Mori Trust and NEC Capital Solutions joined the programmer training school’s latest round, which was led by Fidelity’s Eight Roads Ventures Japan unit.
Author: Edison Fu
Edison Fu is a reporter and Asia liaison at Global Corporate Venturing.
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