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Starley, Developer of Voice AI Chat App “Cotomo,” Raises Additional 200 Million Yen
Starley, the developer of voice conversation AI app “Cotomo,” announced on the 25th that it has raised approximately 200 million yen through a third-party allocation of shares to ...
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Arousal Technology, an AI Reskilling Service Provider, Raises 200 Million Yen in Pre-Series A Funding
Arousal Technology, a company specializing in AI-related services, announced on the 25th that it has raised 200 million yen in a pre-Series A round from Vision Platform, Shikigaku Fund, and other ...
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Turing, an Autonomous Driving System Developer, Raises Additional 1 Billion Yen from Government Funds
Turing, a developer of autonomous driving systems, announced on the 25th that it has raised 1.02 billion yen in a pre-Series A extension round through investments from JIC Venture Growth ...
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Craif Raises 1B Yen from Keisuke Honda’s X&KSK in Series C1 Round, Total Funding Reaches 6.2B Yen
Craif, a startup developing ultra-early cancer detection technology using microRNA and AI, announced on December 23 that it has secured 1 billion yen from X&KSK, led by soccer star Keisuke ...
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Preferred Networks, AI Development Unicorn, Raises 19B Yen Including Debt Financing—SBI and Mitsubishi Corporation Among Investors
Preferred Networks (PFN), a developer of AI solutions and semiconductors, announced on December 23 that it has raised 19 billion yen in its latest funding round. The round was led by SBI Group, ...
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RadioNano Therapeutics, Cancer Treatment Startup from Kyoto University, Raises 600M Yen in Series A Funding
RadioNano Therapeutics, a biotech startup developing novel boron-containing nanoformulations for cancer treatment, announced on December 23 that it has secured approximately 150 million yen in the ...
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Storyline Accelerates Caffeine Control Technology Development with Government-Backed Capital Loan
Storyline, a company developing proprietary caffeine removal technology, announced on December 24 that it has secured cooperative financing from the Japan Finance Corporation’s Sendai branch ...
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Cuebus, Developer of Robotic Warehouse Systems, Secures Series B Extension from Toyota Industries
Cuebus, developer of the robotic warehouse system “CUEBUS,” announced on the 23rd that it has secured a Series B extension round through a third-party allocation of shares to Toyota ...
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Pi Photonics, Developer of Proprietary LED Lighting, Secures Series C Funding
Pi Photonics, developer of the patterned LED lighting “Hololight Series,” announced on the 20th that it has completed a Series C funding round through a third-party allocation of ...
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FYRA Completes Seed Round to Tackle Communication Latency Reduction Using 5G and Generative AI
FYRA, a developer of low-latency mobile communication solutions leveraging 5G data and generative AI, announced on the 23rd that it has completed a seed funding round from D-Engine and individual ...
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Imiron, a National Institute of Informatics Startup, Raises 60 Million Yen in Seed Funding
Imiron, a provider of logic-based safeguard and logical explanation technologies, announced on the 23rd that it has raised 60 million yen in seed funding from Abelia Capital. Founded in August 2024 by ...
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Taiwanese entrepreneurs explore Tokyo’s startup ecosystem
GEIX folks visited Accenture Innovation Hub Tokyo. Image credit: Masaru Ikeda Do you remember Dave McClure, who once managed Founders Fund and 500 Startups (now 500 Global), and currently runs ...