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SmartNews

Operator of a news platform intended to discover and deliver the latest trending news stories.
Operator of a news platform intended to discover and deliver the latest trending news stories.
Publishing 📍 Tokyo, Japan Founded 2012
Current Valuation
$2.0B
as of 2021-Q3
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QL Price

$2.0B
0% vs last round
QuantLogix's current estimate for SmartNews, published 2026-09-12 — in line with the last disclosed round of $2.0B (2021-Q3).
Confidence
low
Basis
round anchored
What backs this price
Last disclosed round $2.0B 2021-Q3 weight 0.03
How this price has held up
No round has priced for SmartNews since QuantLogix began publishing a price for it, so there is nothing to grade yet. The claim above is on the record from 2026-09-12 and will be graded against the next priced round. See the full accuracy record →
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IPO Outlookprivate

Is SmartNews going public?
No. SmartNews is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is SmartNews' valuation in 2026?
SmartNews is valued at $2.0B as of 2021-Q3, set by its Series F ($230M, Sep 2021). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has SmartNews filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for SmartNews.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.

Company Profile

Founded
2012
HQ
Tokyo, Japan
Employees
540
Total Raised
$412M
Last Round
Series F — $230M (Sep 2021)
IPO Status
private

Fundraising Status

Series F · $230M · 5y ago
privateTotal raised $412M

Latest Funding Round

RoundAmountDateLead InvestorPost-Money
Series F$230MSep 2021—$2.0B

Vertical Intelligence — AI / ML

Open models
0
Downloads (30d)
0
across all models
Followers
2
Attributed to Hugging Face organization "SmartNews" as of 2026-09-11. Open-weights footprint only — closed-model usage is not publicly measurable. Verify on Hugging Face ↗

Talent Signal

No public careers page or job board could be found for SmartNews as of 2026-08-17. That itself is a datapoint: no open external hiring surface.
Checked the company site and major hosted job boards. Re-checked monthly.
AppsArtificial IntelligenceJournalism
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2021-Q3. Refreshed quarterly.