Smart Bank
Series B in 2025
Smart Bank is a software company that specializes in money spending management through its innovative application. The firm has created a user-friendly expense management platform that aims to empower individuals to spend, save, and enhance their financial well-being. Smart Bank offers a prepaid card that helps users avoid overspending, paired with an application that provides a clear overview of their balance and spending habits. This combination of tools enables users to effectively manage their expenses and make informed financial decisions.
Smart Bank
Series B in 2024
Smart Bank is a software company that specializes in money spending management through its innovative application. The firm has created a user-friendly expense management platform that aims to empower individuals to spend, save, and enhance their financial well-being. Smart Bank offers a prepaid card that helps users avoid overspending, paired with an application that provides a clear overview of their balance and spending habits. This combination of tools enables users to effectively manage their expenses and make informed financial decisions.
Miive
Venture Round in 2024
Miive is a company that specializes in developing an employee experience platform designed to enhance employee engagement. The platform integrates rewards with organizational culture and values, facilitating the creation and management of engagement opportunities. It also visualizes the contributions of team members, allowing organizations to foster mutual recognition and strengthen team dynamics. By focusing on these key elements, Miive aims to promote a positive workplace environment that encourages collaboration and celebrates individual achievements.
SUSHI TOP MARKETING
Series A in 2024
Sushi Top Marketing is an IT company specializing in marketing, consulting, and the utilization of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). It operates a platform designed to facilitate NFT distribution, providing services such as NFT certification, town distribution, and various NFT applications. This platform aids businesses in the efficient issuance, reception, and planning of NFTs, thereby promoting a culture of token graph marketing. With its comprehensive approach, Sushi Top Marketing enables organizations to navigate the complexities of the NFT landscape effectively.
Evrynet
Venture Round in 2021
Evrynet is a developer of an advanced financial services platform that facilitates the creation of centralized and decentralized finance (CeDeFi) applications. The company's infrastructure utilizes blockchain technology to offer fundamental financial templates, serving as a foundation for more complex financial functions and decentralized finance applications. Evrynet's platform incorporates smart contracts, allowing both individuals and enterprises to easily develop financial applications that are interoperable with various leading blockchains. This capability enables a seamless integration of diverse financial services, catering to the needs of developers and businesses in the evolving landscape of finance.
Toranotec
Series C in 2021
Toranotec Co., Ltd., established in 2016 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, specializes in developing a spare change investment application. The company's mission is to make investment accessible to everyone by transforming everyday consumption into investment opportunities. Toranotec achieves this through its asset management subsidiaries, leveraging advanced technology to source transaction data from daily life and convert small change and loyalty points into investable assets.
Paytner is a company focused on providing financial support services specifically tailored for freelancers in Japan. As the freelance workforce continues to grow, the company addresses various challenges faced by this demographic, including funding issues and workplace harassment. Paytner has developed an online invoicing platform that allows freelancers to sell their invoices to business partners for immediate payment, typically within an hour. By facilitating the purchase of invoice information before deposits are made, Paytner enables clients to access funds quickly while managing their payment cycles more effectively. This innovative approach aims to enhance the financial stability of freelancers and improve the overall working environment in the evolving landscape of freelance employment.
Nudge is a financial planning platform focused on establishing a new type of financial institution that promotes innovative values and behaviors. The company is currently developing its initial service and fortifying its team while preparing to acquire the necessary financial licenses. Nudge also provides in-house credit cards tailored for creators, sports teams, and various communities with dedicated fan bases, allowing them to enhance their financial capabilities and secure their financial futures.
Kanmu
Funding Round in 2020
Kanmu, Inc. is a Tokyo-based company that specializes in sales promotion services linked to credit cards. It has developed a consumer reward platform that offers credit card-linked coupons tailored to users' individual purchasing histories and preferences. By analyzing this data, Kanmu delivers personalized offers and discounts that enhance online shopping experiences. The platform aims to broaden access to promotional opportunities, even for unbanked individuals, thereby promoting engagement with various online sales initiatives.
