{"id":23293,"date":"2025-11-03T13:02:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T13:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itbusinesstoday.com\/?p=23293"},"modified":"2025-11-03T13:02:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T13:02:42","slug":"pocketsign-inc-raises-%c2%a51-4-billion-in-series-b-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itbusinesstoday.com\/ja\/gov-tech\/pocketsign-inc-raises-%c2%a51-4-billion-in-series-b-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"\u30dd\u30b1\u30c3\u30c8\u30b5\u30a4\u30f3\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e\u30b7\u30ea\u30fc\u30baB\u306714\u5104\u5186\u306e\u8cc7\u91d1\u8abf\u9054"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><p>\u30dd\u30b1\u30c3\u30c8\u30b5\u30a4\u30f3\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e\u306f\u3001\u6210\u9577\u52a0\u901f\u3068\u6c11\u9593\u4f01\u696d\u3078\u306e\u4e8b\u696d\u62e1\u5927\u306e\u305f\u3081\u3001\u30b7\u30ea\u30fc\u30baB\u3067\u7dcf\u984d14\u5104\u5186\u306e\u8cc7\u91d1\u8abf\u9054\u3092\u5b9f\u65bd\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\u4eca\u56de\u306e\u8cc7\u91d1\u8abf\u9054\u3067\u306f\u3001\u4e09\u83f1UFJ\u9280\u884c\u3001\u308a\u305d\u306a\u9280\u884c\u3001\u9759\u5ca1\u9280\u884c\u304b\u30897\u5104\u5186\u306e\u878d\u8cc7\u3092\u53d7\u3051\u308b\u3068\u3068\u3082\u306b\u3001\u7a4d\u6c34\u30cf\u30a6\u30b9\u6295\u8cc7\u4e8b\u696d\u6709\u9650\u8cac\u4efb\u7d44\u5408\u306a\u3069\u304b\u30891\u51042,000\u4e07\u5186\u306e\u65b0\u898f\u51fa\u8cc7\u3092\u53d7\u3051\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002.<\/p><p>The Tokyo-based startup develops digital trust platforms and applications using Japan&rsquo;s public personal authentication services, aiming to create social &ldquo;infrastructure of trust.&rdquo; The new capital strengthens its financial foundation and credibility, signaling confidence from major financial institutions. It also supports PocketSign&rsquo;s push beyond its core government partnerships into private industries such as housing and lifestyle services.<\/p><h4>\u3053\u3061\u3089\u3082\u304a\u8aad\u307f\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\uff1a <a class=\"p-url\" href=\"https:\/\/itbusinesstoday.com\/ja\/gov-tech\/japans-tech-sector-ready-for-takeoff-as-new-pm-shakes-up-defence-industry\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Japan&rsquo;s tech sector Ready for Takeoff as New PM Shakes Up Defence Industry<\/a><\/h4><p>Since the first close of its Series B in April 2025, the company has worked on deploying a &lsquo;super app&rsquo; for local governments that integrates My Number card functions. 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It also supports PocketSign&rsquo;s push beyond its core government partnerships into private industries such as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":23311,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","postBodyCss":"","postBodyMargin":[],"postBodyPadding":[],"postBodyBackground":{"backgroundType":"classic","gradient":""},"footnotes":""},"categories":[208,203,211,237,1838,206],"tags":[8926,761,8925,3551,1012],"ppma_author":[572],"class_list":["post-23293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-apac","category-gov-tech","category-japan","category-news","category-quick-reads","category-regional","tag-development-platform","tag-gov-tech","tag-megabanks","tag-pocketsign","tag-series-b-funding"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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