Ad Tech FreakOut Raises 500M Yen From YJ Capital For Series B / TechCrunch Japan

FreakOut is a startups to provide DSP with RTB to allow to purchase ads inventory by auction in real time. The startup which was founded in 2010 announced fundraising of 500 million yen for series B round from YJ Capital, Yahoo's VC arm. The valuation post money is 10.3 billion yen. ...

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TechCrunch Japan 3/7/2013 [jp]

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• YJ Capital has been very actively investing in various startups recently including Geniee (SSP), Tokyo Otaku Mode (otaku contents media), Minna no Wedding (portal for wedding), and Raksul (EC for printing). Considering its fund size, 1 billion yen, which was established in last September, the deal for FreakOut is very huge. YJ Capital may set up another fund soon.
• http://fout.jp/