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Cinch Tech is a subscription service that offers technology products like computers, phones, tablets, and gaming equipment. Users can choose from different payment plans. The service includes damage cover for the devices. It is intended to help users access and maintain technology without paying full price upfront. The service provides an alternative way to obtain and use tech devices.

Wrtn Technologies develops an AI-based content writing assistant using Natural Language Processing (NLP) based AI. Its platform offers AI writing assistance, enabling humans and AI to collaborate in determining challenges posed by declining writing abilities, thereby enhancing creativity and productivity.

Driver Technologies is an operating firm providing driver-specific matching solutions to boost truck utilization rates to logistics firm.

Vivident is a technology company that develops an AI-powered platform for creating and managing autonomous digital characters, primarily in an anime-style. These characters, with distinct personalities, interact with fans in real-time through chat and live streaming, fostering a collaborative entertainment experience that bridges the virtual and real worlds.

Smart Bank is a software company that has developed an application for money spending management. It offers a chargeable prepaid card and an app that automatically records and visualizes spending, helping users manage their expenses effectively.

Munice is a sleep tech company that develops AI-powered sleep induction applications and sleep analysis solutions for individuals. Its product uses a monaural beat algorithm to induce sleep with sound and, during sleep, classifies sleep stages and sounds, enabling users with sleep difficulties to access personalized analysis and diagnosis.

Qlay is a global technology company that specializes in AI-driven automated hiring for engineers. Its platform streamlines the recruitment process by leveraging artificial intelligence to match job seekers with suitable opportunities worldwide.

HoPae is a technology company specializing in digital identity management. It offers a range of services, including Decentralized Identity (DID) infrastructure, customizable software development kits (SDKs), identity verification application programming interfaces (APIs), and electronic identity (eID) services. The company's platform is designed to securely manage and safeguard users' digital identities, with a focus on hybrid verification processes for authentication.

Finfra is an infrastructure provider that specializes in enabling non-financial platforms to incorporate lending capabilities. By offering a comprehensive financial and lending infrastructure, Finfra facilitates the integration of financial services into various technology environments. The company streamlines the process from application to decision-making to operational execution, allowing businesses to transform into fintech entities with ease. Through its services, Finfra helps companies unlock new revenue streams and enhance their operational efficiency by seamlessly embedding lending functionalities into their existing platforms.

Furo is an identity solution for modern applications.

Mov is a web design company that operates a store support business focused on helping companies manage their store information centrally. The company's platform offers market data related to stores and expertise in digital marketing, allowing clients to efficiently manage their store data. Mov's services include bulk management of store information and tools for visualizing and analyzing customer feedback, enabling businesses to enhance their customer outreach and improve overall store performance.

Goooods provides engagement in the development and operation of B2B commerce.

Turing develops and manufactures fully autonomous vehicles.

Utaite is a company that operates an entertainment platform. Its core business involves planning, producing, and developing entertainment content to support and promote content creators. The platform aims to enhance creators' self-actualization, improve fan experiences, and facilitate growth on social media. Utaite provides constant support to creators, maximizing opportunities to engage and satisfy their fan base.

KinoLights is a provider of movie rating and recommendation services that aims to enhance viewers' content discovery experience. The company has developed an integrated application designed for over-the-top (OTT) platforms, which leverages a traffic light evaluation system for personalized recommendations. This innovative platform helps users determine what to watch by offering tailored suggestions based on their preferences and reviews. Additionally, KinoLights informs viewers about which OTT service is showcasing the searched media, including movies, dramas, animations, and television programs. By streamlining the search process, KinoLights enables users to efficiently find content that aligns with their interests, saving them time and improving their viewing experience.

Linc Corporation, founded in 2016 and based in Tokyo, Japan, specializes in providing online education and employment support services for foreign students. The company operates e-learning platforms, including Ling ke and Nihon Ryugaku, which offer video lectures, exercises, and interactive question-and-answer sessions to equip students with the knowledge necessary for attending universities in Japan. Linc aims to bridge the gap between foreign talent and Japanese society, promoting diversity and inclusivity in a changing employment landscape. In addition to educational content, Linc offers consulting services that cover everyday advice and university selection, ensuring comprehensive support for students as they navigate their academic and professional journeys in Japan.

