SmartNews

About

SmartNews is a news app that helps users find quality news beyond the filter bubble.

Tokyo,Tokyo,Japan
101 - 250
http://www.smartnews.com/

Highlights

Details

Last Funding Type: Series A
Last Funding Money Raised: ¥420M
Industries: Apps,Journalism,Media and Entertainment,Mobile,News
Founded date: Jun 15, 2012
Number Of Employee: 101 - 250
Operating Status: Active
Legal Name: SmartNews, Inc.
Also Known As: スマートニュース,Smart News Corporation

SmartNews is the award-winning news app loved by millions. We are a machine-learning company deeply committed to helping users find quality news beyond the filter bubble. Our algorithms evaluate tens of millions of articles, behaviors and social interactions to deliver only the most interesting and important stories on a global scale—a fascinating engineering challenge that has attracted a world-class data science and engineering team. SmartNews won numerous “App of the Year” awards and has been downloaded by more than 35 million people and has over 10million monthly active users. SmartNews has offices in Tokyo, San Francisco, and New York. Join our international culture—smart work, smart people and a global mission to bring quality information to the world. Travel between our amazing offices in the U.S. and Japan, and collaborate with coworkers from around the world.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds

Total Funding Amount

6

¥420M $406M

SmartNews has raised a total of ¥420M $406M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Sep 15, 2021 from a Series F round.

Announced Date	Round	Money Raised	Number of Investors	Lead Investors	Post Valuation
Sep 15, 2021	Series F	$230M	7	—	—	Detail
Nov 18, 2019	Series E	$92M	5	Asian Capital Alliance Japan Post Capital	—	Detail
Jul 7, 2016	Series D	$38M	4	Development Bank of Japan	—	Detail
Mar 30, 2015	Series C	$10M	5	GREE	—	Detail
Aug 7, 2014	Series B	$36M	7	Atomico GREE	—	Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors

Number of Investors

7

21

SmartNews is funded by 21 investors. Japan Post Capital and Development Bank of Japan are the most recent investors.

Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round
Japan Post Capital	Yes	Series E
Development Bank of Japan	Yes	Series D
GREE	Yes	Series C
Asian Capital Alliance	—	Series F
Green Co-Invest Investment	—	Series F
JIC Venture Growth Investments	—	Series F
Princeville Capital	—	Series F
SMBC Venture Capital	—	Series F
Woodline Partners	—	Series F
Yamauchi-No.10 Family Office	—	Series F