YJ Capital

YJ Capital, founded in 2012 and based in Tokyo, Japan, serves as the corporate venture capital arm of Yahoo Japan. The firm specializes in investing across various stages and sectors, including commerce, fintech, media, smartphone technology, internet advertising, and cloud computing, both in Japan and internationally. YJ Capital leverages Yahoo Japan's operational expertise to provide significant market entry support, facilitating the growth of startups. The firm is known for its capacity to make substantial follow-on investments and focuses exclusively on its portfolio companies, enabling prompt decision-making. In 2021, YJ Capital merged with LINE Ventures to form Z Venture Capital, further expanding its investment capabilities.

Kohei Okubo

Principal

124 past transactions

LEAN BODY

Venture Round in 2020
LEAN BODY provides a mobile app for online fitness training. The company provides online fitness training videos for devices that connect to the Internet, such as smartphones, computers, and tablets. The company allows consumers to directly buy goods or services from a seller over the internet and serve customers.

Brhino

Venture Round in 2020
Brhino provides planning, development, and management of web services. The company's product, Monokabu, is a site where people can buy and sell sneakers and things like stock. Brhino is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Cocon

Venture Round in 2020
GMO Cyber Security is a software company that specializes in the field of vulnerability diagnosis for applications. It simulates web and cloud service attacks, visualizes attack risks such as personal information leaks and system hijacking, and assesses security resilience. Look into whether there are any security flaws in Android/iOS apps. There are two types of plans: a light plan for only dynamic analysis and a full plan for investigating down to the source code level. In cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, and GCP, a high-performance scanning tool detects issues such as malware, OS and software vulnerabilities, and misconfigurations.

Asoview

Series D in 2020
Asoview is an online booking website that provides booking services for tour, activities and attractions/experiences.

Sakeai

Seed Round in 2020
Sakeai is a word-of-mouth app that allows them to meet new sake. They AI recommendation word of mouth such as sake master will solve the problem of difficult sake selection. They can buy the sake that interests them or the recommended sake directly from the online store.

Monokabu

Venture Round in 2020
Monokabu is a site where people can buy and sell new products at a price you decide. It specialises in sneakers.

AccordX

Seed Round in 2020
AccordX is a platform that allows individuals to open a virtual restaurant, prepare food at cloud kitchens and sell food by online delivery.

Visional

Venture Round in 2020
Visional is creating a company that promotes industrial digital transformation (DX). It works to solve problems in various fields that will arise in the future and to support Japan's productivity improvement.

Meetscare

Venture Round in 2020
Meetscare provides correct information and supports the self-awareness of all people involved in care. The company provides a wealth of information to ensure optimal care and create a mechanism for the realization. Users can make a telephone consultation and web diagnosis and search for free information using the system. Meetscare was founded on 2016 and is headquartered in Arakawa, Tokyo.

Okan

Venture Round in 2020
Okan Japan is a food and beverage service provider company. Their values include perspectives on life and family that people desire to cherish when balancing work and life. The goal of Okan Japan is to improve working people's quality of life and make sure that everyone who works is healthy and prosperous.

Xbit

Venture Round in 2020
X-bit offers a chatbot service that enables shop owners to gather availabilities from employees and create shift schedules.

Social Interior

Series B in 2020
Social Interior is a Furniture design platform.

stand.fm

Seed Round in 2020
stand.fm is an audio distribution app that allows anyone, no matter where they are, to easily record and distribute audio. It also allows users to stream live, receive gifts, and broadcast in real-time while communicating with listeners. It is also possible to invite listeners as guests and work with a group of up to ten people.

Hey

Series E in 2020
hey, Inc. integrates, plans, develops, and manages e-commerce portals and businesses. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Tanp

Series C in 2020
TANP is an e-commerce platform that offers a wide range of gift-giving products and options to enhance customers' precious moments and make their gift-giving experiences more enjoyable.

