This week, a smartphone insurance startup received another round of funding. Also featured are a streamlined app for beauticians, a C2C platform for farmers, and the latest in luggage storage.
AOS Data
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AOS Data, which offers cloud and software content management platforms for companies as well as individuals, has teamed up with Findex to gain a bigger foothold in the medical data space. As part of this new partnership, the four-year-old startup got US$1.84 million from Findex, which has been in the market for over three decades.
Vivid Garden
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Vivid Garden developed Tabechoku, an organic farming C2C marketplace similar to PocketMarche. Tabechoku users can have fresh vegetables, rice, and other agriculture products – all chemical- and pesticide-free – delivered directly to their homes, straight from the farm. At present, 100 farms are registered as sellers.
In its most recent funding round, Vivid Garden received US$370,000 from Eureka founder Yuka Saka, Campfire CEO Kazuma Ieiri, Adtech Tokyo president Hiromitsu Ishimori, Akatsuki CEO Genki Shiota, and an undisclosed angel investor.
Wefabrik
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Osaka-based Wefabrik has created Smasell, a B2B marketplace that allows fashion companies to sell their unused inventory or scrap materials to other businesses. Over 350 companies are using Smasell’s marketplace, which handles transactions via SMBC banks.
Wefabrik announced that it has raised US$923,000 in its latest fundraising from Crooz Ventures, Septeni Holdings, SMBC Venture Capital, Senshu Ikeda Capital, and existing investor KLab Venture Partners.
In August 2017, the company made it to the final round at B Dash Camp 2017 Summer in Sapporo pitch competition.
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