Open Network Lab
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.
Huge Korean demo day ends with 500 Startups bagging calendar app
Korean startups are turning heads from major accelerators, but one key ingredient they’re missing could stop them from going global.
Fablic, the maker of women-focused flea-market app Fril, raises $9M
Fablic joins Mercari as flea market services raising hefty rounds.
11 options for Japanese online shopping that aren’t Rakuten or Yahoo
There are many more options than just Rakuten and Yahoo.
Japan’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.
19 of the hottest South Korean startups came to Tokyo looking for business partners – here’s our top five favorites
19 of the hottest South Korean startups came to Tokyo looking for business partners for Startup Alliance Korea. Here are the top five from their demo day.
Japan’s Viibar wants to turn underappreciated video producers into well-paid freelancers
Viibar, a Tokyo-based startup, is on a mission to liberate technical professionals from the stifling world of industrial video production. Founded by Yuta Kamisaka and three others in April 2013, Viibar is a crowdsourcing solution for animated or live action video production and has already received US$3 million in funding. Kamisaka, a former director and producer for commercials and television shows, was inspired by his time in the industry.
StudyPact motivates you to study by putting your money at stake
Founded by Tobias Hoenisch and later joined by Paul Kitti and Evan Grossman, StudyPact aims to motivate the world to study harder. How does it do that? Simple – by
6 Great Ideas from Open Network Lab’s Demo Day in Tokyo
Open Network Lab is a Tokyo-based incubator backed by Joi Ito (the director for MIT’s Media Lab) and two Japanese internet juggernauts, Digital Garage and NetPrice.com. They have just concluded
Tokyo’s Open Network Lab Partners With AQ To Improve UX For Start-ups
Today Tokyo’s tech startup incubator Open Network Lab unveiled that it has partnered with AQ, a Tokyo-based multilingual website design consultancy, to help local tech startups improve user experience quality




