Rakuten

Rakuten is a prominent e-commerce platform headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, offering a wide range of consumer and business-focused services globally. The company operates in three main segments - Internet Services, FinTech, and Mobile. Under the Internet Services segment, Rakuten provides various e-commerce sites, online travel reservations, fashion stores, bookstores, and more. The FinTech segment includes services like Rakuten Card, payment services, and financial offerings such as banking and insurance. The Mobile segment offers mobile virtual network operator services, messaging and VoIP services, and energy-related solutions. Rakuten also manages professional sports teams and an agricultural service providing organic produce. With expansions in Asia, Western Europe, and the Americas, Rakuten continues to grow its presence in the global marketplace.
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Principal

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Ikeda

Acquisition in 2011
Ikeda is a Sao Paulo based e-commerce specialist with a passion for technology and retail. Ikeda is a pioneer in its segment, having developed Brazil's first e-commerce model 15 years ago. It was also the first company to implement Web 2.0 concepts into e-commerce. Ikeda's e-commerce solution is a client-first model that provides the key tools for managing online sales and marketing. The Ikeda team is 100% focused on developing e-commerce solutions and is considered the benchmark in its market segment. Ikeda currently manages e-commerce activities for market leaders such as Ri Happy, Le Postiche, Etna, Whirlpool Brazil, Cobasi, Panasonic and others.

Ozon

Venture Round in 2011
Ozon Ltd. operates as an Internet retailer. The company offers clothes, shoes, and accessories, books, electronics, household appliances, home and garden products, construction and repair products, goods for children, pharmacy products, hobbies and creativity products, beauty and health products, sports and recreation products, furniture and interiors, food, pet products, auto products, goods for country, office stationery, antiques, vintage products, art products, products for adults, gift certificates, music, video, and games and software. It also sells its products through mail-orders. The company serves customers in Russia, the United States, Israel, Canada, and Germany. It maintains a distribution center in Tver, Russia. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in Moscow, Russia. Ozon Ltd. operates as a former subsidiary of Direct Group Corporation.

Toranotec

Corporate Round in 2018
TORANOTEC CORPORATION aims to create a world where investment is familiar to everyone by realizing "from consumption to investment" through the services of asset management subsidiaries , utilizing advanced technology.

Hoodline

Series A in 2016
Hoodline powers hyperlocal content discovery across the US. Hoodline’s technology platform, Atlas, analyzes terabytes of unstructured data, identifies and validates the best signals, and through a combination of editorial, machine learning and data science, creates thousands of automated local stories and videos each month.

BizReach

Series A in 2016
Launch pad for a wide array of HR Tech services, which has focused on revolutionizing the world’s second largest Japanese HR services industry thru technology enabled business models. BizReach: Japan's premier online career networking service, which has transformed the Japanese business community in allowing career-driven executives to freely share and directly connect with talent-seeking employers and recruiters.Often referred to as the “LinkedIn of Japan” in the HR industry, the service has allowed over half a million executives to explore their career options by sharing their resume information in a closed online database shared amongst only employers and recruiters. The service has disrupted the executive search (recruitment) market by becoming a cloud-based talent sourcing platform for employers to recruit and hire business executives directly. CareerTrek: The service was built on the needs of BizReach clients (employers) wanting to recruit and hire “young” professionals (20s and early 30s) more efficiently thru direct sourcing methods. Hence, the service is branded and targeted to become an online career networking service connecting young professional jobseekers and employers. Together with BizReach, the 2 cloud-based talent sourcing platforms deliver similar results to what Linkedin delivers to enterprise clients outside of Japan. An added feature of CareerTrek due to its focus on a younger audience is its recommendation engine, which supports jobseekers in not only proactively finding jobs that they think fit them, but being introduced to positions that other similar users find interesting. Stanby: Stanby is a job search engine, which aggregates job postings from hundreds of third-party job sites. This “Google for Jobs” service enables jobseekers to search from over 4 million jobs posted online from all over the country in just one search. Stanby ATS is a service provided to employers, and is a cloud-based applicant tracking system for employers, and is free to use. Employers can create job postings, source applicants and track applicants, together functioning as a central platform for all recruitment efforts. Stanby thrives to bring every job opening to the online world, and become the largest original source of hiring information.

Fanli

Series C in 2015
Fanli operates an e-commerce shopping website in China. The website includes various home appliance business websites, including e-commerce company’s websites. Fanli lets users click on the rebate link to go to the corresponding merchant website to place an order and the merchant will pay a rebate for the user's order for a marketing fee. Gary Ge and Geng Yongchang founded Fanli in November 2006, with its headquarters in Shanghai in China.

Lubic Co., Ltd.

Acquisition in 2014
Lubic Co., Ltd is a Beauty Collection operator.

WePay

Series D in 2015
WePay is a payment provider focused solely on meeting the needs of online platforms that need to settle money between their users. Founded in 2008, it provides everything an online marketplace or cloud software provider needs to provide integrated payments from within their app while maintaining trust and safety. This includes not just credit card processing, but also complete solutions for managing fraud risk, regulatory compliance, and customer support provided at no extra cost. WePay is venture-backed with more than $74.15 million and was named to the Inc. 500 list in 2015 as 62nd fastest-growing private company in the US.