Thecoo

Series A in 2020
THECOO is a developer of an entertainment application designed to support a fan community. The company's application offers fanicon is a member-based fan community that encourages the activities of icons together with their core fans, enabling clients to access live app streaming of entertainment contents they are interested in.

Thecoo

Series A in 2020
THECOO is a developer of an entertainment application designed to support a fan community. The company's application offers fanicon is a member-based fan community that encourages the activities of icons together with their core fans, enabling clients to access live app streaming of entertainment contents they are interested in.

LayerX

Venture Round in 2020
LayerX which promotes the digitization of business processes utilizing technologies such as blockchain technology.

SUTELURA

Venture Round in 2020
SUTELURA is a women healthcare company. They offer a network of customers, corporations, and medical institutions. They provide women with pregnancy and infertility services. For inquiries, their address is available on their website.

WHITE PLUS

Venture Round in 2020
White plus is a lifestyle company that offers innovative home services, including online cleaning and laundry solutions.

bellFace

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.

Repro

Series C in 2020
Repro is a mobile analytics tool that offers insights into mobile app users through play-by-play videos of their behavior. It was launched in 2014 and is operated from Tokyo, Japan.

Baseconnect

Series A in 2020
Baseconnect is a pioneering technology company that aims to revolutionize the way people access and interact with information.

AccordX

Venture Round in 2019
AccordX is a platform that allows individuals to open a virtual restaurant, prepare food at cloud kitchens and sell food by online delivery.

Shippio

Series A in 2019
Shippio is a service that enables a wide range of collective international logistics arrangements and management solutions via web.The platform features full-service export and import solutions for various international transportation needs; a special dashboard designated for import and export business, shipment, cost analysis, and invoice management; and documentation support.

MedVendorHub

Series A in 2019
MedVendorHub is a health tech startup that profers digital tech solutions to healthcare delivery.

1ne studio

Seed Round in 2019
1ne studio is a startup that supports creators who want to work as a professional. It aims to empower creators, hoping to help them focus more on great creativity without having to spend hours on promotion, preparing a portfolio. Its product is called "foriio" whereas it is the portfolio platform for great creators. “foriio” is a portfolio creation service that anyone can easily create a simple and easy to see portfolio page.” With the concept of “portfolio to all creators, efficient matching of the creators, the place of appeal is limited to breaking the current situation. In June 2019, the company raised approximately 50 million yen from several companies and investors, including the East Ventures. Matching companies seeking creators and creators with various demands, such as influencers, liver, video Contents, VR, VTB, etc. It will evolve as a platform. It was founded on December 15, 2017, and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

maricuru

Venture Round in 2019
maricuru is Creating a sustainable future together with customers, partners and society.

Yappli

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

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.

Mirrativ

Venture Round in 2019
Mirrativ borrows the familiar user interaction models that have been pioneered by to live-streaming services Periscope and Meerkat. Streams are shared with a user’s followers, and those watching can comment on what they see and add stars to show their appreciation. Right now, Mirrativ isn’t saving broadcasts though, so there’s no way to revisit streams once they are over.

Meily

Venture Round in 2019
Meily is Creating a base for the minds of people who struggle with appearance.

Shippio

Venture Round in 2018
Shippio is a service that enables a wide range of collective international logistics arrangements and management solutions via web.The platform features full-service export and import solutions for various international transportation needs; a special dashboard designated for import and export business, shipment, cost analysis, and invoice management; and documentation support.

Crowd Credit

Series D in 2018
Crowdcredit is cross-border marketplace lending platform operator. We provide risk capital to individuals and SMEs in financial deficit countries while we offer attractive lending opportunities to investors in financial surplus countries. Currently, we are providing Japanese personal and SMEs investors with opportunities to lend to individuals and SMEs in Peru, Cameroon, Estonia, Finland, Spain and in Italy. In 2016, Crowdcredit is aiming to start raising funds and also to start lending in Asian region outside of Japan.

