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Nekonome: Capital Raising

Nekonome raised ¥110 million in Series A funding from EX Innovation Fund (TV Asahi HD), Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, and SMBC Venture Capital, bringing total funding to ¥200 million. Company is launching competitive shogi game 'KIOU' this month.

Source: The Bridge Japan (EN) — Japan rounds

The leadership read

Will need VP/Head of Product, Engineering Manager/Tech Lead for game development, Head of Community/Player Operations, Marketing Manager for game launch, and Finance/Operations roles to scale post-funding.

Market context: the MitchelLake Talent Market Index reads 108.5Hot (+10.8 vs prior month); Asia signal share is easing (-2.1pts).

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