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Top 102 Startups in Japan in 2024

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1) SmartHR

SmartHR

HR SaaS startup located in Japan that supplies organizations with cloud-based people management software.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2013
  • Founders: Kensuke Naito, Shoji Miyata
  • Industries: Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Human Resources, SaaS, Software
  • Number of employees: 251-500
  • Funding: $195,120,011
  • Funding rounds: 7
  • Number of investors: 16 (East Ventures, BEENEXT, Greyhound Capital, DG Ventures, World Innovation Lab (WiL))

You can find their website here.

2) PayPay

PayPay

PayPay is a web-based payment system.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2018
  • Industries: Finance, FinTech, Internet, Mobile Payments
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding: ¥53,500,002,780
  • Funding rounds: 6
  • Number of investors: 8 (SoftBank, Mizuho Capital, SoftBank Capital, Venture Labo Investment, Mobile Internet Capital)

You can find their website here.

3) COVER Corporation

COVER Corporation

COVER Corporation is a virtual live distribution service that allows businesses to make animation that is compatible with AR.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2016
  • Founders: Tanigo Motoaki
  • Industries: Content, Gaming, Video Editing, Virtual Reality, Wearables
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: $8,683,441
  • Funding rounds: 3
  • Number of investors: 11 (SMBC Venture Capital, STRIVE, Mizuho Capital, Mizuho Bank, Kotaro Chiba)

You can find their website here.

4) Atonarp

Atonarp

For chemical composition analysis, Atonarp combines electronics and data processing algorithms.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2010
  • Founders: Prakash Murthy, Tomoyoshi Sato
  • Industries: Analytics, Health Diagnostics, Industrial
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding: $101,514,214
  • Funding rounds: 7
  • Number of investors: 13 (SBI Investment, SMBC Venture Capital, Celesta Capital, Venture Labo Investment, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures)

You can find their website here.

5) PHC Holdings

PHC Holdings

PHC Holdings is a multinational firm specializing in the advancement of medical and research technology.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2014
  • Founders: Mineshima Takayuki, Orui Noboru, Ubukata Norio
  • Industries: Biotechnology, Health Care, Hospital, Medical, Medical Device, Nursing and Residential Care
  • Number of employees: 5001-10000
  • Funding: ¥20,000,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 5 (L Catterton, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Panasonic, Mitsui & Co, Life Science Institute)

You can find their website here.

6) Paidy

Paidy

Paidy is an online shopping platform that allows customers to shop without a credit card or prior registration.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Chiba
  • City: Minato
  • Started in: 2008
  • Founders: Lee Smith, Russell Cummer
  • Industries: Finance, Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding: $397,886,945
  • Funding rounds: 11
  • Number of investors: 25 (Goldman Sachs, 500 Startups, Visa, Wellington Management, SBI Investment)

You can find their website here.

7) Stake Technologies

Stake Technologies

Stake Technologies is a blockchain technology startup that offers solutions to businesses.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2019
  • Industries: Blockchain, Information Technology, Internet
  • Number of employees: 1-10
  • Funding: $12,390,377
  • Funding rounds: 3
  • Number of investors: 18 (Sub0 Capital, LongHash Ventures, Binance, Altonomy, East Ventures)

You can find their website here.

8) bitFlyer

bitFlyer

BitFlyer is a Bitcoin exchange and marketplace where users may buy, trade, and spend bitcoins.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2014
  • Founders: Masuda Rikiya, Takafumi Komiyama, Yuzo Kano
  • Industries: Bitcoin, Crowdfunding, E-Commerce, FinTech
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: $37,529,617
  • Funding rounds: 9
  • Number of investors: 17 (Digital Currency Group, East Ventures, SBI Investment, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, Incubate Fund)

You can find their website here.

9) Heartseed

Heartseed

Heartseed's objective is to "open the door to regenerative medicine-based heart disease treatment."

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2015
  • Founders: Keiichi Fukuda
  • Industries: Health Care
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: $72,041,079
  • Funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 15 (SBI Investment, SMBC Venture Capital, Nissay Capital, JMDC Japan, Gene Techno Science)

You can find their website here.

10) Playco

Playco

Playco is a game studio that creates instant-play games for a range of platforms.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2020
  • Founders: Justin Waldron, Michael Carter, Takeshi Otsuka, Teddy Cross
  • Industries: Gamification, Gaming, Online Games, Video Streaming
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: $100,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 14 (Sequoia Capital, Caffeinated Capital, Bragiel Brothers, Mistletoe, Josh Buckley)

You can find their website here.

