The Shoko Chukin Bank

The Shoko Chukin Bank is a commercial bank based in Tokyo, Japan, established in 1936. It specializes in offering banking services primarily to small and medium enterprises, catering to their financial needs and contributing to their growth. In addition to its focus on business banking, the bank also provides personal banking services to individual customers. Through its commitment to supporting local businesses, Shoko Chukin Bank plays a crucial role in the Japanese financial landscape.

Masahiro Sekine

President and CEO

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RightTouch

Debt Financing in 2025
RightTouch is a media company specializing in customer support solutions. It offers KARTE RightSupport, a web support platform that detects customer issues, connects web and call channels, and assigns suitable operators based on pre-inquiry data, empowering customers to resolve problems independently. Additionally, the company provides CS Mag, a tailored resource offering insights and solutions for media customer support.

UGOKU

Debt Financing in 2025
UGOKU is a provider of management of personal coaching service.

BALLAS

Debt Financing in 2025
BALLAS operates a fabless material procurement platform for construction, providing custom-made construction materials and related services for construction sites. The company offers online procurement and end-to-end support from design standardization to component manufacturing and delivery based on uploaded drawings, enabling businesses to streamline sourcing, reduce manual work, and improve procurement efficiency across construction projects.

Nihon Agri

Debt Financing in 2025
Founded in Tokyo, Japan in 2016, Nihon Agri facilitates the export of Japanese agricultural products worldwide. It addresses challenges such as pricing, communication, and logistics to expand exports, satisfying both local farmers and global consumers.

Salowin

Debt Financing in 2025
Salowin Inc., established in 2019 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, operates a unique business model within the beauty industry. The company provides a share salon concept for beauticians, offering private rooms equipped with well-maintained facilities. Salowin supports its tenants through services such as prepayment systems for sales and comprehensive support, enabling beauticians to focus on their craft while benefiting from shared resources and increased income potential.

Issin

Debt Financing in 2025
Issin produces innovative bath mats that measure weight and automatically record daily weight changes on users' smartphones.

Xbit

Debt Financing in 2025
Xbit is a developer of a shift management system that provides an innovative chatbot service for shop owners. This platform enables businesses to efficiently gather employee availability and create effective shift schedules. By addressing customer issues and needs, Xbit implements tailored solutions that enhance operational efficiency. The company focuses on optimizing business processes, allowing clients to reduce costs while maintaining high service quality through proper personnel allocation.

Ascend

Debt Financing in 2025
Ascend provides a system for managing transportation, including project management, vehicle dispatch, invoice generation, and management visualization. It facilitates on-site work while enabling management decisions. Their management supports transportation companies from strategy through execution while using digital technology. To maximize the value of the logistics sector, they will also offer advisory services in collaboration with government and business groups.

idea;record

Debt Financing in 2025
Idea;record specializes in web marketing, cloud services, and ICT solutions. They are creating a SaaS firm that will generate revenue. GATE is a SaaS that solves challenges for restaurant businesses and solutions to multiple problems faced by stores.

MOV

Debt Financing in 2025
Mov is a web design company that operates a store support business focused on helping companies manage their store information centrally. The company's platform offers market data related to stores and expertise in digital marketing, allowing clients to efficiently manage their store data. Mov's services include bulk management of store information and tools for visualizing and analyzing customer feedback, enabling businesses to enhance their customer outreach and improve overall store performance.

Preferred Networks

Debt Financing in 2024
Founded in Tokyo in 2014, Preferred Networks specializes in developing practical applications of deep learning, robotics, and other advanced technologies. The company focuses on transportation systems, manufacturing, and bio-healthcare sectors, offering services such as machine learning, computer vision, and edge-heavy computing.

NOT A HOTEL

Debt Financing in 2024
NOT A HOTEL Inc., established in Tokyo, Japan in 2020, operates a unique membership service that allows users to seamlessly switch between using properties as personal residences or hotel accommodations via a user-friendly app. The company focuses on small luxury hotels and manages the operation and maintenance of these properties, ensuring availability for members three months in advance. Members can gift their unused dates to others and receive earnings through the platform, with key delivery and chat support available within the app.

Live Search

Debt Financing in 2024
Founded in Japan in September 2016, Live Search specializes in real estate services. It offers online room availability management, property photography, and floor plan creation services to enhance transparency and accessibility in the real estate industry.

