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Operator of a D2C infant food brand intended to offer ready-to-eat frozen home-delivered infant food for infants. The company provides all handmade instant baby food and is prepared with a focus on nutritional balance, enabling parents to supplement the necessary vegetables and nutrients according to their child's taste and menu.

Josan-shes is a web startup that provides nursing, babysitting, and childcare services to women and babies.

Okuma Diamond Device is a technology company specializing in the research and development of diamond semiconductors. These advanced materials are engineered to meet the demands of various high-tech applications, including communication satellites, radar systems, and post-5G mobile phone base stations. The company's diamond semiconductors boast superior thermal conductivity, dielectric breakdown, relative permittivity, and mobility, which are crucial for high-power utilization while maintaining a compact and lightweight design. This innovative technology is geared towards addressing the challenges associated with next-generation services such as autonomous driving, drones, the Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain, and the metaverse, as well as supporting sectors like oil exploration and power plant decommissioning.

Domuz is a firm that wants to utilize technology and design to create a lifestyle that makes potted plants and flowers more comfortable.

ATOMica Co. Ltd. is a company based in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, founded in 2019. The firm specializes in the planning, management, and expansion of co-working spaces and shared kitchen-cafe facilities. ATOMica provides versatile office space services that cater to various needs, including workspaces, conference rooms, event venues, and educational gatherings. By focusing on maximizing individual potential within collaborative environments, the company enables easy access to innovative spaces tailored to diverse requirements. Additionally, ATOMica offers event planning and management services to enhance the experience and functionality of its facilities.

HMS develops AI smart camera that integrates image input and processing.

Qibitech is a technology company focused on developing advanced robotic solutions and remote control services. It has created HATS, a system that allows a human operator to remotely enhance the functionality of robots, thereby improving their flexibility and efficiency. In addition to HATS, Qibitech offers a platform for integrating operational data with business improvement systems. The company specializes in contract development, provides research reports on technological trends and patents, and offers technical consulting related to intelligent robots and Internet of Things systems. By leveraging its expertise, Qibitech aims to help customers address their specific challenges and enhance their operational capabilities.

Tensor Energy is a technology startup focused on facilitating the transition to a zero-carbon economy by optimizing renewable energy assets for companies. It has developed a cloud-based software-as-a-service platform tailored for renewable energy and storage battery management. This platform offers a comprehensive solution for automated portfolio management, featuring tools for generation forecasting, automated and arbitrage trading, financial management, and performance monitoring. By providing these capabilities, Tensor Energy supports renewable energy developers and power generation companies, as well as their financiers, in driving advancements towards a sustainable and distributed energy future.

OPTEMO is a developer of sales technology that facilitates connections between businesses and customers through its web-based customer service tool. This innovative platform enhances mutual understanding and optimizes relationships by enabling organizations to initiate business negotiations in real-time. By allowing users to control calls and screens while monitoring the customer's operational interface, OPTEMO streamlines the negotiation process, eliminating the need for prior appointments. This approach fosters immediate engagement, making it easier for companies to address customer needs and drive sales.

Yoii Fuel develops and operates the future assessment-type funding platform. It also offers a future assessment-type funding platform that assesses future sales based on past sales and financial data and provides funding.

ON CALL is a healthcare company that offers home medical care services with active doctors and bilingual translators.

Funds is a loan investment firm that specializes in facilitating financing for businesses through an online peer-to-peer lending marketplace. The company connects individual investors with businesses seeking operating capital, allowing these investors to manage their assets and invest in financial instruments that offer moderate risk and returns. Through silent partnership agreements, Funds enables companies to invest in financing options in small increments, making it accessible for a wider range of investors and businesses. This model not only supports businesses in obtaining necessary funds but also provides a platform for individuals to participate in the lending process.

Paytner is a company that offers an online invoicing platform aimed at supporting freelancers in Japan, a demographic that has been steadily growing. The platform allows businesses to purchase pre-payment invoices sent by their partners, facilitating rapid payment to freelancers within an hour. By enabling invoice purchases before deposits are made, Paytner helps clients manage their funding and payment cycles efficiently, addressing challenges such as access to financial resources and improving the overall working environment. The company is committed to alleviating issues related to funding, credit, and workplace harassment, thereby enhancing the conditions for the freelance workforce.

Paytner is a company that offers an online invoicing platform aimed at supporting freelancers in Japan, a demographic that has been steadily growing. The platform allows businesses to purchase pre-payment invoices sent by their partners, facilitating rapid payment to freelancers within an hour. By enabling invoice purchases before deposits are made, Paytner helps clients manage their funding and payment cycles efficiently, addressing challenges such as access to financial resources and improving the overall working environment. The company is committed to alleviating issues related to funding, credit, and workplace harassment, thereby enhancing the conditions for the freelance workforce.

