Tokyo University of Science helped extend Gojo & Company's series D round to $68.6m, lifting the microfinancing provider's overall funding to around $142m.
Gojo & Company, a Japan-based financial inclusion service, has closed a ¥7.07bn ($68.6m) series D round featuring Tokyo University of Science’s Innovation Capital unit.
The round was completed with a $26m tranche featuring, apart from Tokyo University of Science, insurer Dai-ichi Life Insurance, retailer Marui Group as well as Ricoh Leasing and GMO Venture Partners, respective subsidiaries of products supplier Ricoh and internet company GMO.
The final close also attracted a range of new, undisclosed institutional and private…