KYC Consulting

Debt Financing in 2024
KYC Consulting Corporation, founded in 2018 and headquartered in Chiyoda Ku, Japan, specializes in risk management and Know Your Customer (KYC) consulting services. The company offers a comprehensive risk database that enables businesses to gather and assess both domestic and international risk information. In addition to providing KYC and anti-money laundering consulting, KYC Consulting assists clients with credit checks for initial public offerings and responses to anti-social forces. Their services also include the construction of KYC internal systems, the creation and maintenance of KYC manuals, and employee training to ensure compliance with KYC regulations. Through these offerings, KYC Consulting aims to support organizations in effectively managing risk and adhering to regulatory requirements.

Pathfinder

Debt Financing in 2024
Pathfinder is a research and development company that provides MaaS and delivery vehicle application development services.

LIGHTz

Series B in 2024
LIGHTz is an AI-driven firm offering consulting services alongside system and product development. Its online platform facilitates knowledge sharing, manages content using AI, generates project instructions, reduces training costs, and accelerates employee onboarding.

YourTrade

Seed Round in 2024
YourTrade is a company that supports cross-border e-commerce businesses by facilitating the resale of rejected goods and backlogged inventory from international sales. It offers a comprehensive suite of services, including the collection and inspection of returned items, along with the resale of these products through local sales channels. Additionally, YourTrade provides import and export services tailored for e-commerce platforms, managing excess stock and returns by handling inspection, storage, and resale processes. The company's platform also enables compliance with various overseas export regulations, allowing businesses to efficiently navigate international markets.

Simple Form

Debt Financing in 2024
Simple Form provides real-time information on all domestic corporations necessary for financial institutions. We will accelerate the time-consuming and labor-intensive research work of corporations and take on the role of new financial underpinnings.

Smart Bank

Debt Financing in 2024
Smart Bank is a software company that has developed an application for money spending management. It offers a chargeable prepaid card and an app that automatically records and visualizes spending, helping users manage their expenses effectively.

Resilire

Debt Financing in 2024
Resilire is a business specialising in supply chain risk management. It provides a platform that enables companies to centralise their supply chain data, site data, and risk data for effective mitigation of risks. The platform offers tools for collecting disaster-related information, establishing a control tower for oversight, visualising impact on maps, assessing disaster situations, and constructing business continuity management systems. This facilitates efficient organisation and sharing of corporate data internally.

Tential

Debt Financing in 2024
Tential leverages AI to analyze purchasing behavior and deliver products tailored to individual customers' preferences.

Luup

Debt Financing in 2024
Luup, Inc., founded in 2018 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, specializes in electric micro-mobility sharing services. The company's primary offering is an app-based service that allows users to rent and return electric kickboards, e-scooters, and e-bikes at various ports across multiple cities including Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and Yokohama. Luup aims to provide a convenient and enjoyable travel experience by enabling customers to pick up and drop off vehicles at different locations through their application.

KOMPEITO

Debt Financing in 2024
KOMPEITO is a Tokyo-based platform that provides an office welfare service by enabling employees to order and receive fresh vegetables, fruits, and healthy foods delivered to their workplace. The online platform supports corporate health programs by offering on-demand fruit and vegetable delivery as well as healthy prepared meals sourced from convenience stores and restaurants, helping office workers eat healthily during the workday. Founded in 2012, the company focuses on convenient access to produce and nutritious options at the office, streamlining how employers support employee wellbeing.

RevComm

Debt Financing in 2024
RevComm is a Tokyo-based provider of AI-enabled voice and cloud services that aims to transform business communications. The company develops MiiTel, an AI-powered cloud IP phone that visualizes telephone sales and supports real-time voice analysis, transcription, and meeting insights. By integrating artificial intelligence with voice analytics for sales and customer support, RevComm seeks to improve communication efficiency, sales performance, and customer service while promoting meaningful and productive interactions.

Smart Education

Debt Financing in 2024
Smart Education develops educational apps focused on making learning fun and interactive. Its flagship product, Rhythm Book, is a music app for children that teaches rhythm through tapping along with popular songs. Available on iOS devices, it offers over 100 songs in English and Japanese, with additional content available for purchase via the internet.

Japan Culture and Technology

Debt Financing in 2024
Japan Culture and Technology assists artists and craftspeople in expanding their activities by providing IT support.

Mntsq

Debt Financing in 2024
MNTSQ is a legal tech venture company that provides products to law firms to streamline legal due diligence operations.

