SoftBank Ventures Asia is reportedly among the firms investing in the owner of interior design app Today’s House at a $1.45bn valuation.

South Korea-based interior design platform operator Bucketplace is in the process of raising ₩235bn ($190m) from investors including internet and telecommunications group SoftBank, The Bell has reported.

The state-owned Korea Development Bank is leading the round, participating alongside its KDB Industrial Bank subsidiary, investment firm KB Investment and Vertex Growth, the growth capital arm of venture capital firm Vertex Ventures, which is investing $10m.

SoftBank will be represented in the round by its SoftBank Ventures Asia unit and it is…

Edison Fu

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