The online English language learning service, backed by KDDI, Yahoo, CyberAgent and Mitsubishi UFJ, plans to list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers market.
Rarejob, a Japan-based English language learning platform, is set to float on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers market.
In June 2013 Rarejob raised ¥300m ($3m) from the KDDI Open Innovation Fund, Asia communication group KDDI’s first ¥5bn ($53m) venturing fund, launched in 2012.
Other firms to have invested in Rarejob include YJ Capital, Yahoo Japan’s corporate venturing unit, and fellow corporate venturing firms CyberAgent Ventures and Mitsubishi UFJ Capital. Existing backer Global Brain, a Japan-based venture capital irm that manages…
