 2 (SBVF2), which brought the company’s valuation up to 38 billion yen or $340 million US. This ...
Japanese Government opens entrepreneurs’ base in SF Bay Area
Japan Innovation Campus Image credit: METI. The Japanese Government is establishing a center for entrepreneurs in Palo Alto called Japan Innovation Campus.Its arm METI, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, held a reception party to celebrate the launch of it on Sunday, inviting Yasutoshi Nishimura, the Japanese Economic Minister. Other guests included Palo Alto Mayor Lydia Kou, former ...