– June Homes from New York is a proptech company.
– The company raised $50M in funding.
– The round was led by SoftBank Ventures Asia with participation from TQ Ventures, FJ Labs, K50, Reshape, Quiet Capital, Demi Lovato and Scott Belsky.
– The company intends to use the funds to accelerate expansion to other U.S. markets.

– Chinese-backed and Africa-focused fintech company OPay raised $400m funding.
– The round was led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and joined by existing investors Sequoia Capital China, Redpoint China, Source Code Capital and SoftBank Ventures Asia.
– Other investors, including DragonBall Capital and 3W Capital, also took part in the new financing round.

– Danggeun Market, the publisher of South Korea’s hyperlocal community app Karrot, announced it has raised $162m in a Series D round of funding with a valuation of $2.7bn.
– This round of funding was led by DST Global, with additional participation from Aspex Management, Reverent Partners and existing investors such as Goodwater Capital, Altos Ventures, SoftBank Ventures Asia, Kakao Ventures, Strong Ventures and Capstone Partners.
– The company plan to strengthen its capabilities in local commerce with Danggeun Pay, or Karrot Pay, which is set to launch this year.

– Parcel Perform from Singapore develops a cloud-based delivery experience platform for e-commerce businesses worldwide.
– The company raised $20m in Series A funding.
– The round was led by Cambridge Capital, with participation from new investor SoftBank Ventures Asia and existing investors Wavemaker Partners and Investible.
– The new investment will be used to establish a regional headquarters in North America and grow to 150 employees globally by the end of the year.

– SODA, Japan’s largest sneaker media and C2C marketplace, raised Series C funding, which currently totals $56.4 million.
– SoftBank Ventures Asia led this round.
– Other investors include South Korean sneaker reselling platform KREAM, Altos Ventures and JAFCO.
– SODA acquired rival Monokabu.
– SODA’s post-money valuation is now about 24 billion Japanese Yen, or about $218 million.
– Part of SODA’s Series C funding will be used to expand into other Asian markets, starting with Indonesia and the Philippines next year.

– Mathpresso, a Seoul, South Korea-based provider of a K-12 mobile learning app, raised $50m in Series C funding.
– The round was led by Yellowdog, GGV Capital, Goodwater Capital, KDB, and SKS Private Equity with participation from SoftBank Ventures Asia, Legend Capital, Mirae Asset Venture Investment, and Smilegate Investment.
– The company intends to use the funds to strengthen its AI-based techniques of recommendation algorithms and develop localized business models for its regional offices in Indonesia and Thailand.

– Super, a social commerce startup, raised $28m in Series B funding.
– The round was led by SoftBank Ventures Asia and joined by returning backers Amasia, Insignia Ventures Partners, Y Combinator Continuity Fund and Bain Capital co-chairman Stephen Pagliuca, while partners from DST Global and TNB Aura invested for the first time.
– The funding brings Super’s total raised so far to more than $36m.

– Standard Energy, a vanadium ion battery developer, raised $8.9m in Series C funding.
– The round was led by SoftBank Ventures Asia and joined by other investors.
– The company plans to use the funding to expand its sales and marketing efforts.

– Fishbrain is a Stockholm, Sweden-based sport fishing app, social network, and digital marketplace.
– The company raised $31m in funding.
– Backers included Consensus Småbolagsfond and Adrigo Asset Management, as well as all main existing shareholders, including B Capital Group and SoftBank Ventures Asia.
– The company will use the funding to continue to scale its user base, solidify its position in Sweden and Norway, strengthen its engineering, product, marketing, and sales teams at its HQ and product hub in Stockholm, as well as through hiring in the US and throughout Europe.

– Customer data analytics company Blueshift today announced it has closed a $30m series C round, bringing its total raised to $65m.
– The company plans to put the funds toward expanding its workforce while further developing its marketing platform.
– A recent report from Forrester Research found that highly personalized, omnichannel marketing campaigns have the potential to generate 4 times more revenue and 18 times greater profits than static campaigns.
– Another survey pegs the average engagement rate for omnichannel at 19% compared with 5.4% for single-channel efforts.
– San Francisco-based Blueshift’s latest raise was led by Fort Ross Ventures and Avatar Growth Capital.
– The round also saw participation from existing investors, including Softbank Ventures Asia, Storm Ventures, Conductive Ventures, and Nexus Venture Partners.