Japan currency exchange BitFlyer received $ 27 million in financing-currency-IT information
Headquartered in Tokyo's currency trading company BitFlyer announced a 3 billion yen (about 27 million US dollars) financing, investors for the Venture Labo SBI Investment and Investment.
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After this round of financing, BitFlyer total financing to approximately $ 35 million after investors including Recruit Strategic Partners, Quick, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Venture Capital, and Dentsu Digital Holdings, and Incubate Fund, and East GMO Venture Partners and Ventures, and Digital Currency Group.
BitFlyer plans to use this financing round for team-building and market development, including the continuing consolidation in the domestic status and develop overseas markets. Currently BitFlyer has been in Luxembourg set up a branch in order to better serve the European market. BitFlyer has also recently introduced an interface that provides bitcoin payments for e-commerce site.
BitFlyer was founded in January 2014, founder, is a former Goldman Sachs trader Yuzo Kano. Although BitFlyer is still a start-up, but it has set up an investment fund, for investment in technology start-ups block chain. In parallel with the establishment of the Fund announced investments in Sivira, Sivira is a research and development of Internet and block chain technology company.
日本比特币交易所BitFlyer获2700万美元融资 - 比特币 - IT资讯
总部位于东京的比特币交易公司 BitFlyer 宣布获得30亿日元（约为2700万美元）的融资，投资者为 Venture Labo Investment 和 SBI Investment 等。
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经过本轮融资，BitFlyer的总融资达到了约3500万美元，此前的投资者包括 Recruit Strategic Partners、Quick 、Mitsubishi UFJ Capital、Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Venture Capital、Dentsu Digital Holdings、Incubate Fund、East Ventures、Digital Currency Group 和 GMO Venture Partners。
BitFlyer计划将此轮融资用于团队建设和市场拓展，包括继续巩固在国内的地位和拓展海外市场。目前BitFlyer已经在卢森堡设立了分公司，以更好的服务欧洲市场。BitFlyer最近还推出了一个为电商网站提供比特币支付的接口。
BitFlyer成立于2014 年1月，创始人是前高盛交易员Yuzo Kano。虽然BitFlyer仍然是一家初创公司，但是其成立了一支投资基金，用于对区块链技术初创公司的投资。基金在成立的同时也宣布了对 Sivira 的投资，Sivira是一家研发将物联网和区块链技术相结合的公司。