Mashup developer mashmatrix raises 10M yen in angel round

Tokyo, July 20, 2010 - Today, mashmatrix Inc. announced the closing of a 10 million yen angel round of financing. This round included investments by SFP Joint Venture, Inc., J-Seed Ventures Inc., and several other individual investors. mashmatrix develops innovative technology that seamlessly connects multiple data sources such as Twitter and Salesforce.com. This provides users with a quick and efficient way to track information on clients and business connections with an easy-to-use, customizable interface.

"This angel financing will allow mashmatrix to continue to develop innovative mashups which will help users gather information from across the web in an efficient manner," remarked Shinichi Tomita, founder and CEO of mashmatrix.

mashmatrix Mashup Dashboard Products

mashmatrix for Salesforce.com - The mashmatrix Mashup Dashboard for Salesforce.com is an easy to use drag and drop on-demand application that delivers full customization of Salesforce.com data into a single dashboard that drives insight and productivity - enabling users to create, share, and combine data components. This means that Salesforce.com admin can pick and choose the best data components from their Salesforce.com objects or a variety of sources; combining them into a single view on their mashmatrix Mashup Dashboard.

mashmatrix for Enterprise - mashmatrix Mashup Dashboard for the Enterprise is both an on-demand and on-premise applications that lets users (executives / managers, call center operators, sales representatives) mashup data aggregation from multiple sources: standard or custom Salesforce.com objects, external data sources such as SAP, Oracle, or any web-service accessible data source and bring it all together into a single customized dashboard view with a simple drag and drop interface.

mashmatrix, Inc.
SC Building Akasaka 5F
5-4-17 Akasaka
Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052 Japan
http://www.mashmatrix.com/

July 21, 2010 |

Piku Selects a Statutory Auditor

Tokyo, July 14, 2010 - Today, Japan's first daily deal website Piku announced the selection of Mr. Tetsuya Isozaki as the company's statutory auditor.

Auditor Profile:

Tetsuya Isozaki & Associates - Certified Public Accountant (http://www.tez.com/about/index.htm); Graduate of Waseda University Department of Economics; 1984 - Entered　Chougin Keiei Research KK (also known as Chougin Sougou Research and Chougin Sougou Consulting). Management Consultant in charge of: city development, construction, real estate, leisure industry, finance, retail, fine arts; Other experience - CFO of Net Year Group KK, Independent Director of kabu.com Securities Co., Statutory Auditor of Mixi KK, and Chuo University Law School Lecturer.

July 15, 2010 |

SaaS secure messaging service Zenlok updates service and launches start up campaign!

Tokyo, July 13, 2010 - SaaS secure messaging service Zenlok KK has updated its previously named "Zenlok Compliance Plus" and announced the release of three new "Zenlok™" services.

The improved version has received favorable reviews for its ability to guard against the possibility of unintended recepients reading confidential email. In addition to the secured email receipt confirmation, email recall, encrypted transmission and archive functions, the new version allows for a large capacity (2GB), high speed transmission, up to 1TB of file storage, and the addition of a Google Apps™ compatible service. From July 13, all of these services are offered for just 315 yen per month, which will allow users to start using Zenlok at minimal costs.

With this upgrade, secure mail messaging is more convenient than ever before making it easier for companies to achieve email compliance with Zenlok's simple to use service.

Available Services
-Zenlok Basic™: a free service for individual users
-Zenlok™ for Google Apps™: a 315 yen per month service for corporate and organizational users that is compatible with Google Apps™
-Zenlok Premium™: a 315 yen per month service for corporate and organizational users

1. Basic Functions


  • No install required SaaS based system allowing for immediate use upon registration.

  • Ability to prevent emails from being viewed by unintended recipients through the use of email status notification and email recall.

  • Ability to send encrypted file attachments up to 25MB.


2. Difference between the free and paid versions

  • The free version limits users to 1GB of storage per week while the paid version allows up to 1TB of storage per month.

  • The paid version allows encrypted mail to stay in the sent mail archive without a time limit.

  • The free version limits users to 1GB of attachments per mail while the paid version allows for up to 2GB.

  • The free version limits the user to 10 destination addresses while the paid version allows for as many at 25 addresses.

  • Only the paid version includes a control panel that lets users to deal directly with user registration and various preference settings.

About the Start Up Campaign
Customers who register for Zenlok for Google Apps or Zenlok Premium between July 13 and September 30, 2010, will receive free service for up to 50 users for the first 6 months.

For more details please contact Zenlok or one of the following sales agents:

BayTech Systems KK
03-5633-7001
http://www.baytech.co.jp/

Source Pod KK
03-6914-2691
http://www.source-pod.co.jp/

Flagship Technologies KK
03-5980-1072
http://www.flagshiptechnologies.co.jp/

NPO Jita
03-5259-8325
http://www.npo-jita.org/

Worth Technology KK
03-5643-6256
http://www.worth-t.co.jp/

Youai Japan KK
050-5539-5971
http:// www.youai-jpn.com

About Zenlok KK
Homepage: my.zenlok.com
Capital: 105,280,000 yen
Representative: Amir Ayalon
Location: Tokyo, Shibuya-ku, Yoyogi 4-32-1, Toshin Building Millennium 5F
Business Information: Internet security software and service provider. From Japan to the world, Zenlok KK aims to become the global standard solution for insuring the safe transmission of important information to important people.

July 13, 2010 |

Piku Raises 650 Million Yen Venture Capital Round

Tokyo, July 9, 2010 - (JCN Newswire) - Piku Media KK, operator of Japan's first daily deal website, Piku.jp, today announced that it is raising an additional 650 million yen from domestic and international institutional investors. Earlier this year Piku raised 250 million yen from Rebate Networks to fund its rapid nationwide expansion in Japan. In addition to Rebate Networks, investors in the current round include several major Japanese venture capital firms such as Global Venture Capital KK and DIT Partners KK.

Piku's business model spotlights the latest net-marketing method known as flash marketing which is currently being used to promote Piku throughout Japan. "This capital increase will enable us to vigorously develop our service in all 47 prefectures of Japan," commented Dave Mori, CEO and co-founder of Piku. "It will also help us continue to provide the best experience for our participating business partners and customers."

About Piku Media KK

Piku Media KK was established in November 2004 and operates Japan's first discount coupon business leveraging group buying dynamics and social networks. Piku currently features a daily deal on attractive services and products in 47 areas throughout Japan. Piku uses collective buying power to offer unbeatable prices that provide a win-win situation for both businesses and consumers. For more information visit http://www.piku.jp.

About Rebate Networks

Rebate Networks GmbH was co-founded by successful serial entrepreneurs, Michael Brehm and Stefan Glaenzer, and supports daily deal sites around the globe. Rebate Networks has invested in dailydeal.de in Germany, lashou.com in China, and piku.jp in Japan. Before running Rebate Networks, Michael was a managing director at studiVZ.net where he helped to build the company into Germany's largest social network. Stefan co-founded Ricardo, Eastern Europe's largest auctioning firm, and last.fm, a global music service. He is currently the CEO of White Bear Yard, a venture hub based in London.

July 12, 2010 |

WIXI announces Japan's first end-user domain parking system.

Tokyo, June 24, 2010 - (Kigyou SNS) - ICCAN and .JP certified domain registrar WIXI KK announced the release of Japan's first end-user domain parking system. Registered owners of idle and undeveloped domain names can earn significant revenue by utilizing their sites as an advertising space. WIXI utilizes market-leader NameDrive's technology to provide end-users with smooth service in addition to providing customer support in Japanese and English.

June 25, 2010 |