SmartNews

Italy
Sabina, Campania, Italy, 150-0001

Company profile

SmartNews company profile

SmartNews is the award-winning news app loved by millions. We are a machine-learning company deeply committed to helping users find quality news beyond the filter bubble. Our algorithms evaluate tens of millions of articles, behaviors and social interactions to deliver only the most interesting and important stories on a global scale—a fascinating engineering challenge that has attracted a world-class data science and engineering team. SmartNews won numerous “App of the Year” awards and has been downloaded by more than 35 million people and has over 10million monthly active users. SmartNews has offices in Tokyo, San Francisco, and New York. Join our international culture—smart work, smart people and a global mission to bring quality information to the world. Travel between our amazing offices in the U.S. and Japan, and collaborate with coworkers from around the world.

Business identity

Contact email
[email protected]
Phone number
81357285596
Operating status
Active
Company type
For Profit
Employee range
501-1,000 employees
Revenue range
$10M-$100M
Founded
2012-06-15

Headquarters

Postal code
150-0001
Country code
IT
Continent
Europe

Capital profile

Funding and company signals

Funding stage
Late Stage Venture
Funding rounds
6
Total equity funding
$410.3M
Last funding
Series F / $230M / 2021-09-15
Last equity funding
Series F / $230M
Investors
21
Lead investors
6
Founders
2
Articles
88

Founders and investors

Founders

Kaisei HamamotoKen Suzuki

Lead investors

Asian Capital AllianceAtomicoDevelopment Bank of JapanGlobis Capital PartnersGreeJapan Post Capital

Investors

AtomicoDevelopment Bank of JapanJIC Venture Growth InvestmentsSMBC Venture CapitalWoodline Partners