Baseconnect

Series A in 2018
Baseconnect is a pioneering technology company that aims to revolutionize the way people access and interact with information.

Cocon

Venture Round in 2018
GMO Cyber Security is a software company that specializes in the field of vulnerability diagnosis for applications. It simulates web and cloud service attacks, visualizes attack risks such as personal information leaks and system hijacking, and assesses security resilience. Look into whether there are any security flaws in Android/iOS apps. There are two types of plans: a light plan for only dynamic analysis and a full plan for investigating down to the source code level. In cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, and GCP, a high-performance scanning tool detects issues such as malware, OS and software vulnerabilities, and misconfigurations.

Lang-8

Venture Round in 2018
Lang-8 is a language exchange website Native speakers will help you correct journal entries in the language that you're learning, and you can do the same to help them out as well. If you're learning another language, whether you are a beginner, intermediate, or advanced, there is no better way than interacting with native speakers of the language that you're learning. Here's how Lang-8 works. 1) Write Journal Entries in the Language that You're Learning: Lang-8 makes it easy to write entries, reviews, and more in the language that you're learning. It's a great way to get better quickly. 2) Native Speakers Correct Your Entries: Whenever you write something new, native speakers come in and correct your entries. Corrections are easy to see and understand so you can learn as much as possible. 3) Help Others: The Lang-8 community is super-friendly. Come join us and see for yourself! More than 70 languages are available in Lang-8. We have users from 180 Countries.

bellFace

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.

Okan

Venture Round in 2018
Okan Japan is a food and beverage service provider company. Their values include perspectives on life and family that people desire to cherish when balancing work and life. The goal of Okan Japan is to improve working people's quality of life and make sure that everyone who works is healthy and prosperous.

Virtusize

Venture Round in 2018
Virtusize is a revolutionary service that helps you find your right size and fit when shopping fashion online, by comparing a garment you are looking to buy with a garment you own. By installing our solution with online retailers, Virtusize helps to remove the largest obstacle to shopping for clothes online, significantly increasing sales and reducing returns. Our rapidly growing number of leading global brands include Uniqlo, New Balance, Kate Spade, Acne, Balenciaga, Allsaints, United Arrows and Lumine etc.

InstaVR Japan

Venture Round in 2018
InstaVR is a global VR platform that promotes the use of Virtual Reality in business. It is used by 50,000 businesses around the world, including US government agencies.

InstaVR

Series B in 2018
InstaVR is out-of-box integrated SaaS Virtual Reality(VR) marketing solution. InstaVR enables anyone to quickly and easily author publish-ready interactive VR apps for all mobile and desktop platforms, and analyse user behaviours by using InstaVR heat-map display.

Panair

Series D in 2018
Panair is an energy tech company that offers a cloud-based core system, Panair Cloud to drive digital transformation in the energy sector.

Akerun

Venture Round in 2018
Akerun a developing and offering smart lock app which is developed by Photosynth .Akerun Pro, a smart lock for businesses, has been introduced by 2,500 companies since its launch in July 2016. In particular, industries which handle personal information such as recruiting, finance, and social work, in addition to companies with multiple offices, and coworking spaces have adopted it.

Retty

Venture Round in 2018
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.

Photosynth

Venture Round in 2018
Photosynth is an information technology company that designs and operates cloud based entrance and exit management systems.

Thecoo

Venture Round in 2018
THECOO is a developer of an entertainment application designed to support a fan community. The company's application offers fanicon is a member-based fan community that encourages the activities of icons together with their core fans, enabling clients to access live app streaming of entertainment contents they are interested in.

MFS

Venture Round in 2018
MFS is an online mortgage service. No need to search for, apply for, or negotiate with a financial institution. The media has also attracted much attention and has been featured in major media such as the NHK, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, and the Yomiuri Shimbun.

