Nissay and Finatext to build a digital sales platform for life insurance
Nissay Information Technology, an IT strategy subsidiary of the Nippon Life Group, and Finatext, a Finatext Group company that realizes…
Norbert Gehrke
Key takeaways from the Tokyo Women in VC Report 2024
Tokyo Women in VC have published an English translation of their “Japan Venture Ecosystem: Female VCs & Female Founders Report 2024”. Here…
Korea-Japan Venture Startup Investment Summit 2024
The Korea-Japan Venture/Startup Investment Summit 2024 was held on Friday, May 10, 2024, at the Toranomon Hills Mori Tower, sponsored by…
UB Ventures’ SaaS Annual Report
UB Ventures SaaS Annual Report has now been published in English.
SBI Digital Asset Holdings and Chiliz to forge JV for sporting fan tokens
SBI Digital Asset Holdings, the digital asset arm of SBI Holdings, and Chiliz, a leading blockchain provider for sports and entertainment…
Nudge raises Series A extension from TIS, debt financing from MUFG Bank
Nudge has completed an additional Series A funding round, bringing the total amount raised in the Series A round to over JPY 3bn. This…
Sumitomo Mitsui Card announces cashless campaign for SMEs
Sumitomo Mitsui Card has been continuously working to promote and expand cashless payments as a social infrastructure, not only for…
LY Corporation FY2023 Earnings Summary
LY Corporation, the parent company of Yahoo! Japan and LINE, released its FY2023 full year and Q4 earnings report, highlighting significant…
Launch of “& JCB Fintech Program”, with FamilyTech as the first project
JCB is launching the “& JCB Fintech Program (~ Your First Partner. JCB ~)”, a program to support new entrants into the payment business…
Japan FinTech Observer #58
Welcome to the fifty-eighth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer.
First “Council of Experts on Venture Capital” meeting held
On April 30, 2024, the first “Council of Experts on Venture Capital” meeting was held, co-hosted by the Financial Services Agency and the…
MS&AD Group introduces Automobile Insurance for Relay Transportation
Mitsui Sumitomo Aioi Fire & Marine Insurance and Aioi Nissay Dowa General Insurance of the MS&AD Insurance Group have started selling the…