Koala Tech Inc. is an innovative high-tech startup company, whose goal is to pioneer practical applications of the world's first organic semiconductor laser diode that has been realized in the Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics Research (OPERA) at Kyushu University.

pafin is a technology company providing solutions and platforms for individual investors, formerly named Cryptact. It's the service provider of a cryptocurrency profit-and-loss calculaiton service named "Cryptact", and financial information service named "fintact".

Revorn Co., Ltd. is a Tokyo-based company specializing in odor sensing solutions and fragrance artificial intelligence. Utilizing its proprietary 'iinioi AI' technology, Revorn develops products like odor sensors and various software applications that address odor-related issues and needs. Their offerings include consultation services that range from identifying odor problems to crafting tailored solutions. The company aims to redefine the scent experience and foster a rich scent culture by transforming odors into actionable information. Through internally developed sensors and IoT devices, Revorn provides clients with insights into a wide array of fragrances, enhancing their understanding and interaction with the olfactory environment.

Patternstorage Co., Ltd. is a Japanese company founded in 2019, specializing in cloud-based production management solutions for the apparel manufacturing industry. The company's platform centralizes the management of various processes involved in planning and delivering apparel products, addressing challenges such as labor shortages and inefficiencies in production. By enabling manufacturers to streamline operations through features like material ordering, invoice creation, and schedule management, Patternstorage enhances overall productivity and operational efficiency. Their services also support the miniaturization of products, allowing manufacturers to manage small lots effectively while adapting to fluctuating market demands.

Headquartered in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Monstar Lab, Inc. provides access to top talent and specialists around the world as the foundation for all of the group’s activities. The company consists of more than 1200 engineers and creators in offices in 26 cities and 15 countries worldwide. The core consultancy arm of the company engineers awesome solutions that perform for clients around the world. In addition, the company’s array of products and services ranging from co-working spaces, robotic process automation, game development, streaming services, HR tech and education programs empower thinkers and makers globally.

Nature Architects, founded in 2017 and based in Minato, Japan, focuses on advancing product design through its innovative algorithm known as Direct Functional Modeling (DFM). This algorithm allows users to directly design the functional properties of products by leveraging metamaterials and additive manufacturing technologies. DFM enables the design of complex features such as motion, kinematics, and elasticity, which are challenging to achieve with traditional design methods. By integrating multiple functions into a single part, the platform streamlines the manufacturing process, making it particularly valuable in industries that require intricate processing and assembly, including automotive, aerospace, and robotics. Nature Architects aims to redefine the relationship between product specifications, material properties, and manufacturing constraints, enhancing the design and production capabilities of its users.

KAICO, Ltd. is a biotechnology company based in Fukuoka, Japan, established in 2018. The company specializes in manufacturing and selling protein contract expression reagents, diagnostic drugs, and pharmaceutical raw materials. It utilizes a silkworm-baculovirus expression system to produce hard-to-express proteins, which are essential for drug development in the healthcare industry. KAICO's innovative approach involves studying protein design and processing technology through specially bred silkworms, allowing for the mass production of proteins. This capability supports drug researchers in creating new drugs, regenerative medicine, vaccines, diagnostic agents, and reagents, thereby contributing to advancements in medical science.

Save Medical Corporation specializes in the design and development of software and medical devices aimed at treating lifestyle-related diseases through digital therapy. Founded in 2018 and based in Tokyo, Japan, the company focuses on creating programmatic solutions that facilitate behavior change in patients. By promoting partnerships with other organizations, Save Medical enhances its capabilities in digital therapeutics (DTx) and software as a medical device (SaMD). The company's innovations aim to alleviate personnel shortages in the medical industry, ultimately contributing to the optimization of healthcare costs and improving patient outcomes.

We develop online and onsite healthcare solutions around our 35,000+ global members' needs. We acquire new members with targeted marketing that promote our partner's treatments across multiple mediums. Taqtik Patient Navigation system manages complex medical travel requirements and security; including leads, opportunities, medical files, partners, quotes, invoicing, case management, billing, and teleconsultation

Principle Inc. is a home security company based in Tokyo, Japan, specializing in the development of advanced security systems and solutions. The company focuses on a range of services, including smart room security and elderly monitoring, to enhance the safety and well-being of its customers. By integrating innovative technology into its offerings, Principle aims to provide effective and reliable security solutions for homes.

Souco is a service that enables logistics bases to be quickly available and warehouses to be used when and where needed and souco aim to provide services that contribute to society by making logistics smooth.

