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·1 day ago

Japan FinTech Observer #9

Welcome to the ninth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. This past week saw major cabinet decisions and law promulgation affecting the digital assets space as of June 1. Here is what we are going to cover: Startups: a cute METI video on the government’s “Five Year Startup Plan”, while…

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Japan FinTech Observer #9
Japan FinTech Observer #9
Japan

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·2 days ago

Deploying capital at the Sony Innovation Fund

Since participating in the JPY 1.5bn raise of TRUSTDOCK, which we covered in last week’s Japan FinTech Observer, the team at the Sony Innovation Fund has been busy deploying further capital. We have counted four more investments. Given that Sony announced at its investor day that it intends to spin…

Japan

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Deploying capital at the Sony Innovation Fund
Deploying capital at the Sony Innovation Fund
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·2 days ago

TDK Ventures’ EX1 fund to invest in energy and climate tech startups

EX in the new fund’s name stands for energy transformation, signaling the focus for Fund EX1 on investing in early-stage energy, cleantech, and climate technology startups in the U.S. and Europe Fund EX1 is TDK Ventures’ first multi-LP fund and marks its first foray into Europe TDK Corporation announced that…

Japan

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TDK Ventures’ EX1 fund to invest in energy and climate tech startups
TDK Ventures’ EX1 fund to invest in energy and climate tech startups
Japan

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·2 days ago

DG Daiwa Ventures Announces Investment in 3 Y Combinator Generative AI Startups

DG Daiwa Ventures (DGDV) announced its investment in three Generative AI startups out of the recently held Y Combinator (YC) W23 batch demo day that provide innovative solutions for programming, LLM utilization in companies, and 3D content production. With less than two percent of YC applicants actually making it to…

Japan

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DG Daiwa Ventures Announces Investment in 3 Y Combinator Generative AI Startups
DG Daiwa Ventures Announces Investment in 3 Y Combinator Generative AI Startups
Japan

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·3 days ago

Green Japan & Green Finance in Japan

How green is Japan, and how is its green finance industry doing? We took a look at two studies that were published in the spring, the MIT Green Future Index covering the former, and the Z/Yen Global Green Finance Index covering the latter. Amazingly, the direction of travel is in…

Japan

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Green Japan & Green Finance in Japan
Green Japan & Green Finance in Japan
Japan

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·3 days ago

Subsidy program for foreign financial companies starting in Osaka

This subsidy program aims to support foreign financial companies to establish a new business location in Osaka by subsidizing their expenses for conducting a preliminary survey or establishing a business location. The term “foreign financial companies, etc.,” denotes companies that are among the type of FinTech business approved by the…

Japan

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Subsidy program for foreign financial companies starting in Osaka
Subsidy program for foreign financial companies starting in Osaka
Japan

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·4 days ago

Smartpay Wins “Fastest Growing Fintech Asia 2023 Award”

Smartpay, which provides deferred payment services, is the first Japanese company to receive the “Fastest Growing Fintech Asia 2023 Award,” sponsored by Global Financial Market Review (GFM Review), a London-based authoritative online news aggregator providing comprehensive coverage of global financial news and services. Japanese digital payments pioneer Smartpay was recognized…

Japan

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Smartpay Wins “Fastest Growing Fintech Asia 2023 Award”
Smartpay Wins “Fastest Growing Fintech Asia 2023 Award”
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·4 days ago

Habitto partners with Saison Asset Management for investments

Saison Asset Management announced today that it has entered into a financial services intermediary agreement with Habitto for two of their mutual funds, the “Global Balance Fund” and the “Asset Formation Expert Fund”. Since its establishment in March 2007, Saison Asset Management has been committed to supporting the financial independence…

Japan

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Habitto partners with Saison Asset Management for investments
Habitto partners with Saison Asset Management for investments
Japan

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·4 days ago

Sony to spin off financial services business within 2–3 years

As we have briefly stated in the Japan FinTech Observer last weekend, Sony held its “Corporate Strategy Meeting” and announced its intention to spin off the Financial Services business. …

Japan

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Sony to spin off financial services business within 2–3 years
Sony to spin off financial services business within 2–3 years
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·6 days ago

NRI & DTCC collaborate on post-trade automation

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the leading post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, announced its collaboration with Nomura Research Institute (NRI) to provide automated central matching capabilities for cash securities transactions in Japan. NRI provides various financial services to Japan’s financial services firms. Through this…

Japan

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NRI & DTCC collaborate on post-trade automation
NRI & DTCC collaborate on post-trade automation
Japan

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