LOOV is a video platform focused on enhancing the sales and marketing efforts of professionals through the creation of tailored, data-driven videos. The platform connects buyers and sellers by producing videos that adapt based on viewer attributes, thereby collecting valuable viewing and customer data. This approach allows sales and marketing teams to deliver relevant information to each customer, ultimately aiming to improve conversion metrics and customer engagement. By leveraging technology to optimize video content, LOOV supports professionals in their efforts to increase sales effectiveness and foster deeper connections with their audience.
Mov is a web design company that operates a store support business focused on helping companies manage their store information centrally. The company's platform offers market data related to stores and expertise in digital marketing, allowing clients to efficiently manage their store data. Mov's services include bulk management of store information and tools for visualizing and analyzing customer feedback, enabling businesses to enhance their customer outreach and improve overall store performance.
PATRA Japan
Series D in 2022
PATRA Japan operates a shopping platform that specializes in selling corporate brand products created by influencers, alongside its in-house brands. The platform not only streamlines the ordering process but also integrates product databases, logistics, and essential sales and marketing tools for effective brand management. Additionally, PATRA serves as a trend media outlet, particularly for women, delivering the latest fashion trends to an audience of over one million followers on Instagram. Through this dual role as a marketplace and a trend source, PATRA connects consumers with both innovative products and relevant fashion information.
Mov is a web design company that operates a store support business focused on helping companies manage their store information centrally. The company's platform offers market data related to stores and expertise in digital marketing, allowing clients to efficiently manage their store data. Mov's services include bulk management of store information and tools for visualizing and analyzing customer feedback, enabling businesses to enhance their customer outreach and improve overall store performance.
iPrice Group
Corporate Round in 2022
iPrice Group is an online price comparison platform that aims to enhance the e-commerce experience for shoppers in Southeast Asia by offering a diverse selection of products from numerous online retailers. The company provides users with the ability to compare prices, discover various products, and find the best deals across multiple categories, including electronics, fashion, home improvements, and baby products. By partnering with hundreds of online shops, iPrice facilitates a transparent and convenient shopping experience. Established in Kuala Lumpur, the company has rapidly expanded its presence across seven markets, including Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, and the Philippines. With a mission to boost trust and convenience in the e-commerce sector, iPrice leverages international expertise in technology and online marketing to serve its customers effectively.
Noin
Venture Round in 2021
Noin, Inc. is a Tokyo-based company founded in 2016 that specializes in online content creation and media development, with a focus on the cosmetics industry. The company provides services that address contemporary trends and concerns, producing engaging videos and other content aimed at helping its audience. In addition to content creation, Noin also offers sales account management and social media management services tailored for online businesses, enhancing their digital presence and engagement.
FIREBUG
Venture Round in 2020
FIREBUG Inc., established in Tokyo, Japan in 2016, specializes in media content creation and marketing services. The company offers comprehensive solutions including marketing planning for mass and digital platforms, public relations support, TV commercial production, media buying, event planning, and smartphone video distribution. FIREBUG also facilitates talent development for comedians, actresses, models, artists, and creators by arranging production plans and creating IP and advertising items based on their social networking sites. Additionally, they provide basic marketing assistance and advertising services for businesses.
Cozre is a media company that offers digital marketing support, DX solutions, and marketing research services for child-rearing households.
PATRA Japan
Venture Round in 2019
PATRA Japan operates a shopping platform that specializes in selling corporate brand products created by influencers, alongside its in-house brands. The platform not only streamlines the ordering process but also integrates product databases, logistics, and essential sales and marketing tools for effective brand management. Additionally, PATRA serves as a trend media outlet, particularly for women, delivering the latest fashion trends to an audience of over one million followers on Instagram. Through this dual role as a marketplace and a trend source, PATRA connects consumers with both innovative products and relevant fashion information.
DataX
Venture Round in 2019
DataX is a business that specializes in providing an integrated digital marketing platform known as B-dash, developed by from scratch Co., Ltd. Established in 2010 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, the company offers a range of services including support for business strategy planning, new business development, analytical services, and business process construction. B-dash is notable for its ability to accumulate and utilize vast amounts of data, featuring 32 million unique customer IDs and a significant financial data component amounting to 92 billion yen. The platform's capabilities are enhanced through strategic partnerships, including a notable contract with KKR and Goldman Sachs in 2019, which underscores its importance in the IT and marketing sectors.
