Rakuten

Rakuten, Inc. is a prominent technology company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, specializing in e-commerce and financial services. The company operates through three main segments: Internet Services, FinTech, and Mobile. Its Internet Services segment includes a variety of e-commerce platforms, such as Rakuten Ichiba, an extensive online shopping mall, and Rakuten Travel, an online travel booking service. It also features membership programs, online marketplaces, and a range of retail services. In the FinTech segment, Rakuten offers banking, securities, credit card services, and insurance. The Mobile segment provides mobile network services and communication solutions, including Rakuten Mobile and Rakuten Viber. Additionally, Rakuten engages in sports team management and agricultural services. Founded in 1997, Rakuten has established a vast ecosystem that encourages customer loyalty through its integrated services, with approximately 80% of its revenue generated in Japan.

Masatada Kobayashi

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Yoshihisa Yamada

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QuEra Computing

Venture Round in 2021
QuEra Computing is a company focused on developing quantum computing technology. They specialize in building large-scale quantum computers using neutral atoms. QuEra uses innovative techniques to manipulate and control qubits for quantum computation, aiming to solve complex problems in fields like chemistry, materials science, and machine learning. Their quantum computers operate on a platform that leverages arrays of neutral atoms that are highly scalable, providing a path toward achieving quantum advantage for practical applications.

Altiostar Networks

Acquisition in 2021
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.

AWL

Series B in 2021
AWL is involved in video analytics based on AI and Deep Learning. AWL Solutions provide AI Industries with actionable insights and intelligence. AWL is currently working on business development with real-world store trials, with the goal of launching the service to retail industries across Japan and around the world. AWL was founded in 2016 and has offices in Tokyo, Japan, Hokkaido, Japan, and Hanoi, Vietnam.

AST SpaceMobile

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.

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.

InnoEye Technologies

Acquisition in 2020
Innoeye’s converged OSS, an end-to-end platform process automation solution, to support the 4G/5G cloud platform for its network launch in 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 a 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.

AST SpaceMobile

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.

Everledger

Series A in 2019
Everledger is a global technology enterprise specializing in addressing real-world economic, environmental, and societal challenges through their solutions that create ecosystems of trust. It is an ecosystem of trust is where all stakeholders within a network, are able to collaborate through a trusted data protocol. This trust is created through the ability to transparently trace and manage assets throughout their lifetime journey, across different touchpoints within the ecosystem. The company's breakthrough solutions harness the latest in emerging technologies including smart contracts, machine vision, and IoT, together with their proven and scalable blockchain-enabled platform. They combine a rich forensic approach to identify and track asset provenance to provide confidence in the transparency driven across global supply chains. This brings disparate stakeholders together with the trust that has been built. Everledger is independently committed to deploying scalable solutions for its clients’ needs today while having the freedom to lead with breakthrough solutions that tackle the challenges they face.

DataX

Venture Round in 2019
DataX is a software company that specializes in integrated digital marketing platforms called B-Dash.

Rakuten Medical

Series C in 2019
Rakuten Medical is a biotechnology company that develops precision, cell-targeting investigational therapies based on its proprietary Alluminox platform comprising drugs, devices, and other related components.

Altiostar Networks

Series C 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.

Fever

Series D in 2019
Fever is a live-entertainment discovery platform helping people to discover compelling experiences in their cities, with a mission to democratize access to culture and entertainment in real life. Through its platform, Fever inspires its community to enjoy unique local experiences and events, from immersive art exhibitions, interactive theatrical experiences, festivals, and classical music concerts to molecular cocktail pop-ups while empowering creators with data and technology to create and expand experiences.

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 Medical

Series C in 2018
Rakuten Medical is a biotechnology company that develops precision, cell-targeting investigational therapies based on its proprietary Alluminox platform comprising drugs, devices, and other related components.

Careem

Series F in 2018
Careem operates a car booking platform that connects passengers with local drivers. The company's platform provides a marketplace of community drivers where passengers can request a ride in minutes, see the cost, and have it charged to their credit card of choice, giving passengers access to affordable and advantageous transportation.

