Dev Protocol raises $1.7M to facilitate creator economy leveraging crypto
Summary
The new edition was unveiled at the pitch competition at B Dash Camp 2022 Fall, one of Japans renowned semi-annual startup conference taking place in Fukuoka. This follows the launch of its original Japanese edition last year.Postalk was founded in May of 2018 by Yohei Kawano, co-founder of Technical Rockstars, as well as his former colleague developer Kiyohiko Hirama. The Postalk platform allows users to simply paste and arrange cards, and if there is a URL, the OGP image can be also displayed. It is used by universities and other organizations for gathering opinions and communicating plans during events.Postalk reproduces an interesting pay-as-you-go model in which fees are determined by the size of the whiteboard shared. In the future, they are considering developing a mobile app, linking it with Zoom and Slack, and adding a function that would allow voice input of in-person meetings and comm calls.The Fukuoka company secured 22.5 million yen (about $210,000 in the exchange rate at the time) in a pre-seed round last year from two local Fukuoka VC firms Dorgan Beta and FGN ABBALab