SMARTCAMP
Venture Round in 2019
Smart Camp is a technology company that offers SaaS comparison services, inside sales agency support, and B2B digital marketing solutions.
SMARTCAMP
Series B in 2019
Smart Camp is a technology company that offers SaaS comparison services, inside sales agency support, and B2B digital marketing solutions.
Mad Street Den
Series B in 2019
Mad Street Den is a computer vision and artificial intelligence company that develops a cloud-based platform to build models of generalizable intelligence and deploy them in retail and other industries. Its Vue.ai retail AI stack provides end-to-end solutions across the retail value chain, enabling onsite experiences, marketing, social channels, and operations automation. The MADstack platform offers modules such as object recognition, gaze tracking, emotion-expression detection, head and facial gestures, and 3D facial reconstruction for customizable AI applications. The company serves clients in online fashion, mobile gaming, IoT and connected cars, robotics, photos and social analytics, among other engagements. Founded in 2013 by Anand Chandrasekaran, the company operates from offices in Fremont, California, and maintains additional offices in Chennai and Bengaluru, India, and Tokyo, Japan.
Mad Street Den
Series A in 2018
Mad Street Den is a computer vision and artificial intelligence company that develops a cloud-based platform to build models of generalizable intelligence and deploy them in retail and other industries. Its Vue.ai retail AI stack provides end-to-end solutions across the retail value chain, enabling onsite experiences, marketing, social channels, and operations automation. The MADstack platform offers modules such as object recognition, gaze tracking, emotion-expression detection, head and facial gestures, and 3D facial reconstruction for customizable AI applications. The company serves clients in online fashion, mobile gaming, IoT and connected cars, robotics, photos and social analytics, among other engagements. Founded in 2013 by Anand Chandrasekaran, the company operates from offices in Fremont, California, and maintains additional offices in Chennai and Bengaluru, India, and Tokyo, Japan.
Sense360
Venture Round in 2018
Sense360 Inc. is a market research and analytics company based in Culver City, California, that specializes in consumer behavioral intelligence. Founded in 2014, Sense360 operates a platform that offers enterprises real-time insights into consumer behavior, helping brands understand spending patterns and preferences. The platform combines large datasets of digital behavioral data with attitudinal survey data, enabling businesses to continuously measure and optimize their strategies. Sense360 tracks consumer foot traffic and spends data from debit and credit cards while also conducting surveys on behalf of its clients. The company's services cater to a diverse range of industries, including restaurants, retailers, and consumer packaged goods brands, both in the United States and internationally. As of September 2020, Sense360 operates as a subsidiary of Medallia, Inc.
Sense360 Inc. is a market research and analytics company based in Culver City, California, that specializes in consumer behavioral intelligence. Founded in 2014, Sense360 operates a platform that offers enterprises real-time insights into consumer behavior, helping brands understand spending patterns and preferences. The platform combines large datasets of digital behavioral data with attitudinal survey data, enabling businesses to continuously measure and optimize their strategies. Sense360 tracks consumer foot traffic and spends data from debit and credit cards while also conducting surveys on behalf of its clients. The company's services cater to a diverse range of industries, including restaurants, retailers, and consumer packaged goods brands, both in the United States and internationally. As of September 2020, Sense360 operates as a subsidiary of Medallia, Inc.
PATRA Japan
Venture Round in 2018
PATRA Japan operates a shopping platform that specializes in selling corporate brand products created by influencers, alongside its in-house brands. The platform not only streamlines the ordering process but also integrates product databases, logistics, and essential sales and marketing tools for effective brand management. Additionally, PATRA serves as a trend media outlet, particularly for women, delivering the latest fashion trends to an audience of over one million followers on Instagram. Through this dual role as a marketplace and a trend source, PATRA connects consumers with both innovative products and relevant fashion information.
every
Venture Round in 2016
Founded in 2015, every, Inc. is a Japanese company that produces and distributes online videos across various platforms. These include DELISH KITCHEN for food recipes, KALOS for beauty and fashion, MAMADAYS for family-oriented content, and TIMELINE for entertainment. The company also offers advertising services on its platforms.
