SMBC Venture Capital

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and its group companies offer a broad range of financial services centered on banking. They are also engaged in the leasing, securities, credit card, investment, mortgage securitization, venture capital and other credit related businesses. The following lists the activities of SMBC, its subsidiaries and affiliates in the various business segments.
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Furuta Daiji

MD

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Akihiko Fujieda

Executive Officer

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Yamaguchi Masahiro

Executive MD

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Makoto Nakamura

Executive Officer

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Akira Ochiai

CEO

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Hiroya Ota

Director

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Ishibashi Tatsushi

President and CEO

Past deals in Tokyo

Axelspace Corporation

Series A in 2015
Axelspace is a startup company developing businesses in the microsatellite field. Axelspace plans to construct a monitoring platform to cover the entire globe on a daily basis at extremely low cost.

Neural Pocket

Venture Round in 2019
Neural Pocket provides Smart City related services for commercial buildings and urban spaces utilizing AI enabled image recognition technology. The company focuses on business development and co-creation serve its clients. Other applications include solutions for digitalization of factories, warehouses, parking lots and retail stores.

mazrica inc.

Venture Round in 2019
mazrica, Inc. designs and develops an online business support platform. It also offers business consulting. mazrica, Inc. The company offers senses: a sales force automation(SFA) / customer relationship management (CRM) software, which maximizes organizational performance by intuitively grasp the progress of sales opportunities, centralized information management, and support until operation established. mazrica, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

NIL Japan

Venture Round in 2017
NIL is a company developed innovative functional ultrafine particle technology based on many years of research experience.

Plus D Inc.

Venture Round in 2015
Plus D Inc. provides creative design planning and production services. Its services include creative and planning, providing digital creation services and build communication between business and consumers; movie produce, engages in planning and production of video content, including movie theaters and television (TV) dramas, music videos, and commercial videos; and creative sharing, providing creative know-how to partner companies and create new business together. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

SmartNews

Series D in 2016
SmartNews is the award-winning, news discovery app loved by millions. We are a machine-learning company deeply committed to helping users discover the most interesting and important stories that matter right now. SmartNews won numerous “App of the Year” awards in Japan and is consistently ranked as a top 5 News App for Android and iOS in the US. With over $50M in funding from Gree, Globis Capital Partners and Atomico, SmartNews has offices in Tokyo, San Francisco and New York.

cart ltd.

Seed Round in 2019
cart ltd. designs and develops naturacart, an online platform that sells natural and organic products online. The company's platform sells various products, such as wine, diapers, beauty care, oil, spices, breads, dairy products, supplements, stationery items, toiletries, and more. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Ball Wave Inc.

Series A in 2016
Ball Wave Inc. develops, manufactures, and sells sensors. The company offers trance moisture sensors and mini sensors. It also provides ball surface acoustic waves gas sensors. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Sendai, Japan.

Hecto Inc

Venture Round in 2016
ChatBook is a SaaS platform for marketers who work in B2B area to automate acquiring leads and evaluate leads in your absence.We remove the trouble of spending lots of money on online marketing and make better conversions. If you are using ChatBook, users don’t have to visit the website, it comes to you on your social media advertisements. ChatBook delivers more solid targeting based on social media activity and profiles.

Veritas In Silico Inc.

Series B in 2019
Veritas In Silico is a start-up to research and sales of pharmaceuticals.Veritas In Silico, target partial structures in messenger RNA (mRNA) by exploring the true form of RNA, the origin of life, based on in silico (computer-based computational science) technology Established a drug discovery system with a completely new concept.This mRNA-targeted drug has the potential to be applied to any disease, including those for which it has been difficult to develop therapeutic drugs using conventional protein-based drug discovery. Therefore, it is expected to be a favorite for next-generation drug discovery that will cause a paradigm shift in the pharmaceutical industry.

al+

Series B in 2017
al+ is a Personal Artificial Intelligence which reconstructs individual personalities on the cloud by analyzing life log data of individuals and their groups. Based on the analysis of individual personalities, unproductive parts of labour will be automated and alt’s operating efficiency will be maximized. al+ users can focus on more productive, creative and sophisticated work. Using this methodology, we sincerely hope to contribute to the solution of different kinds of social problems.

ExaWizards

Venture Round in 2018
ExaWizards Inc. engages in development of an artificial intelligence (AI) based platform, Coaching AI. It helps users to learn skills and support care giving training for people with dementia. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

BeaTrust

Series A in 2022
BeaTrust Inc. develops a collaboration application for the employees that provides information about colleagues. Its platform allows the employees to search for employees' skills, experience, work content, and hobbies. It allows the users to find out the coworkers' skills and learn about their skills. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

SiTime

Series F in 2013
SiTime Corporation, a semiconductor company, provides silicon timing systems solutions in Taiwan, Hong Kong, the United States, and internationally. Its products include resonators and clock integrated circuits, programmable OCXOs, precision MHz super-TCXOs, MHz oscillators, 32.768 kHz oscillators, µPower oscillators 1 Hz to 26 MHz, ruggedized oscillators, and embedded resonators. Its solutions are used in various markets, including enterprise and telecommunications infrastructure, automotive, industrial, Internet of Things, mobile, and aerospace and defense. The company was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. SiTime Corporation is a subsidiary of MegaChips Corporation.

DLGB Inc.

Series A in 2021
We are creating a marketplace nemed by "SmartRyde" to connect local transportation operators and online travel agencies (OTAs) with the mission of "contributing to the sustainable development of local communities through transportation," . As of August 2021, we have collaborated with more than 650 transportation operators and more than 25 OTAs, including top global players such as Booking.com, Expedia, Trip.com, Traveloka, and Despegar.

Astroscale

Series D in 2018
Astroscale Holdings Inc. engages in the development of technologies to remove orbital debris. It offers services, such as end-of-life service by Astroscale (ELSA), a spacecraft retrieval service for satellite operators; and active debris removal (ADR). It also designs and manufactures the lunar dream capsule which gives people a chance to send their names into space. Astroscale Holdings Inc. was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan with additional offices in Harwell, United Kingdom; and Singapore.

Thinca co.,Ltd.

Venture Round in 2018
Thinca co.,Ltd. provides information technology system planning, development, and operation services for cloud based products. The company offers computer technology integration and consulting services. It also provides hospitality telephone service development which Integrates telephone and fax partially with the computer system. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

neton Japan

Venture Round in 2019
neton, Inc. provides cloud based hiring solutions in China. The company will provide web marketing business consulting services. Its web services will include management of cloud based hiring site, such as recruitment chief, template monster Japan, and rank tracker. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Osaka, Japan.

Snaq.me Co., Ltd.

Venture Round in 2019
Snaq.me Co., Ltd. offers snack subscription and delivery services. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Team Spirit

Venture Round in 2017
TeamSpirit specializes in building and providing companies with our cloud-based teamSpirit Workforce Success Platform.Today, no company can communicate its value without providing services that adapt to the various and diverse needs of end users. More and more, companies are required to make a shift from a labor-intensive paradigm to a broader, knowledge-intensive, service-based orientation. Employees, too, are faced with the necessity of changing the way they think about their work. Gone are the days of routine work; now, employees must think creatively, and demonstrate their unique professional capabilities. With the capital and business alliance forged with U.S.-based salesforce.com, Inc., TeamSpirit has completed a transformation from outsourcer to cloud service provider as they set out on their second start-up endeavor. Their experience making such a profound change taught us that the most effective way to inspire their employees to put forth 100% of their professional strengths is to establish a cycle of 1) visualizing daily activities, 2) receiving feedback from those around us, and 3) reflecting on their own activities and relating them to tomorrow.

sitateru

Series B in 2018
sitateru is a tailor-controlled system of clothing production that works with clothing companies in order to facilitate clothing needs.

Plaid inc

Venture Round in 2018
Plaid the service provider does not have to analyze it using the service, such as data analysis, review the improvement plan, the only step on a separate step to reflect site. It is because the output for analysis and improvement of these services are divided. Therefore, you would have meant turning the PDCA high cost of resources and time-consuming large.

Subsclife Inc.

Series B in 2020
Subsclife Inc. rents and sells furniture online. It offers sofas, chairs, tables, desks, storage furniture, kitchen storage products, TV boards, beds, dressers, rug cushions, interior goods, and office furniture. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. Subsclife Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Kamarq Holdings PTE.LTD.

Torana

Series B in 2022
Torana provides "Toysub!" well known as educational toy subscription service in Japan market. We plan to go global and will be more bigger market share holder in East Asia. We collect month-age base toy feedback data and children's development status information. We plan best combination of toys and deliver. Customer returns and gets new toys which fit children's growth and it is eco friendly service. We plan to build our own brand toys based on massive customer feedback and growth data and enter D2C market.

div Inc.

Venture Round in 2019
DIV operates TECH::CAMP, a programming school, a short-term intensive training course designed to turn students into engineers.

ipoca INC.

Venture Round in 2013
Ipoca is a digital solution business for retail and distribution companies. It offers an in-store information platform for real stores. Ipoca contributes to the revitalization of the local economy and the Japanese economy by encouraging the mobility of people by discovering the charm of the town. The company was established in 2007 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

PATRA Japan

Venture Round in 2018
PATRA is a marketplace that sells multiple corporate brand products produced by influencers in addition to brands originating in-house. PATRA provides a trend media for women who sends the latest in girl trends, watched by more than one million women in the middle of Instagram.

Cozre

Venture Round in 2017
Cozre the outing and the lessons of the babies and children, to solve the problem of child-rearing.

Infratop

Venture Round in 2017
Infratop Inc. engages in education programming and human resources businesses. It offers a programming boot camp for graduates; an agent service that supports engineers in career change; and a media service, which provides information for beginners of programming. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. As of November 21, 2019, Infratop Inc. operates as a subsidiary of DMM.com LLC.

KPI Solutions Co., Ltd.

Venture Round in 2011
KPI Solutions Co., Ltd. develops email marketing software. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

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.

Cake.jp

Venture Round in 2013
Cake.jp Co., Ltd. owns and operates online cake delivery portal. The company delivers cake for individual birthdays, anniversary celebrations, corporate events, parties, and welfare. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Upsell Technologies Co., Ltd.

Venture Round in 2014
Upsell Technologies Co., Ltd. operates business process outsourcing and call center services. The company offers RYO-DATA, an analysis system for customer data using artificial intelligence (AI); RYO-TALK, the chatbot platform that responds to inquiries; and RYO-CALL, offers call center service. Upsell Technologies Co., Ltd. was founded in 2003 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

REGiMMUNE Corporation

Series C in 2012
REGiMMUNE Corporation, a biotechnology company, engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of immune-regulatory therapeutics to treat life-threatening diseases and disorders. It offers therapeutics for allergies, autoimmune diseases, and transplantation disorders. The company’s products include RGI-2001, a drug in the class of Treg-inducing agents; RGI-1000 for allergy; and RGI-3100 series for type 1 diabetes, as well as products for preventing inhibitor formation in enzyme replacement therapies and for IBD. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan with an additional office in San Francisco, California.

Rehab for JAPAN Co., Ltd.

Series C in 2021
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.

Wealthnavi

Series D in 2019
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.

Monstar Lab

Venture Round in 2014
Headquartered in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Monstar Lab, Inc. provides access to top talent and specialists around the world as the foundation for all of the group’s activities. The company consists of more than 1200 engineers and creators in offices in 26 cities and 15 countries worldwide. The core consultancy arm of the company engineers awesome solutions that perform for clients around the world. In addition, the company’s array of products and services ranging from co-working spaces, robotic process automation, game development, streaming services, HR tech and education programs empower thinkers and makers globally.

Varinos

Seed Round in 2020
Varinos Inc. is a clinical testing company that provides genomic testing and continuous clinical sequencing services. Its services include endometrial microbiome and flow of intrauterine flora testing. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

TableCheck Inc

Venture Round in 2019
TableCheck empowers restaurant operators worldwide to maximize guest engagement, reservations, and table utilization. We analyze and evaluate data from restaurants and use this information to create a more vibrant dining experience for their customers. Our team of creative minds is continuously seeking to drive innovative solutions to support our restaurant partners. TableCheck’s restaurant management tools give restaurants the power and flexibility to provide seamless customer experiences for every guest from the moment they make reservations. "

aptpod

Series C in 2021
Aptpod Inc. operates in M2M/IoT software and hardware planning, development, and sales; M2M/IoT cloud service administration; and application/system prototyping. Its products include intdash, a bidirectional data transmission platform for streaming data generated at frequency of 100 msec to 1 msec intervals through a network; visual M2M, a web application that visualizes sensor data automatically collected in real time in the cloud; and automotive pro. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

QD Laser, Inc.

Venture Round in 2015
QD Laser is a developer of quantum dot laser technology designed to offer high performance semiconductor lasers.The company's quantum dot laser technology develops new semiconductor lasers in a wide range of fields and offer current-free quantum dot lasers for communications, enabling telecommunication industries to get services that helps them improve their businesses.

toBe Marketing Co., Ltd.

Venture Round in 2019
ToBe Marketing is an information technology company that provides services to combine marketing automation and CRM. It offers consulting services, IT, and marketing consultation. The company is driven by a mission is to realize the engagement of companies and their customers by creating marketing and sales activities using IT or digital technology. ToBe Marketing was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Snaq.me Co., Ltd.

Venture Round in 2020
Snaq.me Co., Ltd. offers snack subscription and delivery services. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Smaregi

Venture Round in 2016
Smaregi, Inc. plans, designs, develops, and provides Web services. The company also offers Smaregi, a cloud type POS cash register system; Smaregi Waiter, an order management system that uses smartphones; and Smaregi - Time Card, a cloud-type attendance management service that manages attendance information, as well as provides payroll calculation, vacation management, shift management, daily report, and project management functions. It is also involved in data collection/analysis and mail order businesses. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.

Nanophoton

Venture Round in 2016
Nanophoton Corporation engages in the research, development, manufacture, and sale of laser microscopes and related products. It offers laser Raman microscopes; wide field Raman scopes; tip-enhanced Raman microscopes; closed vessels for Raman spectroscopy of lithium ion batteries; Z polarizers to measure in three dimensions x, y, and z orientation of the crystals and molecules; laser speckle reducers for microscope illumination; compact shading covers; and custom-order systems. The company’s products are used in silicon/semiconductor, secondary battery, carbon materials, inorganic compounds/minerals, polymer/resin, bio/pharmaceutical, and food applications. It sells its products to laboratories and industries through a network of distributors/representatives worldwide. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Osaka, Japan.

aptpod

Series A in 2017
Aptpod Inc. operates in M2M/IoT software and hardware planning, development, and sales; M2M/IoT cloud service administration; and application/system prototyping. Its products include intdash, a bidirectional data transmission platform for streaming data generated at frequency of 100 msec to 1 msec intervals through a network; visual M2M, a web application that visualizes sensor data automatically collected in real time in the cloud; and automotive pro. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

AlphaNavi Pharma

Series A in 2019
AlphaNavi Pharma Co., Ltd., a drug discovery company, develops new pain therapeutics and engages in research and development of voltage-gated sodium channel selective inhibitors. Its products include ANP-230 and ANP-231 drugs used for peripheral neuropathic pain. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.

