TechBureau raises over $6.5m in funding

TechBureau has announced that it has raised ¥720m (or just over $6.5m) in a new Series A funding round.

According to the company announcement, the allottees include Japan’s financial services company arara, enterprise software company Infoteria, internet company OKWAVE, the venture capital companies Nippon Technology Venture Partners and Hiroshima Venture Capital, financial information provider FISCO and the Money Partners Group forex broker, which already announced its JPY 49 million investment.

As part of the funding round, TechBureau will also be collaborating with its investors on the development of various blockchain and bitcoin-related projects.

TechBureau is a Japanese blockchain solutions firm and operator of bitcoin exchange Zaif.