Japan hiking app provider gets Series B
Japan-based hiking app provider Yamap has raised a JPY1.2 billion ($11.1 million) Series B funding round from a group of domestic investors including Advantage Partners-owned outdoor sports equipment retailer Ishii Sports.
Additional investors included Revic Capital, SMBC Venture Capital, I Mercury Capital, Japan Asia Group, Morinaga, Setouchi DMO, seed-stage accelerator 01Booster, and SRL Inc, a company that controls a...
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