Incubate Fund

Incubate Fund is a venture capital firm specializing in seed, startup, and early stage investments. It focuses on media, entertainment, gaming, online commerce, logistics, medical, financial, real estate, and housing sectors. It primarily invests in mobile, social and web services expanding on global scale. It seeks to invest in North America, Japan, and Asia. The firm makes equity investments between $200,000 and $3 million. Incubate Fund was established on May, 2010 and is based in Tokyo, Japan with an additional office in Singapore.

Tohru Akaura

General Partner

Yuuki Aono

Associate

Ryota Kamiya

Associate

Dave Kwong

Principal

PM

Paul McInerney

General Partner

MM

Masaya Minamide

Associate

Yusuke Murata

General Partner

KS

Kyosuke Seto

Associate

NT

Niki Takahiro

Associate

ST

Shizuki Tanaka

Associate

Keisuke Wada

General Partner

Shuhei Yoshida

Controller

Past deals in Business Development

Yolo Japan

Venture Round in 2017
Yolo Japan Corporation operates an online job listing platform for foreign nationals living in Japan. The company provides access to full-time and part-time jobs. It also operates YOLO BASE, a working inbound facility for foreign residents and residents of Japan; and offers community English conversation service for children. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Osaka, Japan with an additional office in Tokyo, Japan.

DR.CASH

Seed Round in 2021
CPA Network
GamingMonk Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. operates as an offline e-sports event organizer. The company organizes offline gaming tournaments for sports, strategy, and action e-games to be played on Xbox, personal computer, mobile, and PlayStation 4. It also retails gaming accessories, consoles, and software. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in New Delhi, India.

SyntheticGestalt

Series A in 2021
SyntheticGestalt develops machine learning models for drug discovery and software for facilitating and automating research.

Connect Afya inc.

Venture Round in 2021
Connect Afya inc. operates a clinical testing center. The company also engages in implementation of medical examination/diagnosis services, as well as providing solutions for local medical institutions and pharmaceutical companies. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Tatsuno, Japan.

Payme, Inc.

Series A in 2018
Payme, Inc. develops a software application that offers payroll prepayment service that can be withdrawn in cash from a smart-phone. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

FLIGHTS

Seed Round in 2017
FLIGHTS is a multidisciplinary drone services from EC, media, pilot training, consulting, insurance and localization of foreign softwares.

creww

Seed Round in 2012
Creww is a startup community for entrepreneurs, where highly motivated people can inspire each other with their innovations. More than 1700 startups have signed up for Creww's online platform. Now Creww is expanding its business to Asia in a beta phase. Through our Creww Collaboration, startups around Asia can partner with larger enterprises to accelerate growth and discover new possibilities.

Catallaxy Inc.

Series A in 2021
Catallaxy Inc. owns and operates "Mitsuri", a trading platform for web quote of metal custom parts such as metal processing of industrial machinery, factory automation equipment, and facility equipment from suppliers and “Fabit”, platform of manufacturing media for manufacturing industry. Catallaxy Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Parame Inc.

Seed Round in 2020
Parame Inc. designs and develops an employee recommendation platform. The company offers its clients to recommend a colleague. The company also offers Parame Agent service that allows companies to search for new employees by looking at the recommendations; Parame Recruit service that allows companies to request a reference check using the platform; and Parame Magazine that offers information about the company. Parame Inc. was founded in 2020 and is based in Shinjuku, Japan.

PostCoffee

Seed Round in 2019
PostCoffee Co., Ltd. designs and develops an online application which offers coffee beans. The company's products include Ethiopia konga, Kenya kianjuki, Colombia la italia, Costa rica don mayo, Post coffee blend, Guatemala la soledad, Brazil cachoeira da grama, Vietnam rolan, Decaf mexico, Ethiopia boji. PostCoffee Co., Ltd. was founded in 2018 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Beyond, Inc.

Venture Round in 2013
Beyond, Inc. develops websites, web applications, and provides IT consultation services. Beyond, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Car-nol

Venture Round in 2016
Car-nol is an Internet Services.

Gatebox

Seed Round in 2016
It is a research laboratory beyond dimension" which is researching and developing to realize "a world where you can live with a character". Therefore, Gatebox Co., Ltd. refers to itself as "Gatebox Lab" and conducts research and development beyond dimension in the area of ​​Akihabara day and night. Dreaming that day, coming to meet beyond dimension.

FEZ INC.

Convertible Note in 2020
Fez is a new business development department for various people in the retail industry.

BearTail

Series A in 2013
BearTail Inc. offers travel and expense management services to businesses. The company develops 'Dr Wallet', a cloud based bookkeeping service. BearTail Inc. was founded in 2012 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

MotionElements

Seed Round in 2015
MotionElements Pte. Ltd. operates an online marketplace for digital artists in Asia for worldwide stock video and music content. The company offers stock videos, music, 3D models, after effects, and Apple motion templates. It enables users to buy and sell keyed live footages, 2D/3D animation, 3D models, and other stock motion elements. The company serves motion creators and video makers worldwide. MotionElements Pte. Ltd. was founded in 2007 and is based in Singapore with additional offices in Singapore and Japan.

Fukurou Labo, inc.

Pre Seed Round in 2014
Fukurou Labo is a Tokyo-based marketing solutions for smartphone apps company. Fukuro Labo offers the official version with a twist in distribution tactics since they learned there are very few deep link-enabled apps in Japan.

park & ​​port Co., Ltd.

Venture Round in 2021
park & ​​port Co., Ltd. is a platform that allows you to easily and widely discern products sold in select shops, coffee shops.

AgroDesign Studio Inc.

Seed Round in 2020
AgroDesign Studio conducts research and development of pesticides using active ingredient compounds. It is a biochemical-based pesticide development and agricultural biotechnology to contribute to sustainable agriculture. It was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

Carstay, Inc.

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Carstay, Inc. owns and operates vanlife platform for car travel and in-car sharing services in mobility as a service (MaaS). It offers parking places and vacant places as car night and tent night spots for travelers in Japan. The company also offers car night insurance for equipment damage, injuries during use, troubles between users, and noise. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Payme, Inc.

Seed Round in 2018
Payme, Inc. develops a software application that offers payroll prepayment service that can be withdrawn in cash from a smart-phone. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

ietty

Series A in 2014
The Ietty platform seeks to link property agents with home-hunters. Unlike conventional estate agents - which expect users to enter numerous preference criteria each time - Ietty pulls information from a user's Facebook profile, which is linked to the platform. This allows agents to propose options based on criteria selected in advance. Users who then visit a property will receive a reward of JPY1,000.

AXEL MARK INC.

Venture Round in 2018
Axel Mark Inc. engages in the planning and development of games in Japan. It develops console games and related content; and provides advertising services. The company was incorporated in 1994 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

ST Booking Japan

Venture Round in 2018
Operation of Trouble Expert Matching Service Operation of ST Booking to remove opacity and asymmetry in the study industry

IoTBASE

Seed Round in 2020
IoTBASE Inc. develops a cloud based Internet of things (IoT) integration platform. The company offers IoTBASE Cloud, which provides IoT connection with sensors and applications. It offers Planner for devices and applications management; Manager, a management console for integrated management of devices; and Canvas for visualization of data derived through sensors. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
Leaner Technologies Co., Ltd. develops and provides Leaner, an overhead cost management cloud. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Minimal Tech

Seed Round in 2014
WOVN Technologies offers website localization service that translates a website into multiple languages. The company aims to make website multilingualization and localization straight-forward, simple, and accessible to anyone from a website developer, to a blogger.

GameWith Inc.

Series B in 2015
gamewith.jp is hints & tips community for smartphone games in japan.

Minacolor Inc.

