Craif
Debt Financing in 2025
Craif develops innovative devices for early cancer detection using urine tests. Founded in 2018, the company aims to improve cancer survival rates by enabling painless, accurate, and regular diagnosis through its MicroRNA technology.
Smartround
Venture Round in 2025
Smartround is a finance management platform for startups and their investors that streamlines entrepreneurial financing and investor relationship management. The platform guides startups through financing rounds, supports data entry and planning, and enables simulations and execution of capital increases. It facilitates information sharing and ongoing communication with shareholders, even after funding rounds, and provides tools for due diligence, information requests, and contract negotiation. The system also offers document preparation, electronic contract signing, and progress tracking of negotiations, consolidating all financing activities on a single platform. Investors can view startup information and manage interactions with companies they meet. Headquartered in Tokyo, Smartround aims to simplify fundraising workflows by combining fundraising planning, investor outreach, deal workflow, and post-round reporting in one solution.
Smartround
Debt Financing in 2025
Smartround is a finance management platform for startups and their investors that streamlines entrepreneurial financing and investor relationship management. The platform guides startups through financing rounds, supports data entry and planning, and enables simulations and execution of capital increases. It facilitates information sharing and ongoing communication with shareholders, even after funding rounds, and provides tools for due diligence, information requests, and contract negotiation. The system also offers document preparation, electronic contract signing, and progress tracking of negotiations, consolidating all financing activities on a single platform. Investors can view startup information and manage interactions with companies they meet. Headquartered in Tokyo, Smartround aims to simplify fundraising workflows by combining fundraising planning, investor outreach, deal workflow, and post-round reporting in one solution.
Tanp
Debt Financing in 2024
Tanp is an e-commerce platform operated by Gracia Inc., which specializes in providing a diverse selection of gift options for various occasions, including birthdays, anniversaries, Father's Day, Valentine's Day, job celebrations, and weddings. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Shinagawa, Japan, Tanp aims to enhance the gift-giving experience by offering products that help customers celebrate and cherish important moments in their lives. The platform is designed to make the process of selecting and purchasing gifts more enjoyable and accessible for its users.
Tanp
Venture Round in 2024
Tanp is an e-commerce platform operated by Gracia Inc., which specializes in providing a diverse selection of gift options for various occasions, including birthdays, anniversaries, Father's Day, Valentine's Day, job celebrations, and weddings. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Shinagawa, Japan, Tanp aims to enhance the gift-giving experience by offering products that help customers celebrate and cherish important moments in their lives. The platform is designed to make the process of selecting and purchasing gifts more enjoyable and accessible for its users.
PartnerSuccess
Series A in 2024
Founded in 2019, PartnerSuccess operates from Tokyo, Japan. It specializes in automating collaboration between manufacturers and distributors through its cloud-based platform.
Founded in Tokyo in 2013 by Hidetsugu Ito, OpenLogi designs a cloud-based platform offering affordable outsourced logistics solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and freelancers. The platform optimizes warehouse control systems, leveraging unused assets and downtime to facilitate efficient logistics operations.
IoTBASE
Seed Round in 2021
IoTBASE Inc. is a Tokyo-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in developing a cloud-based Internet of Things (IoT) integration platform. The company offers IoTBASE Cloud, which facilitates connections between sensors and various applications. Its product suite includes Planner, designed for managing devices and applications; Manager, which serves as a console for integrated device management; and Canvas, a tool for visualizing data collected from sensors. By providing these IoT cloud services, IoTBASE supports companies in their digital transformation efforts and aims to enhance its offerings by leveraging expertise gained from past IoT developments.
MFS, Inc. is a Tokyo-based company that specializes in consumer lending services, primarily focusing on online mortgage offerings. Established in 2009, MFS simplifies the mortgage process by eliminating the need for customers to search for, apply for, or negotiate with traditional financial institutions. The company has garnered significant media attention and has been featured in prominent outlets such as NHK, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, and Yomiuri Shimbun, highlighting its innovative approach to the mortgage industry in Japan.
Clue
Debt Financing in 2020
CLUE, Inc. is a technology startup based in Tokyo, Japan, specializing in drone automation software. Founded in 2014, the company provides various solutions that leverage drone technology for different applications. Its product lineup includes DroneRoofer, designed for exterior roof inspection, construction surveying, and roof area calculations; Drone Construction Management, which facilitates remote construction inspections and cloud collaboration on images captured by drones; and Drone View-kun, aimed at photographing condominiums and properties. Through these offerings, CLUE, Inc. enhances operational efficiency and accuracy in construction and property management.
OpenLogi
Debt Financing in 2020
Founded in Tokyo in 2013 by Hidetsugu Ito, OpenLogi designs a cloud-based platform offering affordable outsourced logistics solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and freelancers. The platform optimizes warehouse control systems, leveraging unused assets and downtime to facilitate efficient logistics operations.
Techtouch
Corporate Round in 2020
Techtouch, Inc., founded in 2018 and based in Tokyo, Japan, specializes in developing an intuitive website user manual called TechTouch. The company's software enhances system education for employees, supports burden reduction, and promotes system utilization by overlaying explanation guidance on existing web systems. This is achieved through a plug-in introduced on the web browser side and JavaScript on the server-side. Techtouch's platform minimizes operational stress by displaying real-time navigation directly on the screen of running web systems, enabling businesses to handle complex operations accurately and efficiently.
Insight Core
Venture Round in 2019
Founded in Tokyo, Japan in 2003, Insight Core specializes in developing and operating a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform. It offers tailored store promotion applications for various business categories with no upfront costs.