Industrial Growth Platform led the consulting company’s $23.7m maiden round, investing alongside backers including Change, Dentsu, Marshmallow and The Guild.

Japan-based consulting agency BeBit has raised ¥2.5bn ($23.7m) in an equity and debt financing round led by professional services firm Industrial Growth Platform (IGPI).

The round included IT transformation firm Change, marketing firms Dentsu and Marshmallow, graphic design agency The Guild and financial services holding company Mebuki Financial Group’s Joyo Industrial Research subsidiary.

Gogin Capital, Oita Venture Capital and SMBC Venture Capital – respective subsidiaries of financial services firms San-In Godo Bank, Oita Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation –…

Edison Fu

Edison Fu is a reporter and Asia liaison at Global Corporate Venturing.