Seed Round in 2015
minacolor is a medical IT venture company aiming for innovation of health care lifestyle. minacolor provides health care more familiar and impressive in the field of further active in the aspiring medical personnel continue to be the growth opportunities of human resources for the next generation.

Origami Labs

Seed Round in 2012
Origami is a mobile platform for cashless payments with a mission to “Create the future of money, payment and commerce”. Established in 2012, Origami Pay is now rolled out nationwide at convenience stores, international fast food chains, taxis, department stores and shops across various verticals.

Robot Fund

Seed Round in 2016
Robot Fund Co., Ltd. design and develops automated software providing investment data analysis and customer support to the clients. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

One Financial

Seed Round in 2017
One Financial is an application that anyone can introduce card settlement immediately with one smartphone.

Schoo Inc.

Venture Round in 2017
Schoo Inc. offers schoo web campus, an online video learning service. It provides free live lessons based on concept of what people should learn now; and radio type lesson, which provides a learning experience by sound. The company also measures to use learning videos on schoo as teaching materials for university education and free information to newspaper owners and freelancers. Schoo Inc. was founded in 2011 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Wantedly

Funding Round in 2017
Wantedly is a Tokyo-based startup that uses the web to make work the most exciting it’s ever been.Wantedly is a social recruiting platform that allows users to find interesting jobs based on their social graphs.To make this happen,Wantedly has created a platform where people and companies meet based on passion and values, rather than money or benefits.

Coincheck, Inc.

Venture Round in 2015
Coincheck, Inc. operates a bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchange in Japan. The company engages in buying and selling of bitcoins and cryptocurrencies such as, Ethereum and Ripple. It also provides payment and lending services of bitcoins. The company develops software for trading of bitcoins. Coincheck, Inc. was founded in 2012 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. As of April 16, 2018, Coincheck, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Monex Group, Inc.

Thirdverse, Inc.

Series B in 2021
Thirdverse, Inc. develops and operates virtual reality games. The company provides virtual reality content and services planning, development, sales and management. Thirdverse, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is based in Shinjuku-ku, Japan.
Stayabode Ventures Private Limited owns and operates co-living spaces. Stayabode Ventures Private Limited was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Bengaluru, India.

AI Medical Service Inc.

Series A in 2018
AI Medical Service is a start-up company that develops artificial intelligence that brings together the wisdom of Japanese endoscopic specialists and contributes to the development of endoscopic medical care worldwide.

AI Medical Service Inc.

Series C in 2022
AI Medical Service is a start-up company that develops artificial intelligence that brings together the wisdom of Japanese endoscopic specialists and contributes to the development of endoscopic medical care worldwide.

vinclu Inc.

Seed Round in 2016
Vinclu designs, develops, and manufactures smartphone accessories. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

PlumHQ

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Plum provides best-in-class health insurance at affordable price. Plum's group health insurance comes with no surprises, no hidden costs & no out-of-pocket expenses. Give your employees access to great care with Plum.

TownWiFi Inc.

Venture Round in 2018
TownWiFi Inc. develops mobile software that automatically connects to WiFi in town. It auto connects and authenticates WiFi all over the world. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Tokyo, Japan with additional offices in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau.

Space BD

Venture Round in 2018
Space BD aims to become a one-stop shop to respond to all issues related to industrialization of space, and alleviate the work of businesses that are developing new technologies.

Crosshare

Seed Round in 2018
Crosshare Inc. develops e-mode, a web service that enables e-sports and title players to find friends. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Cinnamon

Series A in 2014
Cinnamon, Inc. provides products and consulting development services for artificial intelligence. The company develops an auto documentation tool that enables users to extract information from application forms, documents, and email, and create formatted documents, a highly accurate recommendation/matching engine, and a Chatbot that understands natural languages. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Hosty Japan

Venture Round in 2019
Hosty Inc. owns, operates, and manages a chain of unmanned hotel under the brand name Mizuka. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Fukuoka, Japan.

Space BD

Venture Round in 2019
Space BD aims to become a one-stop shop to respond to all issues related to industrialization of space, and alleviate the work of businesses that are developing new technologies.

Plucky

Seed Round in 2014
Plucky is a platform and Managed Service that empowers advertisers to better understand business metrics associated with customer segments, and measure risk for acquisition budgets. Managed service includes an agency-style managing performance marketing campaigns for startups

FEZ INC.

Series C in 2021
Fez is a new business development department for various people in the retail industry.

mgram

Venture Round in 2018
mgram is provides MH Solutions specializes in contract development and IT outsourcing services.
Leaner Technologies Co., Ltd. develops and provides Leaner, an overhead cost management cloud. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Linc'well Inc.

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Linc'well Inc. develops a software system for the health care industry. The company develops a software as a service (SaaS) based platform, which provides web inquiry, call, payment, electronic medical records, and other digitization services. The company also provides clinic operation and management support services through the brand CLINIC FORE. In addition, the company provides online support services, including medical supplement subscriptions. It serves healthcare institutions and clinics. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

BrightTable

Seed Round in 2016
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.

Office de Yasai

Seed Round in 2014
Office de Yasai is an online platform that enables users to order and get vegetables delivered to their offices. The platform’s operations are based in Tokyo, Japan.

Linc'well Inc.

Series B in 2020
Linc'well Inc. develops a software system for the health care industry. The company develops a software as a service (SaaS) based platform, which provides web inquiry, call, payment, electronic medical records, and other digitization services. The company also provides clinic operation and management support services through the brand CLINIC FORE. In addition, the company provides online support services, including medical supplement subscriptions. It serves healthcare institutions and clinics. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Youtfit Inc.

Seed Round in 2013
Youtfit Inc. engages in the development and management of travel media platform for people who love traveling. The company also publishes and manages JAPAN STYLE, an e-fashion magazine application for smartphones that allows users to share and publish Japanese style fashion. It also engages in the development and operation of Internet services; and operates in virtual currency related businesses. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Cerby

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Cerby is a cybersecurity company focused on helping enterprises harness Shadow IT. Cerby delivers a seamless end-user experience and addresses the shadow IT problem by enabling end-users to onboard and securely use applications of their own choosing.

Payme, Inc.

Seed Round in 2018
Payme, Inc. develops a software application that offers payroll prepayment service that can be withdrawn in cash from a smart-phone. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

UUUO

Series A in 2020
UUUO, inc. engages in the planning, development, and operation of a fish market in Japan. It serves fisheries and wholesale companies. The company was founded in July 1, 2016 and is based in Hiroshima, Japan.

Sider, Inc

Series A in 2017
Sider is a developer and provider of code review tool intended to analyze and identify non-standard codes, security flaws, and bugs.The company's product helps engineering teams maximize productivity by automatically analyzing every pull request against custom per-project rulesets, as well as general best practices, enabling users to improve productivity while reducing the total time spent on product development.

Future Standard Co., Ltd.

Series C in 2019
Future Standard Co., Ltd. owns and operates a platform which provides a total service using any image processing from the camera to the data acquisition. The company was founded on March 2014 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

ispace, inc.

Series C in 2021
ispace, inc. engages in developing networked micro robots for building detailed maps of available resources in the space. It develops micro-robots to create and support daily existence of humans in space. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Wealthnavi

Seed Round in 2015
WealthNavi Inc. develops and delivers an online asset management and risk management platform. Its cloud-based platform provides robo advisory services that enable users to locate diversified investments internationally. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Pale Blue Inc.

Seed Round in 2020
Pale Blue Inc. manufactures thrusters for microsatellites. The company offers water propulsion systems, including water resistojet thruster, water ion thrusters, and hybrid thrusters for satellites. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Kashiwa, Japan.

CUICIN Inc.

Seed Round in 2020
CUICIN Inc. develops and operates aiPass, which provides operation services for accommodation facilities. The company's platform offers check-in to guides in the hotel and tourist information. CUICIN Inc. was founded in 2019 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

MIKAWAYA21 Co., Ltd.

