ChatWork, a Japan-based communications platform, has raised $12.5m in its series B round from listed venture firm Jafco and other investors.
ChatWork helps teams within 86,000 companies from 204 countries and regions increase engagement and work better together without depending on email.
Keisuke Miyoshi, a board member of Jafco, which is backed by the government as well as companies, said: “We are proud to make one of our biggest investments by JAFCO SV4, our latest flagship fund, in ChatWork. Given ChatWork’s proven success, we believe they are uniquely positioned to accelerate their global expansion and further innovate business chat for the future of work.”
In May, GMO Venture Partners, the corporate venturing unit of Japan-based internet group GMO, invested Y300m ($2.5m) in ChatWork.