How the rise in the US of Japanese news aggregator SmartNews, valued at $2B in 2021, came to a halt in 2023, leading to CEO Ken Suzuki's departure in November
https://restofworld.org/... X: @restofworld : Japan's SmartNews was growing fast in the U.S. What went wrong? Once valued at $2 billion, the news app has been hit by heavy layoffs. Former employees te...
Sources: Tokyo-based aggregator website and app SmartNews, valued at $2B in 2021, laid off ~120 people, or 40% of US and China staff, with more coming in Japan
TechCrunch : Tweets: @seovillas and @michellemanafy Tweets: @seovillas : @TechCrunch ... It's unfortunate to hear that SmartNews has had to lay off a significant portion of their staff in the US and ...
SmartNews, a news aggregation app that shows users articles on the same topic with labels on their political bent, raises $230M at a ~$2B valuation
Tokyo-based news-discovery company is valued at $2 billion in its latest funding round — SmartNews Inc. has raised $230 million …
AI-powered news aggregation app SmartNews raises $92M, including a $28M raise in August, at a valuation of $1.2B, bringing its total raised to $182M
Looks like there's still money to be made in news aggregation — at least according to the investors backing the news app SmartNews.
Despite Japan's reputation as a tech powerhouse, it only has three unicorns, compared to 192 in the US, 96 in China, and 20 in the UK, according to CB Insights
Financial Times : Tweets: @trevornoren , @psb_dc , @yaromir , @financialtimes , and @cint Tweets: Trevor Noren / @trevornoren : Number of unicorns by country https://www.ft.com/... https://twitter.co...
AI-powered news aggregation app SmartNews raises $28M Series E led by Japan Post Capital, valuing the startup at $1.1B and bringing the total raised to $116M
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News aggregation app SmartNews raises $38M Series D, led by the Development Bank of Japan, sources say at a post-money valuation of $500M-$600M
Friday, July 8 Tweets: Ingrid / @ingridlunden : News discovery via AI: SmartNews nabs $38m at $500m+ valuation http://techcrunch.com/... Approaching Flipboard in value, if not user numbers Rafat Ali /...
News aggregation app SmartNews raises $38M Series D, led by the Development Bank of Japan, sources say at a post-money valuation of $500M-$600M
Friday, July 8 Tweets: Ingrid / @ingridlunden : News discovery via AI: SmartNews nabs $38m at $500m+ valuation http://techcrunch.com/... Approaching Flipboard in value, if not user numbers Rafat Ali /...
Japan's SmartNews Raises Another $10M At A $320M Valuation To Expand In The U.S.
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