Pinterest

Series C in 2012
Pinterest, Inc. provides visual discovery engine in the United States and internationally. The company’s engine allows people to find inspiration for their lives, including recipes, home and style ideas, travel destinations, and others. It shows them visual recommendations based on people personal taste and interests. The company was formerly known as Cold Brew Labs Inc. and changed its name to Pinterest, Inc. in April 2012. Pinterest, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

CafeX

Series C in 2017
CaféX a provider of one-click collaboration solutions to help enterprises enhance team productivity and customer engagement within digital channels. It is trusted by top global banks and other leading brands and empowers employees and guests to work together securely without friction from virtually anywhere using their preferred devices and tools. It was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in New York City, United States.

FreeBit

Corporate Round in 2006
Freebit Investment Co., Ltd. is a venture capital arm of FreeBit Co., Ltd. specializing in start up investments. The firm was founded on April 1, 2015 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Spotlight

Acquisition in 2013
Spotlight provides “Smapo”, a free iPhone App. It automatically detect your visit to stores and rewards you points that are exchangeable to variety of shopping bonds or shopping points of our partner retail chains.Smapo detects users’ visit to stores over-the-air, by wireless communication with the devices installed in the stores. What users have to do is just to walk into the store and tap “check-in” in Smapo app while users shop around as usual. It’s more user-friendly way for accurate check-in compared to other solutions such as Near-Field-Communication or scanning specific 2D codes (QR codes). Smapo have started its service from 10 September in Kanto area first and will expand to the rest gradually. More than five major retail chain stores will form alliance with Smapo and enable rewarded check-in in its stores. Our partner includes a well-known CE retailer, apparel stores, department stores, convenience stores and travel company. Currently, major three retail chain have formed alliance. We continue to expand our partners going forward.

Curbside, Inc.

Merger/Acquisition in 2018
Curbside, Inc. develops a mobile app to find, buy, and pick up products from stores. The company is based in the United States. As of June 8, 2018, Curbside, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Rakuten, Inc..

AST&Science

Series B in 2020
AST SpaceMobile is building the first and only global broadband cellular network in space to operate directly with standard, unmodified mobile devices based on our extensive IP and patent portfolio. The company's team of engineers and space scientists are on a mission to eliminate the connectivity gaps faced by today's five billion mobile subscribers and finally bring broadband to the billions who remain unconnected. The company was founded on May 31, 2017 and is headquartered in Midland, TX. The listed name for ASTS is AST SpaceMobile, Inc. Class A Common Stock.

Alpha Direct Services

Acquisition in 2012
The ADS Group specialises in high added value logistical services for layers in e-commerce and remote selling (B2C). Thanks to the development of totally automated efficient production plant, the Group has good control over the entire value chain and offers its services in managing flows of information, money or goods either on a comprehensive basis or “à la carte”. the ADS Group is a major player in e-logistics in France.

Carousell

Series B in 2016
Carousell is a classifieds marketplace that allows people to buy and sell preloved items. It is a Singapore-based consumer-to-consumer marketplace app for iOS and Android. The Carousell marketplace has a diverse range of products across a variety of categories, including cars, lifestyle, gadgets, and fashion accessories. It has been ranked as the top Shopping app in Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Australia, and is backed by leading international Venture Capitalists Sequoia Capital, Rakuten Ventures, 500 Startups, Golden Gate Ventures, and QuestVC. Launched in Aug 2012, Carousell began in Singapore and has expanded to 19 cities around the world, spanning 7 countries.

DataX

Venture Round in 2019
The company is very important to data in its IT business. As of 2018, “b → dash” accumulates huge amounts of data such as distributed data such as 32 million unique customer IDs and 92 billion yen., and it is a service that utilizes the data. In August 2019, a contract was concluded with KKR, a major U.S. investment company, Goldman Sachs, a major U.S. investment bank, and a third party allocation with existing shareholders.

Carousell

Seed Round in 2013
Carousell is a classifieds marketplace that allows people to buy and sell preloved items. It is a Singapore-based consumer-to-consumer marketplace app for iOS and Android. The Carousell marketplace has a diverse range of products across a variety of categories, including cars, lifestyle, gadgets, and fashion accessories. It has been ranked as the top Shopping app in Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Australia, and is backed by leading international Venture Capitalists Sequoia Capital, Rakuten Ventures, 500 Startups, Golden Gate Ventures, and QuestVC. Launched in Aug 2012, Carousell began in Singapore and has expanded to 19 cities around the world, spanning 7 countries.

Kobo

Acquisition in 2011
Kobo offers an open platform for e-reading. The platform supports many formats, including EPUB and PDF, and allows its readers to buy and read digital content from a variety of sources. Kobo offers an eBook store with nearly 4 million titles across 68 languages, varying from bestsellers, self-published works, and magazines to kids’ books. It provides e-reader apps for Apple, BlackBerry, Android, and Windows platforms. Bookmarks synchronize across devices so the readers can pick up where they left off from one device to another. Kobo offers its digital reading experience to millions of readers around the world in 190 countries through its website, bookseller, and retail partner network, represented by 17,600 locations around the world. Kobo was founded in 2009 and is based in Toronto, Ontario.

Buy.com

Acquisition in 2010
Buy.com is a leading e-commerce company with more than 12 million customer accounts, focused on providing its customers with a rewarding shopping experience and a broad selection of high-quality technology and entertainment retail goods at competitive prices. Buy.com offers millions of products in a range of categories, including consumer electronics, computer hardware and software, cell phones, books, music, videos, games, toys, bags, fragrance, home and outdoor, baby, jewelry, shoes, apparel and sporting goods. Founded in June of 1997, Buy.com is located in Aliso Viejo, California. Buy.com® and The Internet Superstore™ are trademarks of Buy.com Inc. Buy.com currently competes with a variety of companies that can be divided into two broad categories: (i) retailers and ecommerce marketplaces such as eBay, Amazon and Wal-Mart and (ii) specialty retailers or manufacturers such as Barnes & Noble, Best Buy and Dell.

