Kyash
- 17/03/2022
- Series D
- $41,200,000
Founded in January 2015 in Tokyo, working on creating next infrastructure for money exchange by providing mobile payment/banking to consumer and financial platform to businesses to transform Japanese financial landscape.
We have raised US$45M in a Series C Funding round co-led by a global consumer technology investor along with several venture capital firms from around the world to accelerate its full-stack mobile banking business in Japan.
<Link> Japanese Fintech Startup Raises Funds Despite Virus Chilling VCs
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-30/japanese-fintech-startup-raises-funds-despite-virus-chilling-vcs
- Industry Financial Services
- Website https://www.kyash.co/
- LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/kyash-inc-/
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Shin TakatoriFounder
Changing money.
I like to work on a positive impact on society, which provide absolute mission on how we work and live.
Founder & CEO of Kyash with a decade of banking/retail experience, to build a new banking from ground-up in Japan.
I have consulting experience working alongside private equity investors and consumer industry leaders on growth strategy development, portfolio company performance improvements, and due diligence efforts.
My project exposure includes channel strategy for a financial institution, omni-channel initiative for a Fortune 500 retailer, market entry for a multi-national company, post merger integration/due diligence for private equity funds, and supply chain network design for one of the largest retailers in the world.
Prior to Kurt Salmon, I was in international strategy planning/corporate sales division of the second largest Japanese bank, engaged in establishing overseas branches of the bank, partnership development with local financial institutions, corporate incentive program along with corporate finance advisory services.