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SmartNews

Media · Tokyo, JP

News-aggregation app

Founders

Ken Suzuki (Japan · ♂) — An entrepreneur and academic who studied the internet's effect on democracy at the University of Tokyo, he co-founded SmartNews in 2012 to deliver the world's quality information to people who need it.
Kaisei Hamamoto (Japan · ♂) — A programmer since middle school and data-visualization specialist, he co-founded SmartNews in 2012 to build a machine-learning news discovery app, later becoming CEO.

Team & hubs

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Funding history

Date	Round	Amount
Sep 2021	Series D Plus SmartNews, the Japanese news-aggregation app, raised a $230M Series F at a $2B valuation, with Princeville Capital, Woodline Partners, JIC Venture Growth Investments and the Yamauchi No.10 Family Office; total funding exceeded $400M.	$230M

Investors

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ACA Investments JIC Venture Growth Investments Princeville Capital SMBC Venture Capital Woodline Partners Yamauchi No.10 Family Office

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