Capital and business alliance between JR East Startup and grow&partners of BTA2022 Special Award "Asuiku
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NewsEnpay Raises ¥850 Million in Series B Round of Financing
～(Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; CEO/Founder: Junichi Moriwaki; hereinafter referred to as "Enpay") announced today that it has entered into a capital and business alliance with MIXI Inc.
NewsBTAJ 2019 Grand Prize winner Melody International, which supports local obstetrician shortages with telemedicine, raises a total of ¥110 million in funding from Kyoto iCAP and other investors.
- The following is from a press release - Melody International, Inc. (Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture: President Yuko Ogata), a perinatal telemedicine platform with a mobile fetal monitor at its core, has...
NewsBTA2022 Excellence Award Winner iiba Corporation Raises Funds
- The following is from the press release - iiba Inc. (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo / CEO: Nana Aizawa), a global venture capital firm specializing in early-stage companies, has announced that Antler (Head office: Singapore, CE...
startupUnifa Corporation, developer of the Lukumi series, raises 3.5 billion yen
There are some big deals in motion in the baby tech industry in Japan! BTAJ2019 Unifa Corporation, which is developing the "Lukumi Photo" Grand Prize in the Facility Management category, the "Lukumi Noon Sleep Check" Award for Excellence in the Safety Measures category, and the "Lukumi Thermometer" Award for Excellence in the Health Management category...
startupGalore" for searching children's activities in one place
While browsing CrunchBase, I learned about a service called "Galore" that allows you to search a list of locally based activities for children. It is a San Francisco startup. Galore - kids...
childcareYou can work near your children! Mama Square Succeeds in Raising ¥200 Million in Funding
On March 26, 2008, Mama Square Inc. announced that it has raised approximately 200 million yen in financing. The underwriter is Daiwa House Industry Co. The company operates "Mama Square," Japan's first working space with kids' space. In the future...
fundraisingSmart Thermostat Ecobee Raises 62M$ in Funding
Amazon, too, appears to be committing to the smart home concept one step deeper. Ecobee, a Toronto, Canada-based smart thermostat company, announced on April 7 that it has received $62 million from the Alexa Fund, an investment fund led by Amazon...
startupMedHerant raises £3.8M (¥570M) in funding
Medherant, a medical startup based in Copentry, UK, has raised 3.8 million pounds (570 million Japanese yen) in new funding. UK medtech startup Medherant raises ...
startupChildren's outdoor education platform Tinkergarten
This is a bit old (article from August 2017), but it describes how Tinkergarten, an online site for educational activities for children, has raised $5.4M in funding. Tinkergarten Raises $5.4...
Product IntroductionGPS kids tracker "Jiobit" raises $3 million in funding
From an article on TechCrunch.jp, the media outlet of your dreams. Jiobit Raises $3 Million to Watch Over Children Indoors and Out with GPS - Jiobit's own child got lost in Chicago's Millennium Park and he spent 20 minutes frantically searching for his child...
Product IntroductionSmart baby monitor "Cocoon Cam" raises $4 million in funding
A BabyTech-related fundraising release appeared on PRWeb, which is similar to the @PRESS service in Japan. Cocoon Cam Raises $4MM To Modernize Baby Tech With...
startupFully Automatic Clothes Folding Machine Startup Raises ¥2.5 Billion in Funding
From Founders' Notebook. AI, Robotics, and Healthcare Venture Seven Dreamers Raises ¥2.5 Billion! On June 15, 2017, seven dreamers laboratories, Inc. raised 2.5 billion yen through a third-party allotment of new shares and a research and development grant...
startupGRAIL, a startup for early cancer detection, raises huge amount of funding
How much is $900 million in Japanese yen? GRAIL, a cancer detection startup funded by Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, raises $900 million from Dentsu Ventures and others to enter the Japanese market...
Product IntroductionTwiggle, the "AI search engine," raises $15M
In slightly older news (about a month ago), Twiggle, which is developing a search engine specifically in e-commerce with machine learning, has raised $15M in funding. The money will be used to pay for hiring personnel and sales promotion...
startupBEFORE Brands, which raised a total of $48 million in baby tech
Check out the following article on TechCrunch, BabyTech is also starting to see an increase in funding. Baby tech draws seed funding and a few big rounds...
