Japan's MPower backs pet devices maker
Japan’s MPower Partners, which was set up last year to make environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investments, has joined a USD 10.5m Series B round for local pet devices maker Rabo.
MPower qualified the deal as ESG-focused noting that it empathised with Rabo’s view that pets are “equal members” of the family. The idea is that caring for animals’ health contributes to the physical...
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