QueryPie is a B2B SaaS platform that governs data access across multi-cloud environments. It simplifies data privacy regulations, streamlines access management, enhances security, and reduces costs in real-time.

Bria is a company specializing in visual generative AI. It offers a platform for AI teams with full access to source code and model weights trained on licensed data. Their Visual Creation API Suite includes over 30 specialized APIs for tasks like image generation and editing. Bria also provides tailored services for brand-specific AI models, product imagery consistency, and scalable marketing campaigns.

Metalogos offers a platform that simplifies public stock information for individual investors. It provides clear, unbiased data on public offerings, including attractiveness indices and institutional investor demand forecasts.

TicketMe is Japan's leading NFT platform for ticketing, facilitating the purchase and sale of tickets for live events such as music, theater, sports, and more. Its mission is to uncover hidden value in these experiences and deliver them to the right audience.

AgeWell Japan is a conference and festival aimed at understanding Japan's super-aged society and defining new values for the future. The purpose of the gathering is to bring together young people and the elderly to exchange ideas.

Neighbor is a metaverse game developer that specializes in Fortnite.

Founded in Tokyo, Japan in 2014, COUNTERWORKS operates an online marketplace, SHOPCOUNTER, where users can list their counters for short-term rental. The company specializes in providing digital planning and operation services for pop-up stores and commercial real estate.

Globaleur is a provider of digital infrastructure powered by artificial intelligence, specifically tailored for the Travel & Hospitality and Mobility sectors. The company develops applications that facilitate the digitalization of travel services, offering features such as destination content and comprehensive travel booking options, including accommodations, flights, tours, activities, tickets, passes, and car rentals. By leveraging its technology, Globaleur aims to enhance the customer experience through improved planning and personalization, positioning itself as a key platform for large travel and mobility companies seeking to upgrade their customer-facing solutions. The company collaborates with clients via APIs, White Label solutions, and Enterprise services, striving to be a leader in AI-driven enhancements within the industry.

Wrtn Technologies develops an AI-based content writing assistant using Natural Language Processing (NLP) based AI. Its platform offers AI writing assistance, enabling humans and AI to collaborate in determining challenges posed by declining writing abilities, thereby enhancing creativity and productivity.

Munto is an online platform facilitating connections among individuals based on shared interests. It offers features such as one-time hangouts for making new friends and long-term communities for maintaining ties, along with a personalized news feed aggregating interest-based content.

Peggy is a secure marketplace that makes investing in high-quality art accessible. It partners with galleries and artists to offer affordable prices, enabling buyers to enjoy and potentially profit from their purchases. Peggy also ensures artists earn royalties from secondary sales and benefits galleries through its platform.

Founded in Kyoto, Japan in 2017, Baseconnect develops and operates BaseconnectList, a corporate sales support database. It offers Musubu, a cloud-based platform utilizing AI to target corporate sales and create company lists for prospective customers, enhancing sales efficiency.

LayerX Inc. is a Tokyo-based company founded in 2018 that specializes in blockchain consulting and planning services. As a subsidiary of AnyPay Inc. and Gunosy Inc., LayerX promotes the digitization of business processes for large corporations and government agencies through innovative blockchain technology. The company offers a range of services, including technical consulting, empirical research, and a cryptocurrency mining platform. Additionally, LayerX creates reports based on various cases and the latest trends, enabling its clients to automate and manage a variety of tasks and processes effectively.

Realry is an online fashion platform that simplifies shopping by aggregating products from various brands. It offers a wide range of clothing, shoes, accessories, and more, allowing users to compare prices and streamline their purchases.

HD is a healthcare and surgery marketplace, powering over 1,500+ healthcare providers including some of the biggest hospitals. HD connects patients to hospitals, clinics, operating rooms, and surgeons while offering healthcare financing solutions to increase access to affordable care and surgeries. To date, over 250,000 patients have benefited from more accessible and affordable healthcare and surgeries through the company's platform.

