Cellid
Venture Round in 2025
Cellid is a developer of hardware and software products focused on augmented reality technology. The company specializes in display modules, particularly waveguides, and spatial recognition engines designed for AR glasses. Its offerings include a range of products such as micro projectors, model builders, and position finders. These innovations enable users to interact with and recognize data related to human movement and environmental context, enhancing the overall augmented reality experience. Cellid aims to advance the capabilities of AR technology through its proprietary optical simulation and spatial recognition technologies.
IONATE develops smart transformer technology. Its Hybrid Intelligent Transformer (HIT) replaces traditional transformers, integrating real-time control of voltages and power distribution across grids, benefiting power generation facilities, industrial sites, data centers, and grid operators.
OptQC specializes in commercializing advanced optical quantum computing technologies, originally developed by the Furusawa-Endo Laboratory. The company operates a quantum computing platform that leverages scalable optical quantum technology, offering significant advantages such as enhanced quantum bit scalability, reduced power consumption, and faster processing speeds. This positions OptQC's optical quantum computers as a potential long-term pinnacle in quantum technology, capable of handling complex computations with up to one million quantum bits, thereby enabling industrial applications to harness the power of quantum computing.
Hacomono is a comprehensive member management platform designed for fitness clubs, indoor golf facilities, 24-hour gyms, and other subscription-based businesses. The cloud-based software facilitates various operational aspects, including membership management, reservations, payments, and inventory oversight. It also offers features for school management and client communication, enhancing customer interaction and service. Hacomono's platform efficiently automates processes such as registration, admission, and client check-in, allowing businesses to streamline their operations while ensuring a high level of security. The solution has been adopted by prominent industry players, demonstrating its effectiveness in improving operational efficiency and customer satisfaction.
Aeronext is a Japanese drone technology company focused on center-of-gravity control to enhance performance and safety. Its technology adjusts the drone’s center of gravity in flight to optimize stability and payload handling, enabling safer use of drones in industrial applications. The company develops drone technology and sells its products and solutions.
FLASH is an entertainment and technology startup.
Estie is a Japanese real estate technology company that provides a SaaS platform to digitalize the flow of information and transactions in the commercial real estate market. The platform leverages a data infrastructure and a comprehensive real estate database to support services from pilot projects to full system development. It offers market research, rent estimation algorithms, and quantitative indicators to help clients make data-driven decisions. Founded in 2018 and based in Tokyo, Estie focuses on digital transformation in the commercial real estate sector.
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.
Pragtech
Seed Round in 2024
Pragtech develops and operates innovative parking lot service software. Their solutions include kiosk payment machines, AI cameras for ticketless payment and car detection, aiming to reduce operating costs, eliminate payment congestion, and prevent fraudulent use.
Rhelixa, Inc. is a biotechnology company based in Chiyoda-ku, Japan, specializing in gene research and development with a focus on epigenome analysis. Founded in 2015, Rhelixa utilizes proprietary technologies to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of research and development in life sciences. The company offers a comprehensive suite of services, including consulting on experimental design, metagenome analysis, and custom-order analysis, along with support for publishing research papers and product development. By leveraging cloud technology, Rhelixa aims to facilitate advanced epigenetic research, enabling clients to optimize their operations and achieve significant advancements in their scientific endeavors.
Geofla
Venture Round in 2024
Geofla is a business that specializes in creating and planning products and applications designed to encourage physical activity and stimulate foot traffic in various spaces. The company's offerings include advertising and promotional services, incentivizing users to move around businesses through a points-based system.
Heading Health
Venture Round in 2023
Heading Health is a technology-driven platform enhancing access to affordable mental health care. It offers personalized treatment solutions, combining evidence-based therapeutics with advanced technologies like transcranial magnetic stimulation, telepsychiatry, and intramuscular ketamine.
Axelspace
Series D in 2023
Founded in Tokyo, Japan in 2008, Axelspace designs, manufactures, and sells micro-satellites and related components for earth observation. Its primary projects include GRUS, Hodoyoshi-1, and UNIFORM, aiming to provide global daily monitoring at low cost.
Hayden AI
Series B in 2023
Hayden AI develops artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies for automated enforcement in dedicated bus lanes and stops. Their platform aims to enhance public transit efficiency, improve street safety, and promote sustainable urban mobility.
Euphoria specializes in sports management software. It offers a data platform for conditioning, training, and performance analysis of athletes, incorporating nutritional menus and injury status.
Nat
Corporate Round in 2023
Nat specializes in developing three-dimensional scanning technology integrated with AI surveying for the housing market. Its platform enables accurate measurements in millimeters, transforming traditional surveying methods in construction and housing industries.