Pixie Dust Technologies

Post in 2024
Pixie Dust Technologies, Inc. is a technology company based in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 2015. It specializes in the development of advanced computational technologies, particularly in phased array and digital fabrication. The company’s notable product is its ultrasonic phased array system, which enables the generation of force in mid-air, allowing for unique applications such as transporting objects without physical contact, delivering targeted sounds to individuals in a crowd, and directing guide dogs. Additionally, Pixie Dust Technologies creates innovative devices like Sound Hug, which combines music with light and vibration, and Sonorepro, a hair care device utilizing non-contact oscillating pressure stimulation. Other products include Vuevo, a service that visualizes conversations among multiple participants, and kikippa, a device designed for gamma wave sound therapy. Through its diverse offerings, the company aims to integrate technology seamlessly into everyday life, enhancing communication and interaction.

Voyt

Debt Financing in 2024
Voyt is an IT company specializing in the planning, operation, and development of audio software and computer systems. It focuses on enhancing workplace communication through a platform aimed at revitalizing work environments and stimulating the global economy. By providing services that minimize non-essential and stressful tasks for frontline workers, Voyt helps organizations create a more dynamic and engaging atmosphere, ultimately improving employee productivity and satisfaction.

YOUTRUST

Debt Financing in 2024
YOUTRUST is a human resource startup to operate a referral recruitment platform for side-job change.

Openrec

Debt Financing in 2024
Openrec is a live-streaming platform specializing in game commentary and online event broadcasting.

YADOKARI

Debt Financing in 2024
YADOKARI is a real estate consulting company specializing in the design and construction of mobile properties, tiny houses, and community buildings. The company focuses on optimizing idle real estate and creating movable structures, offering comprehensive planning and development services. Additionally, YADOKARI supports community development through events and provides facility management services. By connecting new space owners with operators, the company enhances regional development and offers business consulting, enabling clients to access a range of support and financial services tailored to their housing needs.

primeNumber

Venture Round in 2024
primeNumber Inc. is a technology company based in Yokohama, Japan, founded in 2015. It specializes in developing data transfer support and data engineering solutions, offering a range of services including data acquisition, aggregation, and machine learning. The company provides a software-as-a-service (SaaS) data integration service that automates the data acquisition process, as well as a general-purpose platform as a service (PaaS) designed to optimize data utilization. Additionally, primeNumber offers consultation services that encompass data analysis, business planning support, and advertising product planning. Through its innovative solutions, primeNumber aims to create an environment where businesses can efficiently leverage data to drive advanced technologies and unique ideas.

Smart Bank

Debt Financing in 2024
Smart Bank is a software company that has developed an application for money spending management. It offers a chargeable prepaid card and an app that automatically records and visualizes spending, helping users manage their expenses effectively.

Sharing Energy

Debt Financing in 2024
Founded in 2018, Sharing Energy is a Tokyo-based company specializing in the research and development of energy management services. It provides innovative solutions for storing and utilizing energy, offering users sustainable power supply options through its Share Denki service.

Trustart

Debt Financing in 2024
Trustart engages in real estate research business and real estate big data provision. The company offers real estate big data and big data subscriptions.

SANU

Debt Financing in 2024
SANU operates a subscription-based platform offering access to second homes and residences in natural environments. It aims to promote sustainable coexistence between people and nature by providing subscribers with regular opportunities to enjoy nature as an extension of their urban lifestyle.

TechMagic

Series C in 2024
TechMagic is a developer of innovative cooking robots aimed at automating culinary tasks in the food industry. By leveraging artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotics, the company addresses labor costs and enhances productivity for restaurants. Its automatic cooking solution is designed to streamline kitchen operations, allowing businesses to reduce reliance on human labor while maintaining high efficiency. TechMagic's mission is to integrate advanced technologies into daily life, ultimately creating a richer lifestyle through the automation of routine tasks.

Dgloss

Debt Financing in 2024
Dgloss provides results-based tele-appointment agency services using a CRM system to assess client needs and provide the optimal option.

PowerX

Debt Financing in 2024
PowerX is a Tokyo-based company focused on advancing power transfer technology to facilitate the use of renewable energy sources. Established on March 22, 2021, PowerX manufactures innovative power transfer ships designed to enhance the global adoption of clean energy. These vessels utilize electric carriers powered by offshore wind energy to transport renewable power from offshore locations to coastal areas in Japan. By enabling efficient energy transfer, PowerX aims to support the transition to sustainable energy solutions.

Trinity Technology

Debt Financing in 2024
Trinity Technology is technology company that provides services related to asset protection and inheritance planning.

LocationMind

Debt Financing in 2024
Founded in 2019, LocationMind specializes in AI-driven software solutions for human flow analysis. It offers products like xPop (a SaaS dashboard) and MobMap (for time-series data analysis), serving diverse industries. The company's expertise lies in spatial information engineering and predictive analytics.

