MeetsMore
Series B in 2025
MeetsMore Inc. is a technology company based in Tokyo, Japan, that specializes in developing software to facilitate connections between local businesses and clients seeking various services. Founded in 2017, the company offers an automation platform designed for customer acquisition and quotation processing. Its platform enables users to request quotes for services such as photography, party planning, and event management by answering a series of questions. This system allows service providers to propose tailored quotes and engage in real-time communication with potential clients, enhancing the matchmaking process for face-to-face services.
Nature, Inc., established in 2014 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, specializes in manufacturing and selling the Nature Remo, a smart device that transforms traditional room air conditioners into smart ones. The device, comprising a controller and a power plug, connects to home appliances via infrared and the internet, enabling users to control their air conditioners remotely, pre-cool spaces, and adjust temperature and humidity. It also includes sensors for temperature, humidity, motion, and illumination, and is compatible with voice control via smartphone apps and smart home devices like Google Home and Amazon Echo. By offering this simple, inexpensive, and easy-to-install device, Nature aims to improve consumer comfort and energy efficiency while reducing peak demand for utilities.
Enechain is a solar energy solution company that specializes in creating an energy marketplace platform for trading energy products. The firm provides a price discovery function that helps visualize fair market prices, allowing users to understand the value of various energy offerings. In addition, Enechain's distribution function facilitates the conclusion of transactions and the distribution of products based on these fair prices, enabling efficient buying and selling within the energy sector. Through its innovative approach, Enechain aims to enhance the trading experience for users in the renewable energy market.
AIsing
Venture Round in 2024
AIsing Ltd. specializes in developing embedded mechanical-motion-prediction solutions and statistical analysis tools, focusing on its flagship product, Deep Binary Tree (DBT) SaaS. This artificial intelligence program is designed for mechanical control, enabling accurate predictions of mechanical motion, particularly in applications such as industrial robots and home automation systems. The DBT SaaS is characterized by its lightweight and fast performance, allowing for dynamic and online learning, which facilitates real-time adaptation and predictive accuracy. AIsing also provides hardware pre-installed with DBT software, streamlining the construction of various applications. The company's services are offered on a subscription basis, supplemented by royalties from products utilizing their technology. Founded in 2016 and based in Tokyo, Japan, AIsing aims to deliver quality learning and prediction capabilities, even with low-spec computer resources.
Nature
Venture Round in 2024
Nature, Inc., established in 2014 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, specializes in manufacturing and selling the Nature Remo, a smart device that transforms traditional room air conditioners into smart ones. The device, comprising a controller and a power plug, connects to home appliances via infrared and the internet, enabling users to control their air conditioners remotely, pre-cool spaces, and adjust temperature and humidity. It also includes sensors for temperature, humidity, motion, and illumination, and is compatible with voice control via smartphone apps and smart home devices like Google Home and Amazon Echo. By offering this simple, inexpensive, and easy-to-install device, Nature aims to improve consumer comfort and energy efficiency while reducing peak demand for utilities.
Octopus Energy
Private Equity Round in 2023
Octopus Energy is a British energy supplier established in 2015, aimed at revolutionizing the energy market by providing affordable and renewable energy solutions. The company specializes in solar, wind, and tidal energy, focusing on reducing costs and enhancing customer experience. By offering energy utility, generation, and transmission services without long-term contracts, Octopus Energy empowers both businesses and households to offset their carbon emissions and minimize their environmental impact. Through its innovative technology and customer-centric approach, Octopus Energy seeks to contribute to a greener, smarter energy grid in Great Britain.
Octopus Energy
Funding Round in 2022
Octopus Energy is a British energy supplier established in 2015, aimed at revolutionizing the energy market by providing affordable and renewable energy solutions. The company specializes in solar, wind, and tidal energy, focusing on reducing costs and enhancing customer experience. By offering energy utility, generation, and transmission services without long-term contracts, Octopus Energy empowers both businesses and households to offset their carbon emissions and minimize their environmental impact. Through its innovative technology and customer-centric approach, Octopus Energy seeks to contribute to a greener, smarter energy grid in Great Britain.
Live Smart
Venture Round in 2021
Live Smart is a start-up focused on creating a service platform for smart home management. The company develops an Internet of Things (IoT) platform that allows users to control various home appliances, such as air conditioners, televisions, lighting, and smart clocks, through mobile applications and voice-activated speakers. By utilizing artificial intelligence and IoT technology, Live Smart's platform aims to provide an operating system for homes, enabling housing manufacturers, utility companies, and other stakeholders in the living space sector to enhance property value. Additionally, it seeks to help homeowners create more efficient living environments, ultimately saving them time and energy.
EcoNaviSta
Corporate Round in 2021
EcoNaviSta Corporation is a bioinformatics and information technology company focused on developing innovative solutions for health monitoring and analysis. The company's primary product, Life Rhythm Navi, utilizes artificial intelligence to predict health status transitions through comprehensive sleep analysis. By automatically recording daily living conditions, this system collaborates with specialized medical institutions to identify early signs of dementia and other age-related health issues, such as heat stroke and sleep disorders. EcoNaviSta aims to enhance preventive medicine by providing a monitoring system designed to prevent sudden changes in physical conditions and reduce the risk of accidents among the elderly.
Sirc
Venture Round in 2021
Sirc, established in 2015 and based in Osaka-shi, Japan, specializes in manufacturing sensors and other electrical components. These components are integral to various devices, enabling and enhancing their functionalities.
