One Tap Buy, a Japan-based producer of a mobile app that lets users manage investments, has raised ¥1.5bn ($13.3m) from investors including telecommunications group SoftBank, The Bridge has reported.
The round also featured Mizhuo Capital and Mizuho Securities, both investment subsidiaries of financial services firm Mizhuo Bank, as well as venture capital firm Mobile Internet Capital.
One Tap Buy, which originally launched as MyBanker, operates an app that enables users to invest in publicly traded stocks in Japan and the US. The company claims its app has been downloaded more than 150,000 times since it emerged out of beta in June 2016.
The funding will support accelerated product development as the company looks to add new services. One Tap Buy also hopes to boost its marketing activities.
SoftBank previously provided ¥1bn in capital for One Tap Buy in July 2016. Sansei Capital, the corporate venturing arm of insurance provider Mitsui Life Insurance, contributed to a round of undisclosed size in 2015 alongside Mobile Internet Capital and DBJ Capital.