Kikitori
Seed Round in 2023
Kikitori develops a platform that connects producers and consumers for food distribution, with a focus on organic farmers, and operates fruit and vegetable stores that sell online and in-store. It provides the bando application to streamline daily collection and sales of materials, order processing, and the creation of related documents for transactions without traditional phone or paper-based processes. The company also builds apps and web platforms for fruit and vegetable distribution, including systems and store management, and platforms that automatically generate invoices, sales slips, and price notifications to reduce costs and improve operational efficiency.
Kreation
Seed Round in 2023
Kreation operates as a global platform that combines gaming and cyber fashion to connect fashion brands, creators and consumers. It functions as a digital content distribution platform designed to support Japanese creators in reaching global markets, offering tools for mobile gaming, digital art collection, and online marketplaces linked to physical goods. The platform also provides creator funding and community features, enabling artists and brands to share and sell their work internationally with clear ownership, engaged audiences and additional revenue opportunities.
Caelux is a renewable energy company based in Pasadena, California, founded in 2014. It specializes in developing and manufacturing perovskite-on-glass technology for the terrestrial solar and commercial space industries. This innovative technology is designed to enhance solar device efficiency while minimizing the amount of semiconducting material required, thereby reducing production costs. Caelux's products improve power production and integrate seamlessly into existing photovoltaic module manufacturing processes, allowing users to lower installed costs and boost overall performance.
Trove is a technology company offering AI-powered tools for professional networking, email management, and a resale platform for brands and retailers. Its mobile email product uses artificial intelligence to reduce inbox overload, surface relationship insights, provide smart notifications, and snooze messages, integrating with existing email services and supporting iOS and Android. In parallel, Trove operates a resale platform that helps brands launch, manage, and scale resale programs, with storefront design, photography, authentication, cleaning and repair, returns processing, non-new inventory management, site building, Shopify integration, and analytics, plus in-store and digital trade-ins and peer-to-peer features. By combining AI-driven relationship mapping with a scalable resale ecosystem, Trove enables brands to deepen engagement, optimize profit, and reach new customers, and holds certification as a B Corporation for its sustainability-focused approach.
Pixie Dust Technologies
Post in 2023
Pixie Dust Technologies develops computational technologies focused on ultrasonic phased array systems and digital fabrication. Its offerings include an ultrasonic phased array system capable of generating forces in mid-air, moving objects without contact, and delivering differentiated sounds to individuals in crowds, with implications for guiding dogs and agricultural applications. The company also provides a platform that integrates ultrasonic phased array technology with sound-absorbing materials and spatial analysis tools to enhance accessibility, efficiency, and user experience across industries such as healthcare, architecture, and digital transformation. Based in Tokyo, Japan, the company was founded in 2015.
Digital Entertainment Asset
Venture Round in 2023
Digital Entertainment Asset is an IT services company that operates an entertainment platform focused on web3 technologies. It specializes in the development of crypto games and offers a marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), providing users with opportunities to earn rewards through gameplay. The company aims to address challenges in the gaming industry by integrating gamification into its services, creating engaging experiences that combine entertainment with financial incentives.
WizWe Co., Ltd. is a technology company based in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 2018. It specializes in the planning, development, and management of a platform aimed at enhancing learning habits through technological support in language education. The company offers an online learning platform that provides innovative training programs and linguistic tools for multiple languages, including English, Japanese, and Chinese. By utilizing effective mechanisms, WizWe facilitates users' language acquisition and aims to improve their overall learning experience.
Telexistence
Series B in 2023
Telexistence is a company focused on advancing robotics technology with a systematic approach aimed at creating scalable solutions. It specializes in the development of online remote control robotics that facilitate the transmission and analysis of visual, auditory, and tactile information. This technology allows users to interact and act in remote environments, thereby enhancing human presence in various contexts. By innovating in the field of robotics, Telexistence aims to provide new and effective ways for individuals to engage with the world remotely, pushing the boundaries of what is possible in robotic applications.
CADDi is a Japan-based platform that combines online procurement for industrial products with an AI-powered data platform that digitizes and analyzes manufacturing drawings and procurement information. It tracks industrial products across the manufacturing supply chain and automates extraction of details from drawings and handwritten documents into searchable digital records. Through Realize DX, the platform integrates goods and software to streamline procurement, reduce expenses, and improve quality, cost, and delivery while enabling capacity expansion. The data platform provides procurement intelligence and supply chain data to help manufacturers consolidate insights and support sourcing decisions. CADDi is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
Pionix develops EVerest, a comprehensive open-source software platform for electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. The company offers integration services, cloud operations, and productivity enhancements through subscription-based models.
