Kenichiro Toyosato gave opening remarks at KozaRocks 2024. Shinryo means a bridge connecting ports and reflects Okinawa’s historical role as a trade hub between Japan and other Asian countries.

Singapore- and Tokyo-based aquatech startup Umitron announced on Tuesday that it has raised 1.22 billion yen (about $9.2 million US) in a pre-series B round from ENEOS Holdings (TSE: 5020), QB Capital ...

On the 11th, Bandai Namco Entertainment announced the renaming and expansion of its startup investment fund, now called the Bandai Namco 021 Fund, increasing its investment capacity to over ¥6 billion ...

See the original story in Japanese. Kyoto Fusioneering, a developer of key components for fusion reactors, announced on Tuesday that it has completed its second Series C extension round, raising 1.07 ...

This guest post is authored by Mark Bivens. Mark is a Silicon Valley native and former entrepreneur, having started three companies before “turning to the dark side of VC.” As is customary, we are ...

See the original story in Japanese. Tokyo-based Activ8 (pronounced ‘activate’), the Japanese startup behind the Upd8 (pronounced ‘update’) ‘Virtual YouTuber’ supporting project, announced on Wednesday ...

Tokyo-based Abeja announced that it has formed a capital and business alliance with Japanese insurance giant Sompo Holdings (TSE:8630). Sompo acquired 21.9% of the outstanding shares from Abeja’s five ...

Global Brain announced on the 11th that it has invested in Supercritical Solutions, a developer of green hydrogen production technology, through the investment fund “Hydrogen Forest Investment Limited ...

Tokyo-based Crowd Credit, the Japanese startup behind a cross-border peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform under the same name, announced on Thursday that it will be fully acquired by Osaka-based ...

Pairs is a Facebook-based dating and marriage hunting app launched in 2012 and has acquired over 1.5 million users in Japan and 800,000 users in Taiwan to date. Couple is a memory-sharing and ...

Knowhere is developing an analysis app (from the company website) that can perform motion analysis based on body movements and calculate tracking data such as ball rotation with just a smartphone. It ...

Regional Fish, a pioneer in genome-edited aquaculture, announced on December 26 that it has raised a total of ¥4.07 billion (approximately $25.3 Million) in its Series C funding round. The funding ...