Venture Round in 2015
MIKAWAYA21 Co., Ltd. manufactures IOT devices for the elderly that includes MAGO button. The company also deliver parcels containing food items to elderly households in sparsely populated areas through drones. The company was founded in August 10, 2012 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

NeuraLegion Ltd.

Series A in 2022
NeuraLegion Ltd. designs and develops security software for applications. It offers NexDAST for dynamic application security testing, and NexPLOIT to integrate application security into the software development life cycle (SDLC). The company provides security consulting and mobile application security testing services. It serves financial services, healthcare, and government industries. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel. It has additional offices in London, United Kingdom; San Francisco, California; and Mostar, Bosnia.

IoTBASE

Seed Round in 2021
IoTBASE Inc. develops a cloud based Internet of things (IoT) integration platform. The company offers IoTBASE Cloud, which provides IoT connection with sensors and applications. It offers Planner for devices and applications management; Manager, a management console for integrated management of devices; and Canvas for visualization of data derived through sensors. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

10sec

Seed Round in 2013
10sec is an online marketplace for Instagram users to post items for sale in under 10 seconds and shop the stores of other users. Our core target are users already using Instgram to buy and sell. There are more than 2 million posts to Instagram using the #forsale hashtag, but there is currently no feature to unite these posts and provide a safe, efficient marketplace. 10sec provides a space to market goods, a safe and secure payment system and a unified shipping system. It also provides a platform for discovery commerce, adding a social element. Users log on for fun, as well as to exchange goods. We are currently creating an app which will allow users to post items not only from 10sec, but from other apps like Instagram and Vine.

ENOSIV, Inc.

Seed Round in 2014
ENOSIV, Inc. provides Web services planning and development, Web sites development, and development consulting serv9ces in information technology field. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Linc'well Inc.

Series C in 2021
Linc'well Inc. develops a software system for the health care industry. The company develops a software as a service (SaaS) based platform, which provides web inquiry, call, payment, electronic medical records, and other digitization services. The company also provides clinic operation and management support services through the brand CLINIC FORE. In addition, the company provides online support services, including medical supplement subscriptions. It serves healthcare institutions and clinics. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Gatebox

Venture Round in 2016
It is a research laboratory beyond dimension" which is researching and developing to realize "a world where you can live with a character". Therefore, Gatebox Co., Ltd. refers to itself as "Gatebox Lab" and conducts research and development beyond dimension in the area of ​​Akihabara day and night. Dreaming that day, coming to meet beyond dimension.

Thirdverse, Inc.

Series A in 2020
Thirdverse, Inc. develops and operates virtual reality games. The company provides virtual reality content and services planning, development, sales and management. Thirdverse, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is based in Shinjuku-ku, Japan.

Shopkirana

Series C in 2022
Shopkirana is a B2B-commerce company that focuses on technology and supply chain innovation. It aims to encourage retailers to be competitive by delivering technology, operational expertise, and scale advantage. The company directly works with brands to boost them on the demand side and reach to masses with transparency and deep market intelligence. Shopkirana was founded on 2015 and is headquartered in Indore, India.

Graffer

Venture Round in 2019
Graffer is a citizens' movement in the form of a start-up that brings the future to life. Graffer is to create a free and open social infrastructure that solves the various challenges of the traditional government system and enables individuals and businesses to take action smoothly.

AlpacaAI

Seed Round in 2015
We are a team of professionals from high-tech and financial industries including Microsoft, Nokia, Sony, Lehman, Barclays, et al. We built our own proprietary AI technology for capital markets, and are currently working with number of top financial institutions globally.

Space BD

Venture Round in 2021
Space BD aims to become a one-stop shop to respond to all issues related to industrialization of space, and alleviate the work of businesses that are developing new technologies.

Pale Blue Inc.

Series A in 2021
Pale Blue Inc. manufactures thrusters for microsatellites. The company offers water propulsion systems, including water resistojet thruster, water ion thrusters, and hybrid thrusters for satellites. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Kashiwa, Japan.

Shopkirana

Series A in 2018
Shopkirana is a B2B-commerce company that focuses on technology and supply chain innovation. It aims to encourage retailers to be competitive by delivering technology, operational expertise, and scale advantage. The company directly works with brands to boost them on the demand side and reach to masses with transparency and deep market intelligence. Shopkirana was founded on 2015 and is headquartered in Indore, India.

IMCF

Venture Round in 2018
IMCF is a brand incubation company.he company provides financial and marketing and promotion support for fashion designers.The concept is to create an environment where designers can focus on their own work by taking on all tasks other than the creation of designers. In addition, there is an aspect that the business is promoted as a business partner in a unified manner because it will be a challenge together with the designer.

Coincheck, Inc.

Venture Round in 2013
Coincheck, Inc. operates a bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchange in Japan. The company engages in buying and selling of bitcoins and cryptocurrencies such as, Ethereum and Ripple. It also provides payment and lending services of bitcoins. The company develops software for trading of bitcoins. Coincheck, Inc. was founded in 2012 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. As of April 16, 2018, Coincheck, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Monex Group, Inc.

iCARE Co., Ltd.

Seed Round in 2016
iCARE It is the No. 1 health and labor cloud introduced in Japan, which is selected by small and medium-sized enterprises suffering from lack of manpower and large enterprises expanding their business globally .

iCARE Co., Ltd.

Venture Round in 2018
iCARE It is the No. 1 health and labor cloud introduced in Japan, which is selected by small and medium-sized enterprises suffering from lack of manpower and large enterprises expanding their business globally .

Placeholder, Inc.

Seed Round in 2017
Placeholder, Inc. operates a digital theme park for children and adults using virtual reality and augmented reality technologies. Its products include sand party, spray painting, draw your world, paper rikishi, planet portal, little builders, world adventure, number splash, and ar quest. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

KiteRa

Venture Round in 2019
KiteRa Co., Ltd. develops and operates regulation management SaaS solution KiteRa, that diagnosis, creates and publishes employment rules and internal rules on on the Web that support working style reform. The platform also navigate the response to revisions that accompany legal revisions. KiteRa Co., Ltd. was founded in 2019 and is based in Minato, Japan.

Medley

Seed Round in 2012
MEDLEY, the online encyclopedia disease that doctors make along with the people of cooperation doctor hundreds of people, we have put together in an easy-to-understand gently variety of information about the disease. Connect the people of doctors and medical institutions that provide people and their families and medical services to receive medical care, we aim to become as to realize the "convincing medical" information infrastructure must-have in society .

SQUEEZE

Seed Round in 2014
SQUEEZE Inc. provides solutions for lodging business. The company offers mister suite, a management system for vacation rental property, hotel, and ryokan owners; suitebook, a property management software that provides various vacation rental and short term monthly rental operations; and mister suite lab, a demand analysis tool for lodging facilities that makes use of actual market data, publishing information about properties, and other vacation rental sites. It also offers igloohome smart keybox, a Bluetooth-enabled smart keyboxthat is used even outdoors in areas without Internet access to facilitate key exchanges in the operation of vacation rental properties and real estate viewings, as well as for the storage of office, or shop keys, and more; and Minn, a hospitality technology that provides accommodation to guests in hotels. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Liquid Mine

Seed Round in 2021
Liquid Mine developed MyRD which uses the diagnostic test tailored by the way of liquid biopsy and gene analysis of individuals. MyRD system can identify how many leukemia cell is decreased or still being left and developing recurrence in a body in more accurate manner.

Joyz, Inc.

Series A in 2017
Joyz Inc. develops an application that helps English learners to correct their pronunciation and grammar. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Pretia

Venture Round in 2018
Pretia Technologies, Inc. designs and develops augmented reality based gaming software. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

AGRIST

Series A in 2021
AGRIST Inc. develops agricultural harvest robots. The company offers robots for of harvesting agricultural produce. It also offers loan for robots to farmers. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Koyu, Japan.

