Bengoshi.com Operator, Authense Raises 20M Yen From Kakaku.com

Bengoshi.com is a portal site for legal issues. An operator of the site, Authense Group allocated new shares to Kakaku.com to raise 20 million yen. It plans to use the money for hiring engineers and designers. ...

In addition, it announced a partnership with Yahoo which displays legal Q&A contents from Bengoshi.com for search result with legal related keywords. ...

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Venture Now 3/11/2013 [jp]

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• Kakaku.com operates various vertical UGC services including Kakaku.com, price comparison and review for goods, Tabelog, restaurant review, and 4Travel, travel review. The company's largest share holder, Digital Garage also invested in Authense through its VC arm.