Accord Ventures

Accord Ventures is a venture capital firm that believes in and supports the potential of Asian entrepreneurs. It has invested in more than 50 startups in Japan, the United States, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia, and new technologies that bring new value to society, such as IoT, AI, and fintech, with a focus on platform businesses that utilize IT technology. And new services are supported.

Fumihiko Ishimaru

Founder and CEO

Tomoya Suzuki

Director

Mizuki, Takayuki

Director

Yosuke Uchida

Partner and Director

34 past transactions

Mawari

Seed Round in 2023
Mawari, Inc. is a pioneer in cloud rendering and streaming technology for interactive AR experiences. Mawari provides an AR-focused streaming SDK that renders 3D content in the cloud and delivers it efficiently to devices. Core to the AR Streaming SDK is Mawari’s unique, patent-pending compression technology that minimizes the weight of 3D content and enables real-time rendering and streaming to smartphones and AR glasses.

Galapagos Japan

Seed Round in 2020
Galapagos is a manufacturing company that focuses on results.They trying to create an application that produces results in the application market where only good things are evaluated.

Gtriip

Series B in 2020
Gtriip uses deep learning neural networks to verify the identity of a guest. The photo ID of the guest will be matched against their smartphone selfie for authentication. This provides a truly contactless experience for hotel guests, office staffs and visitors. Gtriip serves 30,000 rooms and access points of customer hotels and offices, and is backed by Global Brain, KDDI Open Innovation Fund, Keppel Corporation, M1 Limited, National University of Singapore, and Accord Ventures.

Housmart

Series C in 2020
Housmart is a property investment media firm that blends real estate experience, design, and technology to advance the idea of housing into one that is more liberating. For the purpose of real estate brokerage sales, they create a system for property proposals. Customers can accelerate property business and gain turnover according to the company's technology, which automatically emails sales personnel suggestions for recently sold condos that satisfy customer needs.

StoreHub

Series A in 2020
StoreHub is the operating system of successful omnichannel businesses. The platform enables retail and F&B entrepreneurs to automate the growth of their revenue and customer base, as well as the entire process of running their operations. As a venture-backed startup, they have been growing exponentially over the last 6 years and now serve over 12,000 businesses across Southeast Asia from their offices in Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai, Manila, and Bangkok. Its goal is to build a culture of meaningful work, where every person on the team works towards a shared vision while engaging their role in a personally satisfying manner. The people who succeed with them are most clearly defined by their competency and humility. These are the values that are most important to them and they expect this of every team member at StoreHub starting with their leadership team.

Spider Labs

Series A in 2019
Spider AF is an ad fraud detection tool that detects, blocks, and protects web advertisements from fraudulent clicks and conversions. Advertisers can easily detect fraudulent activity across published ads using centralized fraud management and advanced automation. Spider AF provides complete transparency in digital advertising, allowing advertisers to track ad placement, identify fraudulent behaviors, and analyze clean - fraud-free data. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Flow Solutions

Seed Round in 2019
Flow Solutions develops an AI-powered platform to provide alternatives to retail businesses. Their platform uses and integrates data acquired from retail analytic tools to give retail executives. They provide IoT and retail data sources for data communication across retail chains while using AI to enable data-centric decision-making.

Interviewer.AI

Seed Round in 2019
Modern hiring demands go beyond resumes—soft skills are now critical, with Deloitte estimating that two-thirds of all jobs will require them by 2030. However, traditional hiring methods struggle to assess these skills efficiently. At Interviewer.AI, we bridge this gap by integrating AI-driven assessments into the early hiring stages, helping recruiters and hiring managers quickly identify top talent from hundreds of applications. Our platform combines natural language processing, computer vision, and voice analytics to deliver structured, data-driven insights while reducing screening time by up to 80%. By eliminating bias and automating repetitive tasks, we empower recruiters to focus on what truly matters—human connection and decision-making. Interviewer.AI is reshaping the $265B global hiring market, tapping into a $110B pre-screening opportunity. Our platform has seen rapid adoption, with a growing base of recruiters and thousands of candidates engaging every month. Backed by industry leaders from Google, Intel, and LinkedIn, we are building the future of AI-powered hiring—where efficiency meets fairness to help organizations hire smarter, faster, and better.

WOBB

Seed Round in 2019
They help jobseekers find the perfect work culture for them, and they have a community of some of the most modern companies operating in Malaysia right now. Visit us on www.wobb.my.

O:

Venture Round in 2019
O: is Information technology company attempting to visualize the human circadian clock through an original IoT device.

Luminoso

Series B in 2018
Luminoso is a new way for computers to understand language. They're the shortest route from your text to actionable business intelligence.

Housmart

Series A in 2018
Housmart is a property investment media firm that blends real estate experience, design, and technology to advance the idea of housing into one that is more liberating. For the purpose of real estate brokerage sales, they create a system for property proposals. Customers can accelerate property business and gain turnover according to the company's technology, which automatically emails sales personnel suggestions for recently sold condos that satisfy customer needs.

Cicil

Series A in 2018
Cicil is a developer of a platform for financing education loans made to meet the demands of students and educational institutions. Their platform helps university students with their credit needs by helping them fill out the application form, analyze their credit scores, and get their finances approved. It also offers financial services to students who need to pay for their tuition and other expenses like laptops, allowing them to pay over time through various e-commerce platforms without the use of a credit card.

Roby

Seed Round in 2018
Roby is a chat/voice-enabled software that handles all requests, automates repetitive tasks, eliminates miscommunication, and reduces resolution time to increase employee satisfaction. It works by simplifying and automating tasks such as employee QAs, room booking, facility requests, and IT support allowing you to focus on what really matters. Roby is a Techstars 2018 company. Its mission is to create an engaged, productive, and happy workplace for our customers by making their operation efficient, simple, and personalized.