11) CAMPFIRE

CAMPFIRE

Campfire is involved in the development, planning, and management of a crowd fundraising platform.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2011
  • Founders: Kazuma Ieiri, Ohigashi Hirokatsu
  • Industries: Crowdfunding, Fashion, Finance, Financial Services, Internet
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding: $75,220,918
  • Funding rounds: 12
  • Number of investors: 40 (Global Brain Corporation, East Ventures, SBI Investment, Money Forward, BASE)

You can find their website here.

12) Nature

Nature

Nature provides a device that allows people to save money by regulating how much they use their air conditioners.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Kanagawa
  • City: Shibuya
  • Started in: 2014
  • Founders: Haruumi Shiode, Masayuki Matsuki
  • Industries: Clean Energy, Consumer Electronics, Energy Management, Internet, Internet of Things, Sensor
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: $5,744,495
  • Funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 3 (Daiwa Corporate Investment, Energy & Environment Investment, Delight Ventures)

You can find their website here.

13) BitStar

BitStar

BitStar is a platform for individual influencers, such as YouTubers and TikTokers.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2014
  • Founders: Taku Watanabe
  • Industries: Content Creators, Media and Entertainment, Social Media, Social Media Advertising, Social Media Marketing
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding: ¥2,699,909,306
  • Funding rounds: 8
  • Number of investors: 20 (Global Brain Corporation, East Ventures, SBI Investment, LD Capital, Makers Fund)

You can find their website here.

14) TELEXISTENCE Inc.

TELEXISTENCE Inc.

We were formed to develop, build, and operate robots wherever we see a potential to advance the fundamental state of the art.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2017
  • Founders: Charith Fernando, Ferunando Charisu, Susumu Tachi
  • Industries: Robotics
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: $37,634,362
  • Funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 12 (Global Brain Corporation, Mizuho Capital, KDDI, Airbus Ventures, MUFG Bank)

You can find their website here.

15) Axelspace

Axelspace

Axelspace is a company that develops commercial microsatellites and provides satellite imagery.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2008
  • Founders: Naoki Miyashita, Takashi Eishima, Yuya Nakamura
  • Industries: Aerospace, National Security, Real Time
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding: ¥7,640,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 6
  • Number of investors: 23 (Global Brain Corporation, SBI Investment, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, SMBC Venture Capital, Japan Finance)

You can find their website here.

16) SORACOM

SORACOM

SORACOM offers an IoT (Internet of Things) data communication platform that connects all people and things in society.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2014
  • Founders: Daichi Funato, Ken Tamagawa, Kenta Yasukawa
  • Industries: Cloud Computing, Internet, Internet of Things, Software
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding: $48,221,534
  • Funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 5 (Pavilion Capital, Mitsui & Co, SPARX Group, World Innovation Lab (WiL), Infinity Ventures Japan)

You can find their website here.

17) Astroscale

Astroscale

Astroscale was formed by an IT entrepreneur who recommended approaching the business of orbital debris mitigation with a start-up ethos.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Sumida
  • Started in: 2013
  • Founders: Miki Ito, Mitsunobu Okada, Nobu Okada
  • Industries: Aerospace, Information Technology, Space Travel
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding: $204,200,000
  • Funding rounds: 8
  • Number of investors: 28 (SBI Investment, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, SMBC Venture Capital, ANA Holdings, Mizuho Capital)

You can find their website here.

18) NAKD

NAKD

NAKD is a personal training facility.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Kami-meguro
  • Started in: 2019
  • Industries: Fitness, Personal Health
  • Number of employees: 1-10
  • Funding: ¥60,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 1
  • Number of investors: 1 (Leo Sophia)

You can find their website here.

19) Secai Marche

Secai Marche

Secai Marche is a business-to-business (B2B) internet marketplace for farmers and chefs.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Koto
  • Started in: 2018
  • Founders: Ami Sugiyama, Shusaku Hayakawa
  • Industries: B2B, Farmers Market
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: $2,377,884
  • Funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 3 (Beyond Next Ventures, Rakuten Ventures, Monex Ventures)

You can find their website here.

20) Preferred Networks

Preferred Networks

Preferred Networks creates real-world deep learning, robotics, and other cutting-edge technological applications.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2014
  • Founders: Daisuke Okanohara, Morikawa Hiroyuki, Nishitoba Jiro, Toru Nishikawa
  • Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology, Internet of Things, Machine Learning, Robotics, Software
  • Number of employees: 251-500
  • Funding: $2,052,375,830
  • Funding rounds: 7
  • Number of investors: 10 (Toyota Motor, Mitsui & Co, Hitachi, Mizuho Bank, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone)

You can find their website here.

