WAmazing, a Tokyo-based startup developing a tourism platform service for overseas tourists to Japan, raised YPY 240M in Series C2 funding.
Backers included The Sankei Building, Person Venture Partners, Higin Capital II Investment Limited Partnership, Shigagin Local Revitalization SD Fund Investment Limited Partnership, Gogin Capital 5 Limited Partnership, and The Chugoku Electric Power.
The company intends to use the funds to accelerate growth by promoting capital and business alliances with new strategic investors and by collaborating with regional banks.
Led by founder and CEO Fumiko Kato, WAmazing provides a tourism platform service for overseas visitors to Japan. The company offers online (Web, App, WeChat) centralized travel reservation arrangements (OTA business) for the five consumption categories (accommodation, sightseeing, shopping, transportation, and food & beverage) of inbound tourism to Japan. Free SIM distribution machines have been set up at 23 airports in Japan with regular international flights, and free SIM cards are being offered to increase our registered membership. The main service regions are Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mainland China, Southeast Asian countries, and Australia.
FinSMEs
05/04/2023