AI Silk Corporation, established in 2015 and based in Sendai, Japan, specializes in the manufacture and sale of innovative conductive fibers. The company's flagship product, AI Silk, is created using a unique dyeing technique that imbues natural silk with conductivity. This advancement allows for the production of electrodes that address common issues associated with traditional medical electrodes, such as discomfort, skin irritation, and measurement inaccuracies caused by sweat. AI Silk’s technology not only enhances the comfort of conductive clothing but also minimizes the risk of allergic reactions, making it suitable for a wide range of applications beyond the healthcare sector. The company also offers simplified manufacturing kits, further promoting the use of its advanced materials in various industries.
Biome is a prominent company specializing in image analysis technology, collaborating with the IchiJoho System at Kyoto University. The company has developed a biological information application aimed at promoting biodiversity conservation and creating a profitable society. Its application focuses on remote surveying of living organisms, offering expertise in data analysis and database management. This enables clients to efficiently access essential ecological information, supporting efforts in environmental preservation and sustainable practices.
StructShare
Seed Round in 2023
StructShare is a technology company that provides a cloud-based procurement platform for construction materials, automating the purchasing and material handling workflows for contractors and suppliers. The platform enables quick field orders, purchase order management, price comparison, and seamless accounting and ERP integration, along with automated invoice reconciliation and warehouse inventory control. It supports data collection and dashboards to monitor performance, automate follow-ups, resolve disputes, and provide supplier performance insights. Built to connect contractors with existing and new suppliers, the system uses data-driven tools and artificial intelligence to streamline procurement, reduce time and costs, and improve visibility across the supply chain. StructShare was founded in 2017 to rebuild the construction material ecosystem from the foundation up.
Cierpa & Company
Venture Round in 2023
Cierpa & Company develops environmental, social, and governance ESG management software. The cloud-based platform centralizes ESG information, enables cross-department information sharing, and optimizes workflows. It analyzes data to improve ESG scores and supports the collection, analysis, and disclosure of sustainability information for transparent management.
PoliPoli is an innovative political co-creation platform based in Japan that facilitates social decision-making for political parties. It allows politicians to present their policies in a clear and accessible format, encouraging public engagement. Users can participate by supporting these policies and taking part in "missions" aimed at bringing them to fruition. The platform also enables users to ask questions and provide suggestions, fostering a collaborative environment between politicians and the public. By gamifying the political process, PoliPoli enhances civic involvement and empowers citizens to play an active role in shaping policy decisions.
Immunosens
Series B in 2023
Immunosens develops electrochemical measurement devices that evaluate biomarkers such as genes, proteins, and cell signals through electrode reactions. Its sensors rely on disposable printable electrodes, enabling healthcare professionals to obtain accurate analyses for medical diagnostics and food safety testing. The platform aims to deliver rapid, on-site biomarker readouts and can be integrated into existing clinical workflows, offering a scalable solution for both clinical and food industry applications.
Hayden AI
Series B in 2023
Hayden AI develops artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies for automated enforcement in dedicated bus lanes and stops. Their platform aims to enhance public transit efficiency, improve street safety, and promote sustainable urban mobility.
Cellid is a developer of hardware and software products focused on augmented reality technology. The company specializes in display modules, particularly waveguides, and spatial recognition engines designed for AR glasses. Its offerings include a range of products such as micro projectors, model builders, and position finders. These innovations enable users to interact with and recognize data related to human movement and environmental context, enhancing the overall augmented reality experience. Cellid aims to advance the capabilities of AR technology through its proprietary optical simulation and spatial recognition technologies.
OptiMind develops a cloud-based route optimization platform for businesses in last-mile delivery. It uses combinatorial optimization techniques, including statistical processing and artificial intelligence, to create efficient routes and enhance delivery operations.
Yanekara
Venture Round in 2022
Yanekara is a technology company that specializes in smart grid solutions and electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure. The company has developed the V2X platform, which allows electric vehicles to function as virtual storage batteries, effectively utilizing them as a power storage system. This system is designed to optimize the energy generated from renewable sources, such as solar panels, by matching it with the charging needs of electric vehicles. Yanekara's offerings aim to facilitate energy management and promote carbon neutrality, enabling users to harness renewable energy more efficiently.
BackTech is a digital health company based in Kyoto, Japan, that develops health management solutions for working people. Its Pocket Therapist app measures shoulder stiffness and low back pain to support symptom management and reduce medical costs while improving productivity. The company also provides health management information and collaboration tools that visualize organizational productivity and help teams address health issues. Its platform covers mental and physical health content, enabling organizations to support employee well-being and coordinate health management across the workforce.
PartnerSuccess
Venture Round in 2022
Founded in 2019, PartnerSuccess operates from Tokyo, Japan. It specializes in automating collaboration between manufacturers and distributors through its cloud-based platform.
Aeronext is a Japanese drone technology company focused on center-of-gravity control to enhance performance and safety. Its technology adjusts the drone’s center of gravity in flight to optimize stability and payload handling, enabling safer use of drones in industrial applications. The company develops drone technology and sells its products and solutions.
