January 23, 2019
Global Brain has invested in Craftie, the workshop matching service empowering community through arts and crafts
Global Brain (GB) has invested in Craftie Inc. (CEO: Yonggum Kang), a Japanese startup offering wide range of handmade workshops, through its GB-VI Growth Fund Investment Limited Partnership (GB-VI).
Craftie provides services such as workshop reservation platform, workshop B2B service for enterprises, and handmade crafts web magazine, etc. to achieve their mission, “ Empower Neighborhood Community and Improve Quality of Life”.Craftie has developed partnerships with various retail brands and corporations to help their user communities grow and access to creative activities. Through this financing, Craftie will expand its business further by enhancing current services and talent acquisition.
GB has decided to invest in Craftie because we appreciate its unique vision, strong management capability, and future growth of community business through arts and crafts workshop.
About Craftie
- Location
- Tokyo, Japan
- Representative
- Yonggum Kang
- Founded
- April, 2016
About GB-VI
- Name
- GB-VI Growth Fund Investment Limited Partnership
- General Partner
- Global Brain Corporation
- Fund Size
- 20 Billion JPY
About GB
- Location
- Tokyo, Japan
- Representative
- Yasuhiko Yurimoto
- Founded
- January, 1998