Uncover Truth

Venture Round in 2018
Uncover Truth is an analytics company that offers data visualization and content analytics services through the web and mobile.

Rakuten Medical

Series C in 2018
Rakuten Medical is a biotechnology company that develops precision, cell-targeting investigational therapies based on its proprietary Alluminox platform comprising drugs, devices, and other related components.

Okan

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

Glovo

Series C in 2018
Glovo is a Barcelona based start-up that is transforming the way consumers access local goods, enabling anyone to get nearly any product delivered in less than 60 minutes. They are currently present in Spain, Italy, Portugal, France, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, and many more to come. Glovo’s mobile application connects customers with independent local couriers, who acquire goods from any restaurant or shop in a city and also deliver urgent packages for a variable fee. The mobile app allows users to find and place orders with their favorite restaurants which are picked up when ready and delivered to the user's doorstep. The platform’s features include geolocation, which allows customers to track their deliveries in real-time and locate the nearest glover (courier), thus optimizing speed and distance. It´s like a new personal courier available to everyone that runs your errands immediately and on-demand.

Talk-A-Bot

Seed Round in 2018
Talk-A-Bot is an information technology company that provides a chatbot enterprise solution for consumer and employee communication. Talk-A-Bot was founded in 2016 and headquartered in Budapest, Hungary.

LOB

Acquisition in 2018
LOB Inc. is an ad technology company based in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 2016. The company specializes in developing and providing advertising platforms designed to enhance marketing effectiveness. Its primary focus is on creating innovative solutions that improve the distribution of advertising content, allowing clients to access superior advertising platforms and distribution channels. Through its marketing support tools, LOB aims to strengthen the brand presence of organizations, facilitating more efficient and impactful advertising strategies.

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.

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.

Everledger

Series A in 2018
Everledger is a global technology enterprise specializing in addressing real-world economic, environmental, and societal challenges through their solutions that create ecosystems of trust. It is an ecosystem of trust is where all stakeholders within a network, are able to collaborate through a trusted data protocol. This trust is created through the ability to transparently trace and manage assets throughout their lifetime journey, across different touchpoints within the ecosystem. The company's breakthrough solutions harness the latest in emerging technologies including smart contracts, machine vision, and IoT, together with their proven and scalable blockchain-enabled platform. They combine a rich forensic approach to identify and track asset provenance to provide confidence in the transparency driven across global supply chains. This brings disparate stakeholders together with the trust that has been built. Everledger is independently committed to deploying scalable solutions for its clients’ needs today while having the freedom to lead with breakthrough solutions that tackle the challenges they face.

Genesis Healthcare

Venture Round in 2018
Genesis Healthcare is a privately-owned Japanese genetic testing and research company headquartered in Japan since 2004. With launching new Asian headquarters in Singapore and its branch in Taiwan early 2018, we currently offer services across Southeast Asia. Possessing the largest genetic database in Japan and Asia comprising over 988,000 people and 1,500 diseases, Genesis Healthcare provides research and clinically validated genetic testing services using the most advanced PCR, Microarray and NGS technology. Genesis Healthcare is also Japan’s top market leader in the consumer genetics segment with its brand “GeneLife,” and promotes preventive healthcare through genetic testing. To purchase our genetic testing kits, please visit https://www.genelife.asia/product As the pioneer in genetic research and testing in Japan, Genesis Healthcare works closely with various government agencies in formulating genetic testing guidelines to secure accuracy and protect individuals’ genetic information.
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.

Lyft

Series H in 2017
Lyft is a transportation company that designs, markets, and operates a mobile application connecting drivers with passengers who request rides. The app also facilitates payment. Additionally, it allows riders to schedule rides up to seven days in advance. Lyft primarily focuses its services on college, university, and corporate communities.

