HRTech startup SmartHR becomes Japan’s 6th unicorn after
WEBMay 23, 2021 · Nikkei reported on Friday Japanese HRTech startup SmartHR has secured about 12.5 billion yen (about $115 million US) in the latest series D round, which brought their valuation up to 170 billion yen ($1.6 billion US) and let them join the Unicorn Club. According to CB Insights, Japan has now five unicorns including Paidy joining the club earlier this year, and SmartHR will be the 6th unicorn ...
Niconico Douga: Japanese online video site puts discussion
WEBFeb 27, 2013 · Niconico Douga quietly first emerged back in December of 2006, pushing out a beta version a month later. Since then, the site has offered many unique features to its users, successfully accumulating over 30 million users as of 2012. That averages out to a whopping 440,000 new users per month. The user demographic is …
BRIDGE – Tech and Startup News from Japan
WEBAug 19, 2024 · Japanese e-learning startup Schoo files for IPO, eyes $47M valuation. Tokyo-based Schoo, the Japanese startup offering online video-based learning services for individuals and businesses, announced on Thursday that its initial listing application on the Tokyo Stock Exchange had been approved.…. 2 Min Read. 4.7k Views.
Wind wonderfully visualized: First Tokyo, now the world
WEBDec 18, 2013 · Live version at earth.nullschool.net. A few weeks ago I was lucky to meet with the incredibly clever Cameron Beccario over beers with some friends here in Tokyo .He had just recently created his Tokyo Wind Map, a visualization of publicly available wind data using the very slick D3 Javascript library.Attentive readers of our site might recall that we also used D3 for our own Japan Internet Map.
Japan’s powered prosthetic leg developer BionicM secures $5M in …
WEBSep 7, 2020 · Image credit: BionicM. Tokyo-based BionicM, the Japanese startup developing powered prosthetic legs, announced today that it has secured 550 million yen (about $5 million US) in a Series A round.Participating investors are The University of Tokyo Edge Capital (UTEC), Utokyo Innovation Platform (UTokyoIPC), and the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).
Kakaku.com: Japan’s price comparison king – BRIDGE
WEBMay 21, 2013 · Japanese price comparison site Kakaku.com is a pretty essential tool for shoppers in Japan, whether you do your shopping online or offline. While sites like Rakuten or Amazon Japan are among the most likely online retail destinations, along with countless other lesser known e-commerce options. But in order to find out where the cheapest option ...
Comico provides free, mobile-friendly manga - BRIDGE
WEBNov 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 ...
Top 5: Japanese Online Dating Sites - BRIDGE
WEBJul 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.
Japanese digital therapeutics startup CureApp secures $51.5M in …
WEBTokyo-based digital therapeutics startup CureApp announced on Tuesday that it has secured about 7 billion yen (about $51.5 million US) from global investment firm Carlyle (NASDAQ:CG) in a series G round. This follows their previous round raising 2.1 billion yen ($19.7 million) back in March of 2017. The latest round brought their funding sum up ...
Japan’s virtual community Ameba Pigg is what Second Life
WEBJul 18, 2013 · Ameba Pigg is a virtual community operated by Japanese tech giant CyberAgent, perhaps most famous for its Ameba Blog platform. The virtual community was launched back in Feburary of 2009, and has over 15 million registered users to date. After creating an avatar on Ameba Pigg, users can play …