Wil LLC

World Innovation Lab (WiL) is a US & Japan-based VC with capital from governments and leading global corporations in Japan and throughout Asia - including Sony, Suzuki, NTT, KDDI, 7-Eleven & others. WiL invests in companies that are ready to scale and enter new markets. The firm helps US startups expand to Japan and Asia, and Japanese startups expand worldwide. Recent direct company investments include Algolia, Asana, Automation Anywhere, Auth0, DataRobot, Kong, Mercari, MURAL, TransferWise, and Unqork. In addition to direct investment, WiL invests in exceptional venture funds - both established and emerging. WiL also works with its corporate investors on evolving their own innovation capabilities through new business creation, partnerships with leading startups, and organizational culture change. WiL acts as the bridge between startups and corporates across key innovation hubs around the globe in driving growth - starting with Japan and the US.

Todd Grover

Principal

Gen Isayama

General Partner and CEO

Arata Kokaji

Investor

Aki Koto

Partner

Masaya Kubota

Partner

Masataka Matsumoto

General Partner

Kazuhiko Muraoka

Investor

Toshimichi Namba

Partner

Koki Nishimura

Investor

Tak Onishi

Partner

Steve Pretre

Partner

Tsune Shirota

Partner

177 past transactions

HMV M&E Limited

Merger/Acquisition in 2016
HMV M&E Limited is an investment holding company. The company, through its subsidiaries, provides entertainment and media production services as well as operates retail stores. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in British Virgin Islands. The company operates as a subsidiary of China 3D Digital Entertainment Limited (SEHK:8078).

Coincheck

Venture Round in 2017
Coincheck, Inc. operates a bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchange in Japan. The company engages in buying and selling of bitcoins and cryptocurrencies such as, Ethereum and Ripple. It also provides payment and lending services of bitcoins. The company develops software for trading of bitcoins. Coincheck, Inc. was founded in 2012 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. As of April 16, 2018, Coincheck, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Monex Group, Inc.

Roqovan Studios

Series A in 2015
Studio Roqovan, Inc., an independent game development studio, creates and produces video games. It develops content to entertain audience for virtual reality and existing game platforms. Studio Roqovan, Inc. was formerly known as Reload Studios, Inc. and changed its name to Studio Roqovan, Inc. in October 2016. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Tarzana, California.

Curebase

Series B in 2022
Curebase builds a digital clinical trial assistant that would alter how medical providers discover, activate, and administer clinical trials for their patients. It aims to run clinical trials faster and cheaper than anyone else via software that reduces recruitment times, automates manual steps, and lets drug companies distribute their trials to clinics. The company was established in 2017 and is based in San Francisco, California.

TriFort,Inc.

Series A in 2014
TriFort, Inc. engages in the publication of smartphone applications to users from various application markets operated by platform companies. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. As of October 11, 2018, TriFort, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of UNITED, Inc.

LOCONDO

Series C in 2014
LOCONDO, Inc. operates a mail order site for selling shoes and fashion products. It offers women’s and men’s shoes, bags, and apparel. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Sumutasu

Series B in 2022
Sumutasu, Inc. develops and sells residential properties in Japan. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Sumutasu

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

SOLAIRO

Series A in 2019
SOLAIRO, INC. develops and offers fashion coordinate application and e-commerce portal under the name "PRIMODE". The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

AI Medical Service

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.

Kong

Series C in 2019
Kong powers API & microservices driven organizations with the world's popular open-source API Gateway and industry leading Enterprise solution including Kong (API Gateway/Administrative GUI/Dev Portal). Mashape is funded by tier 1 VC firms including Index Ventures, NEA, CRV, Stanford University, Jeff Bezos (Amazon) and Eric Schmidt (Google).