Laboro.AI
Series A in 2022
Laboro.AI specializes in developing custom artificial intelligence solutions aimed at transforming business operations. The company offers advanced AI and machine learning technologies to a diverse range of industries, facilitating innovation and enhancing efficiency. In addition to solution development, Laboro.AI provides consulting services that encompass the planning, implementation, and execution of AI strategies, ensuring that businesses can effectively leverage these technologies to achieve their goals. By making state-of-the-art AI accessible, Laboro.AI plays a significant role in connecting technology with business needs.
Tailor develops a composable enterprise resource platform that enables businesses to create customized ERP systems without coding. It offers low-code configuration, open API connectivity, and modular components for managing inventory, orders, and fulfillment.
Estate Technologies
Series B in 2022
Estate Technologies provides an AI-powered platform for real estate valuation and transaction transparency. The platform analyzes property price, risk, and lifecycle data and includes tools such as Dr. Asset checker for real-time value analysis and Dr. Asset Recommender for purchase suggestions. The company also delivers information system design, development, and consulting services that combine information technology with real estate expertise. Its data-driven solution aggregates properties with similar attributes, such as room size, distance to the station, and age, to compute price deviations and deliver objective, granular market insights. By creating a transparent environment for real estate transactions, Estate Technologies seeks to enhance asset formation and raise the overall value of real estate in Japan. The company was established in 2019 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
Founded in Tokyo, Japan in 2018, Gaudiy specializes in application development and consulting services leveraging blockchain technology. Its flagship product, Gaudiy Fanlink, is a Web3-era fan platform that maximizes fan engagement through NFTs and distributed ID technologies.
Euphoria specializes in sports management software. It offers a data platform for conditioning, training, and performance analysis of athletes, incorporating nutritional menus and injury status.
Founded in Tokyo, Japan in 2020, BeaTrust develops a collaboration platform that enables employees to discover colleagues' skills, interests, and experiences, fostering connections across departments and driving innovation.
Founded in 2016, Findy is a Tokyo-based company that connects IT engineers, freelancers, and sideline engineers with companies. It offers job change services, hiring information, and an interview platform for active engineers called Findy Engineer Lab.
Metro Weather
Series A in 2022
Metro Weather Co., Ltd. is a Japanese company based in Uji, founded in 2015, that specializes in developing advanced Doppler lidar technology for atmospheric measurements. This high-performance lidar system measures wind direction and speed by analyzing minute movements of fine particles in the atmosphere, allowing for the creation of detailed three-dimensional wind maps. Originating from research at Kyoto University, the company combines remote sensing and signal processing technology with meteorological data and internet of things (IoT) capabilities to provide comprehensive insights into weather conditions. By enhancing the understanding of wind patterns, Metro Weather aims to contribute to aviation safety and other sectors reliant on accurate meteorological forecasts.
Estie is a Japanese real estate technology company that provides a SaaS platform to digitalize the flow of information and transactions in the commercial real estate market. The platform leverages a data infrastructure and a comprehensive real estate database to support services from pilot projects to full system development. It offers market research, rent estimation algorithms, and quantitative indicators to help clients make data-driven decisions. Founded in 2018 and based in Tokyo, Estie focuses on digital transformation in the commercial real estate sector.
Soft Gear
Series B in 2021
Soft Gear is a Japanese company specializing in online game development services. It offers contract-based game development, debugging services, and expertise in high-speed network functions crucial for online gaming.
Founded in 2014, Aidemy offers an online platform for individuals to learn artificial intelligence programming and for businesses to leverage AI technology using their own data. Its services include practical blockchain applications, supporting DX human resource development, problem selection, proof-of-concept development, and operation.
Manebi
Venture Round in 2021
Founded in Tokyo, Japan in 2013, Manebi is a career development support platform that empowers individuals' transformation. It offers services such as web interviews, e-learning, online tests, and video learning to facilitate recruitment and training processes for companies.
ViSenze
Venture Round in 2021
ViSenze is a leading product discovery platform that enhances the way consumers search for and discover products online. It is relied upon by major retailers such as ASOS, H&M, Rakuten, and Zalora, processing over a billion queries monthly across various channels, including in-store and e-commerce platforms. The company's automated AI technology provides a range of services, including enhanced search capabilities, product tagging, smart recommendations, and merchandising analytics. By streamlining the consumer journey, ViSenze enables retail merchants to boost revenue and improve customer experiences, making it easier for shoppers to find the products they want.