Loco Partners
Series B in 2016
Loco Partners, Inc. is a Tokyo-based company that operates an online marketplace for accommodations in Japan. Founded in 2011, Loco Partners offers Relux, a reservation service featuring a selection of prestigious hotels and traditional ryokans. The platform allows clients to search for and book rooms at high-quality inns while facilitating negotiations with accommodation facilities. In addition to its booking services, Loco Partners provides social media marketing, media content, and consulting services tailored specifically for the hospitality industry. Through its comprehensive offerings, the company aims to enhance the experience of finding and reserving accommodations in Japan.
YouAppi specializes in mobile app marketing and retargeting. Its data-driven platform enables marketers, agencies, and app developers to acquire new users and re-engage lapsed ones through targeted ad campaigns. Headquartered in San Francisco with global operations, YouAppi uses machine learning for audience targeting.
Wing Style
Series A in 2016
Wing Style is a marketing & advertising company.
DataX is a business that specializes in providing an integrated digital marketing platform known as B-dash, developed by from scratch Co., Ltd. Established in 2010 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, the company offers a range of services including support for business strategy planning, new business development, analytical services, and business process construction. B-dash is notable for its ability to accumulate and utilize vast amounts of data, featuring 32 million unique customer IDs and a significant financial data component amounting to 92 billion yen. The platform's capabilities are enhanced through strategic partnerships, including a notable contract with KKR and Goldman Sachs in 2019, which underscores its importance in the IT and marketing sectors.
Logly
Corporate Round in 2015
Logly is a Japan-based technology company that specializes in media technology, advertising technology, and data marketing. It operates Logly Lift, an advertising service platform that delivers corporate content to users through media and brand recognition, as well as Loyalfarm, an audience engagement tool, and Zenback, a widget that aggregates article data from across the web. The company primarily serves advertisers and distributors, focusing on helping brands reach audiences and measure engagement through its suite of advertising and data tools.
Founded in 2011, Maker offers a unified platform combining design, web-publishing, and analytics tools. It enables businesses like Sony and Square to create, publish, and optimize content for their websites without coding, enhancing user engagement and driving revenue growth.
Logly
Venture Round in 2015
Logly is a Japan-based technology company that specializes in media technology, advertising technology, and data marketing. It operates Logly Lift, an advertising service platform that delivers corporate content to users through media and brand recognition, as well as Loyalfarm, an audience engagement tool, and Zenback, a widget that aggregates article data from across the web. The company primarily serves advertisers and distributors, focusing on helping brands reach audiences and measure engagement through its suite of advertising and data tools.
Cozre is a media company that offers digital marketing support, DX solutions, and marketing research services for child-rearing households.
Fronto is the world’s first mobile lock screen media, which displays curated articles, hot new apps and deals & promos to mobile users through the everyday lock screen in a perfectly seamless way. By simply waking up your phone, you can read trending articles, earn rewards, download coupons, learn new promotional deals.
Our first product, Cashslide, was launched in Korea in Nov 2012, and it now has 14 mil users, 2.5 mil DAU and 150 mil PV, which makes it as the most preferred mobile ad channel among local advertisers. In Jul 2013, just 8 months after the launch, we successfully raised $4 mil in Series-A funding. In Apr 2015, we raised $14 mil in Series-B funding.
We launched Fronto in the US in May 2014 and hit #1 in New Top Free in Lifestyle. We are looking for experienced mobile media professionals. Join us as a founding member of Fronto based in the SF Bay Area. We are redesigning everyday mobile experience. For more details, visit www.fronto.co and check our app here bit.ly/1ocOJKg
Tapjoy is a mobile advertising and app monetization platform that helps advertisers, developers, and publishers reach and monetize audiences. Its Maximum Impact Platform delivers rewarded Interplay ads, including video and rich media, to drive performance and brand engagement. The Tapjoy software development kit is embedded in thousands of mobile apps, reaching hundreds of millions of monthly active users. The platform enables publishers to monetize social apps, merchants to generate leads and conversions, and advertisers to target consumers using segmentation and predictive analytics to optimize revenue. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in San Francisco, Tapjoy operates globally with offices around the world.