Amadeus Code

Private Placement in 2019
Amadeus Code, Inc. develops and offers an artificial intelligence (AI) based music-composing application. It allows users to create chord changes, basslines, and beats based on their preferences and provides a library of tracks. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

zenkigen

Series A in 2018
zenkigen is a company which is Contribute to the creation of a society where people and companies can fully embody through technology.We will introduce our business, including the web interview / video interview platform HARUTAKA.

ClearMotion

Series C in 2017
ClearMotion, Inc., an automotive technology company, develops a suspension system that makes automotive systems that use a combination of hardware and software to anticipate, absorb, and counteract shocks and vibrations that cars pick up from the road. It specializes in suspension technology, road surface mapping, and active seating motion control aspects. ClearMotion, Inc. was formerly known as Levant Power Corporation and changed its name to ClearMotion, Inc. in January 2017. The company was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Billerica, Massachusetts with an operation in Nuneaton, United Kingdom.
Somnoware is transforming respiratory healthcare across the globe by reducing cost and improving care management. Our cloud-based software enables care providers to estimate population risk, manage chronic care, and track patient outcomes. We provide context-aware insights through the application of predictive machine learning to patient data integrated from hundreds of sources. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, our customer base includes leading health systems, accountable care organizations, independent test labs, and service companies.

R-Zero

Series B in 2021
R-Zero Systems, Inc. manufactures, designs, and develops hospital-grade disinfection devices for businesses. Its products include R-Zero Arc, a UV-C surface and air disinfection solution that destroys pathogens for dynamic environments. It offers its solutions for enterprises, shops, restaurants, schools and hotels. R-Zero Systems, Inc. was formerly known as Guardian UV, Inc. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Toreta

Series D in 2016
Toreta develops tools specializing in reservation and customer ledger systems for restaurants. It offers Toreta, a mobile application for restaurant reservation management in Japan. The application facilitates the recording of reservation conversations automatically with customers, generates customer ledgers based on reservation information, and accepts reservations through the internet. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Survios

Series B in 2016
Survios is a virtual reality company that creates groundbreaking interactive content powered by cutting edge immersive technology. It is composed of a team of dreamers, makers, artists, thinkers, and gamers. It's focus is all about engaging games., immersive tech and unparalleled presence. Nathan Burba, James Iliff and Alexander Silkin launched Project Holodeck as an interdisciplinary effort at the University of Southern California’s Games program. From Project Holodeck they founded Survios, and continue to focus on virtual reality gaming and immersive technology.

Cloud Ace Co., Ltd.

Series A in 2017
Cloud Ace Co., Ltd. is a provider of total support services and consulting for google cloud platform.

Retty

Series D in 2016
Retty is a social gourmet site where you can share the restaurants you have been to or want to go to with your friends. Choosing where you want to eat will become much easier with Retty! The iPhone and Android apps are coming soon. You'll be able to use Retty on the go on your smartphone.

Auth0

Series F in 2020
AAuth0 is an identity management platform for application builders and developers. It provides Auth0, a web-scale cloud solution that includes APIs and tools that enable developers to eliminate the friction of authentication and authorization of their applications and APIs. Auth0 enables users to single sign-on for applications running on various platforms with various identity providers; add few lines of JavaScript to power their applications; customize various stages of the authentication and authorization pipeline, and connect their applications and APIs to their database of users and passwords. Its platform also allows users to authenticate to active directory, LDAP, SAML, Integrated Windows Authentication, Google Apps, Salesforce, and other IdPs without having to configure firewall; add and remove users, modify profiles and authorization attributes, and identify root cause user login issues; see a stream of recent logins and their locations; and enable various SaaS and SAML-enabled applications. Auth0's solution works with iOS, Android, and Windows Phone 8 platforms. Its platform is used by large and small enterprises, and startups.

Laxus Technologies

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

hey, Inc.

