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About SmartNews: What is SmartNews?

Operator of a news platform intended to discover and deliver the latest trending news stories.

CEO:

  • Ken Suzuki

Founders:

  • Ken Suzuki
  • Kaisei Hamamoto

Headquarters:

  • Tokyo
  • Japan

Valuation (Postmoney) or Market Cap:

$1,200,000,000

Total Raised:

$1,320,000,000

Founding Date:

January 1, 2012

Investors (People):

Not found

Investor Firms:

N/A

Industries:

  • Enterprise Software
  • Software as a Service (SaaS)
  • Software Development
  • Cloud Computing
  • Software
  • Developer Tool
  • Developer Platform
  • Developer Tools

Last
Financing Round:

Series E

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