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I AND C-Cruise Raises $2M from Fenox VC

I AND C-Cruise Co, Ltd., which operates Green-EnergyNavi.com, a Japanese solar power web portal, raised $2m in funding. Fenox Venture Capital made its second investment...

Sosei Acquires Heptares Therapeutics for up to $400M

Sosei Group Corporation (TOKYO:4565), a Japanese biopharmaceutical company with operations in Japan and the UK, acquired Heptares Therapeutics Limited, a UK-based clinical-stage biotechnology company...

Cinemacraft Raises US$3.9M in Series A Funding

Cinemacraft, a Tokyo, Japan-based provider of an online visual media platform, closed a $3.9m Series A funding. The round was led by 500 Startups, with...

Metaps Completes $36M Series C Financing

Metaps Inc., a Tokyo, Japan-based provider of an app monetization platform, completed a $36m Series C round of financing. Backers included unnamed existing and new...

Quantum Biosystems Raises 2.4 Billion Yen in Series B Funding

Quantum Biosystems, an Osaka, Japan-based company that applies quantum mechanics to the development of innovative single-molecule DNA sequencers, raised 2.4bn yen in Series B...

WaVe Life Sciences Raises $18M in Series A Funding

WaVe Life Sciences, a Boston, MA- and Japan-based provider of nucleic acid therapeutics, raised $18m in Series A funding. The round was led by RA...

Incubate Fund Raises $91M Fund

Japanese venture capital firm Incubate Fund raised a $91m fund. Backed by Tencent, Yahoo Japan, Sega Sammy, Tokyo Broadcasting System, INCJ, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking, Mistletoe,...

IzumoBASE Receives Investment from Global Brain

IzumoBASE, Inc., a Tokyo, Japan-based provider of Software-Defined Storage solutions, received an investment from The "GB-V Growth Fund Investment Limited Partnership" managed by Global...

freee Receives $6M in Series B2 Funding

freee, a Tokyo, Japan-based SaaS accounting company, received $6m in Series B2 funding. Backers in the round, which followed the Series B1 funding of $8m...

Empathy Co. Receives Investment from Intel Capital

Empathy Co., Ltd., a Tokyo, Japan-based provider of application services for the payment solution market, received an investment from Intel Capital. The amount of the...

Rakuten to Acquire Ebates for $1BN

Rakuten, Inc., is to acquire Ebates Inc., a US-based provider of a membership-based online cash-back site, for $1bn in cash. Founded in 1999, Ebates provides...

Whill Closes $11M in Series A Funding

Whill, Inc., a San Francisco, CA-based startup that makes personal mobility devices, closed $11m in Series A funding. The round was led by Innovation Network...

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