Legendary serial entrepreneur Winston Damarillo gains funding for latest software company, Morphlabs.

Morphlabs, a US-based company offering software as a service backed by an Asian strategic investor, has raised $5.5m in its series B round and appointed Satoshi Konno as president of its Japanese operations.

Global Gateway Investment Group led the round, and was joined by new consortium member Frontera Group and return backers CSK Venture Capital, the technology and healthcare corporate venturing division of Japan-based CSK Group, and AO Capital Partners.

CSK and AO Capital Partners, part of Hong Kong-based merchant bank American Orient…