Okan, Inc.

Venture Round in 2018
Okan is a food service has launched delivery service for Japanese deli foods for corporations and individual consumers .

The Grommet

Series B in 2012
The Grommet, Inc. operates an online marketplace and product launch platform that provides curation, storytelling, e-commerce, marketing, and fulfillment management services to launch an early-stage consumer products of independent makers, inventors, and entrepreneurs. Its platform enables customers to launch, discover, share, influence, and buy products online. The Grommet, Inc. was formerly known as Daily Grommet Inc. and changed its name to The Grommet, Inc. in May 2014. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Somerville, Massachusetts. As of October 3, 2017, The Grommet, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Ace Hardware Corporation.

Upstart

Series C in 2017
Upstart Network, Inc. develops and operates a peer-to-peer online lending marketplace that serves as a platform for obtaining fixed rate personal loans. Its model considers credit history, education, area of study, and employment history to lend money to borrowers. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in San Mateo, California. Upstart Network, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Upstart Holdings, Inc.

Azimo

Venture Round in 2016
Azimo is an online international money transfer company that challenges the old fashioned, expensive ways of moving your money around the world. They are all about lower costs, excellent exchange rates and a brilliant service. Azimo is created with the explicit mission of cutting the costs of sending money home. Its international money transfer platform allows to send money either to a bank account or to over 270,000 cash pick-up points around the world and is accessible via mobile devices.

Crimson Football Club, Inc.

Acquisition in 2014
Crimson Football Club, Inc owns and operates football club team.

Rakuten Americas

Acquisition in 2018
Curbside makes it easy to find, buy and pickup products at nearby stores. The Curbside app searches realtime local inventory across retailers and uses location-based technologies to alert stores when a customer is arriving for a pickup. Curbside helps consumers quickly get what they need and helps retailers better serve their increasingly mobile centric customers.

ViSenze

Series A in 2014
ViSenze Pte. Ltd., an artificial intelligence company, develops visual technology software for e-commerce and digital businesses. The company offers ViSearch, a cloud-based visual tool that identifies various images ranging from simple images to user-uploaded images, and performs targeted search of related images or products. It also provides software development kits (SDKs) and dashboard user interface for grouping and sorting the search results. It offers its solutions on Web, mobile, and social media platforms. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Singapore with additional offices in San Francisco, London, New Delhi, Beijing, and Singapore.

Rakuten Medical

Series B in 2017
Rakuten Medical is a privately funded clinical-stage biotechnology company with offices in the USA, Japan, and Germany. Rakuten Medical has been developing new anticancer therapies based on the Photoimmunotherapy platform. Rakuten Medical plans to become a fully integrated biopharma with research, development, and worldwide commercialization of therapies based on the Photoimmunotherapy platform. Rakuten Medical was established in 2010 and is based in San Mateo, California.

Fablic

Acquisition in 2016
Fablic is the maker of women-focused flea-market app Fril allowing females to verify their identity on the app through Facebook. Once verified, female users can upload photos and buy and sell clothing items with fixed prices using the application. Fablic was launched in 2012.

ViSenze

Series B in 2016
ViSenze Pte. Ltd., an artificial intelligence company, develops visual technology software for e-commerce and digital businesses. The company offers ViSearch, a cloud-based visual tool that identifies various images ranging from simple images to user-uploaded images, and performs targeted search of related images or products. It also provides software development kits (SDKs) and dashboard user interface for grouping and sorting the search results. It offers its solutions on Web, mobile, and social media platforms. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Singapore with additional offices in San Francisco, London, New Delhi, Beijing, and Singapore.

World Travel System

Acquisition in 2015
WORLD TRAVEL SYSTEM INC. is a tour operator. It wholesales air ticket to travel agencies. The company was founded in 1988 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. As of September 16, 2015, WORLD TRAVEL SYSTEM INC. operates as a subsidiary of Rakuten, Inc.

Pop Tech Pty Ltd.

Merger/Acquisition in 2020
Pop Tech Pty Ltd. develops autofill technology for mobile transactions. It develops Fillr, an intelligent autofill technology designed to read forms in various languages, including English, Russian, German, French, Italian, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, and more. The company’s mapping engine, algorithms, and machine learning technologies utilize textual heuristics to read forms; and standardizes mobile forms into a format that users can read and fill their data. Its technology is compatible for iOS and android browsers. Pop Tech Pty Ltd. was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Prahran, Australia with additional offices in Melbourne, Australia; and San Francisco, California. As of December 3, 2020, Pop Tech Pty Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Rakuten, Inc.

LOB

Acquisition in 2018
LOB Inc., an ad technology company, develops and provides advertising platforms. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

ShopBack

Series B in 2020
ShopBack offers a one-stop lifestyle portal that powers smarter purchase decisions for consumers. Today, ShopBack is the dominant player in Southeast Asia’s e-commerce Cashback market, with an established presence in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Taiwan, powering over 1,000 orders per hour. ShopBack enhances shopping by providing up to 30% Cashback for consumers to boost their purchasing power while providing cost-effective marketing solutions for merchant partners. With over 1,300 merchant partners, including Uber, Expedia, and Lazada, ShopBack constantly strives to bring a smarter shopping experience to the consumers. In October 2015, ShopBack was awarded the winner of the Gold award in the Best Start-up (Growth Stage) category and Silver award in the Best Innovative Infocomm Products (Consumers) category at the 7th Singapore Infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF) Awards. This is the local start-up’s maiden voyage in industry awards, pitting against more than 300 nominations for the esteemed titles. The company was recently awarded the Emerging Enterprise Award in September 2016, jointly organized by The Business Times (Singapore) and OCBC Bank, which recognizes outstanding small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore.