Enpay

Debt Financing in 2023
Enpay is a fintech company that offers a software as a service platform for cashless, paperless collection operations. The platform enables the digital flow of money, bills, and payments, supporting the collection process from planning and development to operation and billing. It provides tools to collect, manage, and process payments electronically through computer and smartphone, reducing reliance on cash and paper and facilitating streamlined billing workflows.

Utill

Debt Financing in 2023
Utill, founded in 2015 and based in Tokyo, Japan, is a company that specializes in web design and application development. It provides a range of services including production business, which encompasses LP production, HP/site creation, graphic design, web service development, and system development. Additionally, Utill offers in-house services such as "Web Secretary" for web production consultation, "Video Secretary" for video production consultation, and "System Secretary" for system development consultation. These services are designed to help businesses effectively promote their digital transformation (DX) initiatives.

Jiraffe

Debt Financing in 2023
Founded in 2014, Jiraffe operates online platforms that facilitate price comparisons and transactions for iPhone repairs, parts replacement, and smartphone purchases. Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, the company aims to empower customers with informed buying decisions.

Luup

Debt Financing in 2023
Luup, Inc., founded in 2018 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, specializes in electric micro-mobility sharing services. The company's primary offering is an app-based service that allows users to rent and return electric kickboards, e-scooters, and e-bikes at various ports across multiple cities including Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and Yokohama. Luup aims to provide a convenient and enjoyable travel experience by enabling customers to pick up and drop off vehicles at different locations through their application.

Kickflow

Debt Financing in 2023
Kickflow is an IT firm offering a cloud-based workflow service designed to accelerate management processes and drive business growth. Its flexible tool caters to medium and large enterprises, streamlining task management by aligning with company-specific organizational structures, approval routes, and internal rules.

Spectee

Debt Financing in 2023
Spectee operates an online news platform that curates and publishes real-time social media user-generated video content. Utilizing proprietary AI technology, Spectee accelerates news analysis and delivery, focusing on significant events like natural disasters. It collaborates with other companies to enhance its service and licenses content for broadcasters.

Taian

Debt Financing in 2023
Taian specializes in bridal industry services and software. It provides tools for wedding planning and guest management, including designable invitations and seating charts aligned with a couple's theme, and a system to display guest information. It also offers a digital marketing platform that supports post-wedding experiences by delivering CRM-driven promotions for wedding businesses, such as web invitations and seating order lists, with the aim of encouraging guests to visit on-site venues and generating repeat business.

Vuild

Debt Financing in 2023
Vuild, Inc. is an architectural technology company based in Kanagawa, Japan, founded in 2017. It specializes in wood processing services and the design and manufacture of both outdoor and indoor furniture for commercial and residential use. Vuild focuses on creating customized furniture tailored to various environments, including factories, gardens, offices, and apartments. Additionally, the company develops a cloud service called EMARF, aimed at supporting designers and architects. By leveraging digital fabrication technology, Vuild seeks to transform the building industry, offering a platform that integrates digital architecture and decentralized manufacturing. This approach includes providing high-performance digital woodworking equipment and facilitating participatory design processes, thereby enhancing the capabilities of forestry workers, contractors, and educational institutions in managing their operations.

Kintone

Seed Round in 2023
Fellow Group’s VERACITY is an electric mobility brand that customizes high-performance electric kick scooters to meet Japanese lifestyle standards. Alongside mobility solutions, Fellow Group specializes in business systems, web applications, IoT systems, AI, and data analysis support. The company’s goal is to provide integrated, innovative solutions that enhance ease of use, functionality, and efficiency across multiple tech sectors.

ACALL

Debt Financing in 2023
ACALL is a company that specializes in providing a Smart Office platform aimed at creating safe, secure, and comfortable work environments anywhere. By leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT), ACALL automates and enhances experiences within various workspaces. The platform facilitates a seamless blend of office work and remote work, allowing users to manage employees and conference rooms efficiently. Additionally, it enables the flexible design of living and working environments tailored to individual needs.

Nealle

Debt Financing in 2023
Nealle is a mobility software company that provides an online platform to simplify parking management. It focuses on strategy planning and development of parking-related services. The platform enables property owners and businesses to recruit parking spaces, handle contract procedures, collect fees, and manage corporate vehicle parking arrangements, while helping drivers access parking with ease. The solution aims to streamline operations and optimize parking resources through a single system.

