{"id":12025,"date":"2025-05-20T10:31:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T10:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itbusinesstoday.com\/?p=12025"},"modified":"2025-05-20T10:31:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T10:31:24","slug":"plainer-raises-%c2%a5570m-in-series-a-for-software-enablement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itbusinesstoday.com\/ja\/tech\/business-tech\/plainer-raises-%c2%a5570m-in-series-a-for-software-enablement\/","title":{"rendered":"PLAINER\u3001\u30bd\u30d5\u30c8\u30a6\u30a7\u30a2\u30a4\u30cd\u30fc\u30d6\u30eb\u30e1\u30f3\u30c8\u306e\u305f\u3081\u306e\u30b7\u30ea\u30fc\u30baA\u30675\u51047,000\u4e07\u5186\u3092\u8abf\u9054"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><p>\u30bd\u30d5\u30c8\u30a6\u30a7\u30a2\u30a4\u30cd\u30fc\u30d6\u30eb\u30e1\u30f3\u30c8\u30ab\u30f3\u30d1\u30cb\u30fc\u3067\u3042\u308b\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e\u30d7\u30ec\u30a4\u30ca\u30fc\uff08\u672c\u793e\uff1a\u6771\u4eac\u90fd\u6e0b\u8c37\u533a\u3001\u4ee3\u8868\u53d6\u7de0\u5f79\u793e\u9577\uff1a\u51a8\u7530 \u5b5d\u3001\u4ee5\u4e0b\u300c\u30d7\u30ec\u30a4\u30ca\u30fc\u300d\uff09\u306f\u3001\u30ea\u30fc\u30c9\u30a4\u30f3\u30d9\u30b9\u30bf\u30fc\u3067\u3042\u308b\u30a8\u30f3\u30b8\u30a7\u30eb\u30d6\u30ea\u30c3\u30b8\u3092\u306f\u3058\u3081\u3068\u3059\u308b\u65b0\u898f\u6295\u8cc7\u5bb6\u3001\u304a\u3088\u3073\u30b5\u30a4\u30d0\u30fc\u30a8\u30fc\u30b8\u30a7\u30f3\u30c8\u30fb\u30ad\u30e3\u30d4\u30bf\u30eb\u3001ALL STAR SAAS FUND\u306a\u3069\u306e\u65e2\u5b58\u6295\u8cc7\u5bb6\u3092\u5f15\u53d7\u5148\u3068\u3059\u308b\u7b2c\u4e09\u8005\u5272\u5f53\u5897\u8cc7\u3092\u5b9f\u65bd\u3057\u3001\u30b7\u30ea\u30fc\u30baA\u8cc7\u91d1\u3092\u8abf\u9054\u3044\u305f\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u306e\u3067\u304a\u77e5\u3089\u305b\u3044\u305f\u3057\u307e\u3059\u3002\u4eca\u56de\u306e\u8abf\u9054\u984d\u306f\u7d044\u5104\u5186\u3067\u3001\u8abf\u9054\u7dcf\u984d\u306f\u7d045.7\u5104\u5186\u3068\u306a\u308a\u307e\u3059\u3002<\/p><p>PLAINER\u793e\u304c\u63d0\u4f9b\u3059\u308b\u30bd\u30d5\u30c8\u30a6\u30a7\u30a2\u30c7\u30e2\u30d7\u30e9\u30c3\u30c8\u30d5\u30a9\u30fc\u30e0\u300cPLAINER\u300d\u306f\u3001\u6025\u901f\u306b\u5e02\u5834\u306b\u6d78\u900f\u3057\u3001\u3053\u306e1\u5e74\u3067\u58f2\u4e0a\u309210\u500d\u4ee5\u4e0a\u306b\u4f38\u3070\u3057\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002\u4eca\u56de\u8abf\u9054\u3057\u305f\u8cc7\u91d1\u306f\u3001\u4eba\u6750\u63a1\u7528\u3001\u7d44\u7e54\u529b\u5f37\u5316\u3001\u65b0\u88fd\u54c1\u958b\u767a\u306a\u3069\u306b\u6295\u8cc7\u3057\u3001\u3055\u3089\u306a\u308b\u4e8b\u696d\u62e1\u5927\u3092\u76ee\u6307\u3057\u307e\u3059\u3002<\/p><p>PLAINER aims to create a new software purchasing and usage experience that allows everyone to benefit from technology and makes it seem as though &ldquo;the future has already begun before we know it.&rdquo;<\/p><h4>\u3053\u3061\u3089\u3082\u304a\u8aad\u307f\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\uff1a <a class=\"p-url\" href=\"https:\/\/itbusinesstoday.com\/ja\/tech\/business-tech\/mesius-launches-wijmo-2025j-v1-for-angular-next-js\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\u30e1\u30b7\u30a2\u30b9\u3001Angular\u3068Next.js\u5411\u3051\u306eWijmo 2025J v1\u3092\u767a\u8868<\/a><\/h4><p>The value of software is not being properly communicated &ndash; we have been facing this structural challenge head on. 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