LivingStyle

Venture Round in 2018
Living Style is a service provider that provides IT services for the interior industry. The company provides 3D technologies for the web. They empower clients to choose a floor plan arrangement through interior coordination.

KDAN

Series A in 2018
KDAN specializes in AI-driven workflow and data solutions that enhance operational efficiency and organizational agility. The company offers a range of digital tools, including document management and e-signature services, to support business growth and decision-making.

BrightTable

Series A in 2018
BrightTable provides a gourmet concierge app that automates table reservation process. It requires users to enter the name of the restaurant, the date and time, and the number of people who will be dining. The app will call the restaurant and book a table, allowing foodies and socialites to make reservations at restaurants in a convenient and hassle-free manner. BrightTable was founded in February 2012 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

StoreHub

Series A in 2018
StoreHub is the operating system of successful omnichannel businesses. The platform enables retail and F&B entrepreneurs to automate the growth of their revenue and customer base, as well as the entire process of running their operations. As a venture-backed startup, they have been growing exponentially over the last 6 years and now serve over 12,000 businesses across Southeast Asia from their offices in Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai, Manila, and Bangkok. Its goal is to build a culture of meaningful work, where every person on the team works towards a shared vision while engaging their role in a personally satisfying manner. The people who succeed with them are most clearly defined by their competency and humility. These are the values that are most important to them and they expect this of every team member at StoreHub starting with their leadership team.

AI CROSS

Venture Round in 2017
AI CROSS is an internet company that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help enterprises communicate through mobile with their customers. AI CROSS is also a leading messaging service provider in Japan – The company has been providing 2-way SMS service since SMS interconnection between carriers has started here. It offers carrier direct connection to all major carriers in Japan. Combining its high-quality route with our expertise in messaging in Japan, they've got range of customers including SMS aggregators, app providers, finance, HR, and so on. AOS Mobile is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

TrendExpress

Series A in 2017
TrendExpress visualizes social big data all over the world and value by weekly reporting. The company's line of business also includes market research using social big data worldwide.

Zehitomo

Seed Round in 2017
Zehitomo is an Japanese online platform that enables user to hire local service professionals, from photographers to personal trainers.

Hands Share

Venture Round in 2017
Tsuklink Corporation plans, develops and designs services such as Japan's largest construction matching site.

Tsukulink

Seed Round in 2017
Tsukulink is a job match matching platform for Japan’s construction industry that offers job opportunities for construction workers.

LiveIn

Series A in 2017
The well-being of our workers and clients is taken seriously by LiveIn. We are pleased to note that as we are now on the frontlines, we have taken steps to take responsibility for the welfare of ourselves and the people we encounter. We are the largest online marketplace website for student accommodation with over 20000+ listings. With a strong team of experts, you are in good hands.

Good Moneyger

Venture Round in 2017
Good Moneyger provide financial education that incorporates gamification (we developed the "Asset Allocation" game, where you can play and learn about finance in a research course at the University of Tokyo). We also operate media that can learn about finance.

AsiaYo

Series A in 2017
Founded in June 2013 and based in Taipei, AsiaYo is an online room booking platform offering people a chance to discover over 60,000 uniquely designed accommodations covering 60 cities in Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Thailand, and Hong Kong. Growing quickly, AsiaYo offers local hosts a chance to utilize their unused space, opening it to an international audience. Learn more at: www.asiayo.com

Sprocket

Series A in 2017
Sprocket is a web-based customer development platform that delivers the latest digital marketing information.

Peatix

Series C in 2016
Peatix is a global event registration platform that provides event organizers with powerful tools to create, promote, manage and sell out events of all sizes. Peatix’s innovative, mobile-centric solution for event management has served over 30,000 events since its inception in May 2011. From concerts to conferences, and everything in between, Peatix empowers organizers while enriching the event experience for attendees through social interactions and event discovery in its mobile applications (iPhone, Android) and mobile website. And thanks to the lowest ticketing fees available, and fully customizable event pages, event organizers can promote, sell tickets, and manage their events with considerable ease. Peatix launched in 2011 in Japan, and expanded into the United States and Singapore in 2013. The company's investors include Fidelity Growth Partners Japan, 500 Startups, Digital Garage, Sunbridge Partners, and ZenShin Capital. Peatix Global Locations: Tokyo, Japan [Peatix Japan K.K. ] A-PLACE Shibuya Konno, 8th floor, 3-3-1 Shibuya,Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0002,Japan Singapore [Peatix Asia Pte. Ltd.] 1 Paya Lebar Link, #4-01, Singapore 408533 Malaysia [Peatix Malaysia Sdn. Bhd] c/o Common Ground, G.016, The Square, Jaya One, 72A, Jln Profesor Diraja Ungku Aziz, Seksyen 13, 46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor

Veldt

Seed Round in 2016
Veldt offer wearable products, IoT products and services under the VELDT brand with a clear concept and functional design. The first product we launched was a smart watch, VELDT SERENDIPITY. Their design concept of regaining the excess time spent on your smartphone, in order to spend it looking around and discovering something new, has received positive appraisals worldwide.

LivingStyle

Series A in 2016
Living Style is a service provider that provides IT services for the interior industry. The company provides 3D technologies for the web. They empower clients to choose a floor plan arrangement through interior coordination.

Paradise Ware

Venture Round in 2015
Paradise Ware is an IT consulting firm that provides project management training and software development services.

Spika

Seed Round in 2015
Spica Inc. operates Nailbook, a photo-sharing service that offers a wide range of photos of nail art designs. It was founded in April 2014 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
Uncover Truth is an analytics company that offers data visualization and content analytics services through the web and mobile.
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