Additor, AND Global, Elumium, Groovy Antoid, Immersive Systems, Jazzy Pay, Retarget Links, Rooit, Talk-A-Bot and Shoffr are Rakuten Accelerator's first entrants.

Japan-headquartered e-commerce firm Rakuten has selected 10 startups from nine countries to join the inaugural cohort of its Singapore-based Rakuten Accelerator, which has a “messaging-as-a-platform” focus.

The accelerator, which is being managed by Techstars, will provide $120,000 of funding for each participant. It is being run by managing director Dhritiman Hui and program manager Dennis List.

The participants include Additor, a South Korea-based document collaboration platform; AND Global, a Singapore-based mobile lending platform for the unbanked; and Elumium, a UK-based…