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Peter Thiel’s VC firm backs Coral Capital’s new $128m fund
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Peter Thiel’s VC firm backs Coral Capital’s new $128m fund

Japan-based Coral Capital said that about 30% of the raised amount came from global investors across the US, Asia, and Europe.
Miguel Cordon · · 1 min read
Strive hits final close of Asia-focused fund at over $100m

Strive hits final close of Asia-focused fund at over $100m

It’s focused on seed-stage opportunities in the B2B sector across Southeast Asia, India, and Japan.
Miguel Cordon · · 2 min read
Payments company Ayopop raises $1m seed funding

Payments company Ayopop raises $1m seed funding

With funding from Gree Ventures, Ayopop cotinues to specializes in bill payments – things like mobile data, electricity, health insurance, and video-on-demand services.
Nadine Freischlad · · 4 min read
Get precious facetime with 500 Startups, GREE Ventures, and Techstars

Get precious facetime with 500 Startups, GREE Ventures, and Techstars

We’re taking 6 of the region’s best VCs to the Investor Stage to meet startup founders. What’s it like joining their family – and what happens next? Time to find out at TIA BLR 2016.
Louisa Chiew · · 6 min read

HotelQuickly acquires last-minute hotel service Tonight, enters Japan

The two Gree-backed companies come together under HotelQuickly’s banner.
Michael Tegos · · 3 min read

14 Japanese tech titans that aren’t Sony or Nintendo

Each of these companies, born after 1980, have a market cap that’s over US$1 billion. How many do you recognize?
J.T. Quigley · · 12 min read

Indonesian mobile game studio Touchten pockets funding from Gree and 500 Startups

The round was led by Gree and followed by 500 Startups. CEO Anton Soeharyo looks to grow the team and pump out more games.
Leighton Cosseboom · · 2 min read

After $1.2M funding, Pie’s Pieter Walraven explains why the app is nothing like Slack

The co-founder explains what makes Singapore-based Pie stand out in the workplace chat app space.
Michael Tegos · · 4 min read

TaskRabbit clones are struggling in Asia. Not Japan’s Anytimes, which just raised $1.9M

From language lessons to furniture assembly, Anytimes helps locals connect with each other to complete odd jobs for extra income.
J.T. Quigley · · 3 min read

DeNA announces acquisition, two new services alongside content curation initiative

With announcement of DeNA Palette initiative, Japanese gaming giant aims to release ten category-specific content curation platforms by year’s end.
J.T. Quigley · · 3 min read