Japan Communications Inc.

Venture Round in 2000
Japan Communications Inc., a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), provides mobile services in Japan. It develops and sells network security solutions and unauthorized access prevention technologies; and researches and develops technologies for MVNO and MVNE. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Latona, Inc.

Series A in 2021
Latona, Inc. is engage in micro finance, innovating core technologies underneath front end experience. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Okan, Inc.

Venture Round in 2018
Okan is a food service has launched delivery service for Japanese deli foods for corporations and individual consumers .

Subsclife Inc.

Series B in 2020
Subsclife Inc. rents and sells furniture online. It offers sofas, chairs, tables, desks, storage furniture, kitchen storage products, TV boards, beds, dressers, rug cushions, interior goods, and office furniture. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. Subsclife Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Kamarq Holdings PTE.LTD.

Minna Electric Power

Venture Round in 2014
Minna Electric Power is an Electricity retail service for corporations and individuals company.

Minrevi

Venture Round in 2015
Yoriso, formerly known as Minrebi, is a Japanese startup that connects families to funeral homes and other end-of-life service providers. It is a funeral / medical IT venture that aims to be a “company that creates a world where everyone can make their own choices by overcoming the limitations of ingenuity”. Yoriso was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Tokyo.

Gracia Japan

Series B in 2019
Gracia Inc. owns and operates tanp, a gift platform. The platform provides gift for birthday, anniversary, father’s day, white day, valentine, job celebration, and wedding celebration. Gracia Inc. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Shinagawa, Japan.

CAMPFIRE

Series A in 2017
Campfire is a Japanese crowdfunding site. They operate the largest cloud funding platform in Japan [CAMPFIRE (campfire)], which supports "whoever wants to start something." The fee is 5% of the domestic level, and about 15,000 projects have collected about $70million in total from over 700,000 people.

Timetree

Seed Round in 2016
TimeTree, Inc. develops an application to manage calendar schedules. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Shinjuku, Japan.

XMart

Series A in 2021
XMart, Inc. develops a platform that aims at reducing the cost of operating restaurants and improving the food industry productivity. The platform works by connecting restaurants and wholesalers. The restaurants can then register their delivery slip on the platform and receive a proposed quotation. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

logly,Inc.

Venture Round in 2013
logly, Inc. operates as a technology company in Japan. The company operates logly lift, an advertising service platform that delivers corporate content to users through media and brand recognition, and product needs; Loyalfarm, an audience training tool to analyze action and engagement of readers who visited the site and to repeat them; and Zenback, a widget to collect information about articles from various parts of the net. It primarily serves advertisers and distributors. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
Braizon Therapeutics, Inc. was established with the aim of applying and implementing, within the fields of medicine and life science, innovative technology for the delivery of drugs to the brain as the outcome of collaborative research by Professor Kazunori Kataoka from the Graduate School of Engineering/Medicine, the University of Tokyo and Professor Takanori Yokota from the Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University.

Pixie Dust Technologies

Series B in 2019
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.

PATRA Japan

Venture Round in 2018
PATRA is a marketplace that sells multiple corporate brand products produced by influencers in addition to brands originating in-house. PATRA provides a trend media for women who sends the latest in girl trends, watched by more than one million women in the middle of Instagram.

DLGB Inc.

Series A in 2023
We are creating a marketplace nemed by "SmartRyde" to connect local transportation operators and online travel agencies (OTAs) with the mission of "contributing to the sustainable development of local communities through transportation," . As of August 2021, we have collaborated with more than 650 transportation operators and more than 25 OTAs, including top global players such as Booking.com, Expedia, Trip.com, Traveloka, and Despegar.

RoomClip

Venture Round in 2015
RoomClip is a photo-sharing service where users can find inspiration for their home and life.

Luca Science Inc.

Series B in 2022
Luca Science Inc. specializes in creating a new treatment using mitochondria, which is bioenergy itself. It is based in Japan.

HRBrain, Inc.

Venture Round in 2020
HRBrain, INC. owns and operates an online platform that provides cloud-based human resource evaluation services. It offers centralized management of human resource data, personal evaluation, organizational structure, and tissue analysis. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

LegalForce, Inc.

Series B in 2020
LegalForce, Inc. develops, operates, and maintains software related to legal services. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Accounting SaaS Japan

Venture Round in 2014
Accouting SaaS Japan Co.,LTD. develops cloud-based accounting and tax applications software. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Cytlimic

Series B in 2019
CYTLIMIC is a biotechnology company developing immunotherapy products for the treatment of cancer, including a cancer peptide vaccine. CYTLIMIC’s products aim to activate immune systems to attack cancer cells while enabling patients to maintain a high quality-of-life during treatment.

Timetree

Venture Round in 2018
TimeTree, Inc. develops an application to manage calendar schedules. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Shinjuku, Japan.

BearTail

Series B in 2016
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.

WEFABRIK Inc.

Venture Round in 2018
WEFABRIK Inc. owns and operates an online B2B (Business to Business) flea marketplace for textile and fashion industry. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Osaka, Japan.

Miraisens

Venture Round in 2017
Miraisens, Inc. researches, develops, and commercializes 3D gesture feedback technological devices. The company offers two?hand sensory feedback game controllers; 3DHaptics Navigator, a hardware solution for enhancing real-time 3D digital contents with realistic touch feeling effect for automotive, robotics, and remote surgery applications; and 4Driving Bar, a hardware solution for enhancing car race game with realistic car driving feeling effect. Its products are used in entertainment/VR/wearable applications. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Tsukuba, Japan.

SmartDrive Inc.

Series B in 2017
SmartDrive Inc. develops vehicle tracking and big data analytics solutions. The company offers data platform, which provides data about vehicle management, usage management, route optimization, accident, safe driving analysis, real time vehicle management services through GPS, dangerous area mapping etc. The company also offers devices such OBD and car charger. Additionally, the company offers DriveOn, an iPhone application and base hardware that promotes safe driving. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Shinagawa-ku, Japan.

Thyas Co. Ltd.

Venture Round in 2019
Thyas Co. Ltd. regenerates T cells from human iPS cells. It provides preparation for regenerative immune cell therapy against cancer and infectious diseases. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Kyoto, Japan.

RoomClip

Venture Round in 2017
RoomClip is a photo-sharing service where users can find inspiration for their home and life.

Xtra Japan

Venture Round in 2013
Xtra creates various encounters through services.

Intertrade Co.,Ltd.

Venture Round in 2000
Intertrade Co.,Ltd. provides financial, business, and healthcare solutions in Japan. The company offers securities dealing, foreign exchange margin trading, and exchange trading systems; and integrated management control platform, virtual engineering, and system integration/system engineering services. It also plans and sells health food and cosmetic products; and produces functional mushroom. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Megakaryon Corporation

Series A in 2013
Megakaryon Corporation develops platelets and red blood cells from human iPS cell lines. Its portfolio includes blood products that do not depend on blood donations. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Kyoto, Japan with an additional office in Tokyo, Japan.

PATRA Japan

Venture Round in 2019
PATRA is a marketplace that sells multiple corporate brand products produced by influencers in addition to brands originating in-house. PATRA provides a trend media for women who sends the latest in girl trends, watched by more than one million women in the middle of Instagram.

Findy Inc

Series B in 2020
Findy Inc, a job change service company, connects companies with IT engineers, freelancers, and sideline engineers. It also provides information related to hiring and personnel affairs, including tips for hiring, public relations, and marketing. The company also offers Findy Engineer Lab, a medium that delivers interviews with active engineers and the latest technical information. Findy Inc was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

AccuRna

Series B in 2018
AccRna, Inc.'s aim is to promote therapeutic innovation in the form of nucleic acid medicine utilizing our robust DDS platform, providing effective treatment for refractory diseases for which there is currently no cure. Our dream is to deliver a “radical cure” to patients suffering from refractory diseases all over the world by safely and efficiently achieving the ultimate in the therapy utilizing nucleic acid.

Rehab for JAPAN Co., Ltd.

Series A in 2020
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.

HRBrain, Inc.

Venture Round in 2020
HRBrain, INC. owns and operates an online platform that provides cloud-based human resource evaluation services. It offers centralized management of human resource data, personal evaluation, organizational structure, and tissue analysis. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

CREWT Medical Systems, Inc.

Venture Round in 2015
CREWT Medical Systems, Inc. developed world first head-mounted perimeter, compatible standard automated perimeter, based on our cutting edge lens designing techniques and software engineering that meets the needs of the clinical site. The company name “CREWT” is an acronym for “CREation” “Weave” “Technologies“. We aims to create “new value” by weaving up the existing excellent technology in the world. We will continue to make effort to create and provide human-centric medical devices for a better Quality Of Vision. Our mission is to ‘CRE’ate new values by ‘W’eaving up existing ‘T’echnologies, acronymized as “CREWT”.

LOGIC Japan

Venture Round in 2017
Logic is a software company developing a new care record system developed at the request of care providers. the company's system called Care Wing distributes useful information, columns, and holds regular seminars. It automatically creates from the caregiver's care record entered on the smartphone. Logic was established in 1995 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Kakehashi

Series B in 2019
KAKEHASHI is the opportunity of Their foundation to want to become "Kakehashi connecting medical treatment and patients" "Kakehashi connecting medical care with a bright future". Japan is a country possessing world-class medical technology and medical system, it is a country with prominent longevity to be proud of in the world. In 2060, one in 2.5 people will enter an unprecedented super aging society of 65 years old and over, one in four will be over 75 years old. To think about the way of medical care that supports the healthy life expectancy in Japan is nothing but creation of the future image of Japanese society.

IDENTITY

Venture Round in 2018
IDENTITY is a company that develops digital marketing support and in house media business

Paradise Ware

Venture Round in 2015
Paradise Ware is striving every day to realize the paradise where human hope will come true.

Leading Mark Inc.

Series A in 2015
Leading Mark, a rising human resources startup in Japan. Leading Mark is branching out into mid-career and international hiring. It currently has a one-man team in China working to bring the top Japanese-speaking Chinese students to domestic companies. He also touts his startup’s focus on the average job seeker. “We want to make sure that the users get the info that he or she needs the most,” he says. Large scale, legacy players can sometimes prioritize the needs of the hiring company, and their commission, over the needs of applicants themselves. This leads to frustration and short-circuited careers.

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.

Kajitsudo

Venture Round in 2013
Kajitsudo is a production and sales of large-scale baby leaf.

LinkWiz, Inc.

Series B in 2019
LinkWiz offers software that solves something about robots that is a bit difficult to use. It also develops and sells control system software with proprietary algorithms for industrial robots. Linkwiz's main products, L-ROBOT, control software for robots that perform operations such as welding and coating, and L-QUALIFY, a production-line inspection software, have already been adopted by major companies such as auto manufacturers. The company also provides technical consulting services. LinkWiz was founded in March 2015 and is based in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.

CellSeed

Venture Round in 2005
CellSeed develops regenerative medicine products primarily in Japan and Europe. The company offers regenerative medicines such as epithelial cell sheet for corneal and esophageal regeneration, regenerated cardiac patch to treat heart diseases, cell sheet for periodontal tissue regeneration, and regenerated cartilage sheet for the treatment of osteoarthritis The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Uzabase, Inc.

Series C in 2014
UZABASE is home to Japan's largest industry and corporate database, backed by an in-house team of specialised analysts. Their flagship service, SPEEDA organizes company and industry information and intelligence allowing for more efficient management in the workplace. NewsPicks is a product that uses content provides insight into the discussions and decisions vital to business in Asia.

Minna Electric Power

Venture Round in 2017
Minna Electric Power is an Electricity retail service for corporations and individuals company.

MIL

Venture Round in 2019
MIL is a marketing company it can be used for a wide range of video marketing such as video commerce , O2O measures , recruitment videos , and landing videos.

LOGIC Japan

Venture Round in 2017
Logic is a software company developing a new care record system developed at the request of care providers. the company's system called Care Wing distributes useful information, columns, and holds regular seminars. It automatically creates from the caregiver's care record entered on the smartphone. Logic was established in 1995 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

GHELIA

Venture Round in 2020
GHELIA aims to target this new era of AI with the latest deep learning technology. Through the development of a comprehensive AI platform ranging from OS to hardware, they aim to bring deep learning into easy use for everyone. It is their dream to bring the benefits of AI to as many people in as many walks of life as possible.

Cytlimic

Series A in 2016
CYTLIMIC is a biotechnology company developing immunotherapy products for the treatment of cancer, including a cancer peptide vaccine. CYTLIMIC’s products aim to activate immune systems to attack cancer cells while enabling patients to maintain a high quality-of-life during treatment.
matsuri technologies company develops a vacation rental tool that provides customer attraction service to support renting out of vacation rental properties for various uses, such as company-owned house, short-term rental, and rental meeting room or room sharing, through cooperation with real estate brokerages. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

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.

Mobilus Corporation

Venture Round in 2017
Mobilus Corporationis a Communication Tech Company that transforms communication with AI. We provide communication platforms that have been adopted by major carriers and SIer companies, and develop communication solutions that utilize mobile and artificial intelligence.

CONNECTEC JAPAN

Venture Round in 2012
CONNECTEC JAPAN Corporation develops semiconductor and electrical products. The company develops and provides foundry service of semiconductor package. It also provides technical support services for SMT, as well as various evaluation, analysis, and reliability test services. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Myoko, Japan. It has a satellite in Kyoto, Japan, as well as sales offices in Seoul, Korea; and Suzhou, China.

FOWD

Seed Round in 2018
FOWD is a comprehensive entertainment company in Japan.

JTOWER Inc.

Venture Round in 2014
JTOWER Inc. provides infrastructure sharing services in Japan. The company engages in the design and construction of information communication infrastructure services; design and development of communications-related solutions; and provision of information communications services. It offers in-building infrastructure sharing and cloud-managed Wi-Fi services to landlords and mobile network operators; site locator systems; and outdoor tower sharing and local 5G services. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. JTOWER Inc. is a subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation.

Neworld,inc.

Venture Round in 2018
Neworld is a web-based application that enables TV audiences to buy clothes actors wear on film.

Celsion

Series A in 2020
Cellusion is a regenerative medicine startup from Keio University. The mission of Cellusion is to deliver novel therapies for all bullous keratopathy patients by our iPS cells origin corneal endothelial cells mass culture system.

Caulis Inc.

Venture Round in 2020
Caulis is a cybersecurity startup which is building the open security platform for every single device. It detects fraud and identity theft based on users’ online behavior. The company through its platform develops risk detection engine that can protect users from malicious access. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

PGV Co., Ltd.

Venture Round in 2017
PGV believe that self-care in the brain will be possible by measuring your own brain waves at every point in the life cycle, understanding its meaning, and using it. We expect that using a PGV device to measure EEG and reading it using AI analysis will encourage self-care and contribute to our own lives.

Gracia Japan

Series A in 2018
Gracia Inc. owns and operates tanp, a gift platform. The platform provides gift for birthday, anniversary, father’s day, white day, valentine, job celebration, and wedding celebration. Gracia Inc. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Shinagawa, Japan.

