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SmartNews
AI-powered platform for personalized news aggregation
At a glance
- Founded
- 2012
- Headquarters
- Tokyo, Japan
- Sector
- Consumer Services
- Power Law
- Unicorn$1–10B valuation tier
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Investors
From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.
Series A5 investors entered at this stage
- D.D.A.Consortium
- AAAsian Capital Alliance
- GPGlobis Capital Partners
- DEDentsu
- JCJapan Post Capital
Series B and later13 investors entered at this stage
Ownership
Estimated cap table from Dealroom's shareholder data — share of equity by holder. Stakes as last recorded by Dealroom (2026). Percentages are indicative.
Some investors are hidden on this public profile. See the full cap table on Dealroom →
Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.
Global footprint
team presence
across markets
Patents
6 active patent families included in this estimate.
A patent family groups patent filings for the same invention. Source: Dealroom · PatSnap.
Market sentiment
An AI-synthesised read of the highest-engagement posts about SmartNews on X, ranked by likes and reposts, corporate channels excluded.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour
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