Crafter

Seed Round in 2018
Crafter is now a member of Monex Group! Crafter provides Crew, a team collaboration tool powered by GPT-3 and CraftChat. CraftChat is a SaaS platform for marketers who work in enterprises to automate acquiring leads and providing best customer experience in your absence.We remove the trouble of spending lots of money on online marketing and make better conversions. If you are using CraftChat, users don’t have to visit the website, it comes to you on your social media advertisements. CraftChat delivers more solid targeting based on social media activity and profiles.

Dely

Venture Round in 2018
Dely is running Japan's best cooking video service, Kurashiru. It strives every day to make services that impact the world. Kurashiru helps many people per day. It introduces a variety of tasty food recipes that color the dining table with cooking videos. Tens of millions of people watch and listen to the monthly recipe service in Japan.

Skrum

Seed Round in 2018
Skrum offers system development and business support, partnering with clients from planning to post-launch to ensure ongoing growth.

Kaizen Ad

Series C in 2017
Kaizen Platform Inc. is a marketing technology company that specializes in enhancing digital customer experiences through its various services, including UI/UX design, video production, and strategic marketing solutions. Founded in 2013 and operating from San Francisco and Tokyo, the company offers a range of tools for brands, agencies, and freelancers to collaborate on creating and testing marketing materials. Notably, Kaizen Ad serves as a video creative platform that delivers high-quality video advertisements efficiently, leveraging a global network of experienced designers. The platform facilitates multichannel marketing by integrating various tools and resources, allowing users to personalize content, automate conversions, and access analytics for performance improvement. Kaizen Platform caters to multiple sectors, including retail, finance, education, and healthcare, thereby supporting organizations in their digital transformation efforts.

Baseconnect

Seed Round in 2017
Baseconnect is a pioneering technology company that aims to revolutionize the way people access and interact with information.

Candee

Series B in 2017
Candee is a production company that provides advertising, video editing, branding, content, PR, and digital marketing services.

Joyz

Series A in 2017
Joyz provides a cloud application for learning practical english that responds to a range of learning needs such as english conversation for each situation and reference materials for certified textbooks used in compulsory education. The company's contact modes are by phone and at its physical address.

Yappli

Series B in 2017
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

Spectee

Series B in 2017
Spectee is a online news agency that specializes in curating and publishing real-time social media UGC video. By using artificial intelligence patented by Spectee, It is able to reduce the time taken to analyze and sort social media news content, giving you faster access to the very latest UGC video. Expect video covering both Japanese and worldwide news from accidents and disasters to lifestyle and entertainment.​ it newsroom is verifying and acquiring licenses of those contents for broadcasters and publishers.

Panair

Series C in 2017
Panair is an energy tech company that offers a cloud-based core system, Panair Cloud to drive digital transformation in the energy sector.

Monstar Lab

Venture Round in 2017
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.

Waaq

Venture Round in 2017
Waaq is a technology company that offers a cloud-based platform for scheduling adjustment and coordination, using AI to automate tasks.

New Action

Venture Round in 2017
New Action offers online food delivery with recipes for restaurant-quality meals at home along with web marketing services.

Circle-in

Seed Round in 2017
Circlein is a provider of cloud-based global transportation management software. Circle-in provides web forwarding service named “shippio”. They make the positive contribution to the trading world.

Shippio

Venture Round in 2017
Shippio is a service that enables a wide range of collective international logistics arrangements and management solutions via web.The platform features full-service export and import solutions for various international transportation needs; a special dashboard designated for import and export business, shipment, cost analysis, and invoice management; and documentation support.

New Action

Seed Round in 2017
Producer of food ingredients intended to help consumers make delicious meals at home. The company prepares carefully selected food constituents and seasonings and offers full-scale recipes written by professional chefs, enabling food lovers to prepare the cuisine of their choice.

Tasty Table

Seed Round in 2017
Tasty Table is a set of recipes written exclusively for Tasty Table by professional chefs and cooks and also provides a kit for cooking.