Accounting SaaS Japan

Series A in 2013
Accouting SaaS Japan Co.,LTD. develops cloud-based accounting and tax applications software. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Green Earth Institute

Venture Round in 2014
Green Earth Institute Co.,Ltd. produces carbon-neutral biofuels and green chemicals. Its biofuels include vehicle and jet fuel; and green chemicals comprise resins, carbon fibers, and feed additives, and other chemicals derived from non-food biomass, such as leaves and stems of plants. Green Earth Institute Co.,Ltd. was founded in 2011 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. It has a research center in Kisarazu, Japan.

Spectronix Japan

Venture Round in 2017
Spectronics is a development of new technologies and new applications to bring about innovation, focusing on the future of laser technology.

JTOWER Inc.

Venture Round in 2018
JTOWER Inc. provides infrastructure sharing services in Japan. The company engages in the design and construction of information communication infrastructure services; design and development of communications-related solutions; and provision of information communications services. It offers in-building infrastructure sharing and cloud-managed Wi-Fi services to landlords and mobile network operators; site locator systems; and outdoor tower sharing and local 5G services. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. JTOWER Inc. is a subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation.

Normee Limited

Venture Round in 2016
Normee Limited develops a palm recognition technology to identify users. It uses the built-in camera of a smartphone to detect an individual’s unique palm patterns of lines, ridges, veins, and capillaries to allow the user to unlock the device. It was formerly known as Universal Robot co.ltd. The company was founded in February 1, 2005 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Caster Co. Ltd.

Venture Round in 2017
Caster is a provides various services for remote workers and those who are trying to change their working style.

REGiMMUNE Corporation

Venture Round in 2017
REGiMMUNE Corporation, a biotechnology company, engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of immune-regulatory therapeutics to treat life-threatening diseases and disorders. It offers therapeutics for allergies, autoimmune diseases, and transplantation disorders. The company’s products include RGI-2001, a drug in the class of Treg-inducing agents; RGI-1000 for allergy; and RGI-3100 series for type 1 diabetes, as well as products for preventing inhibitor formation in enzyme replacement therapies and for IBD. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan with an additional office in San Francisco, California.

identity Japan

Venture Round in 2018
Identity has set a mission of "Reduce mismatches in the world with IT!" And provides services as a comprehensive IT support company specializing in IT human resources (engineers and creators). We provide recruitment support for both agent services and media services, and offer a wide range of recruitment, mid-career, freelance, and overseas human resources in recruitment advertising media. From employment to retirement, we work closely with users to support career design.

KIYO Learning

Venture Round in 2018
KIYO Learning Co.,Ltd. engages in planning, production, sale, and operation of educational content and services for business people in Japan. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Okan, Inc.

Venture Round in 2015
Okan is a food service has launched delivery service for Japanese deli foods for corporations and individual consumers .

KPI Management Solutions

Venture Round in 2011
Corporate Performance Management and Business Intelligence KPI helps their customers to implement strategies through identifying and aligning the organization around critical KPI’s.

Timers Inc.

Venture Round in 2017
Timers offers a range of mobile applications based on match-making for singles. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

PeaceTecLab Co., Ltd.

Venture Round in 2021
PeaceTecLab Co., Ltd. develops and operates a platform that lends and borrows home appliances and daily necessities. It rents home appliances, baby goods, and fitness goods to individuals and manufacturers. The company also provides consulting services. It serves entertainment, distribution, and advertising industries. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

AlpacaAI

Series A in 2018
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.

chikaku

Venture Round in 2021
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.

Megakaryon Corporation

Series B in 2015
Megakaryon Corporation develops platelets and red blood cells from human iPS cell lines. Its portfolio includes blood products that do not depend on blood donations. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Kyoto, Japan with an additional office in Tokyo, 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.

Neworld,inc.

Venture Round in 2018
Neworld is a web-based application that enables TV audiences to buy clothes actors wear on film.

KOALA Tech Inc.

Venture Round in 2021
Koala Tech Inc. is an innovative high-tech startup company, whose goal is to pioneer practical applications of the world's first organic semiconductor laser diode that has been realized in the Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics Research (OPERA) at Kyushu University.

EdiGENE Inc.

Series A in 2017
EdiGENE Inc. is a biotechnology company that develops therapeutics for genetic disorders. It uses its proprietary technology clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) and guide nucleotide directed modulation (GNDM) for treatment of genetic disorders. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan with additional offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

HRBrain, Inc.

Funding Round in 2020
HRBrain, INC. owns and operates an online platform that provides cloud-based human resource evaluation services. It offers centralized management of human resource data, personal evaluation, organizational structure, and tissue analysis. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

AceRNA

Series A in 2019
AceRNA contributes to regenerative medicine and drug discovery through the discovery of novel miRNA functions. It began operation in April 2018, with its headquarters in Kyoto in Japan.

Holmes

Series A in 2018
Holmes Inc. develops a digital platform specialized in contracts. Its platform is used to create, approve, conclude, and manage contracts. The company serves customers worldwide. Holmes Inc. was founded in 2017 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Adways

Venture Round in 2005
Founded in 2001, Adways is engaged in the provision of advertising services. The firm also deals with mobile applications and contents development for media advertising.

nCino, Inc.

Post in 2020
NCino offers a cloud-based bank operating system created by bankers for bankers. The system helps increase profitability, productivity gains, regulatory compliance, and operational transparency at all organizational levels as well as across all lines of business. Following a process structure similar to a bank’s loan accounting system, the bank operating system offers combined services through its business process management, loan lifecycle, business intelligence, and document management solutions.

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.

Omise Co., Ltd.

Series C in 2020
Omise Co., Ltd. develops and operates an online payment platform that works on Web/mobile. Its platform allows users to transfer money from their account to third party bank accounts, return money back to customers, and save customers' cards to charge them again in the future. Additionally, it develops Omise application, an application to track the sales and manage all transaction. The company also offers APIs for developers. Omise Co., Ltd. was founded in 2013 and is based in Bangkok, Thailand.

JTOWER Inc.

Venture Round in 2018
JTOWER Inc. provides infrastructure sharing services in Japan. The company engages in the design and construction of information communication infrastructure services; design and development of communications-related solutions; and provision of information communications services. It offers in-building infrastructure sharing and cloud-managed Wi-Fi services to landlords and mobile network operators; site locator systems; and outdoor tower sharing and local 5G services. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. JTOWER Inc. is a subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation.

Clear Co., Ltd.

Venture Round in 2021
Clear Inc. engages in the sake brewing business. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

SpiderPlus & Co.

Venture Round in 2017
SpiderPlus & Co. develops drawing management and information sharing software for construction industry. It eliminates blue prints for people who uses drawing of paper at the construction site. It was formerly known as Regolith, Inc. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

plus-medi

Venture Round in 2017
Plus Medi is the developer of MyHospital, a medical care and management app offering personal health record (PHR) solutions.The app aims to help users by reducing the time they spend at the hospital or doctor's office. MyHospital also includes features like bills payment, medication management, and online paperwork.

al+

Series A in 2016
al+ is a Personal Artificial Intelligence which reconstructs individual personalities on the cloud by analyzing life log data of individuals and their groups. Based on the analysis of individual personalities, unproductive parts of labour will be automated and alt’s operating efficiency will be maximized. al+ users can focus on more productive, creative and sophisticated work. Using this methodology, we sincerely hope to contribute to the solution of different kinds of social problems.

Synamon Inc.

Series A in 2019
Synamon Inc. engages in content planning, development, and management of virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR) related products. The company develops NEUTRANS, a VR space construction solution. Its services include VR/AR development, VR/AR consulting, and 3D models for VR/AR content creation. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Shinagawa, Japan.

Neuroceuticals

Venture Round in 2016
Neuroceuticals Inc. manufactures medical devices. The company offers products, such as a video endoscope system, vagal nerve stimulation catheter system, temperature monitoring monitor catheter, and medical pen blade. Neuroceuticals Inc. was founded in 2009 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

TAGCyx Biotechnologies

Venture Round in 2016
TAGCyx Biotechnologies develops novel nucleic acid-based drugs for therapeutic applications. It offer Xenoligo, a platform that utilizes genetic alphabet expansion by unnatural base-pairs to generate customized nucleic acid suited for therapeutic applications. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Pathee

Series A in 2018
Pathee is a search engine that finds specific information for people starting from their current location. The next-generation search engine to find information of close ones starting from the current location.

umeebe Inc.

Venture Round in 2016
Umeebe is a company that makes fishing easy.Umeebe is to provide you with a way to answer these questions using technology and design.Umeebe aim to increase the number of anglers who are friendly to the surrounding environment and people.

Snapeee

Series B in 2013
Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that does seed, early stage venture, later stage venture, and private equity investments. It is focused primarily on companies engaged in developing mobile software and enterprise software. It is known as one of the highest-caliber venture firms, and one of Silicon Valley's most influential venture-capital firms by Wall Street Journal. It invests between 100,000 and $1 million in seed stage, between $1 million and $10 million in early stage, and between $10 million and $100 million in growth stage. Sequoia Capital has funded an unprecedented number of successful companies including Google, Yahoo, Paypal, Electronic Arts, NVIDIA, Cisco Systems, Oracle, Apple, YouTube, Admob and Zappos. It estimates that 19% of the NASDAQ's value is made up of firms they have funded. Sequoia Capital was established in November, 1972, based in Menlo Park, California. It was founded by Don Valentine. Currently it has offices in the U.S., China, India, and Israel.

Photoruction

Venture Round in 2020
Photoruction, Inc. plans, develops, and manages Internet services for the construction industry. Its products include Photoruction, a cloud platform for construction photography and civil engineering production support services; and aoz cloud, a cloud-type AI engine that can read information from drawings, photographs, and processes. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

UniZeo

Venture Round in 2013
UniZeo Co., Ltd. specializes in the research, development, manufacturing, and sales of zeolite silica related products. The company was founded on May 9, 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Nosh

Series B in 2019
Nosh is a delivery food service platform based in Osaka.

NeuroSpace

Debt Financing in 2019
Neurospace Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells brain waves related equipment for analyzing sleep patterns. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

LOCALWORKS

Venture Round in 2018
LOCALWORKS Create a world where SMEs can grow easily by creating trust through visualization of reliability and changing the mechanism.

Ball Wave Inc.

Series B in 2018
Ball Wave Inc. develops, manufactures, and sells sensors. The company offers trance moisture sensors and mini sensors. It also provides ball surface acoustic waves gas sensors. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Sendai, Japan.

BizReach

Series A in 2016
Launch pad for a wide array of HR Tech services, which has focused on revolutionizing the world’s second largest Japanese HR services industry thru technology enabled business models. BizReach: Japan's premier online career networking service, which has transformed the Japanese business community in allowing career-driven executives to freely share and directly connect with talent-seeking employers and recruiters.Often referred to as the “LinkedIn of Japan” in the HR industry, the service has allowed over half a million executives to explore their career options by sharing their resume information in a closed online database shared amongst only employers and recruiters. The service has disrupted the executive search (recruitment) market by becoming a cloud-based talent sourcing platform for employers to recruit and hire business executives directly. CareerTrek: The service was built on the needs of BizReach clients (employers) wanting to recruit and hire “young” professionals (20s and early 30s) more efficiently thru direct sourcing methods. Hence, the service is branded and targeted to become an online career networking service connecting young professional jobseekers and employers. Together with BizReach, the 2 cloud-based talent sourcing platforms deliver similar results to what Linkedin delivers to enterprise clients outside of Japan. An added feature of CareerTrek due to its focus on a younger audience is its recommendation engine, which supports jobseekers in not only proactively finding jobs that they think fit them, but being introduced to positions that other similar users find interesting. Stanby: Stanby is a job search engine, which aggregates job postings from hundreds of third-party job sites. This “Google for Jobs” service enables jobseekers to search from over 4 million jobs posted online from all over the country in just one search. Stanby ATS is a service provided to employers, and is a cloud-based applicant tracking system for employers, and is free to use. Employers can create job postings, source applicants and track applicants, together functioning as a central platform for all recruitment efforts. Stanby thrives to bring every job opening to the online world, and become the largest original source of hiring information.

Stemrim

Venture Round in 2017
Stem Rim is a biotechnology company aiming to develop “regenerative medicine”.We are developing drugs based on a new mechanism of action that mobilizes stem cells present in the living body to the injured or diseased tissue without removing them out of the body and induces functional tissue regeneration.

Remohab

Venture Round in 2020
Remohab Corporation designs remote telemedicine for patients with rehabilitation. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Suita City, Japan.

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.

INNOPHYS

Series B in 2019
INNOPHYS is developing, designing, manufacturing, consulting and distributing robotics equipment for various industries. Their flagship product, Muscle Suit® is a wearable robot supported by artificial muscle technology, well known for its high quality and reasonable price compared with the same kind of support exoskeletons. The company is planning to expand its business to Asia Pacific, Europe, and North America.

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 .

Cinnamon

Series B in 2019
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.

BASE, Inc.

Series A in 2016
BASE, Inc. engages in planning, development, and operation of Web services in Japan. It operates through three segments: BASE Business, PAY Business, and Other Business. The company offers an online shop opening service and a smartphone shopping app under the BASE name; and YELL BANK, a financial service that allows shop owners who use the online shop opening service BASE to raise funds. It also provides PAY.JP, an online service for developers for implementing credit card payment to Web services and e-commerce; and PAY ID, an ID-type payment service for purchasers. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Creema Ltd.

Series C in 2019
Creema Ltd. operates as an online marketplace for creators and consumers to sell and buy handmade products directly online in Japan. The company helps users to find products in various categories, such as accessories and jewelry, plush toys and figurines, bags/backpacks, miscellaneous goods/stationeries, wallets/accessory cases, pet goods, iPhone/smartphone/pc cases, products for babies/kids, fashion items, wedding related products, furniture, products for men, interior miscellaneous goods, handmade materials, art products, food/liquor/drink items, and tableware/kitchen products. It also arranges exhibitions and events at permanent stores for creators. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Panair

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

NB Health Laboratory Co. Ltd.

Venture Round in 2018
NB Health Laboratory Co. Ltd. provides a research platform for screening small compounds in vitro and functional Monoclonal antibodies. The company also involves in contract research, co-development, and licensing activities, as well as offers DAP Kinase inhibitors for stroke and heart diseases; research programs for COPD, aneurysm, and wrinkles; drug screening programs; and functional mab screening programs. Its products are used for the treatment of vascular diseases, such as atherosclerosis, aneurysm, stroke, and vascular disorders in diabetes mellitus; COPD and other acute and chronic inflammatory diseases; and sleeping disorders. The company is based in Kawaguchi, Japan.

eWeLL Co., Ltd.

Venture Round in 2017
eWeLL Co., Ltd. develops an application for home-visit nursing. The application supports the reduction and the workforce optimization of the clerical work load of the nurse. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.

Creema Ltd.