Go Game Pte. Ltd.

Venture Round in 2015
Go Game Pte. Ltd. publishes mobile games. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Singapore with additional offices in the Philippines, Thailand, and Indonesia.

TYFFON Inc.

Venture Round in 2016
TYFFON Inc. develops entertainment applications. It offers ZombieBooth, an application that converts images into 3D animated image; GenderMorph, a gender morphing application; NecroFace, an application that zombifies faces in a group photo; ScreamFace, an application where people in a photo starts to scream; HalloweenFace, an application that converts people in a photo into Halloween costumes; and After Image Cam, an application that Records the after image of movements in real time. TYFFON Inc. was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.

Ax Robotix

Seed Round in 2020
Ax Robotix Inc. engages in the development of product groups and provision of services for improving sleep quality. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

FROUTE Corporation

Seed Round in 2010
FROUTE Corporation is mobile search engine.

EmbodyMe

Debt Financing in 2016
EmbodyMe, Inc. develops mobile applications, including Xpression and EmbodyMe that uses deep learning. Xpression creates fake video that is indistinguishable from the real thing by taking deep facial expressions of celebrities using real learning. EmbodyMe creates a 3D model avatar that moves in virtual reality (VR) space by guessing expressions from hand movements. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Legmin

Seed Round in 2019
Legmin inc., an agricultural technology company, develops agricultural robots and offers a management platform for producers using artificial intelligence. The company develops agricultural work robot and management system. Its robot automates leaf vegetable seeding, pesticide and fertilizer application, and harvesting. The solutions also include analyzing images, early detection of diseases and pests, and advice on appropriate timing of scattering of agricultural chemicals. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Chuo, Japan with an additional office in Shizuoka, Japan.

AVA Intelligence

Seed Round in 2019
AVA Intelligence Inc. designs and develops an artificial intelligence based software solution that proposes travel destination based on user's personality. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Tokyo, Japan with an additional office in Shibuya, Japan.

Meleap

Series B in 2018
HADO is a new sport utilizing the leading AR technology with players wearing a head mounted display and an armband sensor to compete against each other by using the ‘energy ball’ or ‘shield’ and earn points in a three-on-three, eighty-minutes game between two teams.

Sansan

Seed Round in 2007
Since its founding in 2007, Sansan has focused on delivering its cloud based contact management service to customers in Japan and beyond. Sansan is setting the standard in Japan for cloud-based contact management, with annually doubling numbers of users from over 7,000 premium corporate users including the Japanese Government (METI). Sansan Inc. is based in Tokyo, Japan and has its subsidiary Sansan global Pte. Ltd. in Singapore since October 2015. The company began offering its business card app Eight in 2012. It has over 1.5 million registered users as a new business network that incorporates a social media framework to transform business cards into business connections. Founded: June 11, 2007 URL: https://www.corp-sansan.com/ Address: Aoyama Oval Building, 13F, 5-52-2, Jingu-mae Shibuya-ku Tokyo 150-0001 Business scope: Planning, development, and sales of cloud-based business card management services Sansan for business users: https://www.sansan.com Eight for individual users: https://8card.net

Joyz, Inc.

Series B in 2018
Joyz Inc. develops an application that helps English learners to correct their pronunciation and grammar. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Shorebird Technologies

Venture Round in 2019
Shorebird Technologies Pvt Ltd owns and operates travel enterprise resource planning platform, Tripeur. It’s an application-based service that helps streamline processes related to business travel and expense management. The application offers a host of services, including raising a trip request, getting approval, hotel bookings, and understanding the business policy. For the administration and the finance department, the suite helps in ascertaining the value proposition of every business travel undertaken by the employee. The company also has other add-on products that use the Tripeur platform, including a business travel analytics module - BizTravelytics, travel policy assistant module, and an expense optimizer. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Bengaluru, India.

Misoca Inc.

Venture Round in 2013
Misoca Inc. designs and develops a cloud-based invoice management platform. The company was formerly known as StandFirm Inc. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Nagoya, Japan.

SyntheticGestalt

Series A in 2019
SyntheticGestalt develops machine learning models for drug discovery and software for facilitating and automating research.

Wanderlust

Seed Round in 2013
Wanderlust is a Japanese startup company which mission is "Generate more "Wanderlust" around the world, by making more connections between the boarders." They are developing the online social travel guide, "Compathy", where local people can recommend what they like and travelers can find them. They suggested Japanize! to organize this event to make places people who have different backgrounds can exchange what they recommends for foreign people offline and figure out how people want to communicate about their home countries.

TerraTalk

Seed Round in 2016
TerraTalk is a Japanese startup aimed at helping English learners correct their pronunciation and grammar.

vivit

Seed Round in 2014
Vivit number of outdoor activities, from rafting and buggy rides to sightseeing hotspots and seasonal events. By integrating with a Facebook account, you can express your interest in an activity on the website and share it with your friends by clicking on an ‘i-want-to-go’ button.

NeuraLegion Ltd.

Seed Round in 2020
NeuraLegion Ltd. designs and develops security software for applications. It offers NexDAST for dynamic application security testing, and NexPLOIT to integrate application security into the software development life cycle (SDLC). The company provides security consulting and mobile application security testing services. It serves financial services, healthcare, and government industries. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel. It has additional offices in London, United Kingdom; San Francisco, California; and Mostar, Bosnia.

Wealthnavi

Venture Round in 2016
WealthNavi Inc. develops and delivers an online asset management and risk management platform. Its cloud-based platform provides robo advisory services that enable users to locate diversified investments internationally. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

EmbodyMe

Venture Round in 2018
EmbodyMe, Inc. develops mobile applications, including Xpression and EmbodyMe that uses deep learning. Xpression creates fake video that is indistinguishable from the real thing by taking deep facial expressions of celebrities using real learning. EmbodyMe creates a 3D model avatar that moves in virtual reality (VR) space by guessing expressions from hand movements. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

yup

Venture Round in 2019
yup is providing services to support freelance people's funding.The freelance population in Japan has been shown to continue to increase in many Chosa. While working styles are diversified, they are not able to respond to the development of the working environment, and they will develop their business to change the situation where problems such as funding, credit, sexual harassment, and power harassment are accumulated.

Lifestyle-Design

Series A in 2017
Lifestyle-Design is an internet based platform.

Pixie Dust Technologies

Series A in 2017
Pixie Dust Technologies, Inc. develops phased array technology and digital fabrication technology. The company’s products include ultrasonic phased array system with which technology one can generate force in mid-air; transport things in mid-air without touching anything; target and deliver different sounds from person to person in a crowd; direct guide-dogs; and even apply this in agricultural farming. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Lifestyle Design Co., Ltd.

Seed Round in 2014
FABRIC TOKYO is a Japanese startup provides a direct-to-consumer custom-made apparel brand. (former-company name Lifestyle Design Co., Ltd.). It enables customers to save their sizes, idea fabrics, and favorite designs, allowing them to make their original clothing later. FABRIC TOKYO was founded in 2012 by Yuichiro Mori and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

METRICA Japan

Venture Round in 2019
METRICA Co., Ltd develops an artificial intelligence (AI) based platform that records information for foreign care staff. Its platform share the information with an automatic translation function tuned for medical and nursing care, and a learning function of translation accuracy on the server side. Its platform streamline the work of medical and care workers. METRICA Co., Ltd was founded in 2018 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

chikaku

Series A in 2018
Chikaku Inc. manufactures setup boxes for grandparents to watch their grandkids. Its solution allows watching videos and photos on screen by plugging the device. Chikaku Inc. was founded in 2014 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

iCARE Co., Ltd.