Series D in 2018
hey, Inc. integrates, plans, develops, and manages e-commerce portals and businesses. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

ClearMotion

Series C in 2017
ClearMotion, Inc., an automotive technology company, develops a suspension system that makes automotive systems that use a combination of hardware and software to anticipate, absorb, and counteract shocks and vibrations that cars pick up from the road. It specializes in suspension technology, road surface mapping, and active seating motion control aspects. ClearMotion, Inc. was formerly known as Levant Power Corporation and changed its name to ClearMotion, Inc. in January 2017. The company was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Billerica, Massachusetts with an operation in Nuneaton, United Kingdom.

R-Zero

Series C in 2022
R-Zero Systems, Inc. manufactures, designs, and develops hospital-grade disinfection devices for businesses. Its products include R-Zero Arc, a UV-C surface and air disinfection solution that destroys pathogens for dynamic environments. It offers its solutions for enterprises, shops, restaurants, schools and hotels. R-Zero Systems, Inc. was formerly known as Guardian UV, Inc. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Pring

Corporate Round in 2017
pring Inc. is engage in developing and providing the app for smart phone called pring.

Unqork

Private Placement in 2020
Unqork Inc. develops and operates a Software-as-a-Service enterprise software platform that digitizes the client lifecycle for financial and insurance companies. It offers Unqork, a visual application platform that helps large enterprises to build complex custom software without a code. The company serves insurance, financial services, real estate, government, education, and healthcare sectors. Unqork Inc. was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Algolia

Private Placement in 2019
Algolia is the search-as-a-service platform that enables companies of all sizes to deliver fast and relevant digital experiences that drive real results. With Algolia, consumers are able to easily find and discover what they want across the web, mobile, and voice. Algolia allows developers and business teams to build and optimize delightful Search & Discovery experiences that increase online engagement, conversion rates, and revenue.

BizteX

Series C in 2020
BizteX is a software robotics company that uses cloud Robotic Process Automation to automate routine operations. The company develops SaaS services centered on cloud RPA and expand it globally to contribute to the creation of creativity for many people. The company's service called, BizteX cobit, is a digital robot that performs a one-click substitute for humans by instructing routine work. BizteX was founded in July 2015 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Motive

Series E in 2021
KeepTruckin, Inc. develops fleet management software and electronic logbook applications for Android and iPhone devices. It develops and delivers a fleet management system for dispatchers, drivers, fleet managers, and owner operators. The company’s solution allow dispatchers and fleet managers to audit driver logs, track drivers' location, and send load information to drivers. In addition, its application is used by drivers in fleet to send and record their driving logs, perform vehicle inspections, and communicate with back office, dispatchers, and fleet managers to streamline HOS compliance and protect their CSA score. KeepTruckin, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is based in San Francisco, California.

FLYWHEEL Inc.

Private Placement in 2020
FLYWHEEL Inc. develops an artificial intelligence-based platform that streamlines data. Its platform collects data such as inventory, logistics, and delivery data and enables the company to make a decision from the advertisement and site content. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Autify

Series A in 2021
Autify, Inc. develops artificial intelligence based software testing automation platform. The platform monitors UI changes as artificial intelligence changes with each release and automatically updates affected test scenarios. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Asana

Private Placement in 2018
Asana, Inc. operates a work management platform for individuals, team leads, and executives. It provides work management platform as software as service that enables individuals and teams to get work done faster while enhancing employee engagement by allowing everyone to see how their work connects to the broader mission of an organization. The company was formerly known as Smiley Abstractions, Inc. and changed its name to Asana, Inc. in July 2009. Asana, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Truework

Series B in 2020
Truework is a platform for employment and income verification that puts consumers in control of their personal data. The system digitizes the verification process for HR departments, banks, and others, to make it fast and secure for employees to get verified when applying for a loan, jobs, or apartment rental. Truework’s network of over 40,000 lenders, and background check companies, and other verifiers completes thousands of employment and income verifications every day. The employer network includes nearly 100 enterprise companies and more than 20,000 small businesses across all industries, from healthcare to technology, including The College Board, The Real Real, Oscar Health, The Motley Fool, and Tuft & Needle.

