Digital marketing platform developer From Scratch has followed an Itochu-backed round earlier in the year with an $8.3m round featuring Dentsu.

From Scratch, the Japan-based operator of digital marketing platform B->Dash, has raised ¥1bn ($8.3m) from investors including Dentsu Digital Holdings, a subsidiary of digital marketing company Dentsu, The Bridge has reported.

Venture capital firms Global Brain and Nippon Venture Capital also took part in the round. It comes after a ¥300m round backed by Itochu Technology Ventures, which acts as trading group Itochu’s corporate venturing arm, and Draper Nexus Venture Partners in May this year.

Yasuhiro Abe, From Scratch’s CEO,…