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GMO VenturePartners (GMO-VP), the venture capital arm of GMO Internet Group, has reached an interim close of approximately JPY 10 billion for its eighth vehicle, the GMO Fintech Fund 8 Investment Limited Partnership (GFF8). The fund, which carries a fundraising cap of JPY 12 billion, is continuing capital-raising
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SBI Holdings has executed a strategic investment in Ajaib Group, operator of one of Indonesia's largest online investment platforms. Through a subsidiary, SBI acquired a 20% stake in Ajaib, converting the Jakarta-based fintech firm into an equity-method affiliate. Ajaib Group began as an online brokerage and
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Enterprise intelligence startup fileAI has received investments from SMBC Asia Rising Fund and Singtel Innov8 to accelerate its expansion in Japan and scale its enterprise data automation platforms. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The funding round will support fileAI as it builds out a local footprint in
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Japanese financial services conglomerate SBI Holdings has announced a follow-on strategic investment in UAE-based digital asset platform Fasset. The transaction assigns Fasset an enterprise valuation of $1 billion, following SBI’s initial stake purchase in May 2026. Upon completion of Fasset's ongoing Series C funding round,
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Stablecoin infrastructure provider Yellow Card has closed a $40 million strategic funding round, bringing its total equity financing to over $120 million. The latest capital injection was led by major institutional and venture backers, including SC Ventures (Standard Chartered's innovation arm), Sony Innovation Fund, Polychain Capital, and Blockchain
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Gurugram-headquartered WealthTech platform Centricity Wealth Tech Private Limited has raised INR 280 crore (approximately USD 29 million to USD 33 million) in a Series A funding round led by SMBC Asia Rising Fund. The corporate venture capital fund—jointly established by Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and
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Japanese FinTech provider OLTA has entered into a capital and business alliance with Resona Holdings, raising ¥2.5 billion through a third-party allotment of shares allocated to Resona. The latest capital injection brings OLTA’s total equity funding to ¥7.05 billion and its total cumulative capital raised—including
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Japanese telecommunications giant KDDI Corporation and the Google AI Futures Fund have entered into an agreement to launch the "AI Startup Support Program by KDDI & Google AI Futures Fund," a joint initiative aimed at investing in domestic artificial intelligence startups and facilitating their global expansion. Applications for
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Global Trust Networks (GTN), a Tokyo-based provider of comprehensive life-support services for foreign residents in Japan, announced the completion of the first close of a funding round totaling approximately ¥3 billion (USD $19 million). The transaction comprises a combination of third-party allotment of shares, debt financing from
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Nagoya-headquartered cross-border e-commerce startup SAZO has raised ¥3.21 billion (approximately $20.8 million) in a Series A funding round. The financing structure combines a third-party allotment of J-KISS convertible equity rights alongside senior debt facilities from financial institutions. The equity portion was led by
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MUFG Innovation Partners (MUIP), the corporate venture capital arm and wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), has finalized a strategic investment in Delaware-based enterprise AI company Fundamental Technologies. The investment was executed through the MUFG Innovation Partners No. 3 Investment Partnership. Unlocking Value in Structured Data
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A powerful coalition of 44 Japanese corporations has capitalized Noetra, a newly established artificial intelligence research venture, to spearhead the development of home-grown multimodal foundation models. Backed by a core consortium consisting of Sony Group, SoftBank, NEC, and Honda Motor—alongside a newly announced investment from financial heavyweight Mitsubishi