21) Rapyuta Robotics

Rapyuta Robotics

Rapyuta Robotics makes low-cost multi-robot systems that are cloud-connected.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2014
  • Founders: Arudchelvan Krishnamoorthy, Dominique Hunziker, Gajamohan Mohanarajah
  • Industries: Cloud Computing, Information Technology, Robotics
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding: ¥3,851,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 13 (SBI Investment, Sony Innovation Fund, Cyberdyne, Daiwa Corporate Investment, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Investment)

You can find their website here.

22) KIOXIA

KIOXIA

KIOXIA is a firm that develops and manages group strategies.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2017
  • Industries: Data Storage, Hardware, Information Technology, Internet, Manufacturing
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding: ¥1,300,000,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 4 (Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Mizuho Bank, MUFG Bank, Development Bank of Japan)

You can find their website here.

23) ThinkCyte

ThinkCyte

ThinkCyte uses a multidisciplinary approach to give single-cell analysis for research, diagnostics, and treatments.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Hongo
  • Started in: 2016
  • Founders: Issei Sato, Ryoichi Horisaki, Sadao Ota, Waichiro Katsuda
  • Industries: Biotechnology, Life Science, Therapeutics
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: $47,034,125
  • Funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 11 (Berkeley SkyDeck, SPARX Group, SBI Group, ITOCHU Technology Ventures, Berkeley SkyDeck Fund)

You can find their website here.

24) Cluster

Cluster

A cluster that allows anyone to host virtual events such as live music and conferences.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2015
  • Founders: Johnson Tanaka, Kato Naoto
  • Industries: Apps, Content, Events, Internet, Music, Virtual Reality
  • Number of employees: 1-10
  • Funding: $13,691,544
  • Funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 12 (Global Brain Corporation, East Ventures, KDDI, DeNA, Skyland Ventures)

You can find their website here.

25) Gojo & Company

Gojo & Company

Micro, small, and medium-sized businesses benefit from Gojo's financial inclusion.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2014
  • Founders: Sanjay Gandhi, Taejun Shin, Takeshi Nagashima
  • Industries: Finance, Financial Services, FinTech, Micro Lending
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: $156,823,472
  • Funding rounds: 11
  • Number of investors: 25 (SBI Investment, ANRI, Nissay Capital, Beyond Next Ventures, Baillie Gifford)

You can find their website here.

26) Spiber

Spiber

Spiber is a biomaterials firm established in Japan that specializes in the development of synthetic spider silk and other protein-based materials.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Yamagata
  • City: Tsuruoka
  • Started in: 2007
  • Founders: Kazuhide Sekiyama, Sugawara Junichi
  • Industries: Advanced Materials, Biotechnology, Building Material, Life Science
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding: $598,773,788
  • Funding rounds: 15
  • Number of investors: 16 (JAFCO Japan, Archer Daniels Midland Company, Dai-ichi Life, MUFG Bank, Shinsei Bank)

You can find their website here.

27) Monstar Lab

Monstar Lab

The company's core consultancy arm creates fantastic solutions for clients all around the world.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2006
  • Founders: Daniel Højris Bæk, Hiroki Inagawa, Yasuki Miki
  • Industries: Crowdsourcing, Enterprise Applications, Information Technology, Internet, Software, Web Development
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding: ¥11,300,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 9
  • Number of investors: 22 (East Ventures, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, SMBC Venture Capital, Pegasus Tech Ventures, DG Ventures)

You can find their website here.

28) Kyash

Kyash

Kyash is a fintech platform that offers mobile banking and full-stack banking technology, as well as a digital wallet app.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2015
  • Founders: Shinichi Takatori
  • Industries: Banking, Credit Cards, Financial Services, FinTech, Mobile Payments, Payments
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding: $67,161,142
  • Funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 17 (Goodwater Capital, Greenspring Associates, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, Altos Ventures, Tekton Ventures)

You can find their website here.

29) Mujin, Inc.

Mujin, Inc.

Mujin creates industrial robot automation solutions to simplify production and logistics automation and boost global productivity.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2011
  • Founders: Ide Anko Rousen, Issei Takino, Rosen Diankov
  • Industries: Computer Vision, Enterprise Software, Industrial Automation, Logistics, Manufacturing, Robotics
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding: $74,470,133
  • Funding rounds: 3
  • Number of investors: 3 (UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, JAFCO Japan)

You can find their website here.

30) Coincheck

Coincheck

In Japan, Coincheck is a bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchange.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2012
  • Founders: James Riney, Koiichiro Wada, Masakazu Sasaki, Yusuke Otsuka
  • Industries: Bitcoin, Blockchain, FinTech, Information Technology, Internet
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: ¥125,000,294
  • Funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 4 (Incubate Fund, ANRI, Ceres inc., World Innovation Lab (WiL))

You can find their website here.

