Sunday, November 17

Tag: AnyMind

Top Five Funding of the Week (29th Oct – 3rd Nov)
FUNDING

Top Five Funding of the Week (29th Oct – 3rd Nov)

As we all know that funding is a major part of the startups. Every now and then we hear one or the other startup raising funds for expansion or various other purposes. So, every week we come up with the top five funding activities of the week that took place in the startup world. This week was also quite active in terms of funding activities and the company that raised the maximum amount of funds was financial research platform Sentieo that raised an amount of $19 million. Let’s now have a look on the top five funding activities of the week:     1) Captain Zack A pet care grooming startup called Captain Zack has raised an amount of $1.5 million in Pre-Series A round. The particular funding round was led by industrialists Kushal Desai and Chaitanya Desai through ...
Singapore-based AnyMind Raises $13.4 Million for Expansion
FUNDING

Singapore-based AnyMind Raises $13.4 Million for Expansion

A Singapore-based AI company AnyMind Group has secured funds amounting to $13.4 million in a funding round. This round was led by Line, the Japanese messaging app firm, and Mirai Creation Fund, which is backed by Toyota among others. The company that uses AI in online advertising, HR and marketing is planning to use these funds for its growth in Japan and other Asian markets. Other backers such as JAFCO and Dream Incubator also took part in this round. AnyMind uses AI to offer ad solutions to publishers and advertisers and also to its newer businesses TalentMind (HR) and CastingAsia, influencer marketing. Founded in April 2016 by Kosuke Sogo and Otohiko Kozutsumi the company claims to be profitable since early 2017. It said total revenue for 2017 was $26 million, up from $12.9 millio...