I-Freek partners and invests in MobileApps.com!
It’s confirmed after months of talks, presentations, travel, late nights and sleeping in budget hotels 
I-Freek Inc, a JASDAQ listed company, has invested US$400,000 (for a 16.38% stake) in MobileApps.com. I-Freek will also be our strategic partner for the Japan market. You can view the press release in Japanese here: http://www.atpress.ne.jp/view/20673. For a bad but comprehensible English translation by Google, click here.
Nagata san, Alvin & Ito san
Peter, Alvin, Ai Wei, Nagata san & Ito san
Congratulations on the new partner. They obviously they saw the investment as a strong move.
Hiya Jeff!
It is mutually beneficial for both parties indeed. We need a strong partner in Japan, since the Japanese mobile ecosystem is where the rest of the world takes a cue from. With their firepower, we should be able to crush it in Japan, and it will be easier for us to get into other markets.
Anyway, we need the dough to scale… cheers!, Al