31) OpenLogi

OpenLogi

OpenLogi is a logistics platform located in Tokyo that caters to SMEs and freelancers.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2013
  • Founders: Hidetsugu Ito
  • Industries: E-Commerce, Logistics, Shipping
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: ¥2,700,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 6
  • Number of investors: 19 (SMBC Venture Capital, Japan Finance, Pegasus Tech Ventures, Sumitomo Corporation, Mizuho Bank)

You can find their website here.

32) SoftBank Robotics Holdings

SoftBank Robotics Holdings

Robot-related products and services are available.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2012
  • Industries: Information Technology, Robotics
  • Number of employees: 251-500
  • Funding: $236,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 1
  • Number of investors: 2 (Alibaba Group, Foxconn Technology Group)

You can find their website here.

33) Moneytree

Moneytree

Moneytree is a financial data aggregation platform that includes a personal finance app as well as a cloud accounting service.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2012
  • Founders: Jonathan Epstein, Mark Makdad, Paul Chapman, Ross Sharrott
  • Industries: Banking, Big Data, Credit Cards, Finance, FinTech, Personal Finance
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding: $28,156,212
  • Funding rounds: 7
  • Number of investors: 20 (Salesforce Ventures, Global Brain Corporation, Mastercard, Morgan Stanley, SBI Investment)

You can find their website here.

34) Liquid Global

Liquid Global

Liquid Global is a cryptocurrency trading platform that aims to bring liquidity to the cryptocurrency market.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2014
  • Founders: Mario Gomez Lozada, Mike Kayamori, Tanaka Masaaki
  • Industries: Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services, FinTech, Information Services, Information Technology, IT Management
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding: $132,640,593
  • Funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 8 (IDG Capital, IOSG Ventures, Bitmain, JAFCO Japan, B Dash Ventures)

You can find their website here.

35) Parallel Inc.

Parallel Inc.

Parallel Inc. creates a parallel social network that may be used while playing mobile games.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2017
  • Founders: Ayataro Nakagawa, Daiki Hara, Jo Aoki, Kensuu Al, Minoru Aoki, Naoki Aoyagi, Taiki Toshihara, Yoshinori Fukushima, Yusuke Sato hey
  • Industries: SNS, Software
  • Funding: ¥1,200,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 13 (Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, ANRI, Kensuke Furukawa, W ventures Japan, JAFCO Group)

You can find their website here.

36) Tier IV

Tier IV

Tier IV creates open source software for self-driving cars.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2015
  • Founders: Shinpei Kato
  • Industries: Automotive, Electric Vehicle, Electronics, Logistics, Media and Entertainment
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding: $1,252,485,095
  • Funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 11 (Sony Innovation Fund, UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners, KDDI, SPARX Group, JAFCO Japan)

You can find their website here.

37) Virtusize

Virtusize

Virtusize is an online fashion retailer's virtual fitting solution for demonstrating size and fit to customers.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2011
  • Founders: Andreas Ueno-Olausson, Erik Ekstrand, Gustaf Tunhammar, Peder Stubert
  • Industries: Apps, E-Commerce, Retail
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: $16,923,394
  • Funding rounds: 6
  • Number of investors: 12 (Almi Invest, Daiwa Corporate Investment, YJ Capital, D4V - Design for Ventures, Vector)

You can find their website here.

38) FiNC

FiNC

To help people log, understand, manage, and improve their health and wellness, FiNC blends data analysis, rich information, and social aspects.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2012
  • Founders: Yuji Mizoguchi
  • Industries: Analytics, Fitness, Health Care, Nutrition, Wellness
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding: $80,507,590
  • Funding rounds: 10
  • Number of investors: 49 (Toyota Motor, SBI Investment, NEC Corporation, ANA Holdings, Japan Finance)

You can find their website here.

39) Cogent Labs

Cogent Labs

Cogent Labs is working to make artificial intelligence more realistic.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2015
  • Founders: Eric Whiteway, Jun Iinuma
  • Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Machine Learning, Software
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding: $58,335,968
  • Funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 16 (SBI Investment, Nomura, Samsung Ventures, Japan Finance, Mizuho Bank)

You can find their website here.

40) SAgri

SAgri

Sagri is a company that creates agriculture software for seasoned farmers.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Kyoto
  • City: Tamba
  • Started in: 2016
  • Industries: Agriculture, AgTech, Software, Task Management
  • Number of employees: 1-10
  • Funding: ¥155,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 7 (Bonds Investment Group, Senshu Ikeda Capital, Real Tech Japan, Hiroshima Venture Capital, Minato Capital)

You can find their website here.

41) Startbahn

Startbahn

The goal of Startbahn is to create a more enriched society by offering the technology that artists and others interested in the arts require all over the world.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2014
  • Founders: Taihei Shii
  • Industries: Art, Blockchain, Information Technology
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: ¥1,580,027,820
  • Funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 12 (SBI Investment, Dentsu, UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners, SX Capital Japan, TBS Innovation Partners)

You can find their website here.

