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SmartNews
144 Second St., Second Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
https://www.smartnews.com

SmartNews is dedicated to delivering quality information from the world to the people who need it. Founded in December 2012 by Kaisei Hamamoto (awarded 'Creator of the Decade' by Yahoo! Japan) and Dr. Ken Suzuki (named 'Super Creator' by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry), SmartNews uses proprietary machine learning algorithms to evaluate more than ten million articles, social signals and other cues each day to discover and deliver the stories that matter now. The company has offices in Tokyo, San Francisco and New York.

Key Contact
Name
Kaisei Hamamoto
Title
CEO
Funding Events

Date
Amount
Type
Investors
Valuation
07/08/16 $38,000,000 Series D Development Bank of Japan
Japan Co-Invest
SMBC Venture Capital
undisclosed
11/19/19 $92,000,000 Series E ACA Investments
D.A.Consortium
Dentsu Inc.
Globis Capital Partners
Japan Post Capital
undisclosed