Octopus Energy
Corporate Round in 2020
Octopus Energy is a British energy supplier established in 2015, aimed at revolutionizing the energy market by providing affordable and renewable energy solutions. The company specializes in solar, wind, and tidal energy, focusing on reducing costs and enhancing customer experience. By offering energy utility, generation, and transmission services without long-term contracts, Octopus Energy empowers both businesses and households to offset their carbon emissions and minimize their environmental impact. Through its innovative technology and customer-centric approach, Octopus Energy seeks to contribute to a greener, smarter energy grid in Great Britain.
Principle Power
Corporate Round in 2020
Principle Power, Inc. is a technology and services provider for the offshore wind industry, specializing in the development of innovative solutions to harness wind energy in deep-water environments. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Emeryville, California, with additional offices in France and Portugal, the company is best known for its WindFloat technology, a semi-submersible floating wind turbine foundation. This advanced foundation design allows for the installation of offshore wind turbines in water depths greater than 50 meters, addressing the economic and technological challenges that have historically limited deep-water wind energy projects. Principle Power serves a diverse clientele, including developers, utilities, and independent power producers, enabling them to optimize wind energy generation regardless of water depth or seabed conditions.
Yukai Engineering
Series A in 2020
Yukai Engineering Inc. is a Tokyo-based company founded in 2007 that specializes in developing innovative communication robots aimed at enhancing everyday life experiences. The company's diverse product lineup includes BOCCO, a family robot that facilitates communication between loved ones, and Qoobo, a robotic pillow designed to provide comfort through a lifelike tail that responds to user interaction. Other notable products include Necomimi, a brainwave-powered headband with moving cat ears, and various physical computing toolkits for iPhone and iPad devices. Yukai Engineering's creations not only promote joyful interactions but also integrate seamlessly with home energy management systems, making them practical for modern lifestyles. The firm is dedicated to making everyday moments more meaningful and accessible, particularly for families and working parents.
Next Energy & Resources
Venture Round in 2019
Next Energy & Resources is focused on the development and promotion of renewable energy solutions. The company manufactures and provides solar power systems along with related services, emphasizing the use of natural energy. It engages in the production and sale of solar power plants, solar cell modules, and solar photovoltaic cells, offering clients effective alternatives to conventional energy sources. Through its various initiatives, Next Energy & Resources aims to facilitate the wider adoption of renewable energy technologies.
Exergy Power Systems
Venture Round in 2019
Exergy Power Systems is focused on developing, producing, and providing energy storage systems that make use of its uniquely developed hydrogen cells, which have ultrafast charging and discharging properties, as well as enhanced durability.
Otobank
Venture Round in 2018
Otobank Inc. is an IT services company based in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 2004. It specializes in the development and distribution of audio content through an online platform, enabling users to access a wide range of digital media. The company's offerings include audiobooks, digital magazines, news, and comics, as well as various types of voice content. Otobank aims to provide quality digital content at affordable prices, allowing customers to enjoy their products from anywhere.
EcoNaviSta
Corporate Round in 2018
EcoNaviSta Corporation is a bioinformatics and information technology company focused on developing innovative solutions for health monitoring and analysis. The company's primary product, Life Rhythm Navi, utilizes artificial intelligence to predict health status transitions through comprehensive sleep analysis. By automatically recording daily living conditions, this system collaborates with specialized medical institutions to identify early signs of dementia and other age-related health issues, such as heat stroke and sleep disorders. EcoNaviSta aims to enhance preventive medicine by providing a monitoring system designed to prevent sudden changes in physical conditions and reduce the risk of accidents among the elderly.
Enechange
Series B in 2018
Enechange Co., Ltd. is a Japan-based company that specializes in providing an electricity plan comparison website, helping consumers select their electricity providers. Established in April 2015, the company offers online switching services for energy and gas. Enechange also operates various cloud-based platforms aimed at supporting electricity and gas retailers, including the Energy Marketing Acceleration Platform (EMAP) for marketing and customer acquisition, and the Smart-Meter Analytics Platform (SMAP) for profitability analysis and demand response services. Additionally, the company employs artificial intelligence technologies to enhance deregulation efforts in the energy sector, facilitating optimized energy usage and smoother transitions for consumers switching providers. Through its innovative solutions, Enechange plays a critical role in promoting energy efficiency and consumer choice in Japan's liberalized electricity market.
Digital Grid
Venture Round in 2018
Digital Grid Inc. is a Tokyo-based company founded in 2013 that focuses on providing electricity solutions to non-electrification areas and off-grid communities across Africa. The company operates a fee-based electricity credit system, utilizing kiosks operated by shop owners to offer charging services for various electronic devices, including phones and lanterns. Digital Grid also provides rental rechargeable devices such as LED lanterns, portable radios, and mobile chargers, catering to the needs of local users. Additionally, the company offers leasing options for equipment like solar panels and batteries, which are managed through a smartphone application. By facilitating direct transactions between electricity generators and consumers, Digital Grid aims to eliminate energy constraints and enhance access to power in underserved regions.
PV GAS D
Funding Round in 2017
PetroVietnam Low Pressure Gas Distribution Joint Stock Company, formerly low pressure gas business Factory which was established in 2002, under PV GAS. On 4st December 2007, PetroVietnam Low Pressure Gas Distribution Joint Stock Company (PV GAS D) was established pursuant to the Decision No. 1109/QD-DKVN of the Board of General Directors of Vietnam Oil and Gas Group. PV GAS D operates pursuant to Business Registration Certificate No. 4103006815, issued by Hochiminh Planning and Investment Department on dated 23th May 2007 with initial charter capital of VND 330.000.000.000 by the base of capital contribution of the shareholders.