42) GITAI

GITAI

GITAI is a robotics company that creates remote-controlled robots to take the place of astronauts in commercial space stations.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2016
  • Founders: Sho Nakanose
  • Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Space Travel, Virtual Reality, Virtual World, Virtualization
  • Number of employees: 1-10
  • Funding: ¥2,395,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 12 (Global Brain Corporation, ANRI, DBJ Capital, Daiwa Corporate Investment, Dai-ichi Life)

You can find their website here.

43) Olive Union

Olive Union

Olive Union is a smart hearing aid that uses digital medicines for tinnitus and overall hearing health to avoid further hearing loss.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2016
  • Founders: Owen Song
  • Industries: Consumer Electronics, Health Care, Medical Device, mHealth
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: $17,141,232
  • Funding rounds: 3
  • Number of investors: 5 (Japan Finance, Beyond Next Ventures, Bonds Investment Group, LITALICO, Magna Investment)

You can find their website here.

44) Synspective

Synspective

Customers' issues in utilizing and integrating data from “SAR” satellite constellations, big data, and other sources are addressed.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2018
  • Founders: Motoyuki Arai, Seiko Shirasaka
  • Industries: Computer
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding: $111,843,397
  • Funding rounds: 3
  • Number of investors: 12 (SBI Investment, Mizuho Capital, JAFCO Japan, Abies Ventures, UTokyo Innovation Platform)

You can find their website here.

45) Ispace Technologies

Ispace Technologies

Ispace Technologies is a cis-lunar space resource exploration firm that finds, collects, and delivers lunar ice to customers.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2010
  • Founders: Takeshi Hakamada
  • Industries: Manufacturing, Navigation, Robotics, Space Travel, Sustainability
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding: $128,814,148
  • Funding rounds: 7
  • Number of investors: 19 (Incubate Fund, Dentsu, KDDI, SPARX Group, Innovation Network Corporation of Japan)

You can find their website here.

46) SkyDrive

SkyDrive

SkyDrive is a start-up founded by CARTIVATOR members for the creation, manufacturing, and marketing of "flying vehicles."

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2018
  • Founders: Matsumoto Hisashi
  • Industries: Automotive, Drones, Manufacturing, Robotics
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: ¥5,700,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 3
  • Number of investors: 13 (NEC Corporation, STRIVE, ITOCHU Corporation, ITOCHU Technology Ventures, Drone Fund)

You can find their website here.

47) Innova

Innova

Innova is a content marketing and SEO firm based in Tokyo.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2011
  • Founders: Munakata Atsushi
  • Industries: Content, SEO
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: ¥540,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 6 (Salesforce Ventures, SBI Investment, DNX Ventures, Nippon Venture Capital, IREP)

You can find their website here.

48) Gengo

Gengo

Gengo is a global, crowdsourced translation tool that allows anybody to read and publish in multiple languages with a single click.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2008
  • Founders: Matthew Romaine, Rangu Robāto, Robert Laing, Takeshi Amano
  • Industries: Crowdsourcing, Developer APIs, Language Learning
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: $25,322,957
  • Funding rounds: 7
  • Number of investors: 24 (Intel Capital, 500 Startups, Kapor Capital, SBI Investment, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital)

You can find their website here.

49) Ichikara

Ichikara

Ichikara is a corporation that uses technology to transform entertainment.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2017
  • Founders: Tazumi Riku
  • Industries: Content, Media and Entertainment, Video Editing
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding: ¥2,600,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 3
  • Number of investors: 7 (SBI Investment, Legend Capital, ITOCHU Corporation, Innovation Network Corporation of Japan, KLab)

You can find their website here.

50) ABEJA

ABEJA

ABEJA is an AI platform that combines cutting-edge AI technologies such as IoT, big data, and deep learning.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2012
  • Founders: Keisuke Tomimatsu, Okada Yosuke, Ozeki Masayuki, Yousuke Okada
  • Industries: Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Machine Learning
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding: $104,360,023
  • Funding rounds: 9
  • Number of investors: 22 (NVIDIA, Salesforce Ventures, Google, SBI Investment, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital)

You can find their website here.

51) al+

al+

The world's first Personalized Artificial Intelligence is now available from Alt Inc.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Chiba
  • City: Minato
  • Started in: 2014
  • Industries: Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Software
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: ¥1,480,530,000
  • Funding rounds: 8
  • Number of investors: 16 (East Ventures, SBI Investment, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, SMBC Venture Capital, JAFCO Japan)

You can find their website here.