ZeroOne

Venture Round in 2017
Founder Z is providing a place for businesses with minority thinking and a way of life through business development. In response to the population decline problem, FounderZ provides automation that compensates for the decrease in the working population and products that can maximize LTV due to the decrease in the consumption population. FounderZ also provides UX that bridges the digital divide created by the preceding process, increases contact points with the digital economy, and contributes to profits.

Sider

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.

Dely

Venture Round in 2017
Dely is running Japan's best cooking video service, Kurashiru. It strives every day to make services that impact the world. Kurashiru helps many people per day. It introduces a variety of tasty food recipes that color the dining table with cooking videos. Tens of millions of people watch and listen to the monthly recipe service in Japan.

Panair

Series B in 2017
Panair is an energy tech company that offers a cloud-based core system, Panair Cloud to drive digital transformation in the energy sector.

VIP Plaza

Venture Round in 2017
VIP Plaza is an online discount mall that offers internationally- and locally-branded fashion products at significant discounts to consumers through daily flash sales. All products on the website are at considerable discounts, ranging from 30% to 80% off of the retail price. VIP Plaza was launched in 2013 and is operated from Jakarta, Indonesia.

Candee

Series A in 2016
Candee is a production company that provides advertising, video editing, branding, content, PR, and digital marketing services.

Dely

Venture Round in 2016
Dely is running Japan's best cooking video service, Kurashiru. It strives every day to make services that impact the world. Kurashiru helps many people per day. It introduces a variety of tasty food recipes that color the dining table with cooking videos. Tens of millions of people watch and listen to the monthly recipe service in Japan.

Paktor

Venture Round in 2016
Paktor was founded in July 2013 with the mission of connecting singles in Asia through technology-enabled platforms. To date, Paktor’s platforms have grown rapidly across the region and established leadership positions in each of the company’s key markets in Southeast Asia. With one of the largest user bases in the region of over 5 million, Paktor has facilitated 5 billion profile reviews and over 100 million matches to date. Leveraging Paktor’s proprietary technology and first-mover advantage in the region, Paktor’s flagship app has become the most popular dating app for singles in Southeast Asia and Taiwan. The company is poised to become the first in the region to provide a comprehensive suite of products across the dating vertical, focused on creating value for its users and, in the process, developing the most diverse and largest network in its markets. Paktor emphasises anonymity, locality, and usability for their users. They find out who you’d like to meet nearby and create the opportunity to connect you with them, only if they’re interested as well. This helps curate who you talk to and who gets to talk to you. Or, to put it simply, they bring people together - without the pressure. After all, that’s what Paktor means.

Crafter

Seed Round in 2016
Crafter is now a member of Monex Group! Crafter provides Crew, a team collaboration tool powered by GPT-3 and CraftChat. CraftChat is a SaaS platform for marketers who work in enterprises to automate acquiring leads and providing best customer experience in your absence.We remove the trouble of spending lots of money on online marketing and make better conversions. If you are using CraftChat, users don’t have to visit the website, it comes to you on your social media advertisements. CraftChat delivers more solid targeting based on social media activity and profiles.

Offpeak.my

Series A in 2016
OffPeak is an online platform based in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, designed to help diners save time and money when booking restaurants. It allows users to search for and discover nearby dining options, book reservations, and enjoy immediate discounts at their favorite restaurants. The platform also enables users to create a personalized hotlist of restaurants to access savings regularly. In addition to benefiting diners, OffPeak assists restaurants by encouraging them to offer time-sensitive promotions aimed at attracting customers during slower hours, thus enhancing both customer engagement and revenue opportunities. Overall, OffPeak streamlines the dining experience, making it easy for users to access dining discounts anytime.

Intimate Merger

Venture Round in 2016
Intimate Merger offers a data platform called "IM-DMP" to help businesses handle data consumption problems fast and efficiently. The company encourages digital transformation by providing and constructing IM-DMPs, data utilization consulting, and other services that make use of around 470 million audience data and advanced analysis technology.

