EverConnect Raises 15 Million Yen, Wants To Aggregate All Your Social Accounts

Earlier this week, Tokyo-based startup EverConnect unveiled its web app that allows you to check out posts and tweets from multiple social network accounts on a single screen. It’s called Everconnect.Me, and so far it has fundraised a total of 15 million yen (about $193,000) from three investors, Voyage Group, NetAge, and Neptune Group.

The web service aggregates messages and posts from Gmail, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Foursquare, and plans to integrate with more social network platforms soon. It is expected to launch in beta tomorrow, and only invited users are allowed to sign up for the service. To receive an invitation, you will be requested to register on their website, press the ‘like’ button on their Facebook fan page, follow their Twitter account, or receive an invitation from existing users. The first 100k applicants can receive a complimentary premium account.

The startup’s founder/CEO Yutaka Shinohara explains:

As our email messaging services transition to the cloud, users became more free to use messaging without thinking about the background mess. But today, we turn to using a variety of social media, and have been forced to use different networks to reach a specific contact, in accordance with whichever network he or she belongs to. [This really means] we are no longer free. We just wanted to launch an aggregation service that allows us to use multiple social network platforms more openly.

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The service is targeting users outside Japan as it is provided entirely in English. The company will use the money fundraised especially for hiring new talent, and for adding new features which will help it push into the global market.

The startup was founded in September of 2010 by Mr. Shinohara, who previously worked with Tokyo-based secure messaging vendor Zenlok Corporation. They were chosen as one of Red Herring’s Top 100 Asia Winner and Global Finalist in 2011, and also won the second place at the Innovation Weekend Grand Finale, a startup competition by Tokyo- and Silicon Valley-based incubator Sunbridge Venture Habitat.