52) CureApp

CureApp

CureApp is a health-tech startup.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2014
  • Founders: Habib,Imam Imam, Kohta Satake, Shin Suzuki
  • Industries: Health Care, Medical
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: ¥6,280,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 23 (SBI Investment, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, SMBC Venture Capital, Cyberdyne, Mizuho Capital)

You can find their website here.

53) Nota

Nota

Nota creates Scrapbox, a new kind of note-taking for teams, as well as an app for sharing screen captures and GIFs.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Kyoto
  • City: Kyoto
  • Started in: 2007
  • Founders: Isshu Rakusai
  • Industries: Collaboration, Developer Tools, Mobile, Mobile Apps
  • Number of employees: 1-10
  • Funding: $6,551,445
  • Funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 7 (Salesforce Ventures, YJ Capital, Miyako Capital, Hakuhodo DY Ventures, OPT)

You can find their website here.

54) Ascent Robotics

Ascent Robotics

Ascent Robotics is an AI business that creates intelligent industrial robotics and autonomous car solutions.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2016
  • Founders: Fred Almeida, Masayuki Ishizaki
  • Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Enterprise Software, Machine Learning, Robotics
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding: $11,131,199
  • Funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 2 (SBI Investment, Bart Joseph Broadman)

You can find their website here.

55) Boulder

Boulder

Boulder is a startup of human resources.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2019
  • Industries: Human Resources, Task Management, Technical Support
  • Number of employees: 1-10
  • Funding: ¥160,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 4 (Genesia Ventures, Yusuke Sato, One Capital, Taira Sakuma)

You can find their website here.

56) Ubie

Ubie

Ubie is a health-tech startup established in Tokyo that offers AI-based healthcare solutions. AI symptom checker and hospital SaaS product.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2017
  • Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Machine Learning, Medical, SaaS
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: $21,959,207
  • Funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 4 (D4V - Design for Ventures, K4 Ventures, Suzuken, INDEE Japan)

You can find their website here.

57) justInCase

justInCase

justInCase is Japan's first full-stack InsurTech firm, providing online P2P insurance as well as AI-based health and small-amount insurance.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2016
  • Founders: Hiroo Koizumi, Kazuya Hata, Shinichi Nasukawa
  • Industries: FinTech, Insurance, InsurTech
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: ¥1,195,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 11 (Global Brain Corporation, 500 Startups, SBI Investment, ITOCHU Corporation, Globis Capital Partners)

You can find their website here.

58) OVICE

OVICE

OVICE is a voice-chat-based virtual space.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2020
  • Industries: Events, Information Services, Information Technology, Video Conferencing, Virtual Reality, Virtual World
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: ¥100,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 1
  • Number of investors: 2 (MIRAISE, One Capital)

You can find their website here.

59) Zaiko

Zaiko

As sales channels, a two-way marketplace connects event organizers with media firms. Ticketing as a service is a concept that has recently gained popularity.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2019
  • Founders: Andrew Winter, Joshua Barry, Lauren Rose Kocher, Malek Nasser
  • Industries: E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace, Ticketing
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding: $5,652,728
  • Funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 5 (North Base Media, Infinity Ventures Japan, Monex Ventures, Space Shower Networks, CHET Marketing)

You can find their website here.

60) grooves

grooves

grooves is a social recruitment company that provides a B2B online platform for finding experts and selling products.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Chiba
  • City: Minato
  • Started in: 2004
  • Founders: Ikemi Yukihiro, Takafumi Ohata
  • Industries: Human Resources, Recruiting, Software
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: $19,015,724
  • Funding rounds: 10
  • Number of investors: 19 (Japan Finance, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Capital, Nippon Venture Capital, Venture Labo Investment, JIC Venture Growth Investments)

You can find their website here.

61) Allm

Allm

Allm is a medical ICT firm that creates cutting-edge mHealth technologies that are revolutionizing how healthcare providers collaborate.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2001
  • Founders: Teppei Sakano
  • Industries: Health Care, Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Information Technology, Medical
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding: ¥7,434,060,000
  • Funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 21 (SBI Investment, Cyberdyne, Mizuho Capital, Mitsui & Co, Bonds Investment Group)

You can find their website here.

62) Kakao Japan

Kakao Japan

Kakao Japan is a free smartphone messaging and calling software.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2011
  • Industries: Apps, Content, Messaging, Mobile, Publishing
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding: ¥70,000,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 3 (Kakao Corp, Podotree, Anchor Equity Partners)

You can find their website here.

63) Funds

Funds

Funds is an online marketplace where people can lend money.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Akashicho
  • Started in: 2018
  • Industries: Financial Services, Funding Platform
  • Funding: ¥2,912,800,000
  • Funding rounds: 7
  • Number of investors: 14 (Global Brain Corporation, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, ANRI, Mizuho Capital, ITOCHU Corporation)

You can find their website here.

