Cool Japan Fund invests USD 20m in Taiwanese VC CDIB’s USD 60m fund
The Cool Japan Fund (CJF) has decided to commit up to 20 million USD to a fund that invests in Japanese startups seeking global growth…
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MUFG Bank announces additional investment in DMI Finance
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and its consolidated subsidiary, MUFG Bank announced that MUFG Bank will make an additional investment of…
DAO Tokyo — Investment Strategy and Portfolio Management
The second panel of DAO Tokyo centered around investment strategies and portfolio management for Decentralized Autonomous Organizations…
MUFG signs framework agreement with the Ministry of Digital Technololgies of Uzbekistan
MUFG Bank, a consolidated subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, has signed a Framework Agreement (“FA”) with the Ministry of…
Japan FinTech Observer #73
Welcome to the seventy-third edition of the Japan FinTech Observer.
The Economic Impact of Startups in Japan
This post presents a comprehensive overview of the “Economic Impact of Startups in Japan” report, published in July 2024 by the Ministry of…
The Cabinet Office’s Annual Economic and Fiscal Report
The Japanese Cabinet Office has released its “Annual Economic and Fiscal Report — Fiscal Year 2024”, under the direction of the Minister…
First Japanese FinTech to go public on the London Stock Exchange in SPAC transaction
It took a little while, but the deal is coming through. As we reported in December 2023, Bowen FinTech (LSE: BWN), a special purpose…
SMBC CloudSign launches new “AI Contract Management Pro”
SMBC CloudSign (“SMBCCS”), a subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, has launched “AI Contract Management Pro,” an upgraded version…
Acquisition of Allstate Employer Voluntary Benefits by StanCorp
Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company announced that StanCorp Financial Group, a U.S. subsidiary of Meiji Yasuda, has agreed with The…
DBS launches blockchain-powered Treasury Tokens pilot with Ant International
DBS has launched a pilot of DBS Treasury Tokens, a next-generation treasury and liquidity management solution, in collaboration with Ant…
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