CADDi is a Japan-based platform that combines online procurement for industrial products with an AI-powered data platform that digitizes and analyzes manufacturing drawings and procurement information. It tracks industrial products across the manufacturing supply chain and automates extraction of details from drawings and handwritten documents into searchable digital records. Through Realize DX, the platform integrates goods and software to streamline procurement, reduce expenses, and improve quality, cost, and delivery while enabling capacity expansion. The data platform provides procurement intelligence and supply chain data to help manufacturers consolidate insights and support sourcing decisions. CADDi is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
JX Press is a Japanese technology‑driven news organization described as a virtual news agency. Its FASTALERT service uses artificial intelligence to detect and deliver breaking bulletins on accidents, natural disasters, and other incidents to major television broadcasters in Japan and to many local stations. The company also operates NewsDigest, a consumer app that automatically delivers AI-identified news bulletins. JX Press collaborates with leading media groups in Japan, such as Kyodo News, TV Asahi, Fuji TV, and the Nikkei Group, providing computerized reporting to major media. In addition, it runs a data intelligence platform that combines bots and AI to generate content related to breaking events and disasters, and includes a social listening tool that aggregates brand-related information from multiple platforms while filtering misinformation, enabling AI-based marketing insights. Through automated reporting, media partnerships, and brand monitoring, the company positions itself as a modern, technology-driven news provider.
Xayn develops Noxtua, Europe's first sovereign Legal AI. Noxtua assists lawyers in analyzing and drafting legal documents, ensuring compliance while maintaining high confidentiality standards and adhering to European data protection laws.
Photosynth
Series A in 2021
Photosynth is an information technology company that designs and operates cloud-based entrance and exit management systems and IoT-enabled smart locks for homes and businesses. It develops and provides Akerun Access Intelligence, a cloud-based authentication platform that enables personal authentication and security through edge devices connected to the cloud, serving both corporate and residential customers. The company also offers facility management services via Migakun, a BPaaS platform that coordinates gig workers to address labor shortages across various spaces. Through its IoT and cloud initiatives, Photosynth integrates physical access control with scalable authentication and workforce enablement.
Ginkan
Venture Round in 2021
Ginkan, Inc. is a Tokyo-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in developing blockchain technology-based platforms. The company operates SynchroLife, a platform that tokenizes restaurant reviews and rewards users with cryptocurrency for their quality contributions. Additionally, Ginkan offers Festar, a dating application. The firm focuses on integrating artificial intelligence and blockchain technology to enhance user experiences, particularly in the restaurant and social sectors, by providing tailored recommendations based on user activities and reviews.
Telexistence
Series A in 2021
Telexistence is a company focused on advancing robotics technology with a systematic approach aimed at creating scalable solutions. It specializes in the development of online remote control robotics that facilitate the transmission and analysis of visual, auditory, and tactile information. This technology allows users to interact and act in remote environments, thereby enhancing human presence in various contexts. By innovating in the field of robotics, Telexistence aims to provide new and effective ways for individuals to engage with the world remotely, pushing the boundaries of what is possible in robotic applications.
WhereIsMyTransport
Series A in 2021
WhereIsMyTransport Ltd is an urban transportation technology company based in London, United Kingdom, with a presence in Cape Town, South Africa. The company specializes in providing comprehensive public transport data for emerging-market megacities, focusing on regions in Africa, Latin America, Southeast Europe, and South and Southeast Asia. By digitalizing network information from various modes of public transport, WhereIsMyTransport ensures data accuracy amidst the dynamic changes of these systems. Their platform offers a data collection framework for mapping both formal and informal transport networks, equipping businesses, municipalities, and citizens with essential information to enhance infrastructure and navigate urban environments effectively. Through its innovative products and data services, WhereIsMyTransport aims to improve the public transport experience for users and support industry stakeholders in their operational needs.
Axelspace
Series C in 2021
Founded in Tokyo, Japan in 2008, Axelspace designs, manufactures, and sells micro-satellites and related components for earth observation. Its primary projects include GRUS, Hodoyoshi-1, and UNIFORM, aiming to provide global daily monitoring at low cost.
Aroma Bit
Venture Round in 2021
Aroma Bit, Inc. is a Tokyo-based company specializing in the development, production, and sales of electronic equipment and systems, with a focus on compact odor imaging sensors. The company aims to enhance the understanding and utility of scents by creating innovative products and services that digitize olfactory experiences. Aroma Bit's technology allows for the conversion of various odors into visualized patterns, enabling the collection of digital olfactory data. This capability assists businesses in detecting ingredients in food samples and aids care providers in identifying diseases across diverse applications. Through its pioneering approach, Aroma Bit seeks to elevate the significance of olfactory information in various sectors.
Kikitori
Seed Round in 2021
Kikitori develops a platform that connects producers and consumers for food distribution, with a focus on organic farmers, and operates fruit and vegetable stores that sell online and in-store. It provides the bando application to streamline daily collection and sales of materials, order processing, and the creation of related documents for transactions without traditional phone or paper-based processes. The company also builds apps and web platforms for fruit and vegetable distribution, including systems and store management, and platforms that automatically generate invoices, sales slips, and price notifications to reduce costs and improve operational efficiency.