Sarah

Debt Financing in 2023
SARAH Inc. is a Tokyo-based company established in 2014 that focuses on developing a mobile application designed for exploring and sharing restaurant menu images. This application allows users to discover culinary options by searching through menu-based posts and offers a platform for users to share recommendations and suggestions regarding various dishes. By listing restaurants that serve diverse cuisines, SARAH Inc. facilitates a unique dining experience, enabling users to select their dining destinations based on specific menu items and personal preferences.

Happy Quality

Debt Financing in 2023
Happy Quality Co., Ltd., established in 2015 and headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan, specializes in agricultural support and wholesale of fruits and vegetables. The company focuses on the production of melons and tomatoes, utilizing innovative farm technology to address industry challenges such as population aging and skill loss. This technology employs big data and optical sensors to achieve low-cost, high-quality production, helping to preserve agricultural craftsmanship for future generations.

Connected Robotics

Series B in 2023
Connected Robotics Inc., founded in 2014 and based in Koganei-shi, Japan, specializes in designing and manufacturing robotic arms for enterprises. Their flagship product, OctoChef, is a cooking robot designed to address labor shortages in the restaurant industry. Utilizing artificial intelligence, image processing, and robot control technologies, OctoChef aims to enhance efficiency and worker satisfaction by automating kitchen tasks. The company serves a variety of clients, including individual restaurants, shopping malls, stations, service areas, amusement centers, and large-scale events, providing fun and healthy meal options while contributing to societal improvements.

Ubie

Debt Financing in 2022
Ubie, Inc. is a Tokyo-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in developing artificial intelligence-powered healthcare solutions. Its core offering is an AI-driven symptom checker that generates personalized evaluation reports for patients. Through a brief questionnaire that customizes its inquiries based on factors such as biological sex, age, medical history, and lifestyle choices, the tool aims to assist users in understanding potential causes of their symptoms. In addition to providing patients with detailed reports, Ubie also supplies physicians with patient summaries and predictive diagnoses to enhance clinical decision-making.

RT Corporation

Debt Financing in 2022
RT Corporation is a Japanese company based in Chiyoda-ku, established in 2005, that focuses on the development and sale of robots and their components. The company offers a diverse range of products, including army-type robots and micro mouse robots, such as the CRANE-X7 and RIC90, as well as various service robots tailored to meet both domestic and international needs. In addition to manufacturing, RT Corporation provides services in robot development, hardware and software development, and contract manufacturing. With the growing demand for robotics fueled by advancements in artificial intelligence, RT Corporation aims to innovate and expand its offerings in the service robot sector.

Jiraffe

Debt Financing in 2022
Founded in 2014, Jiraffe operates online platforms that facilitate price comparisons and transactions for iPhone repairs, parts replacement, and smartphone purchases. Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, the company aims to empower customers with informed buying decisions.

Umitron

Debt Financing in 2022
Umitron is a data company specializing in aquaculture. It supports fish farmers by optimizing feed usage through data analytics, reducing costs and promoting sustainable practices.

Luup

Debt Financing in 2022
Luup, Inc., founded in 2018 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, specializes in electric micro-mobility sharing services. The company's primary offering is an app-based service that allows users to rent and return electric kickboards, e-scooters, and e-bikes at various ports across multiple cities including Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and Yokohama. Luup aims to provide a convenient and enjoyable travel experience by enabling customers to pick up and drop off vehicles at different locations through their application.

Synspective

Debt Financing in 2022
Synspective specializes in developing and operating small synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites, providing SAR data and remote monitoring services. It caters to urban design, infrastructure, energy, insurance, finance sectors, and government agencies.

SORABITO

Venture Round in 2021
Founded in 2014, SORABITO operates ALLSTOCKER, an online marketplace for trading used construction equipment and machinery. It facilitates the buying and selling of items such as excavators, wheel loaders, dozers, and other heavy machinery, promoting recycling and environmental conservation.

FSX

Debt Financing in 2021
FSX is a company specializing in the rental of hand towels, focusing on enhancing user experience through innovative materials and processing techniques. It manufactures hand towels designed to relieve tension and rejuvenate users, incorporating patented technology for adding fragrance and antiviral or antibacterial properties. This emphasis on hygiene management and quality assurance allows FSX to provide clients with effective solutions for maintaining cleanliness and comfort. Through its development of specialized processing machines and materials, FSX aims to meet the evolving needs of consumers in the hand towel rental market.