64) Plaid

Plaid

Plaid is a software business based in Tokyo.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2011
  • Founders: Kurahashi Kenta, Shibayama Naoki
  • Industries: Customer Service, Database, Internet, Software
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: ¥4,972,667,800
  • Funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 10 (Google, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, SMBC Venture Capital, Eight Roads Ventures, Mizuho Capital)

You can find their website here.

65) LeapMind

LeapMind

LeapMind transforms the Internet of Things by making deep learning "small and compact" and accessible across a wide range of applications.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2012
  • Founders: Matsuda Soichi, Shohei Sasaki, Soichi Matsuda
  • Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Hardware, Machine Learning, Software Engineering
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: ¥4,990,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 13 (Intel Capital, Toyota Motor, SBI Investment, SMBC Venture Capital, Mitsui & Co)

You can find their website here.

66) Andpad

Andpad

Andpad is a construction management program that is available to users all across Japan.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2015
  • Industries: Apps, Construction, Internet, Product Design, Software
  • Number of employees: 1-10
  • Funding: ¥10,088,855,000
  • Funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 10 (Salesforce Ventures, Sequoia Capital, BEENEXT, DNX Ventures, Globis Capital Partners)

You can find their website here.

67) Integriculture

Integriculture

Integriculture develops cellular agriculture products in order to increase sustainability, food security, and public health.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2015
  • Founders: Yuki Hanyu
  • Industries: Agriculture, Food and Beverage
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: ¥1,100,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 13 (AgFunder, Beyond Next Ventures, VU Venture Partners, Venture University, Real Tech Japan)

You can find their website here.

68) EditForce

EditForce

EditForce uses nucleic acid manipulation methods to create medications and seeds.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Fukuoka
  • City: Fukuoka
  • Started in: 2015
  • Founders: Takahiro Nakamura
  • Industries: Biotechnology
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: ¥1,045,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 3
  • Number of investors: 8 (Global Brain Corporation, UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners, ITOCHU Technology Ventures, K4 Ventures, Japan Science and Technology Agency)

You can find their website here.

69) TBM Japan

TBM Japan

TBM is a company that develops, manufactures, and sells LIMEX and LIMEX-related products.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2011
  • Founders: Momo Nakatani, Sakamoto Koji, Sumi Yuichiro, Tetsuya Imamura
  • Industries: Manufacturing, Renewable Energy
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: ¥6,680,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 6
  • Number of investors: 21 (Goldman Sachs, Dentsu, ITOCHU Corporation, SBI Group, UBS)

You can find their website here.

70) ExaWizards

ExaWizards

Exa Wizards is a digital sensation that has been collaborating with EXAIntelligence to do research.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2016
  • Founders: Oue Takuma, Sakane Yutaka
  • Industries: Industrial Engineering
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: ¥3,470,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 3
  • Number of investors: 10 (SMBC Venture Capital, Scrum Ventures, Innovation Network Corporation of Japan, Sompo Holdings, D4V - Design for Ventures)

You can find their website here.

71) Uhuru

Uhuru

Uhuru is a technological service provider that works with companies like Salesforce.com and others to provide cloud and social services.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2006
  • Founders: Tanaka Masamichi
  • Industries: Cloud Data Services, Consulting, Information Technology, Internet of Things, Social, Software
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding: ¥4,823,282,000
  • Funding rounds: 12
  • Number of investors: 14 (SoftBank, Salesforce Ventures, NEC Corporation, Salesforce, Mitsui & Co)

You can find their website here.

72) Origami Japan

Origami Japan

Origami Japan is a popular mobile payment platform in Japan.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2012
  • Founders: Uemura Toshiyuki, Yoshiki Yasui
  • Industries: Financial Services, Mobile, Payments
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding: ¥8,799,930,000
  • Funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 16 (SoftBank, Global Brain Corporation, SBI Investment, Incubate Fund, KDDI)

You can find their website here.

73) BULK HOMME

BULK HOMME

BULK HOMME is a men's skincare firm that operates on a subscription basis.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2013
  • Founders: Takuya Noguchi
  • Industries: Beauty, Cosmetics, Health Care, Men's
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: $21,044,739
  • Funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 13 (Nissay Capital, Japan Finance, Mitsui & Co, Kensuke Furukawa, Yusuke Sato)

You can find their website here.

74) BizReach

BizReach

BizReach is Japan's leading recruitment site for high-level executive positions.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2009
  • Founders: Makoto Takeuchi, Soichiro Swimmy Minami
  • Industries: Employment, Human Resources, Internet
  • Number of employees: 501-1000
  • Funding: $50,951,186
  • Funding rounds: 3
  • Number of investors: 16 (Rakuten, Salesforce Ventures, East Ventures, SBI Investment, SMBC Venture Capital)

You can find their website here.