Raksul

Series B in 2014
Raksul Inc. provides printing services in Japan. It prints newspaper folding products, station stage posters, business cards, cards, business materials, greeting cards, signs/displays, designing on PC online, posts, flyers, posters, tickets, fans, slips, eating/store tools, direct mails, print brochures/catalogs, postcards, files and folders, flags, desktop POPs, novelties/goods, TV commercials, fold brochures, envelopes, seals and stickers, curtains/goodwill products, calendars, and new year's cards. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Next Web Capital

Venture Round in 2022
Next Web Capital support entrepreneurs starting their business in the new ecosystem based on cryptos and blockchain. Next Web Capitalrm provides mentoring by its founders and other members, sharing their experience in addition to offering financial support by actively participating in the DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) and other ecosystems.

PeerStreet

Series C in 2019
PeerStreet is the leading platform for investing in real estate debt. The platform represents a two-sided marketplace that provides hassle-free access to an asset class that was previously inaccessible to individual investors and connects a vetted network of private lenders with diverse sources of capital to help fuel their growth and bring lending back to their local communities. PeerStreet was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Aiven

Series C in 2021
Aiven is a data cloud providing the best managed, open source data infrastructure services to cover all of the needs of complex internet applications. Aiven's mission is to enable developers to focus on their core business and build great applications without worrying about software infrastructure through providing integrated solutions that will allow teams to build what they couldn't imagine before. Aiven has offices in Helsinki, Boston, Berlin and Sydney.

Sendbird

Series C in 2021
At SendBird, they are building the most scalable and powerful chat API in the world. They have customers from over 150 countries around the world serving a truly wide-range of use cases across communities, marketplaces, on-demand services, games, and live-video streaming.

Intertrust

Venture Round in 2016
Intertrust Technologies is a software company providing trusted computing products and services to leading global corporations–from mobile, consumer electronics and IoT manufacturers, to service providers and enterprise software platform companies. These products include the world’s leading digital rights management (DRM), software tamper resistance, and technologies to enable private data exchanges for various verticals including energy, entertainment, retail/marketing, automotive, fintech, and IoT. Intertrust is committed to open standards, and is one of the founders of Marlin DRM. Marlin is the Digital Rights Management (DRM) solution for YouView in the UK, Italy's TivuNet and many IPTV services in Japan. Intertrust's ExpressPlay solution is rapidly growing in China and other regions, and Intertrust's Seacert subsidiary is the world's leading digital certificate authority for Marlin. Founded in 1990 by inventor-entrepreneur Victor Shear, Intertrust is based in Silicon Valley, with regional offices in London and Beijing. The Company has a legacy of invention, and its fundamental contributions in the areas of computer security and digital trust are globally recognized. Intertrust holds hundreds of patents that are key to DRM and the security, trust, and privacy management components of operating systems, trusted mobile code and networked operating environments, web services, and cloud computing.

Qrio Inc.

Venture Round in 2015
Qrio Smart Lock is a device that allows you to the operation of the key in the smartphone. Use the message functions such as LINE and facebook, to people who want to come, such as family and friends, you can share the key only want time to come.

Josys

Series A in 2022
Josys is an IT device and SaaS integrated management service that automates analog operations in corporate IT, reduces operational costs, and improves security levels.

Algolia

Series D in 2021
Algolia is the search-as-a-service platform that enables companies of all sizes to deliver fast and relevant digital experiences that drive real results. With Algolia, consumers are able to easily find and discover what they want across the web, mobile, and voice. Algolia allows developers and business teams to build and optimize delightful Search & Discovery experiences that increase online engagement, conversion rates, and revenue.

Peer Street, Inc.

Private Placement in 2019
Peer Street, Inc. operates a marketplace that provides real estate loan investments. Its platform provides investors to invest in previously difficult-to-access real estate loans, and borrowers with new sources of capital. Peer Street, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Manhattan Beach, California.

