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Vietnam’s Sendo banks $61m in series C funding
New investors including EV Growth and Kasikornbank participated in the round.
Miguel Cordon · · 2 min read
Joi Ito wished these five Japanese startups good luck before their demo day
Open Network Lab has accelerated some of Japan’s most famous startups. See the top five which graduated this term.
Peter Rothenberg · · 5 min read
Japan’s Sekai Lab nabs funding to outsource dev work to South and Southeast Asia
Sekai Lab’s Bangladesh team. Tokyo-based Monstar Lab today announced that it has raised JPY 400 million (US$3.3 million) for its offshore app, web, and game development crowdsourcing service Sekai Lab.
J.T. Quigley · · 3 min read
Digital Garage invests in US fintech startup MX, preps it to challenge Asian incumbents
Despite strong domestic competitors in Japan and beyond, Digital Garage has high hopes for the American challenger.
J.T. Quigley · · 2 min readIf Japan’s SmartNews is just another news app, why is it valued over $100M?
The SmartNews founders and chief journalist talk about the company’s past and future.
David Corbin · · 6 min readIndonesia’s adtech startup Adskom raises $850,000 from 4 VCs
Adskom is one of those rare Indonesian tech startups which are operating internationally.
Enricko Lukman · · 2 min readJapan’s Netprice.com to rebrand as BEENOS – pivots to venture capital with “Inception Program”
Japan’s BEENOS creates “Inception” program – requires 70% equity to join. Idea created by Open Network Lab co-founder Hiro Maeda.
David Corbin · · 5 min readTokyo-based Language Cloud Brings Learning Management Online
Readers may recall education startup Teamie, who won our Startup Arena event in Singapore this past February. They are just one example of many young companies out to change the
Rick Martin · · 3 min readJapan’s Crowdworks Raises $3.75 Million, Poised for Further Asia Expansion
Crowdworks, a Tokyo-based startup providing a crowdsourcing platform that matches engineers and designers with job postings, just announced today that it has raised a total amount of $3.75 million (300
Masaru Ikeda · · 1 min readDigital Garage Acquires Photozou from Zynga Japan
Tokyo-based Digital Garage today announced that it has acquired photo-sharing service Photozou, a service that has been operating since 2005. It was previously owned and operated by Unoh Inc, a
Rick Martin · · 2 min read