<article><a style="color: #000080;" href="http://dealstreetasia.com/tag/Rakuten-Ventures" target="_blank">Rakuten Ventures</a>  &#8211; corporate venture capital arm of Japanese e-commerce conglomerate Rakuten &#8211; has announced adding $100 million more to its Global Investment Fund, effectively doubling the fund size to $200 million.</article>

<a style="color: #000080;" href="http://dealstreetasia.com/tag/Rakuten-Ventures" target="_blank">Rakuten Ventures</a>  &#8211; corporate venture capital arm of Japanese e-commerce conglomerate Rakuten &#8211; has announced adding $100 million more to its Global Investment Fund, effectively doubling the fund size to $200 million.
Rakuten Ventures started off in 2013 as a $10 million strategic fund, which saw <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://www.dealstreetasia.com/tag/saemin-ahn" target="_blank">Sae Min Ahn</a>, the managing director of Rakuten Ventures, bet on startups like Vizense, a Singapore-based visual search company, and Carousell, a SIngapore-based mobile commerce app company.
&#8220;I knew nothing about venture capital and thought I wouldn&#8217;t make it through the quarter trying to make this work as a true blue Corporate Venture Capital firm. Fast forward three years, I&#8217;ve met some amazing founders and friends and hope the next three years bring on more exciting opportunities for [Rakuten Ventures] and the team,&#8221; he wrote.
The company first launched its Global Investment Fund in 2014 to invest in companies in Southeast Asia, the US, Israel and the greater Asia-Pacific region. Since then, the global fund has invested in One Signal, a US-based push notification solution; AdsNative, a US-based content ad server; and Estmob, a South Korean file sharing service, among others.
Earlier this year, DEALSTREETASIA reported that Rakuten Ventures had <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/rakuten-ventures-launches-85m-fund-based-in-singapore-28874/">launched a $85 million fund for Japanese startups</a>. The Rakuten Ventures Japan Fund, which was said to operate out of Singapore, will target Japanese early and growth stage Internet companies with a strong focus on unique technologies, business models, and its own growth potential, said a press release.
Ahn said in an earlier statement meant for the Japanese fund, “With the launch of Rakuten Venture Japan Fund, we hope not only to find the right fit in domestic startups but also bridge Western and South East Asian market opportunities with brilliant founders from Japan.”
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Japan's Rakuten Ventures has announced adding an additional $100 million to its Global Investment Fund, effectively doubling the fund size to $200 million. 

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