Asana

Series E in 2018
Asana, Inc. operates a work management platform for individuals, team leads, and executives. It provides work management platform as software as service that enables individuals and teams to get work done faster while enhancing employee engagement by allowing everyone to see how their work connects to the broader mission of an organization. The company was formerly known as Smiley Abstractions, Inc. and changed its name to Asana, Inc. in July 2009. Asana, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Qrio Inc.

Venture Round in 2016
Qrio Smart Lock is a device that allows you to the operation of the key in the smartphone. Use the message functions such as LINE and facebook, to people who want to come, such as family and friends, you can share the key only want time to come.

JITSUBO

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.

Aisera

Series C in 2020
AISERA is an information technology company that offers solutions for IT, HR, customer service, facilities, and cloud operations of companies, businesses, and organizations. It specializes in artificial intelligence, NLP, and NLU. The company was founded in 2017 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Doctor On Demand

Series C in 2018
Doctor On Demand is a video telemedicine company, offering on-demand and scheduled visits with US-licensed healthcare providers via any smartphone, tablet, or computer. It focuses on providing solutions for employers, health plans, retail clinics, and health systems. With solutions for employers, health plans, retail clinics, and health systems, Doctor On Demand is redefining the industry with top-rated customer experience, highest clinical standards, and implementation and customer success directors, as well as 24/7 customer support. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

BizteX

Private Placement in 2018
BizteX is a software robotics company that uses cloud Robotic Process Automation to automate routine operations. The company develops SaaS services centered on cloud RPA and expand it globally to contribute to the creation of creativity for many people. The company's service called, BizteX cobit, is a digital robot that performs a one-click substitute for humans by instructing routine work. BizteX was founded in July 2015 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

PrizePool

Seed Round in 2020
PrizePool is a mobile-based application software that enables its users to invest their money though smartphones. PrizePool believes the team's experience combined with the commitments to both guarantee monthly prizes and create a social, referral model sets PrizePool apart from others in the market.

ADARA

Series C in 2015
Adara, the global leader in permissioned data and verified identity, combines the power of global data consortiums to inform its 1 billion digital identities with over 22 billion data elements across 130 countries and serving Global 2,000 customers. Whether informing digital marketing, programmatic advertising, search, identity and verification, or stopping fraud, Adara provides you with more customers, less friction, and better outcomes. For more information, visit us at www.ADARA.com.

Toreta

Series B in 2014
Toreta develops tools specializing in reservation and customer ledger systems for restaurants. It offers Toreta, a mobile application for restaurant reservation management in Japan. The application facilitates the recording of reservation conversations automatically with customers, generates customer ledgers based on reservation information, and accepts reservations through the internet. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

ClearMotion

Private Placement in 2018
ClearMotion, Inc., an automotive technology company, develops a suspension system that makes automotive systems that use a combination of hardware and software to anticipate, absorb, and counteract shocks and vibrations that cars pick up from the road. It specializes in suspension technology, road surface mapping, and active seating motion control aspects. ClearMotion, Inc. was formerly known as Levant Power Corporation and changed its name to ClearMotion, Inc. in January 2017. The company was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Billerica, Massachusetts with an operation in Nuneaton, United Kingdom.

Toreta

Series C in 2015
Toreta develops tools specializing in reservation and customer ledger systems for restaurants. It offers Toreta, a mobile application for restaurant reservation management in Japan. The application facilitates the recording of reservation conversations automatically with customers, generates customer ledgers based on reservation information, and accepts reservations through the internet. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Stockmark

Series A in 2020
StockMark is an AI venture from the University of Tokyo that provides business decision support with text mining and AI. We are developing businesses such as the web news distribution service "Anews", sales "Asales", and AI-related business consulting business "AI Alchemist".

FLYWHEEL Inc.

