In January, Geniee said it would partner with Yahoo Asia Pacific allow advertisers in south-east Asia to place ads in Japan.
Month: February 2013
Le-Le-Le has coffee with funders
Venture capital firm East Ventures was the other investor in Le-Le-Le besides Dena’s Incubate Fund, according to news provider Cnet Japan.
PayrollHero raises $1m
Alongside Ryan Holmes, CEO of Hootsuite, were venture capital firms Futura Corporation, 500 Startups, LX Ventures, 8capita Partners, and angel investors.
Skyera stores Dell’s cash
Dell Ventures led the round that climbed to $51.6m once the seed stage was included. Other strategic investors rather than any venture capital firm filled out the round.
Companies ‘paws’ for GxYz
Two Japan-based media groups have set up a joint venture to develop social gaming titles for smartphones Gree and Yahoo Japan have committed ¥200m ($2.2m) to this gaming venture, GxYz, which was named after a cat was brought into the office and allowed to walk across a keyboard, according to news provider Tech In Asia. … Continue reading Companies ‘paws’ for GxYz
Macmillan sambas into Brazil
Veduca, a Brazil-based online video platform for educational content, raised $740,000 in its seed round from a consortium including Macmillan Digital Education, which also backed Easyaula, an online educational marketplace that makes it easy for people to learn anything from anyone.
SBVK transmits with TVU
US-based TVU Networks, a provider of mobile live broadcast solutions, has raised $4m of a $7.13m round led by SoftBank Korea Ventures.
LVMH sets fashion trend
UK-based fashion trade blog Business of Fashion has raised $2.1m in seed funding led by Index Ventures and including LVMH.
Violin plays to $96.2m
Violin Memory, a US-based corporate venturing-backed maker of data storage equipment backed by Japan-based peer Toshiba, has extended its pre-flotation round by up to $50m. Violin increased the amount it is raising from private investors could reach $130m from a previously disclosed round of $80m and said in a regulatory filing it had now raised… Continue reading Violin plays to $96.2m
Pinterest adds another $200m
Hedge fund Valiant Capital Management, which has also backed Dropbox and Evernote, led the latest round as a new investor and the consortium also included Rakuten.
TechInvest goes inside for deal
Indoo.rs, an Austria-based indoor location and navigation technology has raised a “six-figure” seed round from a local consortium including “strategic investor” TechInvest. TechInvest is a local technology financing company owned by Hannes Bardach, chief executive of Frequentis. TechInvest invests in companies from the Frequentis start-up centre when technology is relevatn to Frequentis. Tecnet Equity, a… Continue reading TechInvest goes inside for deal
Rakuten buys Tradoria
Founded in 2007, Tradoria was owned by venture capital firm Seventure Partners (reported at 24 %), DuMont Venture (about 19 %) and the European Founders Fund of the Samwer brothers (about 11 %).
Solegro shacks up with @Leisure
DuMont Venture and CatCap had bought into Solegro, which was founded by Nils Regge, in March 2010.
GimiGames tests skill with Planet49
DuMont had invested in GimiGames in July 2009.