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Wholesale distributor of e-books and other digital content that serves libraries and retailers. Later purchased from Rakuten by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts in 2020. [18] [19] 2016. Bitnet. Cryptocurrency wallet. US $410 million. Used the assets to form Rakuten Blockhain Lab, a research facility that studies the blockchain.
rakuten.com. Rakuten Group, Inc.[ a ] (楽天グループ株式会社, Rakuten Gurūpu kabushikigaisha, pronounced [ɾakɯ̥teɴ], lit.'Optimism') is a Japanese technology conglomerate based in Tokyo, founded by Hiroshi Mikitani in 1997. Centered around the online retail marketplace Rakuten Ichiba, its businesses include financial services ...
www.rakutenadvertising.com. Rakuten Advertising, formerly known as Rakuten Marketing, is an affiliate marketing service provider. The company, in 2005, claimed it was the largest pay-for-performance affiliate marketing network on the Internet. [1] [2] In 2005, Rakuten acquired LinkShare for US$425 million in cash, [3] making LinkShare a wholly ...
The acquisition of Ebates, a website that allows customers to earn cash back when shopping online with over 2,600 retailers, gave Rakuten.com additional presence in the US e-commerce market, as well as a way to offer items such as online e-coupons. [22] [23] In March 2015, Rakuten.com partnered with Bitnet to accept bitcoin as payment. [24] [25]
Rakuten Rewards was founded as Ebates in 1998 in Menlo Park, California, by two former deputy district attorneys, Alessandro Isolani and Paul Wasserman. [5] Funded by the venture capital firm Foundation Capital, [6] Ebates.com was launched on 3 May 1999, offering up to 25% cash back from about 40 online retailers.
Rakuten Kobo Inc., or simply Kobo, is a Canadian company that sells ebooks, audiobooks, e-readers and formerly tablet computers. It is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and is a subsidiary of the Japanese e-commerce conglomerate Rakuten. The name Kobo is an anagram of book. [3][4]
Hiroshi Mikitani. Hiroshi Mikitani (三木谷浩史, Mikitani Hiroshi) (born March 11, 1965) is a Japanese billionaire business magnate and writer. He is the founder and CEO of Rakuten, Inc. He is also the president of Crimson Group, chairman of the football club Vissel Kobe, chairman of Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, and a board member of Lyft.
Roku, Inc. (/ ˈroʊkuː / ROH-koo) [ 2 ] is an American streaming technology company. [ 3 ][ 4 ] Founded in 2002 by Anthony Wood, it produces streaming players and smart TVs, licenses its technology to other manufacturers, and distributes streaming services. Roku leads U.S. streaming TV distribution and advertising, [ 5 ][ 6 ][ 7 ] reaching ...