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E-Crowd, which provides equity crowdfunding (ECF) services, has raised a total of approximately 570 million yen through equity and debt financing. Investors in the stock include multiple individual investors and W Fund. Through these fundraising rounds, Ecloud aims to become a comprehensive platform that connects all startups, from early stage companies to those aiming for an IPO, with individual investors. E-Cloud has provided ECF services to help startups raise funds, mainly in the seed and early stages. To date, we have supported approximately 40 companies in raising funds totaling over 1 billion yen. Also Read: AI Corporation with DG Financial Technology has introduce DGFT’s multi-payment service “VeriTrans4G” Through the introduction of this new service, we will promote the creation of a new funding model for individual investors as a platform…
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