Series B in 2016
Creema Ltd. operates as an online marketplace for creators and consumers to sell and buy handmade products directly online in Japan. The company helps users to find products in various categories, such as accessories and jewelry, plush toys and figurines, bags/backpacks, miscellaneous goods/stationeries, wallets/accessory cases, pet goods, iPhone/smartphone/pc cases, products for babies/kids, fashion items, wedding related products, furniture, products for men, interior miscellaneous goods, handmade materials, art products, food/liquor/drink items, and tableware/kitchen products. It also arranges exhibitions and events at permanent stores for creators. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Stemrim

Venture Round in 2018
Stem Rim is a biotechnology company aiming to develop “regenerative medicine”.We are developing drugs based on a new mechanism of action that mobilizes stem cells present in the living body to the injured or diseased tissue without removing them out of the body and induces functional tissue regeneration.

EXest

Seed Round in 2018
EXest is aTokyo-based inbound travel promotion startup .The company provides the WOW U platform that connects inbound visitors to Japan with licensed interpreters and tour guides in addition to WOWU-media offering potential visitors to Japan with video clips introducing must-visit spots and popular local souvenirs on Facebook.

Wealthnavi

Series B 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.

Perseus Proteomics Inc.

Venture Round in 2018
Perseus Proteomics Inc. operates as a drug discovery bio-venture company in Japan. It is involved in the antibody discovery, antibody engineering, target discovery, and functional protein expression business; and antibody research support activities comprising mouse hybridoma sequencing, recombinant protein production, and contract antibody research activities, as well as development, manufacture, and supply of antibody products. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Caster, Inc.

Seed Round in 2019
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.

xenodata lab

Series A in 2017
xenodata lab., In the mission "Technology proposal suggests naturally after five years", in order to make the shape of the future financial industry with novel technology, ideas February 2016 It was founded in. xenodata is a coined word that spells the idea of ​​creating heterogeneous creatures according to data, and by means of the intelligence created by the data, the meaning to pursue the substitution of human actions to the utmost is put in the meaning.

Bookee Co., Ltd.

Seed Round in 2019
Bookee Co., Ltd. provides financial education services. It offers financial literacy training services to the individuals. The company offers a learning program to educate participants in trading fundamentals and asset management. It offers face-to-face training and online training. The company also engages in financial consulting, financial training curriculum construction, financial training studio operations, corporate training program construction, and Internet media business. Bookee Co., Ltd. was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Rockets

Series A in 2020
Rockets Co., Ltd. develops a customer relationship management solution. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Kyash Inc.

Series B in 2019
Kyash Inc. develops a wallet application and payment platform that allows consumers to make payments at Visa merchants and peer to peer transfers. Its proprietary Visa card issuing and payment processing technology platform for businesses allows them to instantly issue their own Visa cards to their customers through Kyash’s APIs. The company offers its services through a mobile application. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

MonotaRO Co., Ltd.

Venture Round in 2002
MonotaRO Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, operates an online MRO products store in Japan, Korea, China, Indonesia, and internationally. It offers products for manufacturing, construction, and automotive industries. The company was formerly known as Sumisho Grainger Co., Ltd. and changed its name to MonotaRO Co., Ltd. in February 2006. MonotaRO Co., Ltd. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Amagasaki, Japan.

SIRC

Venture Round in 2017
SIRC is a company that uses multiplication function devices (SIRC devices) to provide new functions. SIRC provides new functions using multiplication function devices (SIRC devices)

AI Samurai

Series A in 2017
AI Samurai Inc. engages in the development of artificial intelligence technology. It also specializes in the sale of artificial intelligence technology products; and patent research, and technical investigation. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. It also has a branch office in Osaka.

Aiming Inc.

Venture Round in 2014
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.

Curadim Pharma Co., Ltd.

Venture Round in 2016
Curadim Pharma Co., Ltd. specializes in the research and development of pharmaceutical products. It discovers drug seeds for the flow of drug development through implementation. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

ventus Japan

Series A in 2021
Ventus, inc. develops Whooop, an electronic tracker trading software that enables the users to become members of sports teams, through collaboration with the professional sports teams and athletes. It enables sports teams and athletes to issue trading cards online, and the users to purchase and collect it. Ventus, inc. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

UniFa

Venture Round in 2017
UniFa is the developer of LookMee, an AI and IoT-powered healthcare solution for tracking kindergarteners' physical and mental growth. The system consists of LookMee Nap Check, an IoT sensor that aims to secure a baby's naptime; LookMee thermometer, which measures and monitors the baby's body temperature; and LookMee Photo, a communication and photo-sharing service that collects data from children at kindergarten to give parents a better idea of their child's well-being

Oligogen

Venture Round in 2017
Oligogen is a bio-venture that specializes in drug development using stem cell technology.We are studying to treat people who cannot walk due to spinal cord injury.

Alchemedicine

Series A in 2021
Alchemedicine is a the world in drug discovery with unique technologies and ideas Innovating new drug candidates for diseases with high unmet medical needs.

NestEgg

Pre Seed Round in 2017
NestEgg is a real estate company providing an app that helps busy rental property owners to manage their properties. The app gives owners on-demand access to real experts help them manage their properties, save time with effortless maintenance coordination, maintenance by Pros owners can trust at discounted rates, and bring certainty to the property's cash flow with rent in the account. The company was founded by Eachan Fletcher, Amie O' Donohue, and Jeff Slipko in 2017 in Chicago, Illinois.

BagnaCauda Co., Ltd.

Venture Round in 2016
BagnaCauda is a professional counseling platform based in Japan. BagnaCauda aims to create a social infrastructure that supports individuals who are turning points in life with the power of individuals, based on the belief that "the power of individuals makes people hot."

Theoria, Inc.

Seed Round in 2020
Theoria, Inc. operates finance consulting question and answer site Okane answer. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Sumutasu

Seed Round in 2018
Sumutasu, Inc. develops and sells residential properties in Japan. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

UNCOVER TRUTH

Series B in 2018
UNCOVER TRUTH is an analytics company that offers data visualization services through the web and mobile.

EdiGENE Inc.

Venture Round in 2017
EdiGENE Inc. is a biotechnology company that develops therapeutics for genetic disorders. It uses its proprietary technology clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) and guide nucleotide directed modulation (GNDM) for treatment of genetic disorders. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan with additional offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

bellFace inc.

Series A in 2018
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.

GEXVal

Series A in 2018
GEXVal Inc. engages in research and development of drugs targeting intractable/rare diseases and related operations. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Fujisawa, Japan.

MELTIN MMI Co., Ltd.

Seed Round in 2016
Meltin MMI is a cyborg-technology company that focuses on biosensors and robotic arms. Meltin has successfully enabled fine finger movements, such as for amputees and participated in Cybathlon 2016 and won the Microsoft Innovation Award.

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.

Delta-Fly Pharma, Inc.

Venture Round in 2015
Their company name "Delta-Fly" is derived from "Dragonfly (Tonbo)". Tonbo symbolizes the spirit of "regression" from where it only retreats forward, and is also called "the winning insect."

OpenLogi

Venture Round in 2016
OpenLogi is a Tokyo based logistics platform focused on SMEs and freelancers. OpenLogi was founded back in December 2013 by Hidetsugu Ito who was previously involved in launching Japanese magazine subscription service Fujisan.co.jp. Based on his experience in discussing and negotiating with logistics companies, he founded OpenLogi to address logistics solutions for small e-commerce players.

Creema Ltd.

Venture Round in 2018
Creema Ltd. operates as an online marketplace for creators and consumers to sell and buy handmade products directly online in Japan. The company helps users to find products in various categories, such as accessories and jewelry, plush toys and figurines, bags/backpacks, miscellaneous goods/stationeries, wallets/accessory cases, pet goods, iPhone/smartphone/pc cases, products for babies/kids, fashion items, wedding related products, furniture, products for men, interior miscellaneous goods, handmade materials, art products, food/liquor/drink items, and tableware/kitchen products. It also arranges exhibitions and events at permanent stores for creators. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Aiming Inc.

Venture Round in 2014
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.

GOOD CYCLE SYSTEM iNC

Venture Round in 2016
Good Cycle System Inc. develops electronic drug history system that allows the user pharmacy to provide medicine taking instructions. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Acologix

Series B in 2004
Acologix, Inc. a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the identification, development, and commercialization of therapeutic compounds for the treatment of osteo-renal diseases. The company was founded as Big Bear Bio, Inc. in 1992 and changed its name to Acologix, Inc. in May 2002. The company is based in Hayward, California.

NEXTBOOK Inc.

Series A in 2011
NEXTBOOK Inc. engages in publishing e-books for devices such as iPad and tablets. It publishes non-game Picture books, Photo books, Comic books, and educational tools. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

YAMAP

Series B in 2018
YAMAP is born to make your outdoors, such as hike or ski, more safety, and more enjoyable with your iPhone. YAMAP App can track and log your outdoors, view elevation info, and build an online outdoor journal. 
Love & share the outdoors with YAMAP ! ■■ Three Main Features of YAMAP ■■ 1) Safe ◆YAMAP App makes your iPhone a special GPS device for the outdoors. YAMAP App could provide accurate positioning information with YAMAP's maps in Japan and your iPhone's GPS, even if you are in places not reached by mobile phone signals, such as in mountainous regions. 2) Convenience ◆ YAMAP Hybrid Maps YAMAP's maps are used as digital ones with your iPhone, and as ones on paper by downloading them to your PC (or tablet PC). 3) Share ◆You can easily share your outdoor data with your family and friends through YAMAP Web service. Once you finish your outdoor and save your data, YAMAP App automatically uploads to your online 'ACTIVITY REPORT' on YAMAP Web service (http://yamap.co.jp) where you can view your route, outdoor data, and a comprehensive workout history. In addition, YAMAP gives you the ability to easily share your outdoor data with friends and family.

Mynet Inc.

Venture Round in 2015
Mynet Inc. provides game services in Japan. The company offers transfer and redesign of game titles; consulting; data analysis and artificial intelligence utilization; and marketing related services. It also operates CroPro, a mutual customer network for smartphone games. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

QD Laser, Inc.

Venture Round in 2016
QD Laser is a developer of quantum dot laser technology designed to offer high performance semiconductor lasers.The company's quantum dot laser technology develops new semiconductor lasers in a wide range of fields and offer current-free quantum dot lasers for communications, enabling telecommunication industries to get services that helps them improve their businesses.

GOOD VIBES ONLY inc.

Series A in 2021
GOOD VIBES ONLY inc. provides digital transformation and D2C consulting services. It includes apparel, beauty, product planning, development, manufacturing, PR, and sales specialists services. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Shibuya, Japan.

Metaps Inc.

Series A in 2011
Metaps is an app monetization platform using AI & big data to maximize app revenue and optimize campaign performance. Founded Metaps Pte. Ltd. in Singapore in 2011, and Metaps has expanded to opening offices in 8 countries around the world. Metaps has also released SPIKE in closed beta, a no commission online payment credit service that does not require any installation and can be set up in under a minute.

Minna Electric Power

Series A in 2017
Minna Electric Power is an Electricity retail service for corporations and individuals company.

MiraBiologics

Venture Round in 2020
Through the development of next-generation multifunctional biopharmaceuticals (neobiologics) using technology based on a unique new concept , we will realize our mission, grow as a global company, and contribute to human health care. By developing biopharmaceuticals with new modalities using LassoGraft Technology ® as a core technology, we will work on solving unmet medical needs, satisfying treatment methods in the field of rare diseases, and proposing solutions to expensive medical problems.

Celsion

Venture Round in 2022
Cellusion is a regenerative medicine startup from Keio University. The mission of Cellusion is to deliver novel therapies for all bullous keratopathy patients by our iPS cells origin corneal endothelial cells mass culture system.

Nightley Inc.

Series A in 2017
Nightley is a Japanese startup developing geo-analytics solutions designed to make client's business smart and enrich people's lives by big data and location analysis. Its geo-analytics engine acilitates communication between shop operators and customers along with data collection and analysis specializing in location information, enabling businesses to receive behavioral trends and preferences of visiting foreign tourists. The company was established in 2011, based in Tokyo, Japan.

STROBOLIGHT Inc.

Seed Round in 2015
STROBOLIGHT Inc. operates LOVEGREEN, a botanical life web platform that provides daily information on how to grow flowers, plants, flower language, home garden, garden/gardening, shops, and events. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Tokyo, Japan with additional offices in Osaka, Nagoya, and Fukuoka, Japan.

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.

Heartseed Inc.

Series B in 2019
Heartseed has set a mission to “open the door to heart disease treatment with regenerative medicine” and is working toward the day-to-day clinical application of myocardial regenerative medicine.

Caulis Inc.

Venture Round in 2020
Caulis is a cybersecurity startup which is building the open security platform for every single device. It detects fraud and identity theft based on users’ online behavior. The company through its platform develops risk detection engine that can protect users from malicious access. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

WARPSPACE Inc.

Series A in 2021
WARPSPACE Inc. designs and develops satellite modules and ground system instruments. It offers communication infrastructure services for low orbit satellites, including on-demand ground station, intersatellite communication infrastructure, and portable ground station services. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tsukuba, Japan.

Hacobu

Venture Round in 2021
Hacobu offers an integrated solution "MOVO (MOVO)" centering on the operation management system utilizing in-vehicle terminals. Connect with carriers and shipping companies sending luggage using an easy-to-use online mechanism. To provide tools to support the management of the shipping company. Through these, it becomes a platform to accumulate distribution data of various companies, aiming at overall optimization of physical distribution system. That is, "to optimize carrying". That is Hacobu 's mission.

Minna Electric Power

Series C in 2021
Minna Electric Power is an Electricity retail service for corporations and individuals company.

FOLIO

Venture Round in 2018
FOLIO Co.,Ltd. develops web based asset management platform. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Brandit Co., Ltd.

Series A in 2021
Brandit Co., Ltd. engages in D2C brand and D2C solution business. The company offers in-house production/D2C brand deployment services; and develops and provides B2B solutions that provide one-stop services from production to logistics. Its activities include EC operation, product production, logistics business, advertising agency, and PR business. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
KDDD develop an innovative agent effective for various INCURABLE or INTRACTABLE eye diseases, especially CRAO, Retinal Pigmentosa, AMD and Glaucoma.

UNCOVER TRUTH

Venture Round in 2018
UNCOVER TRUTH is an analytics company that offers data visualization services through the web and mobile.

KURASERU

Seed Round in 2019
Kuraseru, Inc. develops hospital discharge facility entry support solution for medical care workers. The company's solution offers nursing facility matching service suitable for each patient's needs, details of the availability of facilities, and visit reservations, nursing, and medical systems. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Kobe, Japan.

BluAge Corp.

Series A in 2020
BluAge Corp. develops and operates an application software for finding rental properties. The company's software Canary is available on play store and app store. BluAge Corp. was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Chuo-ku, Japan.

Trustdock Inc.

Funding Round in 2021
Trustdock is a platform for identity confirmation API service in Japan. You can outsource KYC / identity confirmation via online API, complying with various laws including criminal profit transfer prevention law, antique sales law, cell phone fraud prevention use law etc. It can be used with any ID service regardless of business type, such as matching to FinTech, shared eco, etc.

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.

div Inc.

Debt Financing in 2020
DIV operates TECH::CAMP, a programming school, a short-term intensive training course designed to turn students into engineers.