Cocktail Make is a development and operation of video generation tool "RICHKA"

Machimachi is a japanese social networking service for neighborhoods.

IndyGo is a global innovation company providing industrial IoT solutions that combine India's exceptional software technology with Japan's high-quality manufacturing capabilities. It will continue to provide scalable solutions based on data visualization and analysis methods that effectively strengthen company compliance.

Lang-8 is a language exchange website Native speakers will help you correct journal entries in the language that you're learning, and you can do the same to help them out as well. If you're learning another language, whether you are a beginner, intermediate, or advanced, there is no better way than interacting with native speakers of the language that you're learning. Here's how Lang-8 works. 1) Write Journal Entries in the Language that You're Learning: Lang-8 makes it easy to write entries, reviews, and more in the language that you're learning. It's a great way to get better quickly. 2) Native Speakers Correct Your Entries: Whenever you write something new, native speakers come in and correct your entries. Corrections are easy to see and understand so you can learn as much as possible. 3) Help Others: The Lang-8 community is super-friendly. Come join us and see for yourself! More than 70 languages are available in Lang-8. We have users from 180 Countries.

Green River Holdings is a farming and renewable energy company focused on fostering sustainable practices and revitalizing local communities. It engages in the design and construction of solar power plants and agri-tech facilities, alongside the manufacturing and sale of gardening equipment and related products. The company aims to create a mechanism for moving people while promoting the use of solar-powered plant factories that utilize an integrated environmental control system to manage and optimize growing conditions. Through its initiatives, Green River Holdings seeks to contribute to a sustainable society.

SORA, Inc., founded in 2015 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, specializes in developing technology solutions that optimize pricing strategies for the hospitality industry. The company offers an online service that compares prices of various hotels and inns, aiming to enhance the experience for both sellers and buyers. By leveraging advanced technology, SORA strives to create a harmonious balance between economic growth and employee satisfaction in the hospitality sector.

Aeronext Inc. is a Japanese startup focused on the research and development of drone technology. The company specializes in center of gravity control technology, which is designed to enhance the performance and stability of drones during flight. By optimizing the position of the center of gravity based on the drone's attitude and movements, Aeronext enables safer industrial applications of drone technology. The firm is also involved in sales and promotion activities related to its innovative drone solutions.

Cinnamon AI is a company that focuses on developing artificial intelligence-based business platforms aimed at enhancing human potential by reducing repetitive tasks. Its platform incorporates human-like intelligence, including capabilities in academic understanding, recognition, and judgment. This technology assists users in selecting suitable and adaptable correspondence based on the context and specific partner interactions, utilizing patterns derived from accumulated data. By streamlining these processes, Cinnamon AI enables users to redirect their efforts towards more creative and strategic work.

Sitateru is a cloud based garment production platform helping clothing companies improve workflow to control inventory and production needs.

Lifelog Technology has been developing exclusive apps for medical professionals, including those for the general public, such as participating in medical institution research technically.

Leeways is a real estate technology company focused on transforming real estate transactions by creating a transparent trading environment. The company has developed an innovative investment platform that leverages artificial intelligence to analyze independently collected property data. This platform predicts investment returns and provides cash flow simulations, catering to financial institutions, real estate firms, and individual investors. By enhancing the decision-making process, Leeways aims to improve the overall efficiency and effectiveness of real estate investments.

Creofuga is a startup from Japan’s western city of Okayama which has been providing an online community platform for amateur or semi-professional music composers.

Oneteam will launch to Japanese enterprises as well as Southeast Asian markets. "In Japanese corporations, an increasingly diverse workforce is leading to more consideration being given to alternate work styles, with the recognition that traditional desktop computer-oriented offices need to change the ways they communicate,” says the Oneteam crew in a statement today. They add that Southeast Asian enterprises are hampered by a frequent lack of a workplace intranet and a tendency to use free email services for communication – two problems the Japanese startup is hoping to solve as it tackles a culturally diverse and fast-growing region.

PlayLife is an experience sharing site where you can search, share, and post play information, where users can actually experience and plan a fun experience as know-how of play. It is a service that provides highly reliable information under the real name system, provides know-how that only experienced users can know, and information that coordinates the way of spending a day, making play more fun and convenient.

New Revo is a logistics start-up company that provides "strategic logistics".

Refinverse, Inc. is a recycling company based in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 2003. The company specializes in extracting synthetic resin materials from used carpet tiles, employing advanced precision processing technology that sets it apart in the recycling industry. With a current recycling rate of 90%, Refinverse aims to achieve a 100% recycling rate in the future. Additionally, the company focuses on refining and recycling chemical materials from various types of waste, contributing to sustainable practices in the chemical products sector.