Pacific Meta
Series A in 2025
Pacific Meta is a tech startup developing a web3 platform to advise businesses on blockchain technology implementation. It specializes in product localization for the Japanese market and community management services, assisting businesses in social media promotion and collaborations with crypto influencers.
Any is a developer of a cloud-based knowledge-sharing tool designed to centralize and streamline information within organizations. This tool features a Q&A-style and memo-style interface that allows users to efficiently store and access internal information. It is particularly beneficial for new employees, providing them with quick answers to their queries, which enhances productivity and reduces the time spent on repetitive inquiries. By facilitating effective knowledge sharing, Any empowers organizations to foster individual growth and improve overall profitability, transitioning from reliance on intuition to a more structured approach to information management.
Find is a software company that provides cloud development and operation services.
ZABoooN is a shipping company that specializes in maritime solutions, providing services in crew labor management, movement management, and ship management. The company has developed a platform that streamlines the connection between ships and land operations, allowing for efficient management of maritime logistics. Its ship management function simplifies the attendance registration process for seafarers, enabling users to record attendance with a single tap on a smartphone or tablet. This innovation automatically generates a labor-management record book, enhancing operational efficiency and reducing costs for clients through cloud-based services.
COMICSMART
Series A in 2024
Comic Smart is animation production business that develops exclusive manga and anime content.
Turing develops and manufactures fully autonomous vehicles.
SISI
Venture Round in 2024
SISI is a company that specializes in the manufacture of personal skincare products, focusing on the integration of naturally derived ingredients with scientific principles. They offer a range of beauty products crafted from natural components sourced globally. In addition to their product offerings, SISI provides a skin analysis program conducted by a skin expert, allowing customers to receive personalized recommendations for their skincare needs. The company also operates an online platform for the sale of its beauty products, ensuring convenient delivery to customers.
Biophilia
Series B in 2024
Biophilia Inc., founded in August 2017 and based in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, specializes in producing and delivering high-quality, fresh, and natural food for dogs. The company focuses on domestic handmade dog food that is carefully supervised by veterinarians to meet stringent nutritional standards. Utilizing fresh domestic meat and vegetables, Biophilia ensures that their products maintain optimal aroma, color, and nutritional value. In addition to its core offerings in pet food, Biophilia also engages in consulting and internet service businesses, as well as consignment development, positioning itself as a multifaceted entity in the pet industry.
Aracan operates an online platform for evaluating and trading used cars. It employs qualified appraisers to assess vehicle conditions accurately, facilitating secure online transactions between users.
TapNow is a social networking platform.
LiLz is a technology startup that combines machine learning and the Internet of Things to reduce fieldwork. Its LiLz Gauge uses a low‑power camera to capture current analog meter readings, uploads images to the cloud, and performs character and image recognition, enabling analog meters to function like smart meters. The company is developing LiLz Sound Search, a service that detects signs of equipment abnormalities through audio signals. Its gauge‑watching cameras integrate machine learning and IoT to support site inspection and remote visual patrols, such as monitoring meters, helping businesses streamline operations and improve productivity. LiLz targets industries with manual measurement workflows, offering automated data capture, cloud storage, and remote monitoring to reduce on-site visits and enhance operational visibility.
PockeTalk
Venture Round in 2022
Pocketalk is a company specializing in the development and sale of language translation devices and software. Its flagship product is a pocket translator that supports simultaneous translation between two languages, utilizing advanced technology such as touch screens, noise-canceling microphones, and text-scanning cameras. The company's innovative approach includes the use of artificial intelligence to enhance voice translation capabilities, thereby addressing language barriers effectively. Pocketalk's solutions cater to a global audience, enabling seamless communication across multiple languages.
Novarca
Venture Round in 2022
Novarca is a cross-border marketing firm that provides data-driven marketing and promotion planning and execution support to help brands grow internationally, and also develops a global growth platform that combines market analysis, promotion, and distribution to enable businesses to optimize value chains and expand into international markets.
Pacific Meta
Venture Round in 2022
Pacific Meta is a tech startup developing a web3 platform to advise businesses on blockchain technology implementation. It specializes in product localization for the Japanese market and community management services, assisting businesses in social media promotion and collaborations with crypto influencers.
Kaleidoscope
Seed Round in 2022
Kaleidoscope is a collaborative, cloud-based research platform for organizing and tracking scientific activities.
RiceWine
Venture Round in 2022
RiceWine is a beverage manufacturer specializing in wine production. It offers an extensive range of original wine brands directly to customers.
Tokyo Factory
Series A in 2022
Tokyo Factory offers a cloud-based platform designed to streamline manufacturing information management across supply chains. It aims to enhance operational efficiency, facilitate skill transfer, improve delivery and quality, and reduce business travel by creating a centralized database of manufacturing information.
Turing develops and manufactures fully autonomous vehicles.
Turing
Venture Round in 2022
Turing is a manufacturer and provider of smart home products and systems.