Series A in 2020
FLYWHEEL Inc. develops an artificial intelligence-based platform that streamlines data. Its platform collects data such as inventory, logistics, and delivery data and enables the company to make a decision from the advertisement and site content. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

stepdays

Series A in 2020
stepdays Inc. operates an online platform that connects veterinary hospitals and owners. It provides Pet Notebook, a platform that allows the veterinary specialists to inspect pets. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Wise

Series E in 2017
TransferWise Ltd. provides international money transfer services. The company enables users to send money and businesses to make payments. It also provides an application that enables users to track their transfers on the go, or make new ones. TransferWise Ltd. was formerly known as Exchange Solutions Ltd. and changed its name to TransferWise Ltd. in September 2012. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in London, United Kingdom with additional offices in Tallinn, Estonia and New York, New York.

Intertrust

Series B in 2019
Intertrust Technologies is a software company providing trusted computing products and services to leading global corporations–from mobile, consumer electronics and IoT manufacturers, to service providers and enterprise software platform companies. These products include the world’s leading digital rights management (DRM), software tamper resistance, and technologies to enable private data exchanges for various verticals including energy, entertainment, retail/marketing, automotive, fintech, and IoT. Intertrust is committed to open standards, and is one of the founders of Marlin DRM. Marlin is the Digital Rights Management (DRM) solution for YouView in the UK, Italy's TivuNet and many IPTV services in Japan. Intertrust's ExpressPlay solution is rapidly growing in China and other regions, and Intertrust's Seacert subsidiary is the world's leading digital certificate authority for Marlin. Founded in 1990 by inventor-entrepreneur Victor Shear, Intertrust is based in Silicon Valley, with regional offices in London and Beijing. The Company has a legacy of invention, and its fundamental contributions in the areas of computer security and digital trust are globally recognized. Intertrust holds hundreds of patents that are key to DRM and the security, trust, and privacy management components of operating systems, trusted mobile code and networked operating environments, web services, and cloud computing.

Hosty Inc.

Series E in 2020
Hosty Inc. owns, operates, and manages a chain of unmanned hotel under the brand name Mizuka. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Fukuoka, Japan.

LegalForce

Private Placement 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.

DIGITAL GRID

Seed Round in 2019
Digital Grid Inc. engages in the retail business of electricity targeting non-electrification areas and off-grid communities of Africa. The company provides a fee-based electricity credit system where a kiosk (shop owners) provides charging services to communities for phones, lanterns, and other electronic appliances. It offers rental rechargeable devices, such as LED lanterns, portable radios, tablet PCs, and mobile charging for end users; and leasing instruments, including WPDs, PV panels, and batteries, as well as a smartphone as a controller for agents. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Enageed

Private Placement in 2019
ENAGEED Co.,Ltd. designs, develops, and sells educational content for academic and corporate training purposes. The company offers auxiliary teaching material, such as books and sample movies for students in muddle and high schools. In addition, it provides training and human resource development software tool to corporate clients. ENAGEED Co.,Ltd. was founded in 2012 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Smiloops

Series D in 2019
Smiloops, Inc. develops and operates IT services, outsourcing business, and web consulting business. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Every

Series C in 2017
Movie Media Business ,Talent Management Business ,Advertisement Business.

LegalForce

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.

Hyakusenrenma

Series A in 2014
Hyakusenrenma Inc. develops and operates web based platforms for vacation rentals. The company offers foreign travelers, home renting services through its listed properties; and also provides home stay services for events in farm houses and country side locations. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Sendai-shi, Japan.

CADDi

Series A in 2018
Caddi, Inc. provides technology solutions to the manufacturing sector in Japan. It engages in management of order placement. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Smiloops

Private Placement in 2019
Smiloops, Inc. develops and operates IT services, outsourcing business, and web consulting business. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Auth0

Private Placement in 2020
AAuth0 is an identity management platform for application builders and developers. It provides Auth0, a web-scale cloud solution that includes APIs and tools that enable developers to eliminate the friction of authentication and authorization of their applications and APIs. Auth0 enables users to single sign-on for applications running on various platforms with various identity providers; add few lines of JavaScript to power their applications; customize various stages of the authentication and authorization pipeline, and connect their applications and APIs to their database of users and passwords. Its platform also allows users to authenticate to active directory, LDAP, SAML, Integrated Windows Authentication, Google Apps, Salesforce, and other IdPs without having to configure firewall; add and remove users, modify profiles and authorization attributes, and identify root cause user login issues; see a stream of recent logins and their locations; and enable various SaaS and SAML-enabled applications. Auth0's solution works with iOS, Android, and Windows Phone 8 platforms. Its platform is used by large and small enterprises, and startups.