Akros Technologies is an IT solutions company that specializes in automated alpha searching systems. These systems leverage AI models and machine learning to enhance asset management capabilities, automating portfolio management processes.

Village Baby is an online marketplace that provides childbirth and parenting products and information.

CTEE is an online platform that enables content creators to monetize their work and audience by offering a comprehensive ecosystem for content creation and monetization. The platform provides sponsorship connections, digital content sales, post-writing services, advertising connections, and events within a single solution, helping creators generate revenue and sustain creative activity. It supports monetization of video views and advertisements through fan events, content commerce, and automated advertising orders by linking creators with sponsors, brands, and advertisers.

Stacked Restaurants, LLC, established in 2009 and based in Yorba Linda, California, operates full-service restaurants across the state. The company specializes in contemporary casual dining, offering guests a unique, interactive experience. Using proprietary tabletop touchscreen technology or mobile devices, customers can fully customize their meals from a wide range of specialty ingredients, creating a personalized and entertaining dining experience. Additionally, Stacked provides delivery, online ordering, and catering services.

Break & Company specializes in trading card grading services. It operates a platform offering professional grading, customized protective slabs, and transparent evaluation processes to enhance card value, authenticity assurance, and preservation for various types of collectible cards.

Sharetreats Innovation is a company based in Makati, Philippines, that has developed a platform enabling consumers to send and receive vouchers redeemable at select nearby branches. After a payment is completed, treat codes are delivered via SMS, facilitating a seamless gifting experience. In addition to its voucher system, Sharetreats promotes a cultural movement encouraging social interactions through casual gifts, offering a variety of stickers and greetings suitable for various events.

Smart Bank is a software company that has developed an application for money spending management. It offers a chargeable prepaid card and an app that automatically records and visualizes spending, helping users manage their expenses effectively.

RXC is a startup that creates a differentiated next-gen media commerce platform that helps brands succeed.

Zeals, a Japanese company, specializes in conversational commerce, serving over 400 large enterprises. It offers ZEALS Chatbot Commerce, enabling automated, human-like customer engagement via messaging apps.

Founded in 2019, Mark & Company is an open innovation platform based in Seoul, South Korea. It provides app traffic, legal, and accounting consulting services.

A Tokyo-based company specializing in blockchain game development and NFT solutions for large-scale enterprises within the gaming and entertainment sectors.

Streami, Inc. is a blockchain technology company based in Seoul, South Korea, specializing in solutions that connect and streamline fragmented financial networks worldwide. The firm operates Gofax, a cryptocurrency exchange, and Dask, a cryptocurrency depository. Streami focuses on providing blockchain remittance middleware services designed to establish a robust financial network. Their offerings include secure remittance pathfinding, integration, and risk management, which help financial institutions protect their assets under various conditions while ensuring smooth execution of orders. Through these innovative solutions, Streami aims to enhance the efficiency and security of financial transactions in the digital age.

Kokoji is an audio technology platform focused on enhancing children's learning experiences through auditory content. The company redesigns how children consume content, emphasizing audio to support language, brain, and emotional development. Kokoji's services aim to inspire children and engage them in a new content ecosystem, providing resources that foster cognitive and emotional growth through effective auditory stimulation.

Monoxer is a company that specializes in educational technology, specifically aimed at improving memory retention for learners. It offers e-learning and class management platforms tailored for private schools, tutoring academies, prep schools, and language schools. Monoxer provides real-time analysis of learning content, visualizing each learner's knowledge retention levels.

Cupist is an IT-based startup that operates a social entertainment platform called 'glam', designed to facilitate enjoyable and engaging meetings. The platform provides a social-based matching service that allows users to connect with new people through chatting and video calling. By focusing on creating a fun environment for interactions, Cupist aims to enhance the online dating experience and help individuals discover new friendships.

Founded by University of Tokyo graduates in 2018, Commune is a software company that facilitates connections between businesses and customers. Its platform, launched in early 2019, supports community building and improves user engagement.

