JIZAIE is an artificial intelligence company focused on creating innovative solutions that integrate virtual reality, robotics, and wearable computing. The firm has developed a real-time remote work platform specifically designed for essential and blue-collar workers. This platform serves as a remote control for heavy machinery and facilitates remote monitoring of traffic guidance sites and production line operations in food factories. By enabling businesses to manage work in challenging environments from a distance, JIZAIE aims to enhance operational safety and efficiency, thereby reducing the likelihood of accidents on-site.
Style Port
Venture Round in 2021
Style Port Inc., founded in 2017 and based in Nagoya, Japan, specializes in virtual reality (VR) technology for the real estate sector. The company's primary product, Roov, is an Internet VR platform that allows real estate agents to effectively showcase properties and helps users visualize interiors. Roov utilizes artificial intelligence to generate 3D modeling data from computer-aided design (CAD) files, accommodating both newly constructed properties and occupied secondhand homes. The platform enables users to simulate furniture placement, conduct indoor measurements, and perform virtual walkthroughs, enhancing the property viewing experience. It operates on general terminals and web browsers, utilizing its proprietary development engine to streamline the process.
Brave Group
Series A in 2020
Brave Group, Inc. is a Tokyo-based company that specializes in intellectual property development services tailored for the entertainment industry. Founded in 2017 and formerly known as Unlimited.Co., Ltd., Brave Group focuses on creating and distributing various forms of media, including videos, music, and online events. The company leverages animation production technology to offer marketing and production support services, aiming to transform the local entertainment market. Additionally, Brave Group develops innovative intellectual property, such as virtual reality content, facilitating advertising opportunities for businesses while enhancing entertainment options for consumers.
PlaceHolder
Series B in 2019
Placeholder, Inc. is a Tokyo-based company that operates a digital theme park utilizing virtual reality and augmented reality technologies to create engaging experiences for both children and adults. Founded in 2016, the company offers a range of interactive products, including sand party, spray painting, draw your world, paper rikishi, planet portal, little builders, world adventure, number splash, and ar quest. By merging digital technology with real-world environments, Placeholder aims to inspire and excite users through innovative and immersive experiences.
PlaceHolder
Venture Round in 2019
Placeholder, Inc. is a Tokyo-based company that operates a digital theme park utilizing virtual reality and augmented reality technologies to create engaging experiences for both children and adults. Founded in 2016, the company offers a range of interactive products, including sand party, spray painting, draw your world, paper rikishi, planet portal, little builders, world adventure, number splash, and ar quest. By merging digital technology with real-world environments, Placeholder aims to inspire and excite users through innovative and immersive experiences.
HoloLab
Venture Round in 2019
HoloLab Inc. is a Japanese company founded in 2017, specializing in the research and development of virtual reality software and mixed-reality systems. Based in Shinagawa-ku, HoloLab focuses on creating innovative computing styles and experiences by bridging the gap between the real and virtual worlds. The company utilizes devices such as Microsoft HoloLens and iPads to design and develop customized augmented and mixed reality applications tailored to client needs. HoloLab's expertise includes independently researching various platforms for holography and virtual reality, enabling clients to seamlessly transform design data from three-dimensional products into immersive experiences.
Tyffon Inc. is a developer of entertainment applications and immersive mixed reality experiences, founded in 2011 and headquartered in Santa Monica, California. The company initially gained recognition for its mobile applications, such as ZombieBooth, which transforms images into 3D animations, and other innovative apps that apply effects like gender morphing and zombification to photographs. Tyffon has evolved to focus on location-based virtual reality experiences, launching its first venue, TYFFONIUM, in Tokyo in 2017. This venue offers free-roam virtual reality experiences that integrate multi-sensory effects, allowing users to engage in hyper-realistic environments together. The company has also established partnerships with notable organizations, including participation in Disney’s Accelerator program, which has furthered its development of collaborative entertainment content. Tyffon is expanding its presence internationally with plans to open additional locations outside of Japan.
Style Port
Venture Round in 2018
Style Port Inc., founded in 2017 and based in Nagoya, Japan, specializes in virtual reality (VR) technology for the real estate sector. The company's primary product, Roov, is an Internet VR platform that allows real estate agents to effectively showcase properties and helps users visualize interiors. Roov utilizes artificial intelligence to generate 3D modeling data from computer-aided design (CAD) files, accommodating both newly constructed properties and occupied secondhand homes. The platform enables users to simulate furniture placement, conduct indoor measurements, and perform virtual walkthroughs, enhancing the property viewing experience. It operates on general terminals and web browsers, utilizing its proprietary development engine to streamline the process.
Tyffon
Venture Round in 2018
Tyffon Inc. is a developer of entertainment applications and immersive mixed reality experiences, founded in 2011 and headquartered in Santa Monica, California. The company initially gained recognition for its mobile applications, such as ZombieBooth, which transforms images into 3D animations, and other innovative apps that apply effects like gender morphing and zombification to photographs. Tyffon has evolved to focus on location-based virtual reality experiences, launching its first venue, TYFFONIUM, in Tokyo in 2017. This venue offers free-roam virtual reality experiences that integrate multi-sensory effects, allowing users to engage in hyper-realistic environments together. The company has also established partnerships with notable organizations, including participation in Disney’s Accelerator program, which has furthered its development of collaborative entertainment content. Tyffon is expanding its presence internationally with plans to open additional locations outside of Japan.
Cover Corporation
Series A in 2018
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.
InstaVR
Venture Round in 2018
InstaVR is a global provider of a cloud-based virtual reality (VR) platform that simplifies the creation and publication of interactive VR applications for various mobile and desktop environments. The company offers an out-of-the-box integrated SaaS solution that allows users to author and publish VR content quickly and efficiently, supporting features such as stereoscopic 3D and customizable hotspots. With its heat-map display, InstaVR enables businesses to analyze user behavior effectively. The platform is utilized by approximately 50,000 organizations worldwide, including various government agencies in the United States, promoting the integration of VR technology across diverse sectors.
PlaceHolder
Series A in 2018
Placeholder, Inc. is a Tokyo-based company that operates a digital theme park utilizing virtual reality and augmented reality technologies to create engaging experiences for both children and adults. Founded in 2016, the company offers a range of interactive products, including sand party, spray painting, draw your world, paper rikishi, planet portal, little builders, world adventure, number splash, and ar quest. By merging digital technology with real-world environments, Placeholder aims to inspire and excite users through innovative and immersive experiences.
Cover Corporation
Seed Round in 2017
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.
Thirdverse
Venture Round in 2016
Thirdverse, Inc. is a game development studio based in Tokyo, Japan, that specializes in creating and operating multiplayer virtual reality games. Founded in 2016, the company focuses on combining virtual reality technology with blockchain to develop immersive gaming experiences and establish an economic zone within a virtual world. Thirdverse offers a range of services including planning, development, sales, and management of virtual reality content, aiming to provide seamless gameplay and enhance user engagement in its virtual environments.