Shippio

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Shippio is a service that enables a wide range of collective international logistics arrangements and management solutions via web.The platform features full-service export and import solutions for various international transportation needs; a special dashboard designated for import and export business, shipment, cost analysis, and invoice management; and documentation support.

Paktor

Series B in 2016
Paktor was founded in July 2013 with the mission of connecting singles in Asia through technology-enabled platforms. To date, Paktor’s platforms have grown rapidly across the region and established leadership positions in each of the company’s key markets in Southeast Asia. With one of the largest user bases in the region of over 5 million, Paktor has facilitated 5 billion profile reviews and over 100 million matches to date. Leveraging Paktor’s proprietary technology and first-mover advantage in the region, Paktor’s flagship app has become the most popular dating app for singles in Southeast Asia and Taiwan. The company is poised to become the first in the region to provide a comprehensive suite of products across the dating vertical, focused on creating value for its users and, in the process, developing the most diverse and largest network in its markets. Paktor emphasises anonymity, locality, and usability for their users. They find out who you’d like to meet nearby and create the opportunity to connect you with them, only if they’re interested as well. This helps curate who you talk to and who gets to talk to you. Or, to put it simply, they bring people together - without the pressure. After all, that’s what Paktor means.

User Local

Venture Round in 2016
User local is a software firm that uses data analysis and AI technologies to develop data analysis tools, AI chatbot and more.

Ninja Van

Series B in 2016
Ninja Van is a growing startup in the logistics space, solving the last mile problem via a multitude of strategic tie-ups and a cutting-edge technology stack via our reactive and distributed systems. The service provides innovative technology-based solutions for reliable last-mile delivery, enabling easy package tracking.

Twiggle

Series A in 2016
Twiggle transforms the e-commerce search and discovery experience by connecting shoppers to the products they are looking to buy faster and more accurately. Using the most advanced technologies in machine learning, natural language processing, and knowledge engineering, Twiggle’s AI-powered solutions are designed to enhance, not replace, a retailer’s existing search engine or e-commerce platform. Built on both a human-like understanding of linguistic structure and a deep retail awareness, Twiggle enables retailers to bring the best of the in-store shopping experience online. Founded in 2014, Twiggle is backed by some of the most respected global entrepreneurs and investors, including Alibaba, Naspers, Yahoo! Japan, State of Mind Ventures and Mizmaa Ventures. Twiggle's Board of Directors includes Dr. Udi Manber, former Head of Search at Google, Amazon, and Yahoo! Japan. Twiggle was named a Gartner Cool Vendor and ranked one of the top 100 AI companies by CB Insights.

Virool

Series A in 2016
Virool was acquired by Turgo. In its history, Virool has raised over $20 million from renowned investors including Y-Combinator, Draper Fisher Juvertson, Menlo Ventures, 500 Startups and Yahoo! More than 30,000 global advertisers used the Virool platform to promote their video messages, engage their audience, and elevate their brand. More than 100,000 online and mobile publisher properties have run video content from Virool via programmatic partnerships, native placements, and direct integrations. Virool was trusted by some of the biggest brands in the world, including Coca-Cola, Red Bull, Disney, Sony, Anheuser-Busch, Turkish Airlines, Intel, and Levi's. Virool was founded in 2012 and raised $6.62M in seed funding from a collection of top VC firms and angel investors. It was the biggest seed investment that any Y-Combinator graduate has ever received.

Sider

Seed Round in 2016
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.

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.

RSQUARE

Series B in 2016
RSQUARE is a prop-tech startup based Korea. Started as an IT-based commercial real estate startup, RSQUARE is steadily expanding the business into new areas including interior design, remodeling, furniture, and electronics product sales. Rsquare.co.kr offers full service to search for vacant office spaces in the localities of Korea. Brokerage Office leasing, Leasing Management, Transaction, Warehouse leasing, and real estate services in foreign countries based on Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (www.rsquare.vn). Also, we provide interior design and remodeling service(www.rsquaredesign.co.kr) for our customers.

