Japanese retailer invests in Kiwi startup StretchSense in deal worth up to $US92m
From the NZ taxpayer with love: if it does exercise its option to buy out StretchSense, Japanese co. will benefit from IP created by four grounds of Callaghan funding.
Fiona Rotherham and Chris Keall Thu, 23 Nov 2017
StartToday – Japan’s largest online retailer – has paid $US20 million for the option to buy Kiwi startup StretchSense.
The Japanese company has also taken an option (expiring September 30 next year) to invest a further $US72 million to take full control of the New Zealand company (today it owns
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