Nippon Venture Capital has reportedly invested $740,000 in Forkwell, a jobs website for engineers backed by the corporate venturing unit of Japan-based gaming company CyberAgent.
The company was previously backed with more than ¥130m ($1.6m) by CyberAgent Ventures, Grooves, its parent company, which is also backed by CyberAgent, and angel investors, according to Takuya Nakagomi, an executive in charge of Forkwell’s growth, news provider e27 said.
CyberAgent backed Grooves with ¥40m in seed funding on 30 November last year.