Any is a developer of a cloud-based knowledge-sharing tool designed to centralize and streamline information within organizations. This tool features a Q&A-style and memo-style interface that allows users to efficiently store and access internal information. It is particularly beneficial for new employees, providing them with quick answers to their queries, which enhances productivity and reduces the time spent on repetitive inquiries. By facilitating effective knowledge sharing, Any empowers organizations to foster individual growth and improve overall profitability, transitioning from reliance on intuition to a more structured approach to information management.
ALT is an information processing service company . They provided sincere services. They offer application development, embedded control system development, and offshore. They offer offshore consignment business development in order to reduce the cost of the customer's SI business and software development business.
SISI is a company that specializes in the manufacture of personal skincare products, focusing on the integration of naturally derived ingredients with scientific principles. They offer a range of beauty products crafted from natural components sourced globally. In addition to their product offerings, SISI provides a skin analysis program conducted by a skin expert, allowing customers to receive personalized recommendations for their skincare needs. The company also operates an online platform for the sale of its beauty products, ensuring convenient delivery to customers.
Biophilia
Venture Round in 2021
Biophilia Inc., founded in August 2017 and based in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, specializes in producing and delivering high-quality, fresh, and natural food for dogs. The company focuses on domestic handmade dog food that is carefully supervised by veterinarians to meet stringent nutritional standards. Utilizing fresh domestic meat and vegetables, Biophilia ensures that their products maintain optimal aroma, color, and nutritional value. In addition to its core offerings in pet food, Biophilia also engages in consulting and internet service businesses, as well as consignment development, positioning itself as a multifaceted entity in the pet industry.
Galapagos Japan
Series A in 2021
Galapagos Co., Ltd. is a Tokyo-based company founded in 2009, specializing in AI-driven design and application development services. The firm provides solutions such as AIR Design, which focuses on marketing creative, and development services for mobile applications on iPhone and Android platforms. Galapagos aims to enhance the effectiveness of marketing technology by utilizing its platform to produce high-quality videos quickly and efficiently. The company supports its clients throughout the entire process, from planning and design to development and operation, thereby helping them achieve successful outcomes in a competitive application market.
Baby Job
Venture Round in 2021
Baby Job is a child-care services company that supports early education and parental needs. It provides nursery school management and related child-rearing support to reduce worries and free time for children. Its offerings include nursery school diaper flat-rate services and nursery school operation support, helping centers run efficiently while ensuring consistent care. In addition, Baby Job operates a disposable diaper subscription service for childcare centers, streamlining supply and reducing administrative burden for educators and families. Through these services, the company aims to improve the experience of child rearing and contribute to a society in which every child-rearing effort feels supported and joyful.
Toremoro
Venture Round in 2021
Toremoro Inc. is a technology company based in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 2018. It specializes in designing and developing a music application that captures and enhances a wide array of sounds, including natural noises, electronic sounds, instrumental music, and ASMR. The app serves as a platform for users to explore and interact with diverse auditory experiences from around the world, catering to growing interests in unique soundscapes.
UniFa
Funding Round in 2021
UniFa develops LookMee, an AI- and IoT-powered healthcare solution designed to track kindergarteners’ physical and mental growth. The system includes LookMee Nap Check, an IoT sensor for monitoring nap times; a smart thermometer for body temperature; and LookMee Photo, a data-sharing service that collects information from children at kindergarten to provide parents with regular updates on their child’s well-being.
Plott
Venture Round in 2021
Founded in 2017, Plott is a Tokyo-based company specializing in the production and distribution of original anime and manga content on YouTube. It operates animation channels and utilizes viewer behavior data to create data-driven content, aiming to increase subscribers through collaborations with existing channels.
KiteRa
Venture Round in 2021
KiteRa Co., Ltd. is a technology company based in Minato, Japan, founded in 2019. It specializes in developing a cloud-based software as a service (SaaS) solution designed for regulation management. The KiteRa platform allows organizations to diagnose, create, and publish employment and internal rules online, facilitating compliance with evolving legal standards. It also helps companies navigate revisions that occur due to changes in legislation. By streamlining the process of creating and managing work regulations, KiteRa enhances operational efficiency and supports companies in implementing work style reforms effectively.
Brandit is a fashion technology company that enables direct-to-consumer brands through end-to-end services and a digital platform. It provides in-house production, inventory management, marketing, analytics, and logistics to support brand creation, scaling, and operations in the fashion sector. The Brandit system and its apparel EC platform allow developers and brands to manage development, production, sales, distribution, and channel-level costs and commissions from a single interface to optimize profitability. The company also manages D2C brands such as TRUNC 88 and originated as a spin-off connected with Candee, focusing on brand incubation and digital transformation to help fashion businesses launch and grow in a direct-to-consumer environment.
LegalForce
Series C in 2021
LegalForce, Inc. is a Tokyo-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in developing software for legal services. It operates an AI-powered contract management platform designed to assist legal professionals in contract review. By utilizing natural language processing and other advanced technologies, LegalForce's platform helps users analyze contracts based on their specific types, while identifying potentially omitted or risky clauses. This functionality aids legal professionals in preventing oversights and enhancing the quality and efficiency of their operations, ultimately strengthening their legal systems.
