See the original story in Japanese. UTokyo Innovation Platform (UTokyo IPC for short), the University of Tokyo’s answer to Stanford’s StartX incubator, announced in April that its 1stRound de...
https://thebridge.jp/en/2024/05/1st-round-partners-with-cyber-valley
In November of 2020, Singapore-based startup news media outlet e27 reported that Hi-so, a startup in Myanmar led by a Japanese entrepreneur, has secured its first round of funding. Prior to launc...
Tokyo-based Orange, the Japanese startup behind an AI localization system for manga titles, announced on April 7 that it has raised 2.92 billion yen (about $18.9 million) in a pre-series A roun...
https://thebridge.jp/en/2024/05/orange-pre-series-a-round-funding
Tokyo-based Astroscale Holdings, the Japanese company offering space debris removal services, announced on Wednesday that its initial listing application on the Tokyo Stock Exchange had been appr...
Tokyo-based Sixty Percent (60%), the Japanese startup running a cross-border e-commerce platform focused on Asian fashion brands under the same name, announced on Wednesday that it has secured 46...
https://thebridge.jp/en/2024/02/sixty-percent-series-a-round-funding
This guest post is authored by Mark Bivens. Mark is a Silicon Valley native and former entrepreneur, having started three companies before “turning to the dark side of VC.” He is a venture ca...
https://thebridge.jp/en/2024/01/rudevc-japan-lead-vc-radar-2023
Tokyo-based BeBit, the Japanese startup offering companies with digital transformation (DX) solutions through improving user experience (UX), has secured 1.2 billion yen (about $8.2 million) in a...
https://thebridge.jp/en/2024/01/bebit-series-b-round-funding
This guest post is authored by Mark Bivens. Mark is a Silicon Valley native and former entrepreneur, having started three companies before “turning to the dark side of VC.” He is a venture ca...
https://thebridge.jp/en/2023/12/rudevc-massive-opportunity-in-tokyo-real-estate-sector
This guest post is authored by Mark Bivens. Mark is a Silicon Valley native and former entrepreneur, having started three companies before “turning to the dark side of VC.” He is a venture ca...
Tokyo-based Degas, the Japanese startup aiming to help improving the livelihoods of small farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, announced last week that it has secured 970 million yen (about $6.7 millio...