Lean on Me

Venture Round in 2021
Lean on Me Co., Ltd. is an Osaka-based company founded in 2014 that specializes in e-learning services designed for individuals with disabilities. The organization focuses on enhancing awareness and understanding of intellectual disabilities, aiming to foster an inclusive society where people with such disabilities can actively participate. In addition to its e-learning offerings, Lean on Me provides tennis classes specifically tailored for intellectually disabled individuals. The company is committed to promoting employment opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities and actively supports charity events to further its mission.

CureApp

Series D in 2021
CureApp, Inc. is a Tokyo-based digital health startup founded in 2014, specializing in the development of mobile applications aimed at treating various diseases. The company is recognized for its innovative approach to healthcare, particularly with its nicotine addiction treatment app launched in February 2015, which was developed in collaboration with the Division of Pulmonary Medicine at Keio University’s School of Medicine. CureApp’s platform not only promotes clinical trials but also focuses on providing real-time, personalized guidance for lifestyle diseases through a cloud-based system that analyzes daily activity logs. This enables patients to manage their conditions more effectively, addressing health issues that are often overlooked by traditional medications and devices.

Okage

Venture Round in 2021
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.

Fairy Devices

Series B in 2021
Founded in 2007, Fairy Devices specializes in research and development of machine learning for audio and voice recognition. It offers mimi, a cloud-based API service for voice dialogue systems, and Fairy I/O hardware for voice input/output. The company's technology enables natural human-machine communication, with applications including speech recognition, translation, synthesis, and emotion detection.

Japan Platform of Industrial Transformation

Seed Round in 2020
Japan Platform for Industrial Transformation reinvests the cash flow generated by productivity improvements, which eventually leads to wage increases and the revitalization of the local economy through increased consumption. Equity investment and management of affiliated group companies with the goal of increasing long-term and sustainable corporate and business values.

Epsilon Molecular Engineering

Series A in 2020
Founded in 2016, Epsilon Molecular Engineering specializes in drug discovery and development for antibodies and peptides. It offers contracted research services in biotechnology, consulting, and bioinformatics information management.

OpenLogi

Series C 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.

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.

Ken Robotec

Venture Round in 2020
Ken Robotec provides labor-saving solutions that promote productivity improvement and reduce the burden on workers at construction sites. They contribute to the evolution and development of the construction industry. The objective of Ken Robotec is to create a joyful construction site where robots and humans may collaborate.

ANSeeN

Series B in 2020
ANSeeN develops radiation sensing devices for non-destructive inspection. Their product range includes panel detectors, x-ray line sensors, x-ray image sensors, color cameras, and radiation spectrometers, enabling clients to ensure safe, automated, and unattended inspections.

ANSeeN

Debt Financing in 2020
ANSeeN develops radiation sensing devices for non-destructive inspection. Their product range includes panel detectors, x-ray line sensors, x-ray image sensors, color cameras, and radiation spectrometers, enabling clients to ensure safe, automated, and unattended inspections.

Photo Electron Soul

Venture Round in 2020
Founded in Nagoya, Japan in 2015, Photo Electron Soul specializes in developing and managing photocathode electron beam systems. The company manufactures an electron beam generating apparatus using semiconductor photocathode technology, aiming to innovate fine observation and processing across various industries.

SmartHR

Venture Round in 2020
SmartHR, Inc. is a Tokyo-based company that specializes in developing cloud-based human resources management software. Founded in 2013, SmartHR provides a comprehensive platform designed to automate procedures related to social insurance and employment insurance. The software enables users to fill out online forms and generate digital versions of essential documents such as pension and employment insurance paperwork, which can be submitted electronically. By offering a suite of technology-enabled solutions for employee management, talent management, and overall HR administration, SmartHR caters to a wide range of businesses, from large enterprises to small and medium-sized enterprises. Through its innovative approach, SmartHR aims to streamline HR processes and enhance employee productivity.

Div

Debt Financing in 2020
Div Inc. is a Tokyo-based company founded in 2012 that specializes in providing programming education through its TECH::CAMP initiative. It offers short-term intensive training courses designed to equip students with the skills needed to become proficient engineers. Div operates programming schools in both online and classroom formats, catering to a diverse range of learners. The company's primary objective is to transform inexperienced individuals into professional engineers capable of pursuing careers in technology, particularly in web design. Through its comprehensive curriculum, Div aims to facilitate the transition from novice to skilled practitioner in the software programming field.

Div

Debt Financing in 2020
Div Inc. is a Tokyo-based company founded in 2012 that specializes in providing programming education through its TECH::CAMP initiative. It offers short-term intensive training courses designed to equip students with the skills needed to become proficient engineers. Div operates programming schools in both online and classroom formats, catering to a diverse range of learners. The company's primary objective is to transform inexperienced individuals into professional engineers capable of pursuing careers in technology, particularly in web design. Through its comprehensive curriculum, Div aims to facilitate the transition from novice to skilled practitioner in the software programming field.

