Biotech

Agatica, provider of medical cashless payment app “Tamayen Pay,” raises a total of 45.8 million yen in seed round

Agatica Inc., which promotes cashless medical care, is pleased to announce that it has raised a total of 45.8 million yen through J-KISS-type stock acquisition rights underwritten by QXLV (Quantum Leap Ventures) and a third-party allotment of new shares underwritten by multiple individual investors. The funds raised will be used for product development, etc. This will further accelerate the shift to cashless and digital transformation in the medical industry. Although cashless payments are becoming more common in Japan, medical institutions are still slow to adopt cashless payment methods, and cash payments are still the norm. In addition, due to the delay in digitalization, patients are dissatisfied with making reservations over the phone and waiting long hours to pay, and medical institutions are also faced with complicated sales management, excessive workloads,…