Japan · Funded startup
Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026
$457Mraised across 5 rounds since 2016, from 5 sources
Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.
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The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.
Japan Post CapitalLL
Globis Capital Partners
ACA InvestmentsL
Development Bank of Japan Inc.L
SMBC Venture Capital
Atomico
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking CorporationJIC Venture Growth Investments
Dentsu Ventures
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This firm lists SmartNews as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.
SmartNews's investors include Japan Post Capital, Globis Capital Partners, ACA Investments, Development Bank of Japan Inc. and SMBC Venture Capital, and 5 more on record.
SmartNews has raised $457M across 5 rounds since 2016.
SmartNews's most recent round was a Debt of $69M in Jan 2024.
SmartNews's largest round on record is $230M (Series F), in Sept 2021.
SmartNews's first round on record, in Jul 2016, was backed by Development Bank of Japan Inc..
SmartNews's latest named round is a Debt, in Jan 2024.
SmartNews is based in Japan.
Development Bank of Japan Inc. led the Series D in 2016; Japan Post Capital led the Series E in 2019.
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