Rakuten Ventures, the VC fund belonging to Japan’s top e-commerce company, is going global after it announced_a new $100 million fund. The fund is Rakuten Ventures’ second, it is the follow-up to_an initial $10 million fund focused solely on Asia. This time around, Rakuten Ventures is expanding its scope to the US and Israel as it seeks to identify_companies and technologies that provide benefits and synergies to the mothership. The fund is_again led by Singapore-based “one-man team” Saemin Ahn, who tells_TNW that he plans to bring on hires to help cover the new geographies. Ahn is_prioritizing new hires to cover...

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