LOB

Merger/Acquisition in 2018
LOB Inc., an ad technology company, develops and provides advertising platforms. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Rakuten Fits Me

Acquisition in 2015
Fit Origin is the ultimate fit recommendation solution for eCommerce fashion retailers which puts fit and body shapes at the heart of the online shopping experience. It combines garment data and shopper data to determine which size garment will fit them, the way they want to wear it. Each shopper’s measurements are calculated based on height, weight, age and body shape. Deep statistical analysis of thousands of detailed body scans allows their data scientists to use these limited data points to infer high quality information about the shopper’s measurements. Every garment is analysed by their garment technologists, taking many factors into account including silhouette, stretch and fit preference. A shopper’s body measurements are used in conjunction with garment measurements to interpret how each size will fit a shopper. Fit Origin recommends the best size to fit shoppers, with the ability to compare sizes based on their own fit preferences. Their fit recommendation solution allows your shoppers to buy with confidence. At Rakuten Fits Me they are all about ‘Me’ fashion, not mass fashion. They are the only size and fit solution provider to align your product data with shopper body data so they get the perfect fit, first time, every time.

Rakuten General Insurance

Merger/Acquisition in 2018
Rakuten General Insurance Co., Ltd. offers insurance services. The company offers transaction insurance solutions. Rakuten General Insurance Co., Ltd. offers casualty and property insurance services. The company was formerly known as Asahi Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Asahi Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd. in July, 2018. The company was founded in 1951 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. As of March 13, 2018, Rakuten General Insurance Co., Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Rakuten, Inc.

Altiostar Networks

Corporate Round in 2019
Altiostar Networks designs equipment focused on deploying and expanding mobile network operator’s LTE networks. Altiostar Networks is a seasoned team of technology entrepreneurs with a very successful track record. The company is building an exciting array of solutions for the mobile broadband industry. Its vision and mission is to enhance communications experience and reduce the cost of technology. Altiostar Networks's highly experienced team is working on some innovative ideas.

Rakuten

Acquisition in 2010
Rakuten France operates a French online e-commerce website. It provides new, used, and collectable products at fixed prices for individuals and professionals in Europe. The company enables its customers to list items by entering the title or barcode of the item as well as the price at which the seller wishes to sell the product. It lists items under various categories, including books, music, DVD, VHS, video games, phones and PDAs, computing, electronics, sports, leisure, fashion, and toys and games. Rakuten France is formerly PriceMinister, a company acquired by Rakuten 2010. It was founded in August 2000 and is based in Paris, France.

Careem

Series F in 2018
Careem designs an online booking platform that connects passengers with local drivers. Its platform offers a marketplace of community drivers where passengers can request a ride in minutes, see the cost, and have it charged to their selected credit card, which helps passengers have access to affordable and advantageous transportation. Abdulla Elyas, Magnus Olsson, and Mudassir Sheika founded Careem on June 15, 2012, with its headquarters in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

Estmob

Seed Round in 2014
Estmob Inc. is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea and is the creator behind Send Anywhere. Send Anywhere takes a easy, quick, and unlimited approach to file sharing. Easily, it allows you to send any file type, across any platform, all without having to sign up or logon. Quickly, it sends files via the optimal transfer path given network conditions. As for unlimited, you can send any file size, as many times as you want, for free. Founded in 2012 by Yoonsik Oh, Kyeongho Lee, Haeil Park, and Suhyuk Kang, to help people using multiple devices in innovative ways.

Soukai Drug

Merger/Acquisition in 2016
SOUKAI DRUG Co.,Ltd engages in the online retail of household and health related goods in China, Japan, and Indonesia. The company’s products include diet and vitamin supplements, herbal tea, candies, processed food. It also offers baby care, personal care, sanitary, and hygiene products; cosmetics; and acne, stomach, and hair drugs. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. As of December 28, 2016, SOUKAI DRUG Co.,Ltd operates as a subsidiary of Rakuten, Inc..

wuaki.tv

Acquisition in 2012
Wuaki.tv is an online platform that enables users to stream and watch TV series and films made by independent filmmakers. Users can access the platform through smart TVs, tablets, phones, and gaming consoles. Wuaki.tv was launched in 2011.

Currencycloud

Series D in 2017
Currencycloud is a global payments platform built on smart technology that takes the complexity out of moving money. Developers use their API building blocks to build customized payment solutions. Whether you want to embed their payments infrastructure into your products or services, or build on top of it, they will fit into your business in a way that works for you. They take care of all the intricacies and regulatory hurdles involved with cross-border payments, giving you the tools to globalize your business.

Genesis Healthcare

Venture Round in 2018
Genesis Healthcare Co. manufactures, develops, and sells genetic testing kits and offers general genetic analysis. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Tokyo, Japan with additional offices in Singapore and Taiwan.

Toranotec

Private Placement in 2018
TORANOTEC CORPORATION aims to create a world where investment is familiar to everyone by realizing "from consumption to investment" through the services of asset management subsidiaries , utilizing advanced technology.