Venture Round in 2019
iCARE It is the No. 1 health and labor cloud introduced in Japan, which is selected by small and medium-sized enterprises suffering from lack of manpower and large enterprises expanding their business globally .

OPEN8 Inc

Seed Round in 2015
Open8 will launch a native video ad scheme on @Cosme and Women Excite in late November. @Cosme is a Japan’s leading cosmetic portal site by iStyle while Woman Excite is a women-focused portal site by Excite Japan.

Panair

Series C in 2017
Panair is the pioneer company in Japan using just cloud technology to build a core system for energy.

Panair

Series D in 2018
Panair is the pioneer company in Japan using just cloud technology to build a core system for energy.

Crevo

Seed Round in 2013
Crevo Inc. operates a Web based platform for language free open-crowd sourcing contest that enable user to find custom design from all over the world. The company was formerly known as PurpleCow Inc. and changed its name to Crevo Inc. in February 2015. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Joyz, Inc.

Seed Round in 2015
Joyz Inc. develops an application that helps English learners to correct their pronunciation and grammar. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Payme, Inc.

Seed Round in 2017
Payme, Inc. develops a software application that offers payroll prepayment service that can be withdrawn in cash from a smart-phone. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

SAKELOGY

Seed Round in 2019
Sakelogy, Inc. develops SAKELOGY, a web application that connects people who drink, people who provide, and producers to enjoy sake. Its application allows people to create Japanese and foreign language sake menus for restaurants and retailers that offer sake. The company is based in Osaka, Japan.

PlumHQ

Seed Round in 2020
Plum provides best-in-class health insurance at affordable price. Plum's group health insurance comes with no surprises, no hidden costs & no out-of-pocket expenses. Give your employees access to great care with Plum.

MANSION MARKET Inc.

Venture Round in 2014
MANSION MARKET is a operator of an online real estate platform intended for buying and selling of properties. The company's application offer online securities which are managed efficiently and transaction fees are drastically reduced, enabling real estate clients to use Internet to reduce unnecessary costs and returns benefits to customers.

PoliPoli

Venture Round in 2019
PoliPoli is a next-generation politics co-creation platform where you can participate like a game. Politicians from all over Japan post their policies in an easy-to-understand manner, and those who sympathize can enjoy working on the "missions" necessary to realize the policies.

Schoo Inc.

Seed Round in 2015
Schoo Inc. offers schoo web campus, an online video learning service. It provides free live lessons based on concept of what people should learn now; and radio type lesson, which provides a learning experience by sound. The company also measures to use learning videos on schoo as teaching materials for university education and free information to newspaper owners and freelancers. Schoo Inc. was founded in 2011 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Kawaii Museum

Seed Round in 2011
curation media for "Kawaii" contents

EmbodyMe

Venture Round in 2016
EmbodyMe, Inc. develops mobile applications, including Xpression and EmbodyMe that uses deep learning. Xpression creates fake video that is indistinguishable from the real thing by taking deep facial expressions of celebrities using real learning. EmbodyMe creates a 3D model avatar that moves in virtual reality (VR) space by guessing expressions from hand movements. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

HostelHunting

Seed Round in 2015
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.

GameWith Inc.

Series A in 2014
gamewith.jp is hints & tips community for smartphone games in japan.

Space BD

Venture Round in 2017
Space BD aims to become a one-stop shop to respond to all issues related to industrialization of space, and alleviate the work of businesses that are developing new technologies.
Skillate Laboratories Private Limited develops recruiting platform that helps in identifying, interviewing, and hiring the candidates.The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Bengaluru, India.

chikaku

Seed Round in 2017
Chikaku Inc. manufactures setup boxes for grandparents to watch their grandkids. Its solution allows watching videos and photos on screen by plugging the device. Chikaku Inc. was founded in 2014 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Future Standard Co., Ltd.

Venture Round in 2016
Future Standard Co., Ltd. owns and operates a platform which provides a total service using any image processing from the camera to the data acquisition. The company was founded on March 2014 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Toyokumo

Venture Round in 2015
Toyokumo develops and provides services that link with the safety confirmation service.

ispace, inc.

Series B in 2020
ispace, inc. engages in developing networked micro robots for building detailed maps of available resources in the space. It develops micro-robots to create and support daily existence of humans in space. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Robot Fund

Series A in 2018
Robot Fund Co., Ltd. design and develops automated software providing investment data analysis and customer support to the clients. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

bitFlyer

Seed Round in 2014
bitFlyer, Inc. operates as a virtual currency exchange and provide block chain development services. It specializes in bit coin marketplace and settlement. The company offers wide range of services including bit coin market, altcoin market, ethereum market, ethereum classic market, litecoin market, bitcoin cash market, monacoin market, lisk market, easy exchange, pro exchange, block chain, block chain explorer, block chain LAB, crowd funding, fees and taxes, account class, and application programming interface. bitFlyer, Inc. was founded in 2014 and is based in Minato-ku, Japan.

park & ​​port Co., Ltd.

Venture Round in 2019
park & ​​port Co., Ltd. is a platform that allows you to easily and widely discern products sold in select shops, coffee shops.

Spika

Seed Round in 2014
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.

SummerTimeStudio

Seed Round in 2014
SummerTimeStudio Co.,Ltd. is engage in tablet, smartphone, game development and operation of next-generation AR hard. The company was founded in June, 2011 and is based in Okinawa, Japan.

Drivemode

Seed Round in 2014
Drivemode, Inc. offers an interaction and feedback technology application for car drivers. Its application suggests drivers to where to go by using their driving pattern, calendar events, and recent texts with address. The company’s application also enables drivers to control their favorite music applications with a tap and swipe; don’t lose navigation whether they make or receive a call; and record their voice instead of typing on phone to get right recommendations at the right time. Drivemode, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Redwood City, California. As of September 26, 2019, Drivemode, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Honda R&D Co.,Ltd.

Saleshub Japan

Venture Round in 2017
Saleshub Inc. develops an online networking platform for people to find side jobs, businesses to find customers, and customers to refer customers. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Misoca Inc.

Seed Round in 2014
Misoca Inc. designs and develops a cloud-based invoice management platform. The company was formerly known as StandFirm Inc. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Nagoya, Japan.

Kids Color

Seed Round in 2014
Kids Color provides baby sitting website services. It began operation on December 27, 2010, with its headquarters in Tokyo in Japan.

Crezit

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Crezit is offers a wide range of financial products and services in a single click, as well as customer advice, product simulators.

Rehab for JAPAN Co., Ltd.

Venture Round in 2018
Rehab for JAPAN Co., Ltd. provides Software-as-a-Service type cloud support services for nursing care establishments. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Pixie Dust Technologies

Seed Round in 2015
Pixie Dust Technologies, Inc. develops phased array technology and digital fabrication technology. The company’s products include ultrasonic phased array system with which technology one can generate force in mid-air; transport things in mid-air without touching anything; target and deliver different sounds from person to person in a crowd; direct guide-dogs; and even apply this in agricultural farming. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

MANSION MARKET Inc.

Venture Round in 2016
MANSION MARKET is a operator of an online real estate platform intended for buying and selling of properties. The company's application offer online securities which are managed efficiently and transaction fees are drastically reduced, enabling real estate clients to use Internet to reduce unnecessary costs and returns benefits to customers.

Wanderlust

Venture Round in 2014
Wanderlust is a Japanese startup company which mission is "Generate more "Wanderlust" around the world, by making more connections between the boarders." They are developing the online social travel guide, "Compathy", where local people can recommend what they like and travelers can find them. They suggested Japanize! to organize this event to make places people who have different backgrounds can exchange what they recommends for foreign people offline and figure out how people want to communicate about their home countries.

