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SmartNews

Market Valuation

$2 B

2021-09-15

Total Funding

$180.3 M

SmartNews Summary

Company Summary

Overview
SmartNews is an information and news discovery application operator. It uses machine learning algorithms to evaluate articles and social signals and categorizes stories into business, technology, lifestyle, entertainment, sports, and world tabs.
Type
Private
Status
Active
Founded
2012
HQ
Tokyo, JP | view all locations
Website
http://smartnews.com
Cybersecurity rating
Sectors

Key People

  • Ken Suzuki
  • Kaisei Hamamoto

    Kaisei Hamamoto, Co-Founder, COO and Chief Engineer

  • Paul Maeda

    Paul Maeda, VP of Engineering, Ads and Product Features / Tokyo

  • Dennis Moss

    Dennis Moss, Director of Talent / US

Operating MetricsView all

Publishing Partners (USA)

400
14.3%

Aug, 2019

Publishing Partners (Japan)

3K

Feb, 2019

Monthly Active Users

20M

Aug, 2019

LocationsView all

7 locations detected

  • Tokyo, Tokyo HQ

    Japan

    Ichigo Jingumae Bld, 3fjingumae, 6-chōme-25-16 Jingūmae

  • New York, NY

    United States

    41 E 11th St 9th floor

  • Palo Alto, CA

    United States

    291 Alma St

  • San Francisco, CA

    United States

    144 2nd St

  • Beijing, Bei Jing Shi

    China

    Dong San Huan Bei Lu, Chao Yang Qu

  • Shanghai

    China

    Wei Hai Lu

and 1 others

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