The e-commerce design platform Base has secured $13.3m in a Money Forward-backed round that took its total funding to about $38m.
Japan-based e-commerce design platform Base has raised ¥1.5bn ($13.3m) in a funding round led by venture capital firm Global Brain that also featured accounting software provider Money Forward.
Founded in 2012, Base operates a web design platform for e-commerce vendors, allowing them to build their storefronts using Base’s templates or customised models made by the vendors themselves.
Online purchases on the platforms can be conducted via Base’s payment processing plug-ins, the company’s Pay.jp protocol for web browsers or its Pay ID…