Glovo

Series B in 2017
Glovo is a Barcelona based start-up that is transforming the way consumers access local goods, enabling anyone to get nearly any product delivered in less than 60 minutes. They are currently present in Spain, Italy, Portugal, France, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, and many more to come. Glovo’s mobile application connects customers with independent local couriers, who acquire goods from any restaurant or shop in a city and also deliver urgent packages for a variable fee. The mobile app allows users to find and place orders with their favorite restaurants which are picked up when ready and delivered to the user's doorstep. The platform’s features include geolocation, which allows customers to track their deliveries in real-time and locate the nearest glover (courier), thus optimizing speed and distance. It´s like a new personal courier available to everyone that runs your errands immediately and on-demand.

Genesis Healthcare

Venture Round in 2017
Genesis Healthcare is a privately-owned Japanese genetic testing and research company headquartered in Japan since 2004. With launching new Asian headquarters in Singapore and its branch in Taiwan early 2018, we currently offer services across Southeast Asia. Possessing the largest genetic database in Japan and Asia comprising over 988,000 people and 1,500 diseases, Genesis Healthcare provides research and clinically validated genetic testing services using the most advanced PCR, Microarray and NGS technology. Genesis Healthcare is also Japan’s top market leader in the consumer genetics segment with its brand “GeneLife,” and promotes preventive healthcare through genetic testing. To purchase our genetic testing kits, please visit https://www.genelife.asia/product As the pioneer in genetic research and testing in Japan, Genesis Healthcare works closely with various government agencies in formulating genetic testing guidelines to secure accuracy and protect individuals’ genetic information.

Rakuten Medical

Series B in 2017
Rakuten Medical is a biotechnology company that develops precision, cell-targeting investigational therapies based on its proprietary Alluminox platform comprising drugs, devices, and other related components.

dacadoo

Series B in 2017
dacadoo is a global technology company that is driving the digital transformation in healthcare. Based in Zurich, Switzerland, dacadoo strengthens health and wellbeing through active engagement and artificial intelligence. dacadoo develops and operates a mobile-first digital health engagement platform that helps people live healthier, more active lives through a combination of motivational techniques from behavioral science, online gaming and social networks, as well as artificial intelligence and automated coaching. Based on over 300 million person-years of clinical data, its patented, real-time Health Score makes health individually measurable, which provides users with a unique engagement experience, while also offering dacadoo’s enterprise customers an effective way to measure the true health impact of wellness programs. Available in 15 languages, dacadoo’s technology is provided as a fully branded, white-label solution or it can be integrated into customer products through its API. dacadoo’s customers include health and life insurance companies, health & wellness service organizations as well as large and mid-sized employers for health promotion in the workplace.

Lyft

Series G in 2017
Lyft is a transportation company that designs, markets, and operates a mobile application connecting drivers with passengers who request rides. The app also facilitates payment. Additionally, it allows riders to schedule rides up to seven days in advance. Lyft primarily focuses its services on college, university, and corporate communities.

simplesurance

Venture Round in 2017
Simplesurance develops innovative cross-selling solutions for e-commerce shops to combine traditional insurance industries with fast-paced digital business. Simplesurance's solution enables e-tailors to cross-sell product insurances within but not only the checkout processes and even before. Therewith online-shops are able to monetize customers twice in one process and gain additional margins and profit. More than 2,000 partners including many well-known e-commerce platforms and mobile electronic manufacturers, use the innovative power and flexibility of the company’s cross-selling platform. In addition, Simplesurance offers to all customers an innovative digital broker service to manage all of the insurances on smartphones, easy and completely paperless. Simplesurance was founded on 2012 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

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.

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.

Upstart

Series C in 2017
Upstart is a lending platform that leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning to price credit and automates the borrowing process. The company's proprietary underwriting model identifies borrowers despite limited credit and employment history by using variables including schools attended, area of study, and work experience. Upstart powered banks can offer higher approval rates and experience lower loss rates*, while simultaneously delivering the exceptional digital-first lending experience their customers demand. Upstart was founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Mateo, California and Columbus, Ohio.