Pemex

Debt Financing in 2021
Petróleos Mexicanos (trademarked and better known as Pemex) is a Mexican state-owned petroleum company, created in 1938 by nationalized petroleum and the expunging of all private foreign and domestic companies at that time. Pemex is the biggest enterprise in Mexico, the largest taxpayer in the country and one of the largest companies in Latin America. Of the few oil companies in the world that develops all the productive chain of the industry, from exploration to distribution and commercialization of end products, including petrochemicals. During 2012, Pemex had an operating income of 905 billion pesos and investment amounted to 311 billion pesos. The crude oil production has remained stable in recent years, and additional discoveries were conducted that helped corroborate the petroleum potential deepwater basins. With the completion of the well-1DL Kunah Kunah more field information was obtained, confirming the gas potential in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico project B. The business plan of Pemex and its subsidiaries want, over the course 2013-2017, to meet the mandate of creating value and achieving operational and financial sustainability in the medium and long term. From a careful examination of the current situation and the situation analysis, we have decided to focus on the following objectives: growth, operational efficiency, corporate responsibility and management modernization.

AIQ Co.

Series B in 2020
AIQ corporation develops an online platform through which it offers planning, development, and sales of technology related to artificial intelligence and software. Its platform visualizes and analyzes market insights with profiling AI and achieves potential customers. The company offers customer satisfaction survey, investigate customer attributes in the fields of research and development and marketing. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

AIQ Pte Ltd

Series B in 2020
AIQ aims to transform the way offline content is being consumed by bridging O2O (offline to online) media properties with its latest cutting-edge Computer Vision AI Technology where multiple platforms and channels can be integrated, allowing seamless interaction between online & offline content. AIQ's Video & Visual Recognition Technology empowers consumers with the ability to interact with their favourite brand’s & products, any where, any time. At AIQ, we redefine the way brands engage with customers because, we can.

Zehitomo Inc.

Series B in 2020
Zehitomo Inc. designs and develops a fee-based platform that connects clients and local services professionals in Japan. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

FLOSFIA INC.

Venture Round in 2015
FLOSFIA is a spin-off from a research of Kyoto University, specializing in film-formation by mist chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Making use of physical properties of gallium oxide (Ga2O3), FLOSFIA has devoted to development of low-loss power devices.

ARTham Therapeutics Inc

Series A in 2018
ARTham Therapeutics Inc engages in deliver biological medicines. The company offers programs including art-648, art-ep, art-pde and art-001. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Naka-Ku, Japan.

Pretia

Venture Round in 2022
Pretia Technologies, Inc. designs and develops augmented reality based gaming software. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

cart ltd.

Series B in 2019
cart ltd. designs and develops naturacart, an online platform that sells natural and organic products online. The company's platform sells various products, such as wine, diapers, beauty care, oil, spices, breads, dairy products, supplements, stationery items, toiletries, and more. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Best Teacher

Venture Round in 2013
Best Teacher, Inc. provides english conversation lesson service on the Web. It offers a stage for Japanese students to create their unique online text books with the help of teachers; and students can improve their pronunciation using voice recorders online. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

naturacart

Venture Round in 2019
naturacart is a natural and organic CtoC / BtoC marketplace that sells products selected by buyers around the world and products from overseas brand manufacturers that have not yet arrived in Japan. The lineup ranges from beauty and health care products to wine, food and sportswear. The company sells products mainly for women, and is characterized by the ability to purchase foreign-made products that are not yet available in Japan. We have high-quality products carefully selected by manufacturers, distributors, shops and buyers in about 50 countries around the world.

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.

al+

Series H in 2022
al+ is a Personal Artificial Intelligence which reconstructs individual personalities on the cloud by analyzing life log data of individuals and their groups. Based on the analysis of individual personalities, unproductive parts of labour will be automated and alt’s operating efficiency will be maximized. al+ users can focus on more productive, creative and sophisticated work. Using this methodology, we sincerely hope to contribute to the solution of different kinds of social problems.

Megakaryon Corporation

Series C in 2017
Megakaryon Corporation develops platelets and red blood cells from human iPS cell lines. Its portfolio includes blood products that do not depend on blood donations. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Kyoto, Japan with an additional office in Tokyo, Japan.

Retrieva, Inc.

Venture Round in 2019
Retrieva, Inc. designs and develops artificial intelligence (AI) based software solutions for call centers by using natural language processing and machine learning. The company’s products include Talk Coordinator, an operator software solution; Voice Visualizer, an administrator software solution; and VoC Analyzer, an analysis software solution. Retrieva, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Coconala

Series A in 2015
Coconala operates a website to buy and sell knowledge, skills and, experience from users who are willing to teach. It provides a broad range of services for sellers including fortune-telling, relieving mental anguish, illustration, design, consultation for hobbies, and travel destinations. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Japan.

Embrace Japan

Venture Round in 2018
Embrace Corporation is looking for new friends. Whether you want to solve a major problem of medical care through your own work, or you want to take on a higher goal with Embracing, the company you are going to work on. Employees with various experiences, such as foreign-affiliated IT vendors, consulting firms, pharmaceutical companies, and web production companies, are active.

SmartNews

Series F in 2021
SmartNews is the award-winning, news discovery app loved by millions. We are a machine-learning company deeply committed to helping users discover the most interesting and important stories that matter right now. SmartNews won numerous “App of the Year” awards in Japan and is consistently ranked as a top 5 News App for Android and iOS in the US. With over $50M in funding from Gree, Globis Capital Partners and Atomico, SmartNews has offices in Tokyo, San Francisco and New York.

Yoshidumi Holdings

Venture Round in 2021
As a premium partner of Google Cloud, they support the cloudization of customer IT assets, focusing on system development utilizing Google Cloud. As the first pioneer of GAE development in Japan, they have signed a GAE Premier Account contract and have top-level achievements and abundant development know-how.

CureApp, Inc.

Series D in 2021
CureApp is a digital health startup.The firm is one of the leading players in the medical app vertical under the theme of “app exhibits therapeutic effects against diseases” and launched a nicotine addiction treatment app in February 2015, which was jointly developed with Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Keio University’s School of Medicine. It is currently conducting clinical trials in many locations.

iCARE Co., Ltd.

Series D in 2020
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 .

Lean on Me

Venture Round in 2021
Lean on Me Co., Ltd. provides e-learning services for disabled people. It also offers tennis classes for intellectually disabled person. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Osaka, 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.

IROYA K.K.

Venture Round in 2015
IROYA K.K. sells apparel for men and women. The company offers tops, outers, pants, skirts, underwear, shoes, accessories, hats, bags, cosmetics/perfumes, leg wears, tableware, watches, books, and more. It also offers Omni-channel and data consulting services. The company sells products through its stores, as well as online. IROYA K.K. was founded in 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan

Emotion Tech

Seed Round in 2015
Emotion Tech has been providing a user experience management platform called Wizpra NPS and an employee experience management (EEM) platform called Wizpra Card. Since its launch in August 2014, Wizpra NPS has been adopted by more than 1,000 retailers in Japan, such as restaurants and fitness gyms.

ROXX

Series B in 2020
ROXX Inc. develops and offers job placement platform and services for musicians. The company operates products such as, back check, a reference check service; and SARDINE, cloud job database. ROXX Inc. was formerly known as Scouter Inc. and changed its name to ROXX Inc. in July 2019. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Cardio Intelligence

Seed Round in 2021
Cardio Intelligence Inc. engages in the research, development, and sale of AI electrocardiographic diagnosis systems. The company’s automated AI diagnostic system supports healthcare professionals in the treatment and prevention of heart diseases. It also offers software development, patent licensing, medical equipment lending and repairing, and contract services for pharmaceutical companies. Cardio Intelligence Inc. was founded in 2019 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

MUGENUP Inc.

Series B in 2013
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.

LOGIC Japan

Venture Round in 2017
Logic is a software company developing a new care record system developed at the request of care providers. the company's system called Care Wing distributes useful information, columns, and holds regular seminars. It automatically creates from the caregiver's care record entered on the smartphone. Logic was established in 1995 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Luxonus

Series B in 2021
Luxonus is a product development of a new imaging device using optical ultrasonic technology.

Momotaro-Gene Inc.

Venture Round in 2019
Momotaro-Gene Inc., a biotechology company, develops tumor-suppressor genes for cancer treatment. It offers reduced expression in immortalized cells (REIC) for cancer therapeutic gene and interleukin (I L-12) for cancer immunostimulant. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in Okayama, Japan.

Aipore

Venture Round in 2020
Aipore is a technology company specializing in the area of nanopore sensor using semiconductor Si microfabrication technology. The airpore technology is a collection of technological innovations such as Si MEMS, flow path surface control, multiphysics analysis, low noise amplification circuits, and sam concentration. It also uses AI to analyze this transient change in ion current to identify particles passing through the pore with high accuracy. Aipore was established in 2018 and is based in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

AlpacaAI

Venture Round in 2017
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.

HYUGA PRIMARY CARE Co., Ltd.

Venture Round in 2015
HYUGA PRIMARY CARE Co., Ltd. is engage in home care support business, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year of insurance dispensing pharmacy business and facilities. It was previously known as Hyuga Pharmacy Corporation. The company is based in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Japan Data Science Consortium (JDSC) is an AI company that provides solutions for the medical, education and retail areas. As a professional consulting company, JDSC provides holistic support, from system construction to corporate process transformation to realize real profit impact by leveraging AI technology.

FOWD

Seed Round in 2018
FOWD is a comprehensive entertainment company in Japan.

Atonarp

Series B in 2016
Atonarp is pioneering the field of chemical composition analysis by combining state-of-the-art electronics and data processing algorithms. Atonarp’s Smart Spectrometer will enable manufacturers of gas-composition analysis instruments, such as field-based gas chromatography equipment, to achieve breakthrough improvements in cost, size, accuracy and maintenance-free operation without the need for expensive carrier gases. The Smart Spectrometer platform is also enabling novel use cases and applications for manufacturers of medical equipment and patient devices, including non-invasive, highly accurate personal healthcare monitoring. Atonarp is currently sampling its Smart Spectrometer platform to leading manufacturers of oil & gas and healthcare instruments, and will enter volume production early next year

Minrevi

Venture Round in 2016
Yoriso, formerly known as Minrebi, is a Japanese startup that connects families to funeral homes and other end-of-life service providers. It is a funeral / medical IT venture that aims to be a “company that creates a world where everyone can make their own choices by overcoming the limitations of ingenuity”. Yoriso was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Tokyo.

NEXT BASE

Venture Round in 2018
Next Base Corp. develops data analysis system for baseball. It offers an analysis tool for coaching, developed for players, and leaders. Next Base Corp. was founded in 2014 and is based in Shinagawa, Japan.

Howtelevision

Venture Round in 2015
Howtelevision,Inc. operates and manages a carrier platform in Japan. The company’s carrier platform offers students a growth environment through internships and job hunting activities; and provides content, such as company information, and recruitment information. It also provides Liiga, a career improvement support service for working people. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

MonotaRO Co., Ltd.

Venture Round in 2003
MonotaRO Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, operates an online MRO products store in Japan, Korea, China, Indonesia, and internationally. It offers products for manufacturing, construction, and automotive industries. The company was formerly known as Sumisho Grainger Co., Ltd. and changed its name to MonotaRO Co., Ltd. in February 2006. MonotaRO Co., Ltd. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Amagasaki, Japan.

Minimal Tech

Series B in 2016
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.

Oh My Glasses

Series A in 2012
Oh My Glasses TOKYO is a lifestyle brand that offer high quality made in Japan eyewear at an affordable price.Oh My Glasses has been providing an eyeglass e-commerce service that offers five sets of eyeglasses at a time upon order, and buy one if you can find any favorite among them. So customers can try them on before buying.

Araya Inc.

Series B in 2019
ARAYA Brain Imaging, Inc. develops artificial consciousness technologies with combinations of neuroscience and information science. The company offers NeuroProfile, a Web-based personalized neuroprediction from anatomical brain scans; and neuro-based marketing, MRI analysis support, and big data analysis services. Its services also include brain imaging analysis support; and development of brain imaging analysis tools and software. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

MEDCARE, Inc.

Series A in 2018
MEDCARE, Inc. develops a telemedicine platform for health insurance associations. The company's platform, DoctorsCrowd focuses on lifestyle-related diseases. The platform can be used by the patients via smartphones and wearable devices for the purpose of reducing medication. MEDCARE, Inc. is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Heartseed Inc.

Series C in 2021
Heartseed has set a mission to “open the door to heart disease treatment with regenerative medicine” and is working toward the day-to-day clinical application of myocardial regenerative medicine.

SORABITO Co., Ltd.

Venture Round in 2016
SORABITO Co., Ltd. operates ALLSTOCKER, an online marketplace for used construction equipment and machinery. It sells excavators, wheel loaders, dozers, rollers, graders, finishers, cranes, forklifts, generators, welders, compressors, attachments, parts, trucks, tractors, other farm machinery, and others. The company also provides IT solutions for construction equipment rental companies. SORABITO Co., Ltd. was founded in 2014 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Wealthnavi

Series C in 2018
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.

BagnaCauda Co., Ltd.

Venture Round in 2014
BagnaCauda is a professional counseling platform based in Japan. BagnaCauda aims to create a social infrastructure that supports individuals who are turning points in life with the power of individuals, based on the belief that "the power of individuals makes people hot."

NANOEGG Research Laboratories

Venture Round in 2015
Nanoegg is aiming to create a medical breakthrough from skin research and to realize medical care without the use of needles.

Alpaca Securities LLC.

Seed Round in 2015
Alpaca API enables developers to build investing apps, brokerage services, trading algorithms that can access the market for commission-free. Alpaca is a technology company headquartered in the bay area California and a team of diverse background individuals with deep financial and technology expertise, backed by some of the top investors in the industry globally. We are proud to be supported by the love of enthusiastic community members on various platforms. (Securities by Alpaca Securities LLC http://alpaca.markets/#disclosures)

Team Spirit

Series B in 2012
TeamSpirit specializes in building and providing companies with our cloud-based teamSpirit Workforce Success Platform.Today, no company can communicate its value without providing services that adapt to the various and diverse needs of end users. More and more, companies are required to make a shift from a labor-intensive paradigm to a broader, knowledge-intensive, service-based orientation. Employees, too, are faced with the necessity of changing the way they think about their work. Gone are the days of routine work; now, employees must think creatively, and demonstrate their unique professional capabilities. With the capital and business alliance forged with U.S.-based salesforce.com, Inc., TeamSpirit has completed a transformation from outsourcer to cloud service provider as they set out on their second start-up endeavor. Their experience making such a profound change taught us that the most effective way to inspire their employees to put forth 100% of their professional strengths is to establish a cycle of 1) visualizing daily activities, 2) receiving feedback from those around us, and 3) reflecting on their own activities and relating them to tomorrow.

