Top 5: Japanese Online Dating Sites - BRIDGE
2013年7月2日 · Pairs ¶. Pairs is an online dating site with over 150,000 members. With 950,000 Facebook likes, the site is very aggressive in its online marketing. Judging by the posts on its Facebook page, they appear to target men more than women. All identities are displayed by initials only, and nothing will be posted on people’s Facebook pages.
BRIDGE – Tech and Startup News from Japan
Japanese carbon accounting startup Asuene sets up shop in Bangkok. Tokyo-headquartered Asuene, the Japanese startup behind a cloud-based platform to visualize and report the reducing effort of carbon gas emissions, announced its expansion into Thailand on Thursday. Asuene (Thailand), the…. 2 Min Read.
Japanese sneaker marketplace reaches $340M valuation after …
2021年12月2日 · This is the abridged version of our original article in Japanese.. Tokyo-based Soda, the Japanese startup behind a marketplace specializing in sneakers and streetwear called SNKRDUNK (pronounced as Sneaker Dunk), announced today that it has secured an undisclosed sum in a series D round from SoftBank Vision Fund 2 (SBVF2), which brought the company’s valuation up to 38 billion yen or $340 ...
A glance of the most active lead VCs in 2023 (Infographic) - BRIDGE
2024年1月20日 · The 2023 edition of the VC Radar reflects Japan’s most active Lead VCs in 2023. Specifically, this infographic depicts the number of new investments led by Japan’s independent venture capital funds into domestic startups last year. Only investments in which the VC firm served as Lead investor for a startup that was not already in their ...
Asia-focused fintech startup Opn becomes Japan’s 5th unicorn …
2022年5月10日 · Image credit: Opn. Tokyo- and Bangkok-based fintech startup Opn (formerly Omise, formerly Synqa) announced on Monday that it has secured $120 million US in a Series C+ round. Reuters reported that this round made the company become Japan’s 5th unicorn. A unicorn refers to a startup with a value of over $1 billion.
Japanese chat fiction app Peep secures series D from Tencent
2021年7月10日 · Image credit: Taskey. Tokyo-based Taskey, the Japanese startup behind chat fiction app Peep, announced last week that it has secured a series D round from Chinese tech giant Tencent.For the startup, this follows their previous funding rounds in June of 2015, July of 2018, and May of 2019. The funding amount of the latest round has not been disclosed but it is estimated seven-digit or more ...
Kakaku.com: Japan’s price comparison king – BRIDGE
2013年5月21日 · Japanese price comparison site Kakaku.com is a pretty essential tool for shoppers in Japan, whether you do your shopping online or offline. While sites like Rakuten or Amazon Japan are among the most likely online retail destinations, along with countless other lesser known e-commerce options. But in order to find out where the cheapest option ...
Niconico Douga: Japanese online video site puts discussion
2013年2月27日 · Niconico Douga quietly first emerged back in December of 2006, pushing out a beta version a month later. Since then, the site has offered many unique features to its users, successfully accumulating over 30 million users as of 2012. That averages out to a whopping 440,000 new users per month. The user demographic is mostly male (with 67% men ...
Japan’s virtual YouTuber management agency Anycolor files for IPO
2022年4月30日 · Tokyo-based Anycolor, the Japanese startup behind the VTubers (short for “Virtual YouTubers”) group Nijisanji, announced on Thursday that its IPO application to list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange had been approved.The company will be listed on the TSE Growth Market on June 8 with plans to offer 30,000 shares for public subscription and to sell 174,600 shares in over-allotment options for a ...
Japan’s brand enablement platform AnyMind Group files for IPO
Tokyo-headquartered AnyMind Group, running its business mainly in Japan and other Asian countries, announced on Tuessday that its IPO application to list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange had been approved. The company will be listed on the TSE Growth Market on December 15 with plans to offer 885,300 shares for public subscription and to sell 403,400 ...