Nuri
Venture Round in 2020
Nuri empowers people to manage and grow their wealth through innovative technologies.
Idein
Venture Round in 2020
Founded in 2015, Idein develops a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) that enables users to create their own Internet of Things (IoT) systems with advanced artificial intelligence analysis. Its platform offers features such as dashboard, SDK, and marketplace.
Founded in Japan in 2016, Synamon specializes in developing virtual reality (VR) solutions. Its flagship product, NEUTRANS, enables users to create, share, and optimize VR spaces for collaborative work and design reviews.
Cornelis Networks
Series A in 2020
Cornelis Networks designs and markets high-performance networking products and purpose-built fabrics that accelerate scientific, commercial, and government workloads. Its solutions enable efficient scaling of computing, data analytics, and artificial intelligence tasks by aggregating processing power across many devices. The company serves government, academic institutions, and commercial enterprises through more than 500 global installations, helping customers achieve faster results and improved efficiency at scale.
Manebi
Venture Round in 2020
Founded in Tokyo, Japan in 2013, Manebi is a career development support platform that empowers individuals' transformation. It offers services such as web interviews, e-learning, online tests, and video learning to facilitate recruitment and training processes for companies.
Photosynth
Series D in 2020
Photosynth is an information technology company that designs and operates cloud-based entrance and exit management systems and IoT-enabled smart locks for homes and businesses. It develops and provides Akerun Access Intelligence, a cloud-based authentication platform that enables personal authentication and security through edge devices connected to the cloud, serving both corporate and residential customers. The company also offers facility management services via Migakun, a BPaaS platform that coordinates gig workers to address labor shortages across various spaces. Through its IoT and cloud initiatives, Photosynth integrates physical access control with scalable authentication and workforce enablement.
Founded in 2016, Findy is a Tokyo-based company that connects IT engineers, freelancers, and sideline engineers with companies. It offers job change services, hiring information, and an interview platform for active engineers called Findy Engineer Lab.
Agri Info Design
Venture Round in 2020
Agri Info Design is an agricultural IT company based in Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan, founded in 2014. It develops tractor navigation and driving‑support software to enable precision farming, including GPS‑guided applications such as AgriBus-NAVI and related components like AgriBus-G+ and AgriBus-GMini. The company's technology focuses on improving spraying and cultivation accuracy, guiding tractors to travel in straight lines and pausing spray to prevent duplicate application, thereby reducing material costs. It also produces and sells aftermarket agricultural equipment, reflecting a practical, field‑oriented approach to helping farmers increase efficiency and sustainability in crop production.
BizteX, Inc. is a Tokyo-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in developing cloud-based robotic process automation (RPA) solutions. The company offers its flagship service, BizteX Cobit, which utilizes artificial intelligence to automate routine tasks, allowing businesses to streamline operations and improve efficiency. By providing a digital robot that can perform repetitive functions with minimal human intervention, BizteX aims to enhance productivity and creativity within organizations. The software is designed to be user-friendly, enabling automation through a web browser, thus allowing businesses to focus their resources on more strategic activities.
Gtriip develops biometric-driven, document-less identity verification and contactless check-in technology for hotels and office environments. Its platform uses deep learning to match a guest's photo ID against a smartphone selfie, enabling secure, paper-free registration and remote check-in. The system provides a truly contactless experience for guests and staff by leveraging smartphone-based biometric verification at the point of entry. It has been deployed across hotels and access points, serving about 30,000 rooms and access points in customer hotels and offices. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California.
Euphoria
Corporate Round in 2019
Euphoria specializes in sports management software. It offers a data platform for conditioning, training, and performance analysis of athletes, incorporating nutritional menus and injury status.
OptiMind develops a cloud-based route optimization platform for businesses in last-mile delivery. It uses combinatorial optimization techniques, including statistical processing and artificial intelligence, to create efficient routes and enhance delivery operations.
Pixie Dust Technologies
Series A in 2019
Pixie Dust Technologies develops computational technologies focused on ultrasonic phased array systems and digital fabrication. Its offerings include an ultrasonic phased array system capable of generating forces in mid-air, moving objects without contact, and delivering differentiated sounds to individuals in crowds, with implications for guiding dogs and agricultural applications. The company also provides a platform that integrates ultrasonic phased array technology with sound-absorbing materials and spatial analysis tools to enhance accessibility, efficiency, and user experience across industries such as healthcare, architecture, and digital transformation. Based in Tokyo, Japan, the company was founded in 2015.
Idein
Venture Round in 2019
Founded in 2015, Idein develops a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) that enables users to create their own Internet of Things (IoT) systems with advanced artificial intelligence analysis. Its platform offers features such as dashboard, SDK, and marketplace.
