5 rising startups in Japan

Five startups were funded in Japan last week. Read on to see what they do and what they got.

Minarai by Nextremer

Nextremer is the developer of the question-answering artificial intelligence minarai.

Minarai is a multipurpose AI that can understand and respond to human speech. The AI understands multiple languages and can be adapted to run on devices ranging from a smartphone to a robot.

Nextremer received an investment of just over US$4.3 million on the 8th.

Coiney

Coiney provides a credit card payment terminal for smartphones and tablets in addition to other services.

Coiney Payge lets users make their own website where they can send and receive payments. As of this year the startup released Coiney Scan, which lets users scan QR codes to quickly pay bills. Coiney also offers corporate valuation and loan review service Coiney Engine.

The startup announced that it received roughly US$2.7 million in funding last week.

Delihub by Yolo

Delihub is a customer relations management platform for restaurants and bars developed by Yolo.

Although details on the service are not yet available, Yolo CEO Shin Akaogi says it will enable restaurant owners to create and manage websites as well as allow takeout and delivery orders online. Delihub is set for release in September.

Pro-sess by Maple Systems

Vegery by Vegeo Vegeco

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