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.

FOLIO

Series A in 2017
Folio offers AI-driven and automated investment services and a platform for financial institutions to manage discretionary investments.

CafeX Communications

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.

Careem

Series D in 2016
Careem operates a car booking platform that connects passengers with local drivers. The company's platform provides a marketplace of community drivers where passengers can request a ride in minutes, see the cost, and have it charged to their credit card of choice, giving passengers access to affordable and advantageous transportation.

Monedo

Corporate Round in 2016
Monedo Holding GmbH specializes in providing credit lending solutions through advanced technology, particularly focusing on the underbanked population. The company employs machine-learning algorithms and big data scoring to enhance credit decision-making and accessibility. Its product lineup includes customized installment loans, microloans through Kredito24, a digital wallet, and a personal finance manager aimed at helping customers manage their finances effectively. Additionally, Monedo offers a "Lending as a Service" model, enabling partners to integrate its credit products via API into their platforms. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, Monedo operates across multiple markets, including Poland, Romania, Russia, Spain, and Thailand, processing over four million loan applications to date. The company is led by CEO and Co-Founder Alexander Graubner-Müller and is supported by prominent investors.

Bluevine

Series D in 2016
Bluevine is on a mission to enable a better financial future for small business owners through innovative banking solutions designed just for them. By combining industry-leading technology and security with our team's expertise and care, we help small businesses spend their time on what matters most—the next chapter of their business. As a dynamic company with massive potential, we’re backed by leading investors such as Lightspeed Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, 83North, Citi Ventures, and nearly 9 years of proven success. Since launching in 2013, we have grown exponentially, amassing over 400,000 customers across all 50 states and providing more than $13 billion in financing to small businesses. Our passion is driven by purpose: to give small businesses the tools they need to succeed and we’re just getting started.

Insikt

Series C in 2016
Insikt is a technology-driven Community Development Financial Institution that focuses on providing fair and affordable loans to working families in the United States. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, Insikt aims to enhance the financial health of low-income communities by offering empowering financial services tailored for the underbanked and unbanked populations. The organization utilizes proprietary scoring algorithms to streamline the review and approval process for credit applications, ensuring that borrowers can access loans efficiently. Additionally, Insikt provides free credit scores and personalized expense management guidance to assist individuals in making informed financial decisions. Through its services, Insikt addresses the financial needs of working families and promotes economic stability within underserved communities.

Soukai Drug

Acquisition in 2016
Soukai Drug, a company that 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 and more.

ViSenze

Series B in 2016
ViSenze is the world's smartest product discovery platform. Retailers like ASOS, H&M, Rakuten, Zalora, Meesho, DFS, and EyeBuyDirect trust ViSenze to power their product discovery. ViSenze processes over a billion queries a month from retailers, supporting them in-store and on ecommerce sites. Use cases range from enhanced search, product tagging, smart recommendations and merchandising analytics. ViSenze’s automated AI platform empowers retail merchants to increase revenue by delivering exceptional experiences that make it easier for shoppers to discover products. - Gartner Hype Cycle for Retail Technologies 2021 - CB Insights Retail Technology 100 - Top AI Companies 2022 - Leading Product Recommendation Vendor 2022

Blackstorm Labs

Venture Round in 2016
Blackstorm provides a lightweight universal development environment that can be used to create and share high-performance applications. We aspire to exist in a world free of the constraints and limitations of app stores -- and we provide the technology to create and enable that.

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.

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.

Gojek

Series D in 2016
Gojek is an app that providing a variety of services from payments, food delivery, transportation, and logistics. The app is used for food ordering, commuting, digital payments, shopping, hyper-local delivery, getting a massage, and other services. It aims to create a positive socio-economic impact on customers, driver-partners, business, and MSMEs. Gojek is backed by investors including Google, Facebook, PayPal, Sequoia Capital, and Tencent Holdings. The company was founded in 2009 in Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia by Kevin Aluwi, Nadiem Makarim, and Michaelangelo Moran.