Motto Gyutto Shogaku Tanki Hoken K.K.

Merger/Acquisition in 2018
Motto Gyutto Shogaku Tanki Hoken K.K. provides insurance services. The company is based in Japan. Motto Gyutto Shogaku Tanki Hoken K.K. is a former subsidiary of UCC Holdings Co., Ltd.

OneSignal

Seed Round in 2015
OneSignal is an easy for developers to add personalized mobile push notifications or web push notifications to their apps. The company's platform leverage machine learning to send communications at the optimal time by creating personalized messages and send them to the right audiences by comparing performance, enabling clients to deliver engaging mobile and web push messages across all platforms.

Monedo

Corporate Round in 2016
Monedo Holding GmbH offers credit lending solutions through technology. It provides online big data scoring technology and machine-learning algorithms services to make better credit decisions. The company offers Monedo, a customized installment loans and Kredito24 which provides microloans. It offers consumer loans, a digital wallet, and a personal finance manager. Monedo Holding GmbH was formerly known as Kreditech Holding SSL GmbH and changed its name to Monedo Holding GmbH in March 2020. Monedo Holding GmbH was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Hamburg, Germany with locations in Hamburg, Germany; Warsaw, Poland; Bucharest, Romania; Moscow, Russia; Madrid, Spain; and Bangkok, Thailand.

InnoEye, Inc.

Acquisition in 2020
InnoEye, Inc. develops a network operation software that offers end-to-end process automation workflows. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Herndon, Virginia. As of September 23, 2020, InnoEye, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Rakuten Mobile, Inc.

AST&Science

Private Placement in 2019
AST SpaceMobile is building the first and only global broadband cellular network in space to operate directly with standard, unmodified mobile devices based on our extensive IP and patent portfolio. The company's team of engineers and space scientists are on a mission to eliminate the connectivity gaps faced by today's five billion mobile subscribers and finally bring broadband to the billions who remain unconnected. The company was founded on May 31, 2017 and is headquartered in Midland, TX. The listed name for ASTS is AST SpaceMobile, Inc. Class A Common Stock.
Rakuten Life Insurance Co., Ltd is offers face-to-face and online life insurance services.

Rakuten Medical

Series C in 2018
Rakuten Medical is a privately funded clinical-stage biotechnology company with offices in the USA, Japan, and Germany. Rakuten Medical has been developing new anticancer therapies based on the Photoimmunotherapy platform. Rakuten Medical plans to become a fully integrated biopharma with research, development, and worldwide commercialization of therapies based on the Photoimmunotherapy platform. Rakuten Medical was established in 2010 and is based in San Mateo, California.

Pocketmath

Series A in 2014
PocketMath is the world's largest, self-serve, mobile advertising platform for buying programmatic real-time bidding (RTB) inventory. We make it easy to buy smartphone and tablet ad impressions, within apps, games, and mobile websites, all in real-time. In one platform, you gain immediate access to the world's supply of mobile RTB inventory! One platform, the world's mobile programmatic inventory. No minimums. No commitments. No set up costs. Full transparency. PocketMath is located in Singapore, San Francisco, Austin, Washington, D.C., Mumbai, and Sydney - with a burgeoning presence in China + Japan. PocketMath was started three years ago by three friends who met nearly a decade past while students at the University of Texas at Austin. Eric, JD, and Casey came together to solve a need recognized in the digital advertising space. After many iterations, a year (or two!), several prototypes, and countless meetings, PocketMath was born as a mobile demand-side platform (DSP) to bid for mobile RTB inventory.

LinkShare Corporation

Acquisition in 2005
LinkShare creates and operates networks that enable businesses to form and manage online relationships with other businesses by establishing links between their websites. It offers reports that enable their customers to evaluate and optimize the performance of their link-based relationships. LinkShare offers LinkShare Network, a performance-based marketing network that enables merchants to establish promotional links on independent websites. It takes a commission from their customers for their services. LinkShare was acquired by Rakuten in February 2005. LinkShare was founded by Heidi Messer.

Rakuten Medical

Series E in 2024
Rakuten Medical is a privately funded clinical-stage biotechnology company with offices in the USA, Japan, and Germany. Rakuten Medical has been developing new anticancer therapies based on the Photoimmunotherapy platform. Rakuten Medical plans to become a fully integrated biopharma with research, development, and worldwide commercialization of therapies based on the Photoimmunotherapy platform. Rakuten Medical was established in 2010 and is based in San Mateo, California.

KINS

Venture Round in 2024
KINS Co., Ltd. develops fungus care services. The company is engaged in development, manufacturing, and sales of supplements, and cosmetics. The company’s portfolio of products include facemask, supplements, skin booster, and essence. The company sells its products through its online portal. KINS Co., Ltd. was founded in 2018 and is based in Minato, Japan.

Rakuten Affiliate Network

Acquisition in 2005
Rakuten LinkShare is an e-commerce business that offers a wide range of online marketing services. Unlike other advertising networks, Rakuten LinkShare does not use pixel or cookie-based tracking as its core tracking solution. Rakuten LinkShare has been offering non cookie or pixel-based technology since 1996 in order to ensure its customers have security and reliability.

Voyagin

Acquisition in 2015
Voyagin Pte. Ltd. operates a travel activities marketplace that allows tourists to discover and book authentic local experiences and tours in Asia. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Singapore. As of July 2, 2015, Voyagin Pte. Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Rakuten Travel, Inc.

