Adways
This startup raised $1m to bring VR ‘God mode’ to architects
Shogo Numakura was blown away by the first Oculus Rift. Now he has raised $1m from 500 Startups and others to bring VR design software to another level.
Quest Drop raises money to help the next Flappy Bird soar in Southeast Asia
This company makes it easier to create a string of successful mobile game hits.
9 markets and 3 years later, Adways finally turns a profit overseas
Adways’ first foray overseas – to China in 2003 – stalled. It’s second push is in the black and starting to accelerate.
Adways launches app pre-registration platform as Geeeks Play in SEA
Adways launches its popular Yoyaku Top 10 app pre-registration platform in Southeast Asia, starting with Thailand.
Adways’ first global push stalled. Its second one is catching fire.
Japan’s Adways did not let a setback slow it down. Now it is in 11 countries.
A tale of a dropout turned multi-millionaire entrepreneur (#StartupAsia preview)
Haruhisa Okamura, Founder and CEO at Adways Adways, a Tokyo-headquartered company founded in February 2001, today employs over a thousand employees worldwide and generated US$221 million in revenue last year.
5Rocks, backed by a strong team, hopes to rock the game analytics world
The startup has experienced entrepreneurs on board as well as some familiar names in Asia as investors.
How a high school dropout became a multi-millionaire entrepreneur
Haruhisa Okamura founder and CEO of Adways is one of the youngest founders to bring a company from zero to IPO in Japan.
Brave Frontier developer Gumi gets second investment in 2 months for regional expansion
Less than two months after closing a $19 million funding round, Tokyo-based mobile game developer Gumi has just accepted an undisclosed sum of cash from Japanese mobile advertising company Adways (TSE:2489) in exchange for
A social network for TV fans in Singapore
With the rise of mobile, TV channels are joining the fray and trying to tap into that market with their own mobile apps. Social Gate, one such app that I