AlarmBox

Venture Round in 2018
Alarmbox, Inc. designs, develops, and manages risk management tool, which tracks the change in credit situation of a business. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Terra Motors

Venture Round in 2014
Terra motors is the EV start up company in Japan. They develop the global enterprise for the global warming. SEED48 is the first electronic motorcycles that has brilliant functionality such as the highest speed(40km/h)and practicality(40km/1charge) Their products are provided at the famous electronic retail stores,do-it-yourself stores,bicycle stores, car stores and gas stations. They achieve a dominant share of the electronic motorcycles market. In 2011, They would mainly focus on the south east Asian market.

SCOUTER

Series A in 2017
SCOUTER is a social headhunting platform that compensates users, called Scouters, who passed the examination is a next generation career support service that can receive compensation by introducing friends acquaintance to companies.

Cydas

Venture Round in 2020
CYDAS, Inc. was founded with the mission to “Bring out the Talent in People”. Their “Performance Cloud” application is a cloud-based app that improves the performance of people and organizations, increasing the value of the organization. It is said that HR information is a “treasure trove”. “Performance Cloud” goes beyond simply collecting that data by offering you the tools to utilize the data to achieve your objectives. These tools support the growth of your enterprise allowing you to operate more efficiently by optimizing the hiring, assigninment, management, training and evaluation of your people. They encourage you to try out their “Performance Cloud” and see the difference between simply collecting data and using that data to maximize your company’s profits.

Conyac

Seed Round in 2013
Xtra Global operates and manages Conyac, an online crowdsourcing platform that facilitates the outsourcing of a broad range of tasks to freelancers worldwide. It operates and manages QuickTranslate, an online crowdsourcing platform facilitating the outsourcing of specialized translation jobs to freelance professionals. It operates and manages AI-powered machine translation service, Qlingo, and sales of its sister service, T-4OO.

webrage

Venture Round in 2015
Webrage Co.,Ltd. is engage in development of marketing support and information technology service. The company offers gaze/emotion analysis tool, user interface/user experience consulting, system quality evaluation, quality consulting, security testing, development and provision of quality evaluation tools, and crowdsourcing type verification business. The was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Koriyama, Japan with additional location in Chiyoda-ku, Japan.

UniFa

Series C in 2019
UniFa is the developer of LookMee, an AI and IoT-powered healthcare solution for tracking kindergarteners' physical and mental growth. The system consists of LookMee Nap Check, an IoT sensor that aims to secure a baby's naptime; LookMee thermometer, which measures and monitors the baby's body temperature; and LookMee Photo, a communication and photo-sharing service that collects data from children at kindergarten to give parents a better idea of their child's well-being

Photoruction

Seed Round in 2017
Photoruction, Inc. plans, develops, and manages Internet services for the construction industry. Its products include Photoruction, a cloud platform for construction photography and civil engineering production support services; and aoz cloud, a cloud-type AI engine that can read information from drawings, photographs, and processes. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

ChatWork

Series B in 2016
Chatwork is a group chat app designed to help global teams communicate, collaborate and increase productivity. The platform includes secure messaging, video chat, task management and file sharing functionality. Chatwork, available in five languages, is used by more than 200,000 companies from a diverse range of industries. Founded in 2011, Chatwork is Asia’s No. 1 business chat app with headquarters in Osaka, Japan and has 89 employees based in Tokyo, Osaka and Taipei.

Caster Co. Ltd.

Venture Round in 2017
Caster is a provides various services for remote workers and those who are trying to change their working style.

Momentum K.K.

Venture Round in 2015
Monitoring and countermeasures for fraudulent online Advertising transactions in Japan for the first time.

Cognitee Inc.

Series A in 2016
Cognitee Inc. develops and offers online brainstorming and decision-making software tools. It offers its products, which includes Discuss-Here Office, ViSummary, BrainPlots, and BrainPlots – Think Like TED. The company provides Discuss-Here Office, which includes an automation software. It offers ViSummary, which includes reports and summary. The company provides BrainPlots, which includes an application that points out errors and biases. It offers BrainPlots – Think Like TED, which includes an application that suggests advices for content through TED speakers. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Panair

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

primeNumber

Series A in 2019
primeNumber Inc. develops data transfer support and data engineering solutions. It offers data acquisition, data aggregation, machine learning, and content distribution modules; trocco, a data integration service that enables engineers to automate the data acquisition process of analysis base; and software development centered on marketing areas. The company also provides consultation services, including data analysis and business plan support; and advertising product planning, execution of yield management, organizational design support, and other services. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Yokohama, Japan.

Quan Inc.

Venture Round in 2019
Quan Inc. develops content for smartphone applications and web. The company develops characters contents such as Betakkuma, Sugar Cubs, Business Fish, Piyomaru, sticker shop for au Smartpass, Mr.Egg, Elice, Kawaii Kaomoji Book, handwritten stickers, AIS MystickerShop and game contents that includes emotipon. The company offers characters for mobile carriers, chatting applications and platforms of Japan and Southeast Asian nations. Quan Inc. was founded in 2011 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Cacco Inc.

Venture Round in 2015
Cacco Inc. provides data science based SaaS type algorithms and software solutions, and support services to businesses primarily in Japan. The company offers fraud detection, payment consulting, and data science solutions. Its solutions include O-PLUX, a cloud service to detect fraudulent orders on EC sites; and O-MOTION, a cloud service to detect unauthorized access to clients’ sites. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

GIFMAGAZINE, Inc.

Debt Financing in 2019
GIFMAGAZINE is Japan's largest community for posting GIF animation works, with 150,000 works posted monthly. Among them, those who have a unique view of the world and produce highly artistic works are introduced as "GIFMAGAZINE Official GIFer".

GMO FINANCIAL GATE

Venture Round in 2011
GMO Financial Gate, Inc. provides cashless payment infrastructure. It multi payment terminal, embedded payment, and payment center solutions. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Zehitomo Inc.

Series A in 2018
Zehitomo Inc. designs and develops a fee-based platform that connects clients and local services professionals in Japan. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Wanderlust

Venture Round in 2017
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.

CAMPFIRE

Series A in 2017
Campfire is a Japanese crowdfunding site. They operate the largest cloud funding platform in Japan [CAMPFIRE (campfire)], which supports "whoever wants to start something." The fee is 5% of the domestic level, and about 15,000 projects have collected about $70million in total from over 700,000 people.

Sumutasu

Series A in 2019
Sumutasu, Inc. develops and sells residential properties in Japan. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

IMCF

Venture Round in 2019
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.

Hachimenroppi

Venture Round in 2017
Hachimenroppi Inc. provides a fish delivery service for restaurants. It buys fish from markets and brokers and delivers it to Japanese restaurants or diners. It also offers e-commerce service for delivery and order for restaurants. Hachimenroppi Inc. formerly known as Established Energy Agent Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Hachimenroppi Inc. in December 2011. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in Chuo, Japan.

Fast Media

Series C in 2019
Yappli is a Tokyo-based B2B SaaS software company that provides an online platform to easily build, manage, and analyze enterprise-grade native mobile applications without the need for coding skills. The company is on a T2D3 growth path with notable clients such as The North Face, GYAO, Azul by Moussy, and Cartoon Network. Yappli is changing the app development industry through its innovative and creative solutions. The online platform allows users to construct a UI from scratch and maintain full control over the way the app looks and feels. Along with giving the user full control, Yappli has numerous API relations and external services to further reinforce the app experience. Yappli is a neutral platform for app development and management, so the users will have full ownership in terms of the account and app management. These features along with a dedicated support team can help companies effortlessly design the perfect app, all without coding knowledge. Notable Awards: 5th place in CLOUD TOP10 Forbes Japan 2020; 7th place at Deloitte Fast 50 Japan 2018; 2nd place at SLUSH ASIA in 2015; Won AWS award at Tech in Asia Tokyo 2015

Caster Co. Ltd.

Series B in 2017
Caster is a provides various services for remote workers and those who are trying to change their working style.

Adways

Venture Round in 2005
Founded in 2001, Adways is engaged in the provision of advertising services. The firm also deals with mobile applications and contents development for media advertising.

TypeBeeGroup

Venture Round in 2014
TypeBeeGroup is a planning, development and operation of "Cashback Rental", a rental information site where you can get festive money.

Brains Technology Japan

Venture Round in 2015
Brains Technology, Inc. offers data processing, retrieval, and analysis services. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

TORICO Co.,Ltd.

Series B in 2012
TORICO Operates an online platform and application, which sells books, e-books, and more. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Chisoda, Timis.

Mynet Inc.

Venture Round in 2015
Mynet Inc. provides game services in Japan. The company offers transfer and redesign of game titles; consulting; data analysis and artificial intelligence utilization; and marketing related services. It also operates CroPro, a mutual customer network for smartphone games. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Net-Marketing Corporation

Venture Round in 2008
Net-Marketing Corporation operates as an advertisement agent in Japan. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

BEST1.com

Venture Round in 2014
Best1Cruise offers overseas cruises, domestic cruises, cruises only, and tours with air tickets or passengers. It began operation on September 5, 2005, with its headquarters in Tokyo in Japan.

COVER

Venture Round in 2020
COVER Corporation engages in AR compatible virtual live distribution service that allows enterprises developing animation and games to develop interactive programs using 3D characters. The company also license to other companies. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

ROXX

Venture Round in 2019
ROXX Inc. develops and offers job placement platform and services for musicians. The company operates products such as, back check, a reference check service; and SARDINE, cloud job database. ROXX Inc. was formerly known as Scouter Inc. and changed its name to ROXX Inc. in July 2019. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Truss Inc.

Venture Round in 2017
Truss Inc. develops and operates an online platform for information on building materials. The company's platform enables users to search and compare building materials on the basis of manufacturer, notification and ministerial approval, and thermal insulation performance and design. It serves building designers and building material manufacturers. Truss Inc. was founded in 2014 and is based 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.

ORTHOReBIRTH

Venture Round in 2014
ORTHOReBIRTH is a medical device sales and distribution company. The company produces and markets orthopedic biologics that improve patients'​ quality of life and offer superior outcomes. ORTHOReBIRTH U brings premium orthopedic biologics to surgeons practicing around the world. The company aims to decrease any burden, physically and mentally of both patients and doctors by creating innovative medical apparatus in the field of orthopedics. ORTHOReBIRTH was founded in June 2011 and is headquartered in Georgetown, Texas.

T-ICU Co., Ltd.

Venture Round in 2019
(T-ICU) provided by the company means that intensive care physicians and specialists from remote locations can provide 24-hour advice based on information provided by physicians and nurses in the field.

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.

Jitsubo Co., Ltd.

Venture Round in 2016
Jitsubo Co., Ltd. engages in the development, manufacturing, and commercialization of peptides that modify amino acid sequence for the creation of physical, chemical, and pharmacological properties. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Koganei, Japan. As of December 26, 2014, Jitsubo Co., Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Sosei Group Corporation.

Kyoto Robotics

Venture Round in 2015
Kyoto Robotics Corporation develops picking robots for logistics systems. The company offers robots for palletizing and piece-picking applications. It also provides technical support services. Kyoto Robotics Corporation was formerly known as 3D MEDiA Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Kyoto Robotics Corporation in January, 2018. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Kusatsu, Japan.

Hachimenroppi

Venture Round in 2017
Hachimenroppi Inc. provides a fish delivery service for restaurants. It buys fish from markets and brokers and delivers it to Japanese restaurants or diners. It also offers e-commerce service for delivery and order for restaurants. Hachimenroppi Inc. formerly known as Established Energy Agent Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Hachimenroppi Inc. in December 2011. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in Chuo, Japan.

WHITE CROSS Inc.

Venture Round in 2018
WHITE CROSS Inc. develops and operates an information and communications technology (ICT) platform with regards to dental care. It also engages in the management of community sites targeting dental health workers. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

ROXX

Series A in 2017
ROXX Inc. develops and offers job placement platform and services for musicians. The company operates products such as, back check, a reference check service; and SARDINE, cloud job database. ROXX Inc. was formerly known as Scouter Inc. and changed its name to ROXX Inc. in July 2019. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

AdInnovation

Venture Round in 2013
As a marketing company specializing in smartphone apps, They are pleased to propose the best promotion measures iPhone app, Android app. I will win the most active user revenue-expansion and success of your application. In addition, I will focus on speed. It does not wait for me to chance. I have been thinking seriously the opportunity loss. Therefore, I have been undertakes the same day delivery needs at up to you.

NestEgg, Inc.

Seed Round in 2017
NestEgg, Inc. engages in planning, development, and operation of savings and settlement services through its mobile application, finbee. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Itandi

Venture Round in 2013
ITANDI, Inc. operates an online platform and real estate management system. Its products include Heyazine, an online portal for finding real time information on rental property prices; and REcS, a subscription-based software-as-a-service real estate management system. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. As of November 1, 2018, ITANDI, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of GA technologies Co.,Ltd.

TableCheck Inc

Series B in 2017
TableCheck empowers restaurant operators worldwide to maximize guest engagement, reservations, and table utilization. We analyze and evaluate data from restaurants and use this information to create a more vibrant dining experience for their customers. Our team of creative minds is continuously seeking to drive innovative solutions to support our restaurant partners. TableCheck’s restaurant management tools give restaurants the power and flexibility to provide seamless customer experiences for every guest from the moment they make reservations. "

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.

Logly

Venture Round in 2014
Logly is a demand-side platform that allows advertisers to distribute ads efficiently based on their unique technology that combines the context analysis of a website and the behavioral analysis of visitors.

Wonderplanet Inc.

Venture Round in 2016
Wonderplanet Inc. designs and develops native language applications and games for smart phones and tablets. It provides 2D and 3D games for iOS and android. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Nagoya, Japan.

Rentio Inc.

Venture Round in 2020
Rentio Inc. operates an online platform for selling and leasing camera and home appliances. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

PeptiStar

Corporate Round in 2018
PeptiStar is a CDMO (Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization) for peptide APIs, from traditional peptides to constrained peptides including macrocyclic and stapled peptides containing non-natural amino acids. PeptiStar is a technology-based company that provides its customers with high value-added services through its innovative manufacturing technologies.

STROBOLIGHT Inc.

Venture Round in 2019
STROBOLIGHT Inc. operates LOVEGREEN, a botanical life web platform that provides daily information on how to grow flowers, plants, flower language, home garden, garden/gardening, shops, and events. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Tokyo, Japan with additional offices in Osaka, Nagoya, and Fukuoka, Japan.

requpo

Venture Round in 2018
requpo inc. develops a beauty salon reservation application that enables users to book a hairdresser without searching. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

KnowledgeSuite Inc.

Venture Round in 2008
KnowledgeSuite Inc. engages in developing SaaS business applications in Japan. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. KnowledgeSuite Inc. is a subsidiary of KDDI Corporation.

TL Genomics

Venture Round in 2018
TL Genomics is a developer of a prenatal diagnosis technology created to isolate fetal nucleated red blood cells in maternal blood.The company isolates fetal cells in maternal blood using a uniquely developed technology and examines the genome of the fetal cells, enabling noninvasive and definitive diagnosis of fetal chromosomal disease early in pregnancy.

Chromocenter

Venture Round in 2016
Chromocenter is a next generation biopharmaceuticals Manufacturing company. It uses technologies such as artificial chromosome vectors, mainly for drug discovery such as medical pharmaceuticals

EdiGENE Inc.

