Dentsu, Dai-ichi Life and Persol are among the investors that provided $20.4m for the product-management technology developer.

Japan-based product-management algorithm developer Visits Technologies has raised ¥2.2bn ($20.4m) from investors including marketing firm Dentsu, insurance provider Dai-ichi Life and human resources provider Persol Holdings.

The corporates were joined by investment firm Signifiant; Globe Advisors, a subsidiary of non-profit organisation Globe Group; and Mirai Creation Fund II, an investment vehicle formed by asset manager Sparx Group and backed by carmaker Toyota and diversified conglomerate Sumitomo; as well as unnamed individual backers.

Founded in 2014 as Visits Works, Visits Technologies…

Edison Fu

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