A Tokyo-based company specializing in blockchain game development and NFT solutions for large-scale enterprises within the gaming and entertainment sectors.

Founded in Thailand in 2017, Sunday is the first full-stack InsurTech group adopting data models and technology to offer multiple insurance products and services across the entire customer journey. The company provides auto insurance, health insurance, and travel insurance. Sunday reinvents the entire insurance offering and experience to ensure that customers' needs are met anytime, anywhere.

Vietcetera Media is a media company based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, founded in 2016. It operates a digital platform that publishes online content focused on business, culture, lifestyle, fashion, and entertainment, offering a global perspective on contemporary Vietnamese society. By providing news briefings and insights about Vietnam's affairs and events, Vietcetera aims to connect modern Vietnam with a worldwide audience, facilitating a deeper understanding of the country's evolving narrative.

AgeWell Japan is a conference and festival aimed at understanding Japan's super-aged society and defining new values for the future. The purpose of the gathering is to bring together young people and the elderly to exchange ideas.

HappyFresh is a leading online grocery company based in Jakarta, Indonesia, with operations extending to Malaysia and Thailand since its establishment in 2015. The company aims to simplify the grocery shopping experience by providing a platform where customers can order groceries from local stores and have them delivered directly to their doors. With a focus on high-quality service, HappyFresh employs trained personal shoppers who ensure that customers receive fresh and carefully selected products. This approach alleviates the challenges associated with traditional grocery shopping, such as parking, navigating aisles, and carrying heavy bags, allowing customers to save time and enjoy a more convenient shopping experience. HappyFresh has gained recognition as one of Asia's best companies to work for, reflecting its commitment to both customer satisfaction and employee welfare.

REJECT is an esports and entertainment organization based in Minato, Japan, founded in 2018. The company specializes in the management and operation of professional esports teams, focusing on fostering communication and creativity within the esports community. REJECT's platform aims to bridge gaps across various demographics, including language, generation, gender, and disability, contributing to the growth of the domestic esports market. By providing comprehensive team management and organizing campaigns, events, and exhibitions, REJECT plays a significant role in elevating esports players to national prominence.

CoHive, formerly known as EV Hive, is Indonesia's largest co-working space provider, headquartered in Jakarta. The company offers a comprehensive ecosystem that includes co-working, co-living, co-retail, and event spaces, designed to foster community and support the growth of startups and small to medium enterprises (SMEs). With around 9,000 members across 33 locations in major cities such as Jakarta, Medan, Yogyakarta, and Bali, CoHive spans approximately 66,000 square meters of shared workspace. The majority of its members are startups and SMEs, while the remaining clientele includes enterprises from diverse industries. CoHive aims to be a pivotal community builder in Indonesia by connecting individuals and businesses, facilitating knowledge sharing, and providing flexible and affordable workspace solutions. The leadership team includes Co-founder and CEO Jason Lee, Co-founder and CCO Ethan Choi, COO Erich Hirawan, and CRO Iris Wee.

True Balance is a digital wallet platform serving over 70 million users in India. It offers utility bill payments, loan recharge, insurance, and other financial products, targeting unbanked individuals for their daily monetary needs.

Rsquare is a real estate startup founded by a group of Harvard graduates, specializing in providing brokerage services in South Korea. The company offers a comprehensive directory listing platform that enables users to search for vacant office spaces across various localities. In addition to helping clients locate commercial properties, Rsquare also provides support with interior design and office furniture, ensuring a seamless transition for businesses seeking new office environments. Through its services, Rsquare aims to make the process of finding and setting up office spaces more efficient and cost-effective for its users.

Utaite is a company that operates an entertainment platform. Its core business involves planning, producing, and developing entertainment content to support and promote content creators. The platform aims to enhance creators' self-actualization, improve fan experiences, and facilitate growth on social media. Utaite provides constant support to creators, maximizing opportunities to engage and satisfy their fan base.

Seedflex Technologies develops a cashless commerce platform that assists businesses in managing unexpected expenses. Its pay-as-you-sell advance mechanism enables online merchants to prepare for emergency repairs or urgent replacements.