AI Medical Service

Private Placement 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.

Tactivos, Inc.

Private Placement in 2020
Tactivos, Inc., doing business as Mural, develops web interface software. It develops MURAL which provides visual sharing on a flexible web/mobile play space. The application, MURAL, allows users to drag and drop sticky notes, images, links, and documents to organize ideas; invite and assign permissions one by one or share an invite link; and map the content, share their ideas, and receive feedback or new ideas online. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in San Francisco, California.

RevComm

Private Placement in 2020
RevComm Inc. offers AI, voice, and cloud software database development services. It offers MiiTel, an AI-equipped cloud IP phone that visualizes telephone sales. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Rad AI

Series B in 2024
Rad AI empowers radiologists for the future.

Knowledge Work

Series B in 2023
Developer of corporate software intended to boost workplace efficiency. The company engages in the development of software that boosts and optimizes back office, management, and work experience areas, enabling companies to improve operations by supporting the sharing and utilization of in-house knowledge.

FloQast

Series E in 2024
FloQast builds cloud-based software that helps manage accounting departments by centralizing the workflow, assigning tasks, maintaining supporting documentation and automating reconciliations.

Candex

Series B in 2023
Candex Ltd. provides recruitment solutions. It enables employers to manage their recruitment supply chain for permanent positions across the globe. The company offers Candex, a sourcing and vendor management tool for organizations; and Candex Rollout, a Web-based platform that requires no integration and works with ATS and ERP systems. It also provides value proposition and management/reporting solutions. The company was incorporated in 2010 and is based in San Francisco, California.

CADDi

Series C in 2023
Caddi, Inc. provides technology solutions to the manufacturing sector in Japan. It engages in management of order placement. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Pipedream

Series A in 2022
The integration platform built for developers

GHELIA

Series A in 2018
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.

PrizePool

Series A in 2021
PrizePool is a mobile-based application software that enables its users to invest their money though smartphones. PrizePool believes the team's experience combined with the commitments to both guarantee monthly prizes and create a social, referral model sets PrizePool apart from others in the market.

mmhmm

Series B in 2021
Mmhmm is a developer of a virtual camera application used to help make creative use of background during video conferencing calls. Its application integrates into the user's video calling applications and adds backdrops, allows users to team-up with their remote partners and give presentations together, and enables customers to make their virtual meetings more interesting and informative. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

SORACOM

Venture Round in 2021
SORACOM is a company that provides IoT (Internet of Things) platform of data communication by delivering scalable and elastic cloud technologies running on Amazon Web Services (AWS), which makes IoT solution providers/developers to efficiently deliver and extend their services, and also allow the flexibility and customization to fit the various needs of IoT services. With SORACOM, the data communication of IoT / M2M device become more secure and ensure reliable data transfer by supporting many devices and custom protocols. It also provides reduced time-to-market for M2M/IoT services, while significantly reducing the cost of delivering such services, and extend the business by paying as you grow cost structures. SORACOM Air is a service that provides data communication for IoT devices SIM "Air SIM". Users can change the settings from Web console (user console) or by API control, and monitor the data traffic, as well as manage the configuration of data communication of IoT devices centrally. Air SIM provides connectivity for LTE/3G mobile data communication as MVNO, and supports wide coverage area required for IoT and secure communication achieved through a closed network using LTE/3G. SORACOM Beam is a service that offloaded data from IoT devices to cloud with a high encryption load and connection destination setting without directly setting to large devices onsite, that can be controlled from a remote location on cloud. It also has a benefit to manage the data securely without going through the Internet, if the cloud data storage of IoT devices is located in AWS. SORACOM officially launched its service on the 30th of September 2015, and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Algolia