ALDOCK, Inc

Seed Round in 2018
ALDOCK develops a groundbreaking risk test that will help in the early detection of cancer. The company is conducting research and development of risk tests that will help in the early detection of cancer. ALDOCK analyzes biomarker measurement results by machine learning to constantly improve inspection accuracy, and also construct an NGS analysis pipeline for that purpose. It provides a secure API / SDK that can be shared with other applications, as well as the inspection result can be confirmed by the user from the application.

Panair

Series A in 2016
Panair is the pioneer company in Japan using just cloud technology to build a core system for energy.

Bizer

Venture Round in 2015
Bizer offers services that support the setup of the back office operations of small businesses. It is based in Tokyo, Japan.

ReadHub Inc.

Venture Round in 2019
ReadHub Inc., an online platform which allows to share book reviews. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Minato-ku, Japan.

Lelele Company

Seed Round in 2012
lelele is a Business Information Systems service platform.

WaveOne, Inc.

Series A in 2020
WaveOne, Inc. develops video compression software for compression digital media. The company offers custom-tailored and context-dependent solutions through machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies. The company also provides image compression solutions. WaveOne, Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

yup

Seed Round in 2020
yup is providing services to support freelance people's funding.The freelance population in Japan has been shown to continue to increase in many Chosa. While working styles are diversified, they are not able to respond to the development of the working environment, and they will develop their business to change the situation where problems such as funding, credit, sexual harassment, and power harassment are accumulated.

Carstay, Inc.

Seed Round in 2019
Carstay, Inc. owns and operates vanlife platform for car travel and in-car sharing services in mobility as a service (MaaS). It offers parking places and vacant places as car night and tent night spots for travelers in Japan. The company also offers car night insurance for equipment damage, injuries during use, troubles between users, and noise. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Retrocausal

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Retrocausal builds intelligence augmentation systems that help frontline workers train better, be more efficient at their daily jobs, and improve the processes they drive. Their RetroActivity platform for human activity analysis automatically builds computational models of a complex physical task, given only a handful of recorded demonstrations of the task. Once such a model is built, RetroActivity can finely track the job status from live video, to guide a worker through the task, provide independent training, and perform analytics.

ticketstreet

Seed Round in 2012
Ticketstreet is an online marketplace for concert, sport, and theatre event tickets for Japanese market. Similar business model to Stubhub.com on United States.

byus

Seed Round in 2014
byus&co.,ltd offers customized news services through its platform. The company is headquartered in Japan.

Yulu Bikes Pvt Ltd

Seed Round in 2018
Yulu Bikes Pvt Ltd engages in bike rental business. Additionally the company develops Yulu App, a bike sharing system for Android and iOS devices. The company offers Yulu Miracle, a dockless electrical vehicle and Yulu Move, a smart lock enabled bicycle for rent. Yulu Bikes Pvt Ltd was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Bengaluru, India.

Double Standard Inc.

Seed Round in 2014
Double Standard Inc., a business support company, engages in the generation and provision big data solutions for enterprises. The company also provides service planning and system development services using technology cultivated in the data generation process. It offers big data services by utilizing HTML information, image information, database, and analog media; and service planning development services through WEB change detection, real time information acquisition, data analysis support, and other data utilization. Double Standard Inc. was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

PLAY HEART

Seed Round in 2011
Play Heart is an engaged in game production, 2D and 3D design, and web content development.

sharenori

Venture Round in 2015
sharenori

M&A Cloud Co., Ltd.

Series B in 2020
M&A Cloud Co., Ltd. develops an online mergers and acquisitions platform for small and medium venture companies. The platform matches people interested in selling their business with merger and acquisition specialists. It also offers value estimates. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Youtfit Inc.

Venture Round in 2013
Youtfit Inc. engages in the development and management of travel media platform for people who love traveling. The company also publishes and manages JAPAN STYLE, an e-fashion magazine application for smartphones that allows users to share and publish Japanese style fashion. It also engages in the development and operation of Internet services; and operates in virtual currency related businesses. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Kobster

Seed Round in 2018
Kobster is a pioneer of B2B eProcurement and an eMarketplace providing Corporates an end-to-end solution for their procure-to-pay cycle to manage all employee needs.

SQUEEZE

Series A in 2016
SQUEEZE Inc. provides solutions for lodging business. The company offers mister suite, a management system for vacation rental property, hotel, and ryokan owners; suitebook, a property management software that provides various vacation rental and short term monthly rental operations; and mister suite lab, a demand analysis tool for lodging facilities that makes use of actual market data, publishing information about properties, and other vacation rental sites. It also offers igloohome smart keybox, a Bluetooth-enabled smart keyboxthat is used even outdoors in areas without Internet access to facilitate key exchanges in the operation of vacation rental properties and real estate viewings, as well as for the storage of office, or shop keys, and more; and Minn, a hospitality technology that provides accommodation to guests in hotels. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

bellFace inc.

Seed Round in 2016
bellFace is an InsideSales System specialized targetted for Business to business sales customer support.No log in, no installation required. No matter where you are, it connects in 5 seconds becacuse it operates in the browser (patented). The audio system is connected through the telephone lines, there is no interruption like with Web meeting systems. bellFace which is specific to sales, comes with document sharing and script function, so your experience is just like face to face communication . It is also suited for inside sales.

Meleap

Series A in 2017
HADO is a new sport utilizing the leading AR technology with players wearing a head mounted display and an armband sensor to compete against each other by using the ‘energy ball’ or ‘shield’ and earn points in a three-on-three, eighty-minutes game between two teams.
Stayabode Ventures Private Limited owns and operates co-living spaces. Stayabode Ventures Private Limited was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Bengaluru, India.

Sider, Inc

Seed Round in 2014
Sider is a developer and provider of code review tool intended to analyze and identify non-standard codes, security flaws, and bugs.The company's product helps engineering teams maximize productivity by automatically analyzing every pull request against custom per-project rulesets, as well as general best practices, enabling users to improve productivity while reducing the total time spent on product development.

Pokelabo

Series A in 2010
Pokelabo, Inc. is a mobile contents operating company which evolves business around the Internet media. Pokelabo, Inc. exploits characteristics of mobile which can be used any time and any location unlike personal computers. For example, the company operates a search site for mobile phone—Pocket Bookmark—that is based on Social Bookmark as its core business. The company chooses not to customise development in order to avoid scattering development resources.

AnyTimes

Venture Round in 2014
Any+Times allows users to crowdsource solutions to everyday problems from their neighbors. If you need someone to keep your goldfish alive while you sip bubbly in Rome or simply cannot figure out how to assemble the latest Snarfujor from Ikea, then you send out a request, name your price, and wait for one of your more enterprising neighbors to swing by to deliver a good deed.

Coincheck, Inc.

Seed Round in 2012
Coincheck, Inc. operates a bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchange in Japan. The company engages in buying and selling of bitcoins and cryptocurrencies such as, Ethereum and Ripple. It also provides payment and lending services of bitcoins. The company develops software for trading of bitcoins. Coincheck, Inc. was founded in 2012 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. As of April 16, 2018, Coincheck, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Monex Group, Inc.

STORYS.JP

Series A in 2012
STORYS.JP is a storytelling platform that partners with major publishers in Japan and Fuji Television to turn real life stories into books, television shows, and short stories.

MUGENUP Inc.

Seed Round in 2011
Mugenup is a Japanese company providing a wide array of creative content production services ranging from 2D and 3D assets for games, illustration, video, and animation. Mugenup also develops its own content production online management system marketed under the Save Point brand.

Olly Smart Credit Card

Seed Round in 2017
Olly is a digital credit card for India's working masses and young people. Today, Olly has come full-circle in Egypt extending the product offering to the youth market here and its been well received by the Egyptian student audience.

Netsket Inc.

Series A in 2012
Everevo is the social ticketing & social event platform service,like eventbrite and plancast.