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.

MakeLeaps

Series A in 2016
MakeLeaps is online invoicing software for freelancers and businesses in Japan. Create beautiful invoices and optionally include your company logo and hanko. We can even print and send your invoice anywhere in Japan for only ¥199. Create a free account today.

Hoodline

Series A in 2016
Hoodline, Inc. is a media technology company based in San Francisco, California, that operates an online portal focused on hyperlocal news discovery across 40 cities in the United States. Founded in 2014, Hoodline leverages machine learning and artificial intelligence to transform raw data into thousands of automated local stories and videos each month. The platform, known as Atlas, analyzes vast amounts of unstructured data to identify and validate significant local signals, while also aggregating content from numerous partner publications to enhance its offerings. Hoodline's innovative technology allows for precise location tagging and contextualization of news stories, facilitating a tailored user experience. The company collaborates with various partners, including major media outlets and tech companies, to integrate its content recommendations into their platforms. Hoodline operates as a subsidiary of SFist and is supported by prominent investors, including Greylock and Disney.

Azimo

Venture Round in 2016
Azimo is an online money transfer company that provides a fast, secure, and low-cost alternative to legacy high street remittance services. 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.

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.

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.
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.

Rakuten Medical

Series B in 2016
Rakuten Medical is a biotechnology company that develops precision, cell-targeting investigational therapies based on its proprietary Alluminox platform comprising drugs, devices, and other related components.

Everledger

Seed Round in 2016
Everledger is a global technology enterprise specializing in addressing real-world economic, environmental, and societal challenges through their solutions that create ecosystems of trust. It is an ecosystem of trust is where all stakeholders within a network, are able to collaborate through a trusted data protocol. This trust is created through the ability to transparently trace and manage assets throughout their lifetime journey, across different touchpoints within the ecosystem. The company's breakthrough solutions harness the latest in emerging technologies including smart contracts, machine vision, and IoT, together with their proven and scalable blockchain-enabled platform. They combine a rich forensic approach to identify and track asset provenance to provide confidence in the transparency driven across global supply chains. This brings disparate stakeholders together with the trust that has been built. Everledger is independently committed to deploying scalable solutions for its clients’ needs today while having the freedom to lead with breakthrough solutions that tackle the challenges they face.

Bluevine

Series C in 2016
Bluevine is on a mission to enable a better financial future for small business owners through innovative banking solutions designed just for them. By combining industry-leading technology and security with our team's expertise and care, we help small businesses spend their time on what matters most—the next chapter of their business. As a dynamic company with massive potential, we’re backed by leading investors such as Lightspeed Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, 83North, Citi Ventures, and nearly 9 years of proven success. Since launching in 2013, we have grown exponentially, amassing over 400,000 customers across all 50 states and providing more than $13 billion in financing to small businesses. Our passion is driven by purpose: to give small businesses the tools they need to succeed and we’re just getting started.

Xola

Series A in 2016
Xola, Inc. develops and delivers a cloud-based booking and marketing software for businesses offering tours and activities. Its platform enables businesses to accept and manage customer bookings from various channels, such as in person, over the phone, or online; and to handle payments, calendaring and scheduling, inventory management, employee management, credit card processing, resource management, reporting and business intelligence, gifts and special offers, customer communication, and sales through online and local distribution partners. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is based in San Francisco, California with an additional office in Bengaluru, India.

Lyft

Series F in 2015
Lyft is a transportation company that designs, markets, and operates a mobile application connecting drivers with passengers who request rides. The app also facilitates payment. Additionally, it allows riders to schedule rides up to seven days in advance. Lyft primarily focuses its services on college, university, and corporate communities.

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].

Lingvist

Series A in 2015
Lingvist is an innovative language learning platform that uses artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and machine learning algorithms to make the learning process faster and more efficient. Lingvist is a subscription service for language learning, accessible via three platforms (web, iOS, and Android) worldwide. Lingvist was launched in 2013 and is operated from Tallinn, Estonia.