Terra Labo

Venture Round in 2020
Terra Labo Co., Ltd. is a Japanese company based in Kasugai that specializes in the design and manufacture of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Established in 2014, Terra Labo focuses on developing fixed-wing, rotary-wing, and vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) drones primarily for disaster management services. The company offers a range of consulting services and technologies, including surveillance drones and ground assistance systems, which enhance aerial surveillance capabilities. Additionally, Terra Labo engages in research and development related to environmental monitoring, disaster prevention, geological studies, and resource management. Its innovations facilitate the collection and sharing of vital data, thereby supporting various sectors such as fisheries, forestry, and regional information analysis.

Cinnamon AI

Series C in 2020
Cinnamon AI is a company that develops artificial intelligence-based business platforms aimed at enhancing human potential by automating repetitive tasks. Its platform features a sophisticated computer system that mimics human intelligence, incorporating elements such as academic knowledge, recognition, and judgment. This system assists users in selecting appropriate and adaptable correspondence based on accumulated data patterns, tailored to specific partners and circumstances. By streamlining these processes, Cinnamon AI enables users to focus on more creative and strategic endeavors, ultimately improving productivity and efficiency in the workplace.

BizteX

Series C in 2020
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.

Takex

Venture Round in 2020
Takex is a food-grade halal ethanol sanitizer manufacturer. They manufacture bamboo-based anti-bacterial sanitizers and food shelf-life extenders. It serves hotels, restaurants, central kitchens, and hospitals. Their products include food-grade sanitizers, deodorizers, and freshness-keeping agents.

AIQ

Series B in 2020
AIQ Corporation, established in 2017 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, specializes in developing an online platform that focuses on the planning, development, and sales of artificial intelligence and software technologies. The company's platform is designed to visualize and analyze market insights using profiling AI, helping to identify potential customers with high lifetime value (LTV). Additionally, AIQ offers services such as customer satisfaction surveys and investigates customer attributes in research and development, as well as marketing fields.

AIQ

Series B in 2020
AIQ aims to transform the way offline content is being consumed by bridging O2O (offline to online) media properties with its latest cutting-edge Computer Vision AI Technology where multiple platforms and channels can be integrated, allowing seamless interaction between online & offline content. AIQ's Video & Visual Recognition Technology empowers consumers with the ability to interact with their favourite brand’s & products, any where, any time. At AIQ, we redefine the way brands engage with customers because, we can.

VPP Japan

Venture Round in 2020
VPP Japan Inc., established in Tokyo in June 2017, specializes in renewable energy management. The company generates, transmits, and distributes electricity using solar power plants, serving both residential and commercial customers. Its core service is a self-consumption type solar power generation system that maximizes clean energy usage, regardless of sunshine hours, by integrating future storage services. This enables clients to transition to renewable energy sources, reducing their carbon dioxide emissions and enhancing disaster resistance.

Sun Asterisk

Debt Financing in 2020
Sun Asterisk is a digital creative studio focused on promoting industrial digitalization. The company offers services that support startups through various methodologies including design thinking, lean startup principles, and agile development. Additionally, Sun Asterisk provides recruiting services to help businesses find the talent they need.

bellFace

Venture Round in 2020
bellFace Inc. is a technology company based in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 2015. It specializes in developing a web-based platform that facilitates video conferencing and business negotiation activities, particularly for business-to-business sales and customer support. The platform requires no login or installation, allowing users to connect within five seconds directly through their web browsers. It features a patented audio system that utilizes telephone lines to ensure clear communication without interruptions common in conventional web meeting systems. bellFace also includes functionalities such as document sharing and a script feature, creating an experience akin to face-to-face interactions. This system is specifically designed to support remote sales across various sectors, including banking and securities, enhancing the efficiency of inside sales teams.

Kamomeya

Seed Round in 2019
KAMOMEYA Inc. is a Japanese company established in 2015 and headquartered in Takamatsu. It specializes in the design and manufacture of drones tailored for logistics, telemedicine, and the transportation of medical supplies. The company offers a range of drone solutions, including land, sea, and aerial vehicles, aimed at facilitating the delivery of parcels to remote islands and improving transportation efficiency. KAMOMEYA's innovative drone platform also encompasses services such as aerial photography, surveying, inspection, and disaster prevention, allowing clients to benefit from advanced unmanned transportation technologies.