TRIDENT Japan

Seed Round in 2020
TRIDENT Inc. develops automation tool and software for software development and testing. It offers Magic Pod, a test automation cloud service using AI technologies. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Chuo, Japan.

Wellness

Venture Round in 2019
Wellness is a provider of personal doctor service.

Trim Inc.

Seed Round in 2016
Trim Inc. develops an online based application which searches for diaper exchange and nursing rooms for babies. The company is based in Yokohama, Japan.

SATORI Inc.

Venture Round in 2019
SATORI Inc. develops and offers a marketing automation tool. The company's tool offers lead management, lead generation, lead nurturing, lead qualification, and reports. SATORI Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Pretia

Venture Round in 2018
Pretia Technologies, Inc. designs and develops augmented reality based gaming software. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Farmally

Seed Round in 2018
Farmally is aiming to make agricultural production more efficient and realize sustainable agriculture through the agricultural machinery marketplace business. It lists all the machines and equipment necessary for agricultural production, including used agricultural machines that are hard to find in stock. According to the customer's request, Pharmay will consistently handle purchasing, sales, delivery, and maintenance. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Prosbee Inc.

Seed Round in 2012
Prosbee is an information technology and services company that offers Booklap, a social network which enables its users to search, find, and read books. Prosbee was founded by Reo Kasai in May 2012. It is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Whyteboard Inc.

Seed Round in 2012
Whyteboard Inc. develops an application to allow Facebook users to buy and sell goods by auction model. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Caster Co. Ltd.

Seed Round in 2014
Caster is a provides various services for remote workers and those who are trying to change their working style.

Payme, Inc.

Corporate Round in 2019
Payme, Inc. develops a software application that offers payroll prepayment service that can be withdrawn in cash from a smart-phone. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Tetra aviation

Venture Round in 2019
teTra aviation corp. engages in the design, research, and manufacturing of flying cars. It develops electric vertical take-off and land aircraft. teTra aviation corp. was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

LAPRAS

Series C in 2018
LAPRAS Inc. provides information suitable for each person using machine learning and crawling technologies to collect information open on the Internet and automatically generate profile. It operates LAPRAS, a service that uses data and machine learning technology to deliver new possibilities tailored to each person; and LAPRAS SCOUT, a service that searches for the suitable candidates for a company. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Minacolor Inc.

Venture Round in 2020
minacolor is a medical IT venture company aiming for innovation of health care lifestyle. minacolor provides health care more familiar and impressive in the field of further active in the aspiring medical personnel continue to be the growth opportunities of human resources for the next generation.

UUUO

Venture Round in 2018
UUUO, inc. engages in the planning, development, and operation of a fish market in Japan. It serves fisheries and wholesale companies. The company was founded in July 1, 2016 and is based in Hiroshima, Japan.

Timers Inc.

Venture Round in 2013
Timers offers a range of mobile applications based on match-making for singles. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Co-LABO MAKER Co., Ltd.

Seed Round in 2017
Co-LABO MAKER Co., Ltd. provides research and share service for the processes of searching, matching, experiment, and settlement of laboratory equipment and technology through its sharing platform. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Sendai, Japan.

Pricebook Co., Ltd.

Seed Round in 2013
Pricebook Co., Ltd., a company offering shopping search engine for gadgets in Indonesia and SEA. The company aims to "adapt proven know-hows to the huge & fast growing market, offering a No.1 platform for online shoppers".

INNOVIA Japan

Venture Round in 2019
Innovia Corporation develops a cloud-based human resource development support system. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

INNOVIA Japan

Venture Round in 2016
Innovia Corporation develops a cloud-based human resource development support system. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Arena.im

Seed Round in 2020
Arena.im is a cloud-based marketing platform for live experiences. Their mission is to empower media companies to take back ownership of their audience from social networks and grow their community. With Arena.im, publishers, brands and broadcasting companies are capable to significantly increase traffic, engagement and earn revenue. Through an AI technology, Arena.im is capable to aggregate, curate and distribute content in scale to any device, anytime, anywhere. They enable a seamless live experience for sports, news, finance, tech and any other real-time events. Founded in 2016 by Paulo Martins and Rodrigo Reis, Arena.im is a disruptive marketing experience platform that empowers thousands of media companies to provide the best live experience for their audiences directly from their digital properties.

Prosbee Inc.

Seed Round in 2013
Prosbee is an information technology and services company that offers Booklap, a social network which enables its users to search, find, and read books. Prosbee was founded by Reo Kasai in May 2012. It is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Aiming Inc.

Seed Round in 2011
Aiming Inc. engages in the production and development of online games for PCs, browsers, smartphones, home consoles, and mobile phones in Japan. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

GameWith Inc.

Seed Round in 2013
gamewith.jp is hints & tips community for smartphone games in japan.

Graffer

Venture Round in 2017
Graffer is a citizens' movement in the form of a start-up that brings the future to life. Graffer is to create a free and open social infrastructure that solves the various challenges of the traditional government system and enables individuals and businesses to take action smoothly.

MagicPrice

Convertible Note in 2016
MagicPrice - Pricing AI for Hotels

Enowa co., ltd.

Venture Round in 2019
Enowa co., ltd. provides IoT and AI technology based agricultural consulting services in Toyama. It offers smart agriculture, agricultural IoT development, and agricultural product sales EC services. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Namerikawa, Japan.

KIHEITAI

Seed Round in 2010
Kiheitai is a global communication platform that develops mobile application. Taptrip, which is a service that provides users with chances to feel free to communicate with foreigners and enjoy cultural shock. Nowadays, users from over 200 countries worldwide are enjoying their virtual trip on Taptrip. It was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

TYFFON Inc.

Convertible Note in 2017
TYFFON Inc. develops entertainment applications. It offers ZombieBooth, an application that converts images into 3D animated image; GenderMorph, a gender morphing application; NecroFace, an application that zombifies faces in a group photo; ScreamFace, an application where people in a photo starts to scream; HalloweenFace, an application that converts people in a photo into Halloween costumes; and After Image Cam, an application that Records the after image of movements in real time. TYFFON Inc. was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.

Code Camp

Seed Round in 2013
Code Camp is develop and produce engineers and business leaders from technology awareness.

Caster, Inc.

Seed Round in 2014
Caster Biz is a company that provides online assistant / online secretary. Accounting / HR / Secretarial business, etc., etc., the daily fine your hassles work, doing online assistant caster biz. Caster Biz Assistant (below, caster assistant) were all Word, Excel, such as basic business such as Powerpoint of course, has the knowledge to do business online. Telephone and e-mail, it is possible to issue a request easily with Facebook, etc., Can you have a feeling like your mate has increased.

PoliPoli

Venture Round in 2018
PoliPoli is a next-generation politics co-creation platform where you can participate like a game. Politicians from all over Japan post their policies in an easy-to-understand manner, and those who sympathize can enjoy working on the "missions" necessary to realize the policies.

ispace, inc.

Seed Round in 2016
ispace, inc. engages in developing networked micro robots for building detailed maps of available resources in the space. It develops micro-robots to create and support daily existence of humans in space. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Inzen Studio Pte. Ltd.

Series A in 2014
Inzen Studio Pte. Ltd. operates as a game development studio that develops various entertainment games. Its games can be accessed through iOS, iPad, and iPhone devices. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Singapore. As of April 12, 2017, Inzen Studio Pte. Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of iCandy Interactive Limited.

Panair

Series B in 2017
Panair is the pioneer company in Japan using just cloud technology to build a core system for energy.

retro

Seed Round in 2014
retro is a secondhand goods purchase and consignment sales site.retro operate services and media that make it easier to buy and sell personally owned assets, such as branded goods, cars and real estate.