Series C in 2019
Algolia is the search-as-a-service platform that enables companies of all sizes to deliver fast and relevant digital experiences that drive real results. With Algolia, consumers are able to easily find and discover what they want across the web, mobile, and voice. Algolia allows developers and business teams to build and optimize delightful Search & Discovery experiences that increase online engagement, conversion rates, and revenue.

GigSky

Series B in 2015
The world is shrinking. Global travel is the norm and nearly everyone has a mobile device, or two, or three. In the enterprise, the challenges to maintain the highest productivity levels at the most cost-effective levels is daunting. Today, mobile connectivity for the globally roaming “out of network” workforce is expensive, but still mission critical. The mobile enterprise workforce today has to deal with data roaming that is very expensive, but the alternative for those with the techy expertise the DiY is too complicated and time consuming. All of this is exacerbated by the need to connect multiple devices, the smart phone, laptop, and now tablet. To keep up with the demands of a global mobile workforce the enterprise needs a new standard. Introducing Gigsky. Simply put, using the Gigsky App with your mobile router, will allow users to access a local prepaid data service in the visited country, at local rates.

LiveArts

Seed Round in 2018
LiveArts is a EC site planning and management company.

Aiven

Series D in 2022
Aiven is a data cloud providing the best managed, open source data infrastructure services to cover all of the needs of complex internet applications. Aiven's mission is to enable developers to focus on their core business and build great applications without worrying about software infrastructure through providing integrated solutions that will allow teams to build what they couldn't imagine before. Aiven has offices in Helsinki, Boston, Berlin and Sydney.

DataRobot

Series E in 2019
DataRobot delivers AI technology and ROI enablement services to global enterprises competing in today’s intelligence revolution. DataRobot’s enterprise AI platform democratizes data science with end-to-end automation for building, deploying, and managing machine learning models. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

DataRobot

Private Placement in 2019
DataRobot delivers AI technology and ROI enablement services to global enterprises competing in today’s intelligence revolution. DataRobot’s enterprise AI platform democratizes data science with end-to-end automation for building, deploying, and managing machine learning models. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Voxel

Series A in 2022
Voxel uses computer vision and AI to enable security cameras to automatically identify hazards and high-risk activities in real-time, keeping people safe and driving operational efficiencies. Our technology targets the key drivers for workers’ compensation, general liability, and property costs while providing full site visibility.

CADDi

Private Placement in 2018
Caddi, Inc. provides technology solutions to the manufacturing sector in Japan. It engages in management of order placement. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Ladder

Series C in 2020
Ladder has reinvented life insurance to offer instant, fully underwritten term policies online. With stellar prices, no hidden fees, and the flexibility to adjust or cancel your coverage anytime, Ladder is on a mission to fuel the resilience of underinsured families and communities by closing the $16T life insurance gap. Founded in 2015, Ladder leverages AI and a direct-to-consumer, full-stack approach to make life insurance as fair and accessible as it can be. Visit ladderlife.com to learn more.

gumi

Series H in 2014
gumi, Inc, is a mobile entertainment content publisher and developer based in Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 2007 by CEO Hironao Kunimitsu, gumi Inc. has expanded from one office in Tokyo to multiple subsidiaries across Asia, Europe and North America. Although we have had a lot of success in Japan with both feature phone and smartphone games, our flagship smartphone title Brave Frontier was a massive hit across the globe. On top of the great stuff we do internally, we also have partnerships with world famous companies like SEGA and LINE, and plan to bring users around the world more high quality entertainment apps.

CADDi

Series B in 2021
Caddi, Inc. provides technology solutions to the manufacturing sector in Japan. It engages in management of order placement. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.