Kaizen Ad

Series B in 2016
Kaizen Platform Inc. is a marketing technology company that specializes in enhancing digital customer experiences through its various services, including UI/UX design, video production, and strategic marketing solutions. Founded in 2013 and operating from San Francisco and Tokyo, the company offers a range of tools for brands, agencies, and freelancers to collaborate on creating and testing marketing materials. Notably, Kaizen Ad serves as a video creative platform that delivers high-quality video advertisements efficiently, leveraging a global network of experienced designers. The platform facilitates multichannel marketing by integrating various tools and resources, allowing users to personalize content, automate conversions, and access analytics for performance improvement. Kaizen Platform caters to multiple sectors, including retail, finance, education, and healthcare, thereby supporting organizations in their digital transformation efforts.

Future Standard

Venture Round in 2016
Future Standard is a software firm that develops video analysis AI for image processing from cameras to data acquisition.

Getwizer

Seed Round in 2015
Getwizer is a hybrid consumer insights platform integrating the very best of tech and human expertise to deliver a custom, quick and efficient research experience. We enable insights, product and marketing teams to study whatever they need, whenever they need it, freeing them up to focus on decision-making that drives growth. Getwizer counts among its clients brands such as Reebok, Johnson & Johnson, Playtika, LG and Nielsen. For more information visit www.getwizer.com.

Hitokuse

Venture Round in 2015
Hitokuse Inc. is a technology driven company who challenges various business fields. They command HTML5 or big data analytics to provide forefront products. Their members have the impressive skills and overwhelming abilities necessary for the development into new fields.

MONEY DESIGN

Venture Round in 2015
Moneydesign is fin-tech company that offers automated investment management and advisory services.

Money Design

Seed Round in 2015
Money Design provides Financial planning business Real estate leasing, brokerage of real estate, management business Life insurance and fire insurance soliciting agency business Financial product sales agency business Other related business related to the above

Okan

Venture Round in 2015
Okan Japan is a food and beverage service provider company. Their values include perspectives on life and family that people desire to cherish when balancing work and life. The goal of Okan Japan is to improve working people's quality of life and make sure that everyone who works is healthy and prosperous.

Apsalar

Series C in 2015
Apsalar is now part of Singular. Singular enables data-oriented marketers to connect, measure, and optimize siloed marketing data, giving them the most vital insights they need to drive ROI. The unified analytics platform tracks over $7 billion in digital marketing spend to revenue and lifetime value across industries including commerce, travel, gaming, entertainment and on-demand services. Singular customers include companies like Lyft, Yelp, Match Group, Walmart, LinkedIn and Zynga. Singular is backed by General Catalyst, Thomvest Ventures, Method Capital, Translink Capital, DCM and Telstra Ventures. For more information, visit https://www.singular.net/ or email press@singular.net.

Hacobu

Seed Round in 2015
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.

Photosynth

Series A in 2015
Photosynth is an information technology company that designs and operates cloud based entrance and exit management systems.

Yappli

Series A in 2015
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

MangoPlate

Series A in 2015
MangoPlate(망고플레이트) is a mobile application for users to find personalized dining recommendations. Users can find and give recommendations, add reviews and pictures, find new restaurants, and go through guides compiled by editors and power bloggers. The application is available for both iOS and Android platforms.

Ubimo

Series A in 2015
Ubimo is a SaaS platform that lets enterprises of all sizes see and act on offline consumer behavior. Based on billions of anonymized visits from the largest panel of U.S. mobile devices, Polaris’ self-service software enables enterprises to build custom applications to answer questions that are relevant to their business in real-time.

User Local

Venture Round in 2015
User local is a software firm that uses data analysis and AI technologies to develop data analysis tools, AI chatbot and more.

GameWith

Series B in 2015
GameWith is an online game information community that provides its users with hints and tips for smartphone games. Its initial focus is providing strategy guides for the rapidly expanding (and updating) mobile gaming market. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Minato, Japan.
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