Shopkirana

Series B in 2019
Shopkirana is a B2B-commerce company that focuses on technology and supply chain innovation. It aims to encourage retailers to be competitive by delivering technology, operational expertise, and scale advantage. The company directly works with brands to boost them on the demand side and reach to masses with transparency and deep market intelligence. Shopkirana was founded on 2015 and is headquartered in Indore, India.

Placeholder, Inc.

Series A in 2018
Placeholder, Inc. operates a digital theme park for children and adults using virtual reality and augmented reality technologies. Its products include sand party, spray painting, draw your world, paper rikishi, planet portal, little builders, world adventure, number splash, and ar quest. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Japan Info

Seed Round in 2012
Japan Info provides genuine information about Japan. Japan Info make every effort to ensure that this site does not violate any rights, but if you would like to file a damage report etc.

Graffer

Series A in 2019
Graffer is a citizens' movement in the form of a start-up that brings the future to life. Graffer is to create a free and open social infrastructure that solves the various challenges of the traditional government system and enables individuals and businesses to take action smoothly.

Cerby

Seed Round in 2020
Cerby is a cybersecurity company focused on helping enterprises harness Shadow IT. Cerby delivers a seamless end-user experience and addresses the shadow IT problem by enabling end-users to onboard and securely use applications of their own choosing.

TownWiFi Inc.

Seed Round in 2016
TownWiFi Inc. develops mobile software that automatically connects to WiFi in town. It auto connects and authenticates WiFi all over the world. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Tokyo, Japan with additional offices in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau.

Shopkirana

Seed Round in 2016
Shopkirana is a B2B-commerce company that focuses on technology and supply chain innovation. It aims to encourage retailers to be competitive by delivering technology, operational expertise, and scale advantage. The company directly works with brands to boost them on the demand side and reach to masses with transparency and deep market intelligence. Shopkirana was founded on 2015 and is headquartered in Indore, India.

VISITS Technologies Inc.

Venture Round in 2016
VISITS Technologies is an internet based company.VISITS Technologies developed a unique consensus building algorithm called ideagram (patented),and succeeded for the first time in the world to quantify people's creativity , discerning ability, and the value of the idea itself By utilizing this technology, not only creativity, but also quantifying difficult- to- quantify sensual assets, such as senses,skills, and personal connections , Combined with blockchain technology, value transfer becomes possible.

TENTIAL

Seed Round in 2019
With the power of AI, TENTIAL analyzes detailed purchasing behavior and attributes online and aim to deliver its customers' products based on their own information.

YOYO Holdings

Seed Round in 2014
YOYO Holdings, Pte. Ltd. develops and manages PopSlide, a mobile reward-based platforms in Southeast Asia. The platform distributes news, weather forecasts, and other updates to smartphone lock screen. In return for viewing such information, users receive rewards for free Internet access on their smartphone. Its platform enables prepaid mobile users earn airtime reward for different kinds of activities; such as downloading and using apps, taking surveys, watching videos, signing up for a service, playing mini-games, completing daily challenges, and even just turning on their phone screen. The company’s platform is currently available in the Philippines and Indonesia. YOYO Holdings, Pte. Ltd. was founded in 2012 and is based in Singapore.

Schoo Inc.

Seed Round in 2013
Schoo Inc. offers schoo web campus, an online video learning service. It provides free live lessons based on concept of what people should learn now; and radio type lesson, which provides a learning experience by sound. The company also measures to use learning videos on schoo as teaching materials for university education and free information to newspaper owners and freelancers. Schoo Inc. was founded in 2011 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Linc'well Inc.

Seed Round in 2019
Linc'well Inc. develops a software system for the health care industry. The company develops a software as a service (SaaS) based platform, which provides web inquiry, call, payment, electronic medical records, and other digitization services. The company also provides clinic operation and management support services through the brand CLINIC FORE. In addition, the company provides online support services, including medical supplement subscriptions. It serves healthcare institutions and clinics. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Istpika

Series A in 2010
Istpika produces social games for Facebook and the iPhone, but is also working on something a little bigger. Istpika spun off from another company and began operations in Jan 2009. Istpika is a global venture company with offices in Tokyo, Osaka and overseas. By focussing on R&D and viral technology. Istpika aims to develop social applications that catalyse communication between people.

Catallaxy Inc.

Venture Round in 2020
Catallaxy Inc. owns and operates "Mitsuri", a trading platform for web quote of metal custom parts such as metal processing of industrial machinery, factory automation equipment, and facility equipment from suppliers and “Fabit”, platform of manufacturing media for manufacturing industry. Catallaxy Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Sider, Inc

Seed Round in 2014
Sider is a developer and provider of code review tool intended to analyze and identify non-standard codes, security flaws, and bugs.The company's product helps engineering teams maximize productivity by automatically analyzing every pull request against custom per-project rulesets, as well as general best practices, enabling users to improve productivity while reducing the total time spent on product development.

bellFace inc.

Venture Round in 2020
bellFace is an InsideSales System specialized targetted for Business to business sales customer support.No log in, no installation required. No matter where you are, it connects in 5 seconds becacuse it operates in the browser (patented). The audio system is connected through the telephone lines, there is no interruption like with Web meeting systems. bellFace which is specific to sales, comes with document sharing and script function, so your experience is just like face to face communication . It is also suited for inside sales.

Legmin

Venture Round in 2019
Legmin inc., an agricultural technology company, develops agricultural robots and offers a management platform for producers using artificial intelligence. The company develops agricultural work robot and management system. Its robot automates leaf vegetable seeding, pesticide and fertilizer application, and harvesting. The solutions also include analyzing images, early detection of diseases and pests, and advice on appropriate timing of scattering of agricultural chemicals. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Chuo, Japan with an additional office in Shizuoka, Japan.

QLL

Venture Round in 2014
QLL (Quick Language Learning) Pte. Ltd. is a company specialized in developing language learning apps, they are based in Taiwan and registered in Singapore. 2007, they launched a break-through Chinese learning gadget, “Pocket Chinese Tutor”, it is an Mp4 player with Chinese speech assessment function, it can help learner correct their accent of speaking Chinese.

chikaku

Series B in 2019
Chikaku Inc. manufactures setup boxes for grandparents to watch their grandkids. Its solution allows watching videos and photos on screen by plugging the device. Chikaku Inc. was founded in 2014 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Aiming Inc.

Series A in 2011
Aiming Inc. engages in the production and development of online games for PCs, browsers, smartphones, home consoles, and mobile phones in Japan. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

KAUMO Japan

Venture Round in 2014
Kaumo is a shopping service where people can meet things and enjoy shopping.

Mytrax Inc.

Seed Round in 2011
Mytrax Inc. develops, sells, and licenses audio software. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. As of April 2012, Mytrax Inc. operates as a subsidiary of MTI Ltd.

Minimal Tech

Seed Round in 2014
WOVN Technologies offers website localization service that translates a website into multiple languages. The company aims to make website multilingualization and localization straight-forward, simple, and accessible to anyone from a website developer, to a blogger.

Weblio

Seed Round in 2006
Weblio, Inc. operates as an online dictionary and encyclopedia that allows users to search from multiple sources. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Pairy

Venture Round in 2013
Adults can enjoy! Free app! In profiles and album of only two people, Couple-only app that leave memories of all

Shorebird Technologies

Seed Round in 2018
Shorebird Technologies Pvt Ltd owns and operates travel enterprise resource planning platform, Tripeur. It’s an application-based service that helps streamline processes related to business travel and expense management. The application offers a host of services, including raising a trip request, getting approval, hotel bookings, and understanding the business policy. For the administration and the finance department, the suite helps in ascertaining the value proposition of every business travel undertaken by the employee. The company also has other add-on products that use the Tripeur platform, including a business travel analytics module - BizTravelytics, travel policy assistant module, and an expense optimizer. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Bengaluru, India.