3rdKind
Venture Round in 2014
3rdKind Inc. is a Tokyo-based smartphone game publisher established in 2011. The company specializes in assisting overseas game developers with marketing, localization, and cultural adaptation to effectively penetrate the Japanese market. Its services encompass a range of support functions, including publicity, sales forecasting, and promotional activities, ensuring that games are tailored and marketed appropriately for local audiences. 3rdKind collaborates with partners such as the mobile operator KDDI to distribute games across major Japanese app stores, including App Store and Google Play. By providing comprehensive digital marketing services, 3rdKind aims to facilitate the successful launch and distribution of mobile gaming applications, helping clients expand their business in Japan.
AppBroadCast
Venture Round in 2014
AppBroadCast Co., Ltd. specializes in the marketing and promotion of smartphone game applications. The company provides a comprehensive game media service for smartphone users, delivering content that includes the latest game information, strategy guides, and featured reviews. Additionally, AppBroadCast offers free in-game items for top-rated games, enhancing the gaming experience for users and helping to drive engagement with various game titles. Through its targeted services, the company aims to connect gamers with the most relevant and popular mobile games in the market.
Apparel-Web
Venture Round in 2013
Apparel-Web is a company that offers IT and marketing support specifically tailored for the apparel and fashion industry. It provides a range of services, including web marketing, access analysis, web production, and promotional activities. The company aims to address the challenges faced by businesses in the fashion sector through its online marketing services platform, which offers tools for branding and marketing, as well as research and consultancy. By focusing on innovative solutions, Apparel-Web seeks to enhance customer engagement and improve the productivity and performance of fashion businesses in Japan.
Apparel-Web
Venture Round in 2013
Apparel-Web is a company that offers IT and marketing support specifically tailored for the apparel and fashion industry. It provides a range of services, including web marketing, access analysis, web production, and promotional activities. The company aims to address the challenges faced by businesses in the fashion sector through its online marketing services platform, which offers tools for branding and marketing, as well as research and consultancy. By focusing on innovative solutions, Apparel-Web seeks to enhance customer engagement and improve the productivity and performance of fashion businesses in Japan.
Supership
Funding Round in 2013
Supership continuously develops optimized ad platform products and provides them to advertisers and publishers because they demand only the best advertising solutions.
The most important thing for advertisers is a platform that can analyze data and achieve results through optimized promotions. Our platform offers a number of demand side solutions, such as, 「AppVador's Video Ad Network」 and 「ScaleOut DSP」 that targets users with precision based on advertiser goals, a DMP that contains a wealth of data which makes data-driven marketing a reality, a SSP(「Ad Generation」) that is highly valued for generating revenue, especially in the app business. The combination of these products provides our customers with a total advertising solution that can meet a wide range of digital marketing needs.
Monoco
Venture Round in 2013
Monoco is a Tokyo-based e-commerce platform that operates as a cross-border social marketplace, connecting buyers and sellers through narrative-driven product discovery and transactions supported by a secure international payment and logistics system. Founded in 2010 as FlutterScape, the company focuses on fashion and daily necessities, offering clothing, shoes, bags, gadgets, home decor and jewelry from multiple brands for men and women, with an initial emphasis on products from Japan. The platform aims to go beyond traditional marketplaces by enabling sellers to share real narratives of their product discoveries and encouraging buyers to engage in a collaborative shopping experience. It also provides brand and marketing support to sellers, including branding, public relations, sales strategy and promotion planning to help list and promote items on the platform.
3rdKind
Venture Round in 2013
3rdKind Inc. is a Tokyo-based smartphone game publisher established in 2011. The company specializes in assisting overseas game developers with marketing, localization, and cultural adaptation to effectively penetrate the Japanese market. Its services encompass a range of support functions, including publicity, sales forecasting, and promotional activities, ensuring that games are tailored and marketed appropriately for local audiences. 3rdKind collaborates with partners such as the mobile operator KDDI to distribute games across major Japanese app stores, including App Store and Google Play. By providing comprehensive digital marketing services, 3rdKind aims to facilitate the successful launch and distribution of mobile gaming applications, helping clients expand their business in Japan.
Founded in 2010, Geniee is a leading Asia-Pacific AdTech company with headquarters in Japan. It specializes in providing SaaS solutions for advertising and marketing technology, helping clients enhance their revenue and success. With international offices across APAC, including Singapore, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam, Geniee offers services such as Geniee SSP, Geniee Trading Desk, DMP, Data Exchange, and more.