LegalOn Technologies
Series C in 2021
LegalOn is an AI-driven platform specializing in contract review. It leverages AI, legal content, and team knowledge to identify potential risks, suggest redlines, and structure contract data, thereby enhancing efficiency in legal processes.
Nyle
Debt Financing in 2021
Nyle Inc. is a web consulting company based in Tokyo, Japan, specializing in web solutions and internet media services. Founded in 2007, the company offers various platforms, including Appliv, which helps users discover smartphone applications, and Appliv Games. Nyle Inc. was previously known as Volare Inc. before rebranding in September 2007.
Founded in Tokyo in 2017, 400F develops software solutions focused on money management and consultancy services. Its platform enables users to diagnose financial issues and provides access to expert advice, aiming to improve individuals' financial well-being.
Susmed
Corporate Round in 2020
Susmed develops therapeutic smartphone applications and digital solutions that streamline clinical trials. Its product portfolio includes apps for conditions such as insomnia, breast cancer, and kidney disease. The company also offers the Susumed System, a blockchain‑based platform that enhances the reliability of clinical trial data while reducing personnel and cost requirements. Susmed’s operations are organized into two segments: the DTx Product Business, focused on therapeutic app development, and the DTx Platform Business, which provides a general‑purpose clinical trial platform.
Bulk Homme
Series B in 2020
Bulk Homme is a Tokyo-based men's skincare brand founded in 2013 that develops and sells a range of grooming products including facial cleansers, lotions, emulsions, toners, sunscreens, and related items. The brand emphasizes research-driven formulations designed to deliver immediate and long-term skin care value while keeping to simple, bare-skin aesthetics. Products are distributed through both brick-and-mortar stores and online channels, serving daily grooming needs for men.
Antway is a food delivery service that specializes in providing handmade, refrigerated side dishes prepared by skilled chefs. Operating under the brand tsukurioki, the company aims to alleviate cooking obligations for households by delivering thoughtfully crafted meals that resemble homemade dishes. Each offering is meticulously packed in containers designed to maintain freshness, ensuring that customers receive high-quality meals that surpass typical supermarket offerings or frozen alternatives. By focusing on delivering gentle, comforting cuisine, Antway seeks to enhance the dining experience and cater to the needs of those who appreciate authentic, home-style cooking without the hassle of preparation.
Brandit
Seed Round in 2020
Brandit is a fashion technology company that enables direct-to-consumer brands through end-to-end services and a digital platform. It provides in-house production, inventory management, marketing, analytics, and logistics to support brand creation, scaling, and operations in the fashion sector. The Brandit system and its apparel EC platform allow developers and brands to manage development, production, sales, distribution, and channel-level costs and commissions from a single interface to optimize profitability. The company also manages D2C brands such as TRUNC 88 and originated as a spin-off connected with Candee, focusing on brand incubation and digital transformation to help fashion businesses launch and grow in a direct-to-consumer environment.
Let is a food technology company. The company administers the "Let" app, which allows you to buy non-standard items, closeout items, and goods with "translations" such as expiration dates. It is an app that connects food products that cannot be distributed through traditional distribution channels with those who wish to help reduce food waste by purchasing such products.
Cover Corporation
Venture Round in 2020
COVER Corporation, founded in 2016 and based in Tokyo, Japan, specializes in augmented reality (AR) compatible virtual live distribution services. The company enables enterprises involved in animation and gaming to create interactive programs featuring 3D characters. In addition to its distribution services, COVER Corporation also manages VTuber offices and develops content to enhance the 2D entertainment landscape. Through its multifaceted approach, the company supports various aspects of the entertainment industry, focusing on innovation and collaboration.
Showcase Gig
Venture Round in 2020
Showcase Gig Inc., founded in 2012 and based in Tokyo, Japan, specializes in omni-channel marketing services through its innovative mobile wallet solution, O:der. The company develops a mobile platform that focuses on the planning and development of digital services tailored for small-sized retailers. Its offerings include smartphone applications designed for next-generation IoT stores, alongside a customer relationship management suite that facilitates enhanced consumer engagement. By enabling retailers to accept credit card payments via a mobile wallet before product pickup, Showcase Gig enhances the shopping experience, allowing for a seamless integration of technology in retail environments.
SingulaNet
Corporate Round in 2019
Founded in 2019, SingulaNet specializes in developing blockchain infrastructure services for businesses. It offers a Blockchain as a Service (BaaS) platform and conducts research to stabilize Ethereum for robust infrastructure.
Brandit
Seed Round in 2019
Brandit is a fashion technology company that enables direct-to-consumer brands through end-to-end services and a digital platform. It provides in-house production, inventory management, marketing, analytics, and logistics to support brand creation, scaling, and operations in the fashion sector. The Brandit system and its apparel EC platform allow developers and brands to manage development, production, sales, distribution, and channel-level costs and commissions from a single interface to optimize profitability. The company also manages D2C brands such as TRUNC 88 and originated as a spin-off connected with Candee, focusing on brand incubation and digital transformation to help fashion businesses launch and grow in a direct-to-consumer environment.