Alongside CyberAgent in the Wondershake deal was Sunbridge, a Japan and US-based technology incubator founded by database provider Oracle Japan's former president, Allen Miner.

CyberAgent Ventures, the corporate venturing unit of Japan-based internet group CyberAgent, has invested an undisclosed amount in Wondershake, a local social media service start-up.

CyberAgent Ventures primarily focuses on investment into early-stage start-ups having set up its CA Startups Internet Fund I in August. Last month, the fund invested in Zawatt, while in August CyberAgent backed Korea-based Kakao, a social and messaging group founded by Brian Kim, the ex-founder and chief executive of media group NHN (which has set up…