Rakuten Ventures injects extra $100m into global startup fund By Steven Millward for techinAsia Rakuten Ventures, the investment arm of the Japan-based ecommerce titan, Deals, Global trends, InspirAsiaApril 12, 2016April 12, 2016
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API-Based Money Mover Currency Cloud Taps Sapphire Ventures And Rakuten For $18M TECHCRUNCH: Currency Cloud, a UK-based provider of cross-border money transferring services that are in turn used Deals, Fintech news, news, RemittancesJune 23, 2015June 28, 2015
Rakuten To Put Its Bitnet Investment To Work And Accept Bitcoin Worldwide TECHCRUNCH: Rakuten, Japan’s largest online retail firm, has announced that it will soon accept bitcoin across Cryptocurrencies, Fintech news, InspirAsia, Japan, newsMarch 17, 2015March 24, 2015