Japan Post Capital and Horipro were among the investors in a $27.3m round that will be used to grow Inforich’s mobile charging service outside Japan.
Japan-based mobile battery sharing service operator Inforich has raised ¥3bn ($27.3m) from backers including talent agency Horipro and Japan Post Capital, postal service Japan Post’s corporate venturing unit.
Investment banking firm Goldman Sachs also took part in the round, along with GMCM Venture Capital Partners and Chartwell Capital.
Inforich operates a network of stations where users can rent mobile device chargers by scanning a QR code. The company runs more than 10,000 of its ChargePoint terminals located at commercial facilities…