DataX
Venture Round in 2019
DataX is a business that specializes in providing an integrated digital marketing platform known as B-dash, developed by from scratch Co., Ltd. Established in 2010 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, the company offers a range of services including support for business strategy planning, new business development, analytical services, and business process construction. B-dash is notable for its ability to accumulate and utilize vast amounts of data, featuring 32 million unique customer IDs and a significant financial data component amounting to 92 billion yen. The platform's capabilities are enhanced through strategic partnerships, including a notable contract with KKR and Goldman Sachs in 2019, which underscores its importance in the IT and marketing sectors.
Nuri empowers people to manage and grow their wealth through innovative technologies.
JX Press is a Japanese technology‑driven news organization described as a virtual news agency. Its FASTALERT service uses artificial intelligence to detect and deliver breaking bulletins on accidents, natural disasters, and other incidents to major television broadcasters in Japan and to many local stations. The company also operates NewsDigest, a consumer app that automatically delivers AI-identified news bulletins. JX Press collaborates with leading media groups in Japan, such as Kyodo News, TV Asahi, Fuji TV, and the Nikkei Group, providing computerized reporting to major media. In addition, it runs a data intelligence platform that combines bots and AI to generate content related to breaking events and disasters, and includes a social listening tool that aggregates brand-related information from multiple platforms while filtering misinformation, enabling AI-based marketing insights. Through automated reporting, media partnerships, and brand monitoring, the company positions itself as a modern, technology-driven news provider.
Founded in 2016, Findy is a Tokyo-based company that connects IT engineers, freelancers, and sideline engineers with companies. It offers job change services, hiring information, and an interview platform for active engineers called Findy Engineer Lab.
Findy is a company dedicated to revolutionizing the lost and found process through innovative technology. With a team of IT professionals, engineers, and designers, Findy focuses on creating locating devices that help users find lost items, such as pets, cars, and bikes, without tracking their movements. Instead, these devices pinpoint the current location of valuables, operating on minimal energy consumption and battery power for efficiency. The founders, experienced in the tracking industry through work with insurance companies, aim to blend technical perfection with a user-friendly approach, moving away from traditional corporate practices. Their mission is to empower individuals to rely on technology for everyday challenges, enhancing the way they manage and protect their belongings.
SMARTCAMP
Venture Round in 2019
Smart Camp is a technology company that offers SaaS comparison services, inside sales agency support, and B2B digital marketing solutions.
Okage
Venture Round in 2019
Okage develops a restaurant management application that automates the ordering process. The system combines mobile ordering, tablet menus, and a point of sale solution to streamline order placement, cash register management, and self-ordering. Designed for quick deployment, the application supports in-house operations by enabling restaurants to install and run the integrated platform to manage orders and transactions.
SMARTCAMP
Series B in 2019
Smart Camp is a technology company that offers SaaS comparison services, inside sales agency support, and B2B digital marketing solutions.
Founded in Japan in 2016, Synamon specializes in developing virtual reality (VR) solutions. Its flagship product, NEUTRANS, enables users to create, share, and optimize VR spaces for collaborative work and design reviews.
ViSenze is a leading product discovery platform that enhances the way consumers search for and discover products online. It is relied upon by major retailers such as ASOS, H&M, Rakuten, and Zalora, processing over a billion queries monthly across various channels, including in-store and e-commerce platforms. The company's automated AI technology provides a range of services, including enhanced search capabilities, product tagging, smart recommendations, and merchandising analytics. By streamlining the consumer journey, ViSenze enables retail merchants to boost revenue and improve customer experiences, making it easier for shoppers to find the products they want.
CADDi is a Japan-based platform that combines online procurement for industrial products with an AI-powered data platform that digitizes and analyzes manufacturing drawings and procurement information. It tracks industrial products across the manufacturing supply chain and automates extraction of details from drawings and handwritten documents into searchable digital records. Through Realize DX, the platform integrates goods and software to streamline procurement, reduce expenses, and improve quality, cost, and delivery while enabling capacity expansion. The data platform provides procurement intelligence and supply chain data to help manufacturers consolidate insights and support sourcing decisions. CADDi is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
Axelspace
Series B in 2018
Founded in Tokyo, Japan in 2008, Axelspace designs, manufactures, and sells micro-satellites and related components for earth observation. Its primary projects include GRUS, Hodoyoshi-1, and UNIFORM, aiming to provide global daily monitoring at low cost.
Telexistence
Series A in 2018
Telexistence is a company focused on advancing robotics technology with a systematic approach aimed at creating scalable solutions. It specializes in the development of online remote control robotics that facilitate the transmission and analysis of visual, auditory, and tactile information. This technology allows users to interact and act in remote environments, thereby enhancing human presence in various contexts. By innovating in the field of robotics, Telexistence aims to provide new and effective ways for individuals to engage with the world remotely, pushing the boundaries of what is possible in robotic applications.