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.

World Travel System

Acquisition in 2015
World Travel System is a travel services company.

Rakuten Medical

Series A in 2015
Rakuten Medical is a biotechnology company that develops precision, cell-targeting investigational therapies based on its proprietary Alluminox platform comprising drugs, devices, and other related components.

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.

Voyagin

Acquisition in 2015
Voyagin is the tours and activities marketplace in Asia with a mission to help travelers discover and book the best travel experiences across Asia. Its website features over 1,800 things to do including tickets to museums and shows, cultural activities, romantic dinners, adventure experiences, and private guides bookable in English, Japanese, and Chinese in over 50 destinations in Asia, in advance or destination via its mobile optimized website.

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.

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.

OneSignal

Seed Round in 2015
OneSignal is a customer messaging and engagement platform that allows businesses to provide a seamless messaging experience to create meaningful customer connections. OneSignal's multi-channel platform enables businesses to deliver over 8 billion messages daily. OneSignal is designed to scale with businesses and deliver messages more quickly. The platform leverages machine learning to send communications at the optimal time by creating personalized messages and sending them to the right audiences by comparing performance, enabling clients to deliver engaging mobile and web push messages across all platforms.

C Channel

Seed Round in 2015
C Channel is an online video-based media targeting women aged 20 to 34, focusing on offering lifestyle-related information ranging from hairstyling, food, to travel tips.

OverDrive

Acquisition in 2015
OverDrive, Inc. provides technology infrastructure for distributing premium digital content in the United States, Singapore, Mexico, Canada, and Australia. The company delivers secure management, protection, and downloading services for publishers and enterprises, libraries, schools, retailers, and distributors. It provides download media with various titles, including eBooks, audio books, music, and video; and customizable reports. The company’s software products include Media Console, which allows downloading audio books, music, and videos; ReaderWorks, a suite of eBook authoring and conversion tools; BookWorks, a suite of tools for both commercial and noncommercial eBook production, as well as distribution. OverDrive, Inc. was founded in 1986 and is based in Cleveland, Ohio.

Lyft

Series E in 2015
Lyft is a transportation company that designs, markets, and operates a mobile application connecting drivers with passengers who request rides. The app also facilitates payment. Additionally, it allows riders to schedule rides up to seven days in advance. Lyft primarily focuses its services on college, university, and corporate communities.

Crimson Football Club, Inc.

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

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.

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.

Lubic Co., Ltd.

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

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.

Ebates

Acquisition in 2014
Founded in 1998, Ebates, now known as Rakuten Rewards, is a leading cash-back and shopping rewards platform. With over 12 million members, the program has facilitated more than $1 billion in cash-back rewards at various retailers, both domestic and international. As the largest free loyalty program in the United States, Rakuten Rewards allows users to earn cash back for purchases made at their favorite stores. The company is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area and operates 12 offices globally. In addition to its cash-back services, Rakuten Rewards includes a group of companies such as ShopStyle and Cartera Commerce, further enhancing its offerings in the online shopping landscape.

Algorithmia

Seed Round in 2014
Algorithmia is a machine learning model deployment and management solution that automates the MLOps for an organization, giving leverage back to data scientists and developers. It powers mission-critical workloads for its enterprise customers and hosts the largest public marketplace for algorithms. It was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington and was acquired by DataRobot in 2021.

Slice Technologies

Acquisition in 2014
Slice is online shopping, smarter. Slice's technology automatically identifies e-receipts within inboxes and extracts every data point about every purchase to create digital commerce products that delight consumers and create business value for partners. Slice is transforming online shopping and retail by unveiling never-before-seen digital commerce data via its APIs, information products and consumer applications.

AIP Corporation

Acquisition in 2014
AIP Corporation is online market research fieldwork agency in Asia, for the acquisition of its outstanding shares.

Air Asia

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".

