Data shows Japan's venture deal volume last year was less than a tenth of China's and 3% of the US'; in H1 2020, Japan's startup funding fell slightly YoY
1/ A fair overview, but like most analyses of Japanese startup ecosystem, it uses the fact that JP has 7 private unicorns (vs 200+ in US) as the central point. Shouldn't the public/listed unicorns be one of the metrics by which an ecosystem is evaluated? https://www.wsj.com/...
Japan's startup scene is beginning to show some Silicon Valley swagger, but entrepreneurs and investors say it still has a long way to go https://www.wsj.com/...