Bitnet Technologies

Series A in 2014
Bitnet provides a digital commerce platform enabling enterprise-scale merchants to accept bitcoin payments. Bitnet’s engineering, product, and business development team help in building and managing the world’s largest payment gateway, CyberSource (NASDAQ: CYBS), which was sold to the world’s largest payment network, Visa (NYSE: V), for $2 billion in 2010.

Carousell

Series A in 2014
Carousell is a classifieds marketplace that allows people to buy and sell preloved items. It is a Singapore-based consumer-to-consumer marketplace app for iOS and Android. The Carousell marketplace has a diverse range of products across a variety of categories, including cars, lifestyle, gadgets, and fashion accessories. It has been ranked as the top Shopping app in Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Australia, and is backed by leading international Venture Capitalists Sequoia Capital, Rakuten Ventures, 500 Startups, Golden Gate Ventures, and QuestVC. Launched in Aug 2012, Carousell began in Singapore and has expanded to 19 cities around the world, spanning 7 countries.

Webgistix

Acquisition in 2013
Webgistix provides industry-leading, cloud-based fulfillment technology and the highest level of service in the industry, making Webgistix a clear choice for established eCommerce companies seeking a highly accurate and reliable order fulfillment solution. Webgistix enables eCommerce retailers to outsource their order fulfillment to Webgistix, while eliminating fixed overhead and increasing the speed and accuracy of global order fulfillment. Founded in 2001, Webgistix has shipped millions of orders for hundreds of eCommerce retailers in 21 countries. Webgistix’ strategic network of wholly owned and operated fulfillment centers enables its customers to reach 98% of eCommerce buyers within 1-2 business days.

FOLIO

Series A in 2017
FOLIO Co.,Ltd. develops web based asset management platform. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

AirMap

Series B in 2017
AirMap is helping make drones a part of everyday life by building the foundations for the low-altitude air navigation systems of the future. The emergence of small, powerful, and autonomous drones, is transforming society. Drones are being used for agriculture, public safety, aerial photography and cinematography, and soon, package delivery. The next century of aviation innovation is happening at the local level, not across oceans, and it's happening below 500 feet. AirMap is organizing this low altitude information so innovation can take flight. AirMap works collaboratively with industry partners to create the future for drones. It focuses exclusively on providing airspace information so that others in the nascent industry can build amazing vehicles and applications. AirMap is a member of the Small UAV Coalition and the NASA Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) program.

Rakuten Medical

Series B in 2016
Rakuten Medical is a privately funded clinical-stage biotechnology company with offices in the USA, Japan, and Germany. Rakuten Medical has been developing new anticancer therapies based on the Photoimmunotherapy platform. Rakuten Medical plans to become a fully integrated biopharma with research, development, and worldwide commercialization of therapies based on the Photoimmunotherapy platform. Rakuten Medical was established in 2010 and is based in San Mateo, California.

Hunglead

Acquisition in 2015
Hunglead helps online stores to make tasks which become complicated when operating multiple stores (e.g. inventory, products and ordering management) more efficient. They do this by offering a cloud system called the [Robot Series].

Lamigo Monkeys Co.

Merger/Acquisition in 2019
Lamigo Monkeys Co. operates a professional baseball team. Lamigo Monkeys Co. was founded in 2004 and is based in Taoyuan City, Taiwan. Lamigo Monkeys Co. operates as a subsidiary of La New International Corporation. As of December 31, 2019, Lamigo Monkeys Co. operates as a subsidiary of Rakuten, Inc.

Overdrive

Acquisition in 2015
OverDrive, Inc. operates a digital reading platform that provides e-Books, audiobooks, videos, and more to libraries, schools, colleges, corporations, and retailers. It serves customers in the United States and internationally. The company was founded in 1986 and is based in Cleveland, Ohio.

Dexter

Seed Round in 2016
Dexter is the write-first platform, allowing users to focus on creating meaningful conversations, not connecting the dots. Craft dialogue in a tailored editor that makes it easy to write, edit, and test interactions. Supercharge things by connecting to any 3rd party NLP service and integrate with unlimited APIs.

UNCOVER TRUTH

Venture Round in 2018
UNCOVER TRUTH is an analytics company that offers data visualization services through the web and mobile.

Ecohai Co.,Ltd

Funding Round in 2013
Ecohai is an ecological and economic parcel delivery service provider offering low-cost delivery services with a reduced carbon and other greenhouse gases footprint. The company makes efforts to offset carbon emissions through the use of “people-power,” including bicycle-drawn carts, and electric vehicles to make deliveries. Ecohai maintains a network of more than 30 delivery bases in Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka and is able to provide next-day deliveries between these major urban areas. The company has seen consistent strong growth since its founding in 2007, and today has some 100,000 corporate clients and handles more than one million parcels each month.

Soukai Drug

Acquisition in 2016
SOUKAI DRUG Co.,Ltd engages in the online retail of household and health related goods in China, Japan, and Indonesia. The company’s products include diet and vitamin supplements, herbal tea, candies, processed food. It also offers baby care, personal care, sanitary, and hygiene products; cosmetics; and acne, stomach, and hair drugs. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. As of December 28, 2016, SOUKAI DRUG Co.,Ltd operates as a subsidiary of Rakuten, Inc..

Genesis Healthcare

Private Placement in 2018
Genesis Healthcare Co. manufactures, develops, and sells genetic testing kits and offers general genetic analysis. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Tokyo, Japan with additional offices in Singapore and Taiwan.

