Kids-focussed AR startup Cub McPaws raises $800K from global investors

Date posted: Tuesday 15 September 2020

Mumbai-based Augmented Reality (AR) startup Cub McPaws has raised Pre-Series A funding of $800K from a syndicate of investors from the US, Japan, Dubai, and India. The funding round was led by a Dubai-based global family office. The syndicate of angel investors from Japan include Takayuki Sugiura, CEO of Circus Capital; Daisuke Takagi, Executive Director at UBS; Motoko Tanabe, Founder of HMF Corporation; Toshiro Wakimaru, ex-COO of MedPeer Inc; and Taichi Nakamura, CEO of Venex Ltd. Existing investor Samyakth Capital also participated in the round. The startup plans to use the funds to scale up its distribution capabilities, enhance its technology offering, apart from expanding its customer base.

(Your Story)