Series B in 2019
EdiGENE Inc. is a biotechnology company that develops therapeutics for genetic disorders. It uses its proprietary technology clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) and guide nucleotide directed modulation (GNDM) for treatment of genetic disorders. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan with additional offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

GROOVE X, Inc.

Series A in 2017
GROOVE X, Inc. designs and develops household robot having artificial intelligence and social robotics to provide companionship. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Microwave Chemical

Series D in 2015
Microwave Chemical Co.,Ltd. produces and sells sustainable type chemical products and fuels such as various fatty acid ester and biodiesel, that are manufactured from recyclable resources including the plant origin raw material and waste. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in Osaka, Japan.

BONAC Corporation

Venture Round in 2015
BONAC Corporation researches, develops, manufactures, and commercializes nucleic acid pharmaceutical products based on nucleic acid platform technology. Its activities include manufacture and sale of nucleic acid ingredients, as well as development and commercialization of nucleic acid medicine and support for related efforts. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Kurume, Japan with a branch office in Tokyo, Japan.

Yumscroll Co., Ltd

Seed Round in 2015
Yumscroll Co., Ltd develops and operates an online platform for publishing recipes. The company is based in Kobe, Japan.

YUKASHIKADO

Venture Round in 2018
YUKASHIKADO INC. develops personal nutrition testing products. It sells its products online. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
Stem Cell & Device Laboratory, Inc. engages in the R&D, manufacturing, and sale of cells, devices, and cell-material integrated products for drug discovery applications. It engages in the development of new functional and cell compatibility scaffold materials for applications in pluripotent stem cell derived cell studies based on micro-engineering and nanofabrication technologies. Stem Cell & Device Laboratory, Inc. was founded in 2014 and is based in Kyoto, Japan.

SIRC

Venture Round in 2019
SIRC is a company that uses multiplication function devices (SIRC devices) to provide new functions. SIRC provides new functions using multiplication function devices (SIRC devices)

DIP.corp

Venture Round in 2002
DIP Corporation (ディップ) (TYO: 2379) is a Japan-based employment agency that links people with the jobs they want. DIP Corporation (ディップ) (TYO: 2379) is a Japan-based employment agency that links people with the jobs they want.

TAGCyx Biotechnologies

Series B in 2018
TAGCyx Biotechnologies develops novel nucleic acid-based drugs for therapeutic applications. It offer Xenoligo, a platform that utilizes genetic alphabet expansion by unnatural base-pairs to generate customized nucleic acid suited for therapeutic applications. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

iQPS

Venture Round in 2017
iQPS Inc. engages in the research and development, design, manufacturing, and sales of satellite, on-satellite equipment, precision instrument, electronic equipment, and software. It also provides technical consultation; planning and operation of workshops, training sessions, and seminars regarding space technologies; translation and publication; and other services. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Fukuoka City, Japan.

Goodpatch, Inc.

Series B in 2016
Goodpatch, Inc. provides UI/UX design consulting services. The company offers UI/UX design, business model design, brand experience design, organizational design, and software development services. It provides ReDesigner, a career support service for designers by design companies; ReDesigner for Student, a job hunting platform; Goodpatch Anywhere, a full remote design team; Strap, a cloud workspace; Prott, a prototyping tool for apps and services, and facilitating team collaboration; and Athena, an XR tool for designing and testing the connected car experience. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Wealthnavi

Series A 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.

NearMe

Series A in 2019
NearMe Inc. develops a mobile application for providing taxi ride-sharing service. The company’s application enables instant matching of people who want to go in the same direction by taxi. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. NearMe Co., Ltd. was founded in 2017 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Plus D Inc.

Venture Round in 2015
Plus D Inc. provides creative design planning and production services. Its services include creative and planning, providing digital creation services and build communication between business and consumers; movie produce, engages in planning and production of video content, including movie theaters and television (TV) dramas, music videos, and commercial videos; and creative sharing, providing creative know-how to partner companies and create new business together. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

LegalForce, Inc.

Seed Round in 2018
LegalForce, Inc. develops, operates, and maintains software related to legal services. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

MEIJO NANO CARBON Co., Ltd.

Venture Round in 2018
MEIJO NANO CARBON Co., Ltd. engages in the manufacture of carbon nanotube chemicals. Its products include single-walled carbon nanotube, such as meijo edips; metallic/semiconducting carbon nanotube, including bluemetal and redsemicon; carbon nanotube dispersion, which includes edips ink, bluemetal ink, and redsemicon ink; and cnt coated dish. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Nagoya, Japan.

Antaa, Inc.

Venture Round in 2020
Antaa, Inc. provides medical treatment by connecting the doctors from different locations online. It offers Antaa QA, which includes a platform to solve the questions between doctors. It provides Antaa slide, which shares the result of medical association and research report. It also offers Antaa media, which is a learning place for doctors run by them. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Kakehashi

Series A in 2018
KAKEHASHI is the opportunity of Their foundation to want to become "Kakehashi connecting medical treatment and patients" "Kakehashi connecting medical care with a bright future". Japan is a country possessing world-class medical technology and medical system, it is a country with prominent longevity to be proud of in the world. In 2060, one in 2.5 people will enter an unprecedented super aging society of 65 years old and over, one in four will be over 75 years old. To think about the way of medical care that supports the healthy life expectancy in Japan is nothing but creation of the future image of Japanese society.

Photoruction

Seed Round in 2019
Photoruction, Inc. plans, develops, and manages Internet services for the construction industry. Its products include Photoruction, a cloud platform for construction photography and civil engineering production support services; and aoz cloud, a cloud-type AI engine that can read information from drawings, photographs, and processes. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Crunch Style

Venture Round in 2019
Crunch Style is a flower subscription service that makes it easy to make a flowery life.Deliver seasonal flowers from approximately 70 florists nationwide. Since it is delivered to the post in a special box, you can receive it even if you are away from work or going out.

beBit, Inc.

Venture Round in 2020
beBit, Inc. provides information technology consulting services. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Modulus Discovery

Series B in 2020
Modulus Discovery is a private Tokyo-based preclinical stage drug discovery company focused on rapid design and generation of small molecule clinical candidates for a range of high-value disease targets through the use of its cutting-edge computational drug discovery expertise and unique biology insights. The international team at Modulus is comprised of drug design and disease biology experts with previous R&D experience at global pharmaceutical, biotechnology , and computational technology firms.

Trustdock Inc.

Series B in 2019
Trustdock is a platform for identity confirmation API service in Japan. You can outsource KYC / identity confirmation via online API, complying with various laws including criminal profit transfer prevention law, antique sales law, cell phone fraud prevention use law etc. It can be used with any ID service regardless of business type, such as matching to FinTech, shared eco, etc.

AI Medical Service Inc.

Series B in 2019
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.

UPWARD,Inc.

Venture Round in 2014
UPWARD,Inc. offers cloud based customer relationship management services for smart device and location information utilization. The company designs, develops, and markets geographical information systems (GIS) and location based services (LBS) solutions. The company offers location and positioning suits. Its markets its product under GRASS (Geographic Resources Analysis Support System) and MapServer brand names. UPWARD,Inc. partners with DM Solutions Group, Inc., MapInfo Corporation, and Hokkaido CMC, Inc. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Y's

Venture Round in 2016
Y's, Inc. owns and operates rehabilitation facilities for people with cerebrovascular disorder. The company also operates acupuncture osteopathic institute, relaxation salon, visiting massage facilities. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. As of August 30, 2018, Y's, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of M3, Inc.

ZenmuTech

Venture Round in 2017
ZenmuTech is a provider of security solutions intended to protect important information from leakage and theft. The company's platform provides security solutions implemented with conventional encryption technology by converting information into dispersing information bits based on secret sharing technologies, thereby enabling organizations to protect themselves from security threats.

Moneytree

Series B in 2017
Moneytree is a fintech data platform, with a mission to bring people and institutions closer together, help them find balance and discover new opportunities to grow personal wealth. Moneytree's first product, a personal finance app for iOS released in 2013, won the App Store’s “Best of” award for iPhone in Japan after only 8 months in market. It went on to win Best of 2014 for iPad, was one of 10 Apple Watch apps featured pre-launch and a featured iMessage app on the launch of iOS 10. Moneytree has over 1,300,000 users on iOS, Android and web. Our proprietary data aggregation platform, Moneytree LINK, has almost twenty enterprise clients, including Japan’s two largest accounting software vendors, an industry first inbound API with Mizuho Bank, an SDK integration SMBC (Mitsui Sumitomo) and multiple regional banks in 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.

PGV Co., Ltd.

Venture Round in 2017
PGV believe that self-care in the brain will be possible by measuring your own brain waves at every point in the life cycle, understanding its meaning, and using it. We expect that using a PGV device to measure EEG and reading it using AI analysis will encourage self-care and contribute to our own lives.

Clear Co., Ltd.

Venture Round in 2020
Clear Inc. engages in the sake brewing business. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

HDE, Inc.

Series C in 2001
HENNGE K.K. provides cloud security services worldwide. The company offers HENNGE One, a cloud-based identity and access management solution that offers single sign-on. It also provides HENNGE Secure Browser, which enables users to securely access cloud services federated with HENNGE One using HENNGE One account; and HENNGE OTP Generator, a virtual device application for multi-factor authentication that generates time-based one-time passwords complying with RFC 6238. The company was formerly known as HDE, Inc. and changed its name to HENNGE K.K. in February 2019. HENNGE K.K. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

NEO CAREER

Venture Round in 2014
Neo Career Co., LTD. owns and operates an online mid-career and new graduate recruitment site. The company offers doctor and nurse recruitment and temporary staff placement, including office workers, sales people, call center workers, caregivers, and childcare workers. It also offers recruitment service outsourcing and education and training services. Neo Career Co., LTD. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Shinjuku, Japan. It has additional offices in Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, and China.

Hacobu

Seed Round in 2016
Hacobu offers an integrated solution "MOVO (MOVO)" centering on the operation management system utilizing in-vehicle terminals. Connect with carriers and shipping companies sending luggage using an easy-to-use online mechanism. To provide tools to support the management of the shipping company. Through these, it becomes a platform to accumulate distribution data of various companies, aiming at overall optimization of physical distribution system. That is, "to optimize carrying". That is Hacobu 's mission.

SMARTCAMP Co.,Ltd.

Series B in 2017
Smart camp is a company that manages Internet services and this company is good at B2B marketing.

SanBio Company Limited

Seed Round in 2014
SanBio is a regenerative medicine company with cell-based products in various stages of research, development, and clinical trials. Its proprietary cell-based product, SB623, is currently in a Phase 2b clinical trial for treatment of chronic motor impairments resulting from stroke with its joint development partner, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd., in the United States and Canada. SanBio is also implementing a global Phase 2 clinical trial in the United States and Japan using SB623 for treatment of motor impairment resulting from traumatic brain injury.

Rehab for JAPAN Co., Ltd.

Venture Round in 2020
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.

Shigoto-Ryokou

Venture Round in 2015
Shigoto-Ryokou is "Job Travel Agency" a service that allows you to experience your longing for a sense of traveling.

AI Samurai

Series B in 2019
AI Samurai Inc. engages in the development of artificial intelligence technology. It also specializes in the sale of artificial intelligence technology products; and patent research, and technical investigation. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. It also has a branch office in Osaka.

iPS PORTAL,Inc.

Venture Round in 2015
iPS PORTAL,Inc. is develops instruments to analyze and measure cells. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Kyoto, Japan.

Agrimedia Corp.

Venture Round in 2017
AGRIMEDIA -Company and corporate philosophy and business and employment information.

Cashback Chintai

Seed Round in 2015
Cash back rent is the rental information site to get face-to-face is always moving money gift in tenant decision. It has published a large number such as rental apartments, apartments for rent nationwide, the information of rental properties. The cash back rent, refine your search in the area and route-station course, (5 minutes walk) deposits and key money zero, station near to narrow down on the Good for new construction Chikuasa, Room share Allowed, Pet Friendly, and Design I can also search. Your favorite listing You may find even try to search from the room or building. Cash back rent will support the new life of you!

Regolith

Venture Round in 2017
Regolith providing an all-in-one solution for the construction industry by quickly detecting the flow of the industry.We will promote the construction industry to a more attractive industry and expand it not only in Japan but also overseas.

600 Inc.

Seed Round in 2019
600 Inc. owns and operates unmanned convenience stores. It sells candy, lunch box, drinks, stationery, daily necessities, and other products through vending machines. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Shibuya-ku, Japan.

ukka inc.

Venture Round in 2019
ukka inc. owns and operates a direct-to-consumer (D2C) platform that connects consumers with agricultural product manufacturers. The company's platform allows producers to list their products and enables consumers to buy those commodities online. It caters to farmers, fisheries, and processed products manufacturers. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

pring Inc.

Venture Round in 2018
pring Inc. is engage in developing and providing the app for smart phone called pring.

Curadim Pharma Co., Ltd.

Venture Round in 2018
Curadim Pharma Co., Ltd. specializes in the research and development of pharmaceutical products. It discovers drug seeds for the flow of drug development through implementation. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

FullDepth

Venture Round in 2017
FullDepth Co., Ltd. designs and manufactures underwater drone. Its products include FullDepth DiveUnit 300 and TripodFinder, an underwater remote operated vehicle used to explore the known and unknown submarine world. FullDepth Co., Ltd. was formerly known as Ambient Intelligence Technologies Lab., Co. Ltd and changed its name to FullDepth Co., Ltd. in March, 2018. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Tsukuba, Japan.

Normee Limited

Venture Round in 2014
Normee Limited develops a palm recognition technology to identify users. It uses the built-in camera of a smartphone to detect an individual’s unique palm patterns of lines, ridges, veins, and capillaries to allow the user to unlock the device. It was formerly known as Universal Robot co.ltd. The company was founded in February 1, 2005 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Matrixome

Venture Round in 2016
Matrixome Inc researches, develops, and supplies protein based pharmaceutical preparations. Its products includes iMAtrix-221, substrate for purification and maintenance of cardiomycytes; iMatrix-441 for induction of endothelial progenitor cells for iPS cells; and iMatrix-511, recombinant human laminin-511 E8 fragment for cell culture. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Osaka, Japan.

Not A Hotel Inc.

Venture Round in 2020
Not A Hotel Inc. is engage in development and operation of own hotel brand, it also support for direct to consumer conversion of hotels and inns. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

47 Holdings Inc.

Venture Round in 2016
47 Holdings provides office planning and internet services. It was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Tokyo. 47 Holdings has a total of 58 employees as of October 2018.

valuedesign

Venture Round in 2014
Valuedesign Inc. provides Valuecard ASP service in Japan. Valuecard ASP service is a system to issue and manage e-money, gift cards, and point cards. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

talent and assessment Inc.

Venture Round in 2019
Talent and assessment provides AI interview service that can interview anytime and anywhere. Based on the strategy recruitment method developed by the Company, AI conducts a recruitment interview while interacting with the AI, analyzing the qualifications of applicants by expert staff and evaluating the interview.This is an AI interview service that provides reports. Applicants can interview anywhere, anytime, 24 hours a day, 365 days a week by using their smartphone and downloading a dedicated application.