Acorns

Series D in 2016
Acorns is a finance company that allows individuals to round up purchases and automatically invest the change. It allows customers to automatically invest in a low-cost, diversified portfolio of exchange-traded funds offered by some asset managers including Vanguard and BlackRock. Acorns was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.

QuEra Computing

Venture Round in 2021
QuEra Computing is a neutral-atoms-based quantum computing startup, located in Boston, near Harvard University. The company is founded on pioneering research recently conducted at Harvard and MIT. At QuEra, our mission is to build the industry’s most scalable quantum computers to tackle useful but classically intractable problems for commercially relevant applications in optimization, simulation, materials science, pharmaceuticals, and more.

Massi Miliano OÜ

Merger/Acquisition in 2015
Massi Miliano OÜ operates a virtual fitting room for online clothing retailers and shoppers. It allows online shoppers to see, which size of clothing fits them before making their online purchase. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Tallinn, Estonia. As of July 13, 2015, Massi Miliano OÜ operates as a subsidiary of Rakuten, Inc.

AWL, Inc.

Series B in 2021
AWL, Inc. develops and provides artificial intelligence-based camera solutions for the retail sector. The company develops artificial intelligence-based devices such as AWL BOX that converts existing security cameras into AI and provides solutions for store operations and AWL Lite that can be installed and used on smart phones to monitor retail store operations. AWL, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Chiyoda, Japan.

AST&Science

Post in 2021
AST SpaceMobile is building the first and only global broadband cellular network in space to operate directly with standard, unmodified mobile devices based on our extensive IP and patent portfolio. The company's team of engineers and space scientists are on a mission to eliminate the connectivity gaps faced by today's five billion mobile subscribers and finally bring broadband to the billions who remain unconnected. The company was founded on May 31, 2017 and is headquartered in Midland, TX. The listed name for ASTS is AST SpaceMobile, Inc. Class A Common Stock.

simplesurance

Venture Round in 2017
simplesurance GmbH designs, develops, and provides cross-selling software solutions for e-commerce that integrate into the checkout process of online shops and allow the purchase of insurance at the point of sale. It offers Simplesurance, a software solution that enables the customer to buy a product online and to purchase corresponding insurance worldwide. The company provides its products to e-Commerce and electronic manufacturers. The company also offers a digital broker solution that enables customers to manage their insurance on their phones. simplesurance GmbH was founded in 2012 and is based in Berlin, Germany with additional office in Tokyo, Japan.
Asahi Fire offers property and casualty insurance. Asahi Fire also operates a nonlife insurance agency business through its wholly owned subsidiary, Mirai no Hoken Co.

dacadoo

Series B in 2017
dacadoo AG develops technology solutions for digital health engagement and health risk quantification. The company offers health management platform to motivate users to achieve and maintain healthy lifestyle habits; and health risk quantification that measures and understand health by providing health score and provides risk engine. In addition, it also provides technology components via a RESTful application programming interface. Further, the company offers dacadoo GO, a customizable geolocation based walking application. It serves customers in Europe, Middle East and Africa, North America, Latin America, and Asia Pacific. dacadoo AG was formerly known as QUENTIQ AG and changed its name to dacadoo AG in February 2013. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland with a subsidiary in Boston, Massachusetts; and an additional office in Sydney, Australia.

AirAsia

Funding Round in 2014
Asia's leading airline was established with the dream of making flying possible for everyone. Since 2001, AirAsia has swiftly broken travel norms around the globe and has risen to become the world's best. With a route network that spans through to over 20 countries, AirAsia continues to pave the way for low-cost aviation through our innovative solutions, efficient processes and a passionate approach to business. Together with our associate companies, AirAsia X, Thai AirAsia, Indonesia AirAsia, Philippines' AirAsia Inc and AirAsia Japan , AirAsia is set to take low-cost flying to an all new high with our belief, "Now Everyone Can Fly".

Viber

Acquisition in 2014
Part of the Rakuten family, Viber freely connects users around the world with the people that matter to them most. With more than 754 million unique users on the platform, Viber allows people to connect in the way that works best for them, whether that’s through individual messaging, video calls, group chats, or following brands and celebrities on Public Chats. Viber users can send free text messages, photo messages, video messages and share locations anywhere in the world, as well as make free, HD-quality calls on iPhone, Android, Windows Phone 8, Windows 10, and Mac devices over 3G/4G or Wi-Fi connections.

MetroResidences

Series A in 2017
MetroResidences is a digital apartment rental service providing a fuss-free and transparent way to lease a home. Our approach relies on technology and human-centered customer service to make leasing simple, legal and paperless.

Play.com

Acquisition in 2011
Play.com is an award-winning retail business that offers its customers a choice of nearly 8 million products, including DVDs, music, musical instruments, video games, books, clothing, sports and outdoors, technology and office, home and garden, health and beauty, toys and gifts, and baby products. The company also offers a huge range of career opportunities from web-designers to financial analysts, and other product buying roles. In 2014, Play.com introduced four new categories such as hobbies and craft, motoring, pets, and groceries, as well as multiple sub-categories, including vinyl, luggage, jewelry, watches, and footwear. Play.com was established in 1998 and is based in the U.K. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of [Rakuten](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/rakuten).

Ebates

Acquisition in 2014
Founded as Ebates in 1998, Rakuten Rewards is a pioneer in Cash Back and shopping rewards. Our 12 million members have earned over $1 billion in Cash Back at their favorite stores. We’re the largest free loyalty program in the United States and jersey badge sponsor of the Golden State Warriors. Rakuten Rewards is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area and have 12 offices worldwide. Our group of companies includes ShopStyle and Cartera Commerce.