DC Storm Limited

Acquisition in 2014
DC Storm delivers Measured Success™ which arms digital businesses with performance measurement tools, analysis and reporting, powering great decisions and driving success. Since its launch in 2004, DC Storm has gained an enviable reputation for building tailored solutions which respond to both client and industry needs. It now works with many of the most progressive digital brands who use the Storm Platform to accurately value and optimise their online marketing activities. With offices in the UK, Germany and the USA, DC Storm currently works with over 1000 websites worldwide. Its clients not only benefit from using its award-winning technology modules, but also receive exceptional service, support and training.

Estmob

Seed Round in 2014
Estmob is a creator behind Send Anywhere. Send Anywhere takes an 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 log on. 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.

ViSenze

Series A in 2014
ViSenze is the world's smartest product discovery platform. Retailers like ASOS, H&M, Rakuten, Zalora, Meesho, DFS, and EyeBuyDirect trust ViSenze to power their product discovery. ViSenze processes over a billion queries a month from retailers, supporting them in-store and on ecommerce sites. Use cases range from enhanced search, product tagging, smart recommendations and merchandising analytics. ViSenze’s automated AI platform empowers retail merchants to increase revenue by delivering exceptional experiences that make it easier for shoppers to discover products. - Gartner Hype Cycle for Retail Technologies 2021 - CB Insights Retail Technology 100 - Top AI Companies 2022 - Leading Product Recommendation Vendor 2022

Viber

Acquisition in 2014
Viber, founded in 2010 and based in Luxembourg, is a messaging and calling application that connects users globally. As part of the Rakuten family, Viber serves over 754 million unique users, enabling them to communicate through various methods, including individual messaging, video calls, and group chats. The platform allows users to send text, photo, and video messages, share locations, and make high-definition calls over Wi-Fi or mobile networks. Additionally, Viber incorporates features such as advertising, stickers, chatbots, and business messaging, enhancing user engagement and interaction with brands and celebrities through Public Chats.

VI-VI-VI.COM Co.,Ltd.

Acquisition in 2014
VI-VI-VI.COM Co.,Ltd is develops online hair salon search applications.

Coda

Series A in 2013
Coda leads in commerce solutions and out-of-app monetization. Since 2011, we’ve accelerated growth for our partners by expanding their global reach and deepening customer engagement. Trusted by over 300 publishers—including Activision, Electronic Arts, Moonton, and Riot Games—we maximize revenue with solutions like Custom Commerce, Codapay, Codashop, and Distribution. By connecting our partners to more than 90% of the world's preferred payment methods, we unlock access to over 200M paying customers worldwide. Headquartered in Singapore with a team of 400+, Coda has earned recognition as a 2023 APAC High Growth Company by the Financial Times, one of Granite Asia’s NextGenTech 30 (2024), a payments leader in Fortune’s Fintech Innovation Asia list (2024), and featured in The Straits Times Fastest Growing Fintechs (2024).

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.

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.

Brangista

Corporate Round in 2013
Brangista is an e-magazine publishing company that provides web promotion support business and more. The digital magazines are free and anyone can read it without subscribing or downloading. The company also provides solution services such as EC Tencho, for companies operating e-commerce stores. Brangista was established in November 2000 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Viki

Acquisition in 2013
Viki is an international video website offering TV shows, movies, and other premium content translated into more than 150 languages by a community of avid fans.

Apcera

Series A in 2013
The Apcera trusted cloud platform is a highly secure, policy-driven platform for cloud-native applications and microservices—as well as legacy applications. Apcera lets dev and DevOps teams use any modern tool or software they want while giving IT the assurance that their infrastructure is safe and secure. With Apcera, companies can innovate at speed with full confidence and trust. Based in downtown SF and led by CEO Derek Collison, creator of Cloud Foundry, Apcera was initially funded by Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins, and True Ventures among others, and recently received a very deep 9-figure ($USD), investment from Ericsson, the global technology, cloud and mobile giant headquartered in Sweden.

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.
Rakuten Life Insurance Co., Ltd is offers face-to-face and online life insurance services.

Ecohai

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.
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