Retailigence
Series A in 2011
Retailigence Corporation is a technology company that specializes in an online-to-offline marketing platform aimed at enhancing in-store product sales. Founded in 2009 and based in Redwood City, California, Retailigence offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution that employs machine learning to optimize various retail functions, including store clustering, assortment optimization, in-store monitoring, and customer segmentation. The company's adPOP Engine provides a robust application programming interface that integrates data into programmatic advertising, facilitating location-based user experiences across mobile and digital platforms. Additionally, Retailigence delivers a mobile application that displays local store-level product availability and acts as a central data distribution point for retailers, brands, and marketing solutions. The company serves a diverse clientele, including advertising solutions providers, application developers, and brick-and-mortar retailers. Retailigence operates as a subsidiary of ShopAdvisor, Inc., and has formed a strategic partnership with Gimbal, Inc.
Hunglead
Venture Round in 2011
Hunglead is a company that specializes in enhancing the efficiency of online retail operations through its innovative cloud-based solutions. The firm offers a centralized management system known as the Robot Series, which simplifies various complex tasks associated with running multiple online stores. This system supports improvements in key areas such as inventory management, product management, order management, customer management, and advertisement management. By streamlining these processes, Hunglead enables online retailers to operate more effectively and focus on growth.
Stipple
Seed Round in 2010
Stipple is an internet technology company based in San Francisco that specializes in enhancing the visual web by transforming digital images into interactive experiences. Its innovative marketing technology stack detects and identifies content within images, allowing advertisers and publishers to incorporate interactive and curated content seamlessly. Stipple's platform enables native advertising solutions and fosters organic connections to commerce, thereby driving discovery, engagement, and customer loyalty. The technology offers unique image analytics and advertising capabilities without the need for widgets or embed codes, making it scalable across the web. Stipple is backed by prominent investors, including Floodgate and Kleiner Perkins.
Retailigence
Seed Round in 2010
Retailigence Corporation is a technology company that specializes in an online-to-offline marketing platform aimed at enhancing in-store product sales. Founded in 2009 and based in Redwood City, California, Retailigence offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution that employs machine learning to optimize various retail functions, including store clustering, assortment optimization, in-store monitoring, and customer segmentation. The company's adPOP Engine provides a robust application programming interface that integrates data into programmatic advertising, facilitating location-based user experiences across mobile and digital platforms. Additionally, Retailigence delivers a mobile application that displays local store-level product availability and acts as a central data distribution point for retailers, brands, and marketing solutions. The company serves a diverse clientele, including advertising solutions providers, application developers, and brick-and-mortar retailers. Retailigence operates as a subsidiary of ShopAdvisor, Inc., and has formed a strategic partnership with Gimbal, Inc.
Tri-Stage
Seed Round in 2007
Tri-Stage is a leading provider of direct marketing support services in Japan, specializing in assisting marketing companies. The company leverages its extensive experience to offer high-quality solutions aimed at enhancing client mail-order sales. Tri-Stage utilizes various media channels, including television and the Internet, to support product and service marketing, customer acquisition, and overall sales processes. By focusing on comprehensive customer management, Tri-Stage aims to maximize the effectiveness of its clients' marketing efforts.
Tri-Stage
Angel Round in 2006
Tri-Stage is a leading provider of direct marketing support services in Japan, specializing in assisting marketing companies. The company leverages its extensive experience to offer high-quality solutions aimed at enhancing client mail-order sales. Tri-Stage utilizes various media channels, including television and the Internet, to support product and service marketing, customer acquisition, and overall sales processes. By focusing on comprehensive customer management, Tri-Stage aims to maximize the effectiveness of its clients' marketing efforts.
Tri-Stage
Angel Round in 2006
Tri-Stage is a leading provider of direct marketing support services in Japan, specializing in assisting marketing companies. The company leverages its extensive experience to offer high-quality solutions aimed at enhancing client mail-order sales. Tri-Stage utilizes various media channels, including television and the Internet, to support product and service marketing, customer acquisition, and overall sales processes. By focusing on comprehensive customer management, Tri-Stage aims to maximize the effectiveness of its clients' marketing efforts.