IT Realize
Series B in 2020
IT Realize is a fintech company that provides business support services and develops a personal finance management application designed to make finance accessible to all. The application supports cashless payment systems, banking app functionality, and credit card management, and periodically releases seasonal services to expand personal finance capabilities. It enables users to check deposit account details and centrally manage multiple credit cards, helping them oversee their finances efficiently and at a relatively low cost.
Gojo & Company
Series D in 2020
Founded in 2014, Gojo & Company is a Tokyo-based holding company that enables financial inclusion for underserved communities worldwide. It invests in and partners with microfinance institutions across Southeast Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Africa, aiming to provide access to financial services regardless of one's background.
Kipp Financial Technologies
Seed Round in 2019
Kipp Financial Technologies specializes in delivering comprehensive financial services tailored for the fintech industry. The company focuses on emerging trends such as overseas remittance, international brand card issuance, and deferred payment services. Kipp operates a Banking as a Service (BaaS) platform that provides system infrastructure in a Software as a Service (SaaS) model, enabling financial service providers to enhance their operational efficiency and user experience. Its platform includes functionalities like wallet management, remittance solutions, settlement processing, anti-money laundering (AML) compliance, and credit management services. By offering these tools, Kipp Financial Technologies aims to improve productivity for its clients within the financial sector.
Gojo & Company
Series C in 2019
Founded in 2014, Gojo & Company is a Tokyo-based holding company that enables financial inclusion for underserved communities worldwide. It invests in and partners with microfinance institutions across Southeast Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Africa, aiming to provide access to financial services regardless of one's background.
One Visa
Venture Round in 2019
One Visa, Inc. is a Tokyo-based company that specializes in providing software solutions for visa application and management. Founded in 2015, One Visa offers an online platform that streamlines the visa application process for foreign employees by automating the creation of necessary application documents. The service also includes features for submitting these documents to the immigration bureau and managing visa application timelines. By simplifying these tasks, One Visa aims to facilitate a smoother and more efficient visa acquisition experience for its users.
Money Tap
Corporate Round in 2019
Money Tap is a planning, development, operation and consulting for various Fintech solutions using blockchain / distributed ledger technology (DLT).
Toranotec
Corporate Round in 2019
Toranotec Co., Ltd., established in 2016 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, specializes in developing a spare change investment application. The company's mission is to make investment accessible to everyone by transforming everyday consumption into investment opportunities. Toranotec achieves this through its asset management subsidiaries, leveraging advanced technology to source transaction data from daily life and convert small change and loyalty points into investable assets.
Timee
Venture Round in 2019
Timee, established in 2017 and headquartered in Shibuya-ku, Japan, specializes in developing and operating applications. Its flagship product is a work sharing platform that connects available workers with businesses facing labor shortages, addressing the issue of fluctuating work demands. As Japan's leading gig work platform, Timee aims to expand work opportunities and alleviate labor market imbalances.
Caulis Inc. is a cybersecurity company based in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 2015. It specializes in developing an open security platform designed to detect fraud and identity theft through the analysis of users’ online behavior. The platform incorporates a risk detection engine that safeguards users from unauthorized access and malicious activities. Caulis provides cloud-based fraud detection services tailored for corporate clients, which include features such as unauthorized access detection and anti-phishing measures. The company employs advanced technologies to automatically identify and register phishing sites with major browsing services. Additionally, Caulis monitors account resale information across various platforms, keeping clients informed through daily email notifications regarding account purchase activities.
Toranotec
Seed Round in 2016
Toranotec Co., Ltd., established in 2016 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, specializes in developing a spare change investment application. The company's mission is to make investment accessible to everyone by transforming everyday consumption into investment opportunities. Toranotec achieves this through its asset management subsidiaries, leveraging advanced technology to source transaction data from daily life and convert small change and loyalty points into investable assets.