Aperza

Series B in 2019
Aperza Inc. develops and operates price search, information distribution, and catalog download sites and portals for the manufacturing industry. It offers online media and marketplace, such as Aperza, industrial portal; Aperza Catalog, industrial catalog portal; Aperza e-commerce, industrial EC marketplace; Monozukuri News, curation media; Automation News Web, factory automation newspaper; IoT Navi, IoT Navi; sales and marketing consulting; marketing cloud service; and marketing support business in china. Aperza Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Yokohama, Japan.
Stem Cell & Device Laboratory, Inc. engages in the R&D, manufacturing, and sale of cells, devices, and cell-material integrated products for drug discovery applications. It engages in the development of new functional and cell compatibility scaffold materials for applications in pluripotent stem cell derived cell studies based on micro-engineering and nanofabrication technologies. Stem Cell & Device Laboratory, Inc. was founded in 2014 and is based in Kyoto, Japan.

NeuroSpace

Seed Round in 2017
Neurospace Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells brain waves related equipment for analyzing sleep patterns. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

AZoom

Venture Round in 2017
AZoom co., Ltd. engages in buying and selling, mediation, management, and leasing of real estate. It is also involved in business development through Internet; Internet media development and operation; and management of parking lots. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Moneytree

Series A in 2015
Moneytree is a fintech data platform, with a mission to bring people and institutions closer together, help them find balance and discover new opportunities to grow personal wealth. Moneytree's first product, a personal finance app for iOS released in 2013, won the App Store’s “Best of” award for iPhone in Japan after only 8 months in market. It went on to win Best of 2014 for iPad, was one of 10 Apple Watch apps featured pre-launch and a featured iMessage app on the launch of iOS 10. Moneytree has over 1,300,000 users on iOS, Android and web. Our proprietary data aggregation platform, Moneytree LINK, has almost twenty enterprise clients, including Japan’s two largest accounting software vendors, an industry first inbound API with Mizuho Bank, an SDK integration SMBC (Mitsui Sumitomo) and multiple regional banks in Japan.

Luup, Inc.

Seed Round in 2020
Luup, Inc. develops an application that offers electric kickboard sharing services. Its software helps users to rent and return LUUP electric kickboards in japan. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Payke, Inc.

Venture Round in 2018
Payke Multicomponent is an application that allows to view all the information of products in their mother tongue.The application "Payke" makes it possible to connect products around the world to the Internet by utilizing the bar codes that are scattered throughout the world. the company's goal is to build an enormous database based on barcodes. It is to reorganize and organize products around the world into a single database and allow anyone to freely access there. Anytime, anywhere, anyone will be able to touch the information of products around the world.

Caster Co. Ltd.

Venture Round in 2019
Caster is a provides various services for remote workers and those who are trying to change their working style.

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.

Hunglead

Venture Round in 2014
Hunglead helps online stores to make tasks which become complicated when operating multiple stores (e.g. inventory, products and ordering management) more efficient. They do this by offering a cloud system called the [Robot Series].

Spready

Venture Round in 2018
Spready Inc. specializes in the planning, development, and operation of internet services. It was founded on May 2018 and is based in Japan.

Wealthnavi

Venture Round in 2018
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.

Mikatus

Seed Round in 2014
Mikatus Inc. provides planning, development and sales of cloud services for tax accountants. The company provides software of mobile and computers for tax accountants . Mikatus Inc. was founded in 2009 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

REGiMMUNE Corporation

Series D in 2014
REGiMMUNE Corporation, a biotechnology company, engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of immune-regulatory therapeutics to treat life-threatening diseases and disorders. It offers therapeutics for allergies, autoimmune diseases, and transplantation disorders. The company’s products include RGI-2001, a drug in the class of Treg-inducing agents; RGI-1000 for allergy; and RGI-3100 series for type 1 diabetes, as well as products for preventing inhibitor formation in enzyme replacement therapies and for IBD. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan with an additional office in San Francisco, California.

Chordia Therapeutics

Series B in 2019
Chordia Therapeutics is a research and development type bioventure specializing in oncology field. The company has a mission of delivering new therapeutic drugs to patients as soon as possible in the area of ​​cancer with high unmet medical need.

LegalForce, Inc.

Series C in 2021
LegalForce, Inc. develops, operates, and maintains software related to legal services. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Mobilus Corporation

Corporate Round in 2018
Mobilus Corporationis a Communication Tech Company that transforms communication with AI. We provide communication platforms that have been adopted by major carriers and SIer companies, and develop communication solutions that utilize mobile and artificial intelligence.
Ambient Intelligence Technologies Lab., Co. Ltd. offers underwater drone and marine survey and monitoring device testing services. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Tsukuba, Japan.

Rexit Co., Ltd.

Venture Round in 2019
REXIT, Inc. is REal x IT. With a corporate philosophy of "new value in the Internet and real life", and toward the vision of "making the old business around the world a new business", the mission is to "restructure the bridal industry and create a world full of weddings." Is a company that is challenging. By adding the essence of the Internet and technology to wedding halls and weddings, we create new value that can contribute to society.

Mind Palette

Series B in 2013
Mind Palette focusing on "mobile * social media" as their main business, they aim to further the realization of a society in which each individual transmits informationin real time and new values are generated by connecting other people. To this end, they conduct the provision of exciting Internet services for both users and creators.

AQUA Therapeutics

Venture Round in 2015
AQUA Therapeutics primarily engages in the development of therapeutic drugs for the treatment of fibrotic diseases. It aims to develop medicine using oligonucleotide-based therapeutics as a drug development platform. It also engages in the research and development, manufacturing, and sales of pharmaceuticals, non-medicinal products, and cosmetics, medical research consultancy, and the development of medical devices, instruments, and equipment. AQUA Therapeutics was founded in 2012.

Mira Robotics

Seed Round in 2020
Mira Robotics, Inc. designs and develops RaaS (Robot as a Service) platform which provides robot development, robot intelligence, and cloud collaboration services. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Kawasaki City, Japan.

Gracia Japan

Series C in 2020
Gracia Inc. owns and operates tanp, a gift platform. The platform provides gift for birthday, anniversary, father’s day, white day, valentine, job celebration, and wedding celebration. Gracia Inc. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Shinagawa, Japan.

Farmnote holdings Japan

Venture Round in 2019
Firm Note Holdings Co., Ltd., established in December 2016, is a pure holding company with SkyArc Co., Ltd., which operates the web integration business, and Farm Note Co., Ltd., which operates the agricultural IoT solution business.

Embrace Japan

Venture Round in 2016
Embrace Corporation is looking for new friends. Whether you want to solve a major problem of medical care through your own work, or you want to take on a higher goal with Embracing, the company you are going to work on. Employees with various experiences, such as foreign-affiliated IT vendors, consulting firms, pharmaceutical companies, and web production companies, are active.

hachidori

Venture Round in 2018
Hachidori providing a chatbot development tool “hachidori” that does not require programming and a chat and shift business management application “CAST” specialized in stores that employ part-time workers : Takashi Ban) has completed financing through third-party allotment with three companies as underwriters.

Laxus Technologies

Series B in 2017
Laxus Technologies is an E-Commerce start up.

EdiGENE Inc.

Seed Round in 2016
EdiGENE Inc. is a biotechnology company that develops therapeutics for genetic disorders. It uses its proprietary technology clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) and guide nucleotide directed modulation (GNDM) for treatment of genetic disorders. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan with additional offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

toBe Marketing Co., Ltd.

Series B in 2017
ToBe Marketing is an information technology company that provides services to combine marketing automation and CRM. It offers consulting services, IT, and marketing consultation. The company is driven by a mission is to realize the engagement of companies and their customers by creating marketing and sales activities using IT or digital technology. ToBe Marketing was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

WELKS Co.,Ltd.

Venture Round in 2019
Welx is to realize a society where everyone can have a chance to self-realize. Welx aiming for a society where everyone who is not affected by the environment and circumstances can get the chance of self-realization.

Good Moneyger Inc.

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

Chordia Therapeutics

Series A in 2017
Chordia Therapeutics is a research and development type bioventure specializing in oncology field. The company has a mission of delivering new therapeutic drugs to patients as soon as possible in the area of ​​cancer with high unmet medical need.
Research and Innovation Co., Ltd. provides marketing research, sales promotion, and various information provision services using the Internet. Its services include barcode research, barcode promotion, and other promotional programs under the CODE brand; experiential and brand image association surveys under the Mycomment brand; in-store and street surveys of foreign tourists visiting Japan; investigation of consumers who are interested; and investigation of other people. The company serves customers in food, daily necessities, beauty and fashion, retail and distribution, eating and drinking, ceremonial occasion, car, finance, leisure and entertainment, and media and advertising sectors. Research and Innovation Co., Ltd. was founded in 2011 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

YeLL inc.

Venture Round in 2018
YeLL inc. offers organizational development and human resources development consulting services. The company offers planning, development, and management of cloud 1 on 1 service. YeLL inc. was founded in 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Amazia

Venture Round in 2016
Amazia,inc. plans, operates, and manages manga applications worldwide. It offers Manga BANG!, a service that accommodates new reading, masterpieces, and works of various genres for users; and Manga Epic!, a manga posting service that allows manga artists to read a work by various people. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Cofame

Seed Round in 2015
Before you bring something to the table. Cofame is your companion to enable you to manage your contacts and meeting history, and improve your business process. New style of contact exchange: Cofame is the next generation of exchanging business card and contacts. You no longer need to bring your paper business cards. If they do not have Cofame? no worries, you can send a part of contact information over Text and Email. Unlike your current paper business card, with Cofame, you can exchange yours with number of people at a same time. Meeting management: Cofame also enables you to manage meetings, and replicate those meetings on your smartphone. When, who, and where you met these people, who's sitting where, and what you discussed. You never lose your memory.

TypeBeeGroup

Venture Round in 2015
TypeBeeGroup is a planning, development and operation of "Cashback Rental", a rental information site where you can get festive money.

Asterisk, Inc.

Venture Round in 2016
Asterisk, Inc. manufactures and distributes general-purpose business terminals. It solution includes AsReader, mobile point-of-sale systems, which provides inventory management for store-based companies, logistics tracking system and warehouse management system (WMS) for logistics, three-point verification at medical sites, and production management system at factories. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Osaka, Japan with additional offices in Tokyo, Japan.

logly,Inc.

Venture Round in 2015
logly, Inc. operates as a technology company in Japan. The company operates logly lift, an advertising service platform that delivers corporate content to users through media and brand recognition, and product needs; Loyalfarm, an audience training tool to analyze action and engagement of readers who visited the site and to repeat them; and Zenback, a widget to collect information about articles from various parts of the net. It primarily serves advertisers and distributors. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

OpenLogi

Series B in 2017
OpenLogi is a Tokyo based logistics platform focused on SMEs and freelancers. OpenLogi was founded back in December 2013 by Hidetsugu Ito who was previously involved in launching Japanese magazine subscription service Fujisan.co.jp. Based on his experience in discussing and negotiating with logistics companies, he founded OpenLogi to address logistics solutions for small e-commerce players.

AFI Corporation

Series B in 2018
AFI Technology manufactures and sells products that use this technology, and responds to a wide range of requests, such as rapid microbiological testing.

INGAGE

Venture Round in 2020
A business cloud service provider. Founder has a background of developing video games and more than 10 years working experience in USA. One of their IT service is “Re:lation” - communication platform which companies can track and manage all communications with their customers, clients and partners.

LeapMind

Series B in 2017
LeapMind makes deep learning “small and compact” and accessible across a broad spectrum of applications, evolving the Internet of Things into the “Deep Learning of Things (DoT).” While improving the accuracy of neural network models, we are researching and developing our own innovative algorithms that can reduce the computational complexity of deep learning to use within a small computing environment. We also conduct research on original chip architectures that can efficiently implement deep neural networks on a circuit with low power and limited memory.

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 .

creww

Venture Round in 2020
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.

Freeplus Co., Ltd.

Venture Round in 2014
FREEPLUS Inc. provides inbound tourism services. The company operates as tour operator and offers group tours, foreign independent tours, government or corporation tours, and other tours for tourists and fans of Japan. It also suggests Japan tours to overseas travel agencies; makes reservations; arranges meetings, incentive tours, conventions or conferences, and exhibitions; manages itinerary for their tours; arranges factory inspections or university visits in the areas of automotive, education, beverage, frozen food, pharmaceutical, and printing industries; and operates a website that offers local tourism information services to travel agencies worldwide. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in Osaka, Japan with branch offices in Sapporo and Beppu, Japan; Shanghai, China; and Indonesia.

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.

LINK-US Co., Ltd.

Series B in 2020
LINK-US Co., Ltd. develops and manufactures ultrasonic complex vibration bonding equipment. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Yokohama, Japan.

Aoi. Co.

Series B in 2015
Aoi.Co has acquired over 3,000 students as users to date and unveiled that the entrance exam passing rate of users for their preferred universities has reached 86.3%. The firm plans to use the funds to strengthen its system development capability and introduce a learning state monitoring app for parents in September.

Cookbiz Co.,Ltd

Venture Round in 2014
Cookbiz is an online platform that offers a job search engine catering focused on food-related industries. It was launched by Kenji Yabuno in 2007 and is operated from Osaka, Japan.

Alpaca Securities LLC.

Venture Round in 2017
Alpaca API enables developers to build investing apps, brokerage services, trading algorithms that can access the market for commission-free. Alpaca is a technology company headquartered in the bay area California and a team of diverse background individuals with deep financial and technology expertise, backed by some of the top investors in the industry globally. We are proud to be supported by the love of enthusiastic community members on various platforms. (Securities by Alpaca Securities LLC http://alpaca.markets/#disclosures)

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.

Wassha

Series A in 2015
Wassha provide the rental device and charging service using clean energy. WASSHA lends all devices to start WASSHA business. Remote management and monitoration of every operation made possible with our innovative technology, so that we can check every transactions like sales, customer information, and power generation.We are looking for business partners to expand WASSHA to off-grid areas! s a power supplier for off-grid Africa.

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.

Oh My Glasses

Series B in 2014
Oh My Glasses TOKYO is a lifestyle brand that offer high quality made in Japan eyewear at an affordable price.Oh My Glasses has been providing an eyeglass e-commerce service that offers five sets of eyeglasses at a time upon order, and buy one if you can find any favorite among them. So customers can try them on before buying.

MabGenesis

Series A in 2020
MabGenesis Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, develops therapeutic monoclonal antibody drugs for human and animal. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Yokohama, Japan.

FLASHPARK

Corporate Round in 2013
FLASHPARK is a general mail order sites for cakes.

ExaWizards

Venture Round in 2019
ExaWizards Inc. engages in development of an artificial intelligence (AI) based platform, Coaching AI. It helps users to learn skills and support care giving training for people with dementia. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Kyash Inc.

Seed Round in 2015
Kyash Inc. develops a wallet application and payment platform that allows consumers to make payments at Visa merchants and peer to peer transfers. Its proprietary Visa card issuing and payment processing technology platform for businesses allows them to instantly issue their own Visa cards to their customers through Kyash’s APIs. The company offers its services through a mobile application. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.