Repro

Debt Financing in 2019
Founded in Tokyo, Japan in 2014, Repro develops a mobile analytics solution that provides insights into app users' behavior through play-by-play videos. It offers application growth support consulting and in-app messaging services to improve conversion rates and enhance user engagement.

unilabo

Series A in 2019
Unilabo, Inc. is a Tokyo-based company that operates a business-to-business ordering platform designed to enhance supplier discovery. Founded in 2012, Unilabo provides a comprehensive search service that features detailed characteristics, achievements, and service information of suppliers, subcontractors, and outsourcing companies that are often overlooked in traditional search methods. The platform allows users to compare service offerings and pricing across various fields, including IT, sales and marketing, general affairs, and international expansion. By streamlining the supplier selection process, Unilabo aims to facilitate better business collaborations and informed decision-making for its users.

Amanek

Debt Financing in 2019
Amanek is a real estate company that specializes in hotel development, investment, and management.

Pixie Dust Technologies

Debt Financing in 2019
Pixie Dust Technologies, Inc. is a technology company based in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 2015. It specializes in the development of advanced computational technologies, particularly in phased array and digital fabrication. The company’s notable product is its ultrasonic phased array system, which enables the generation of force in mid-air, allowing for unique applications such as transporting objects without physical contact, delivering targeted sounds to individuals in a crowd, and directing guide dogs. Additionally, Pixie Dust Technologies creates innovative devices like Sound Hug, which combines music with light and vibration, and Sonorepro, a hair care device utilizing non-contact oscillating pressure stimulation. Other products include Vuevo, a service that visualizes conversations among multiple participants, and kikippa, a device designed for gamma wave sound therapy. Through its diverse offerings, the company aims to integrate technology seamlessly into everyday life, enhancing communication and interaction.

Xenodata lab

Debt Financing in 2019
Xenodata Lab, Co., Ltd., founded in 2012 and based in Tokyo, Japan, specializes in artificial intelligence-driven data analysis. The company develops a platform that transforms unstructured data from financial reports into structured, table-format data, enhancing accuracy and accessibility for users. By focusing on economic forecasts and financial document analysis, Xenodata Lab enables businesses to effectively interpret and utilize information following financial results announcements. The company aims to advance the financial industry through innovative technology and the efficient processing of data, emphasizing the potential of AI to enhance human decision-making in this sector.

S-Mat

Corporate Round in 2019
S-Mat is an innovative company specializing in eco-friendly Internet of Things (IoT) solutions for grocery shopping and inventory management. It has developed a shopping portal that simplifies the purchasing process by allowing users to compare prices from major e-commerce platforms. The system incorporates a smart mat that detects the weight of inventory items, automatically tracking quantities and storing this data in the cloud. Once supplies run low, the smart mat initiates automatic reordering, relieving users of the burden of managing daily necessities. By merging technology with sustainability, S-Mat aims to enhance the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of grocery shopping and inventory management.

Canadian Solar

Post in 2016
Canadian Solar Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells solar ingots, wafers, cells, modules, and other solar power products and develops solar energy projects worldwide. The company operates two segments: Module and System Solutions (MSS), which designs and sells solar modules, specialty modules, system kits, and related components, and provides engineering, procurement and construction and operation and maintenance services; and Energy, which develops, owns, and operates solar power plants and sells electricity. MSS also offers energy solutions such as inverters and energy storage systems for utility, commercial, and residential applications. The company serves distributors, system integrators, project developers, and EPC companies across North America, South America, Europe, and other regions. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Guelph, Canada, Canadian Solar markets its products under its brand and pursues global solar and storage projects, including utility-scale and residential deployments.

CellSeed

Venture Round in 2005
CellSeed specializes in regenerative medicine, developing products primarily for Japan and Europe. Its portfolio includes epithelial cell sheets for corneal and esophageal regeneration, cardiac patches for heart diseases, periodontal tissue regeneration, and cartilage sheets for treating osteoarthritis.

Ubie

Ubie, Inc. is a Tokyo-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in developing artificial intelligence-powered healthcare solutions. Its core offering is an AI-driven symptom checker that generates personalized evaluation reports for patients. Through a brief questionnaire that customizes its inquiries based on factors such as biological sex, age, medical history, and lifestyle choices, the tool aims to assist users in understanding potential causes of their symptoms. In addition to providing patients with detailed reports, Ubie also supplies physicians with patient summaries and predictive diagnoses to enhance clinical decision-making.

Japan Culture and Technology

Japan Culture and Technology assists artists and craftspeople in expanding their activities by providing IT support.
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