YJ Capital invests $3.4m in Japanese online laundry service
WhitePlus - the Japanese start-up behind an online laundry service called Lenet - has managed to raise JPY408 million ($3.4 million) from Yahoo! Japan's corporate investment arm, YJ Capital.
Set up in 2009, Lenet allows users to request laundry services via the Lenet website and app, at which point their laundry is collected from their home, cleaned and returned. It has now raised over JPY700...
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