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The government-mandated Cool Japan Fund today invested $10m in KKDay, a Taiwan-based experience travel booking platform backed by travel agency HIS, messaging platform Line and e-commerce group Alibaba. HIS led a $10.5m series B round for KKday in February 2018 that also featured venture capital firm MindWorks Ventures, taking the company’s total funding at the time to $22m. It added undisclosed sums from Alibaba in July 2018 and Line Ventures, Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund, CDIB Capital and Monk’s Hill Ventures…

Robert Lavine

Robert Lavine is special features editor for Global Venturing.