75) Finatext

Finatext

Finatext develops financial services by providing cloud infrastructure and data analytic technology.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2014
  • Founders: Masashi Toda, Ryota Hayashi, Watanabe Tsutomu
  • Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Mobile
  • Number of employees: 1-10
  • Funding: $67,097,499
  • Funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 4 (KDDI, SPARX Group, JAFCO Japan, Mirai Creation Fund)

You can find their website here.

76) HACARUS

HACARUS

Hacarus is a company that makes artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for the medical and industrial areas.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Kyoto
  • City: Kyoto
  • Started in: 2014
  • Founders: Kenshin Fujiwara
  • Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Life Science, Machine Learning, Manufacturing, Medical, Software
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: ¥2,590,800,000
  • Funding rounds: 6
  • Number of investors: 21 (Japan Finance, Future Venture Capital, Senshu Ikeda Capital, Resona Capital, Miyako Capital)

You can find their website here.

77) Terra Drone

Terra Drone

Terra Drone is a company that makes drones and software.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2016
  • Founders: Toru Tokushige
  • Industries: Aerospace, Civil Engineering, Drones, Software
  • Number of employees: 251-500
  • Funding: ¥1,510,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 1
  • Number of investors: 3 (Venture Labo Investment, Nanto Bank, INPEX Corporation)

You can find their website here.

78) Pioneer Corporation

Pioneer Corporation

Electronic items for the consumer and professional industries from a leading worldwide manufacturer.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Fukushima
  • City: Kanagawa
  • Started in: 1938
  • Founders: Nozomi Matsumoto
  • Industries: Consumer Electronics, Manufacturing, Navigation, TV Production
  • Number of employees: 10001+
  • Funding: ¥60,000,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 1
  • Number of investors: 1 (Baring Private Equity Asia)

You can find their website here.

79) Sun Asterisk

Sun Asterisk

Sun Asterisk is a digital creative firm that promotes the digitalization of industry.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2013
  • Founders: Hattori Yusuke
  • Industries: Education, Recruiting
  • Number of employees: 1001-5000
  • Funding: ¥2,090,020,000
  • Funding rounds: 6
  • Number of investors: 15 (Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Mizuho Bank, Innovation Growth Ventures, Shoko Chukin Bank, The Norinchukin Bank)

You can find their website here.

80) Nulab

Nulab

Nulab is a group of upbeat developers dedicated to developing software that facilitates teamwork.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Fukuoka
  • City: Fukuoka
  • Started in: 2004
  • Founders: Masanori Hashimoto, Shinsuke Tabata, Toshitaka Agata
  • Industries: Data Visualization, Developer Tools, Information Technology, Internet, Product Design, Project Management, Software, Software Engineering, Task Management, UX Design
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding: $5,886,716
  • Funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 4 (East Ventures, Shinsei Corporate Investment, XTech Ventures, NOW Japan)

You can find their website here.

81) From Scratch

From Scratch

BDash, a private marketing platform, is undergoing research and development, as is a digital marketing strategy.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2010
  • Founders: Abe Yasuhiro, Yahagi Ritaro
  • Industries: Business Development, Digital Marketing, Marketing
  • Number of employees: 251-500
  • Funding: ¥14,500,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 15 (Goldman Sachs, Rakuten, Global Brain Corporation, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, GS Growth)

You can find their website here.

82) DAIZ

DAIZ

DAIZ makes and distributes 'Miracle Meat,' a plant-based meat made from germinated soybeans using the company's proprietary 'Ochiai Germination Method.'

Details of the startup:

  • State: Kumamoto
  • City: Kumamoto-shi
  • Started in: 2015
  • Industries: Food and Beverage, Food Processing
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: ¥3,330,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 6
  • Number of investors: 20 (Global Brain Corporation, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Capital, Marubeni, Kajitsudo)

You can find their website here.

83) AWL

AWL

AWL offers AI camera solutions to help retailers solve problems and add value to their stores.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2016
  • Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Retail, Security
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: ¥815,500,000
  • Funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 13 (Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, Mizuho Capital, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Mizuho Bank, MUFG Bank)

You can find their website here.

84) RevComm

RevComm

Voice x AI-enabled cloud services are being developed by RevComm, a startup company.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2017
  • Founders: Takeshi Aida
  • Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Task Management, Telecommunications
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: ¥1,504,500,006
  • Funding rounds: 3
  • Number of investors: 18 (Global Brain Corporation, BEENEXT, Sony Innovation Fund, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, BizReach)

You can find their website here.

85) ZMP

ZMP