Rakuten Medical

Series C in 2019
Rakuten Medical is a privately funded clinical-stage biotechnology company with offices in the USA, Japan, and Germany. Rakuten Medical has been developing new anticancer therapies based on the Photoimmunotherapy platform. Rakuten Medical plans to become a fully integrated biopharma with research, development, and worldwide commercialization of therapies based on the Photoimmunotherapy platform. Rakuten Medical was established in 2010 and is based in San Mateo, California.

Polymorph

Series A in 2015
Polymorph powers the monetization infrastructure for modern enterprises. Polymorph is a white-label SaaS monetization platform for publishers to maximize revenue, reduce costs and deliver better ad experiences.The Polymorph platform offers end-to-end ad serving stack, yield optimization tools, APIs, access to demand on server-side and self-serve workflows. Modern enterprises who want to monetize with advertising choose our customizable and developer friendly platform as it aligns with their needs/strategies. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Fillr: Autofill as a Service

Acquisition in 2020
More people convert with Fillr. Fillr has developed 'Autofill as a Service' an autofill platform that seamlessly integrates into your app, enabling your customers to transact faster, boosting your conversions and revenue. We've spent over four years (and lots of hard-earned $) building the world's best autofill... So you don't have to. Our powerful mapping engine, algorithms and machine learning technology utilise advanced proprietary textual heuristics to read forms as close to human representation as possible. Fillr’s Autofill API’s are powering transactions on the world's top fintech, ecommerce, metasearch, cashback and coupon apps. Fillr's next generation autofill technology delivers unprecedented accuracy and speed, and unlike other ‘payment' platforms, Fillr can be used anywhere regardless of a merchant being integrated with us and can be used for any transaction, even those that don’t require payment. "When a user engages our autofill tech on a checkout form, they are 2.2x more likely to convert using Fillr than those who choose to type and they spend 19.66% more p/m" Fillr is led by second time entrepreneurs Chris Koch and Chad Stephens. With their first tech venture 1Form, they transformed the Australian housing market gaining 90% market share before it was acquired by publicly listed REA/Newscorp (Realestate.com.au, $6b market cap). Fillr has offices in Melbourne and San Francisco and is backed by SoftBank China Capital, Southern Cross Venture Partners, Reinventure (Westpac Bank) and Constant Innovation. Fillr’s investors have collective experience in creating, growing and managing hyper-growth companies and are some of world’s most successful tech entrepreneurs. Recent investment by SoftBank China Capital, Alibaba’s single largest investor, provides further endorsement of Fillr’s advanced tech and mission to make transacting on mobile easier.

ShopChat

Seed Round in 2017
Founded in 2016, ShopChat is a downloadable iOS app that replaces your device’s default keyboard app and works across all major messaging apps, including WhatsApp, iMessage, and Facebook Messenger. ​ShopChat is a product created by Chatter Commerce Inc., a San Francisco-based company that was acquired by Viber in 2017.

AHAlife

Series B in 2012
AHAlife is a fashion-based e-commerce platform connecting designers, brands, and publishers to individuals. The company's mission is to connect the best the world has to offer with discerning individuals from around the world. It is a discovery shopping destination for curated lifestyle products that span design, technology, fashion, media, food, beauty, and travel. Its platform sits at the intersection of content, commerce, and curation.

Kenko.com

Merger/Acquisition in 2015
Kenko.com Inc. engages in the provision of health related products using e-commerce in Japan. It offers pharmaceutical products, health food, foods, water and beverage, cosmetics, daily necessities, health care products, baby care, and health appliances, as well as pet, sports, home and kitchen, and DIY gardening products. The company was formerly known as Healthy Net Co., Ltd and changed its name to Kenko.com Inc. in December 2003. Kenko.com Inc. was founded in 1994 and is based in Fukuoka, Japan. As of January 18, 2016, Kenko.com Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Rakuten, Inc.
ACSL is an industrial drone manufacturer and solution provider in Japan originated from the laboratory of Professor Kenzo Nonami at Chiba University since 1998. ACSL is engaged in the R&D, manufacturing, sales and building solutions for industrial drone applications. With its proprietary technologies made and developed in Japan, ACSL aims to lead to the new industrial revolution of the global skies.

Altiostar Networks

Private Placement in 2019
Altiostar Networks designs equipment focused on deploying and expanding mobile network operator’s LTE networks. Altiostar Networks is a seasoned team of technology entrepreneurs with a very successful track record. The company is building an exciting array of solutions for the mobile broadband industry. Its vision and mission is to enhance communications experience and reduce the cost of technology. Altiostar Networks's highly experienced team is working on some innovative ideas.

Mixad

Acquisition in 2007
Mixad is a classified advertising network. It provides advertising products, light boxes, textile customization, websites, and online shops. The company offers its users with design, production, and wrapping services of advertisements, graphic design, and auto wrapping advertising for vehicles. It also provides sticker markings for auto advertising and windows of vehicles. Individuals personalizes the designs and they can customize their printing in shirts, pens, and lighters. It also offers logo design services that uses for model sheet letterheads and business cards. It is also used in web page carrying flyers, brochures, and catalogs. Application sheets such as solar films are provided by the company for architectural commercial buildings. These products reduce costs of energy and increases the comfort levels of the buildings. The benefits of applying sheets are energy saving, UV protection, protection against splinters, and pleasant appearance. Mixad is a Romania-based company that was founded in 1999. The company was acquired by PriceMinister on March, 2007.