Euphoria
Venture Round in 2018
Euphoria specializes in sports management software. It offers a data platform for conditioning, training, and performance analysis of athletes, incorporating nutritional menus and injury status.
Hacosco
Venture Round in 2017
Hacosco Inc. is a Tokyo-based company founded in 2014 that specializes in the development, planning, sales, and management of virtual reality (VR) services. The company provides accessible VR experiences through its innovative smartphone VR service, which utilizes a simple viewer compatible with smartphones. This approach allows users to engage with virtual reality without the need for expensive head-mounted displays or complex equipment, making VR technology more available to the general public. Hacosco's product offerings include VR goggles and 360-degree cameras, designed to enhance the user experience in the growing field of virtual reality.
Idein
Venture Round in 2017
Founded in 2015, Idein develops a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) that enables users to create their own Internet of Things (IoT) systems with advanced artificial intelligence analysis. Its platform offers features such as dashboard, SDK, and marketplace.
Telexistence
Seed Round in 2017
Telexistence is a company focused on advancing robotics technology with a systematic approach aimed at creating scalable solutions. It specializes in the development of online remote control robotics that facilitate the transmission and analysis of visual, auditory, and tactile information. This technology allows users to interact and act in remote environments, thereby enhancing human presence in various contexts. By innovating in the field of robotics, Telexistence aims to provide new and effective ways for individuals to engage with the world remotely, pushing the boundaries of what is possible in robotic applications.
LOGIC
Venture Round in 2017
LOGIC, Co. Ltd. is a software company based in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1995. The company specializes in developing applications for the medical and healthcare industries, notably its Care-wing application, which facilitates the management of visiting nursing care services. This system is designed to streamline the care record process, allowing caregivers to automatically generate records using their smartphones. LOGIC also provides valuable resources such as informative content and seminars for care providers. Committed to ensuring the security of personal information, LOGIC has obtained the Privacy Mark and continuously works to enhance its information security measures.
LOGIC
Venture Round in 2017
LOGIC, Co. Ltd. is a software company based in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1995. The company specializes in developing applications for the medical and healthcare industries, notably its Care-wing application, which facilitates the management of visiting nursing care services. This system is designed to streamline the care record process, allowing caregivers to automatically generate records using their smartphones. LOGIC also provides valuable resources such as informative content and seminars for care providers. Committed to ensuring the security of personal information, LOGIC has obtained the Privacy Mark and continuously works to enhance its information security measures.
Loom Systems
Series A in 2017
Loom Systems Ltd. is an artificial intelligence-powered analysis platform that specializes in predicting and preventing IT incidents, particularly for organizations undergoing digital transformation or cloud migration. Founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company offers a range of services including network monitoring, predictive ticketing, cloud migration monitoring, and digital business monitoring. Its platform continuously learns from a business's digital assets by analyzing log data to detect anomalies, providing alerts and recommended resolutions in plain English. This proactive approach enables IT and DevOps teams to address potential issues before they impact operations, thereby improving overall business productivity. As of early 2020, Loom Systems operates as a subsidiary of ServiceNow, Inc.
Hacosco
Venture Round in 2016
Hacosco Inc. is a Tokyo-based company founded in 2014 that specializes in the development, planning, sales, and management of virtual reality (VR) services. The company provides accessible VR experiences through its innovative smartphone VR service, which utilizes a simple viewer compatible with smartphones. This approach allows users to engage with virtual reality without the need for expensive head-mounted displays or complex equipment, making VR technology more available to the general public. Hacosco's product offerings include VR goggles and 360-degree cameras, designed to enhance the user experience in the growing field of virtual reality.
Eyeota is an audience technology company that enables the intelligent use of data for digital marketing. The platform aggregates data from marketers, data owners, and research organizations to deliver distinct, comprehensive, and qualified audience segments. Eyeota's technology transforms audience data to help organizations understand customers, personalize campaigns, and optimize marketing strategies across channels. It provides a global data marketplace with privacy-compliant segments and cookieless identity resolution, featuring integrations with more than 50 platforms to activate audiences across digital, mobile, connected TV, and social media environments. Founded in 2010, Eyeota serves markets in Europe, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, helping clients make smarter business decisions through data-driven insights.
Founded in 2007, PatSnap is a global leader in innovation intelligence. Its AI-powered platform provides patent, market, and technology insights to over 10,000 customers across 50 countries, supporting them from ideation to commercialization.
Foodison
Venture Round in 2015
Founded in Tokyo, Japan in 2013, Foodison operates UoPochi, an online platform enabling customers to order fish and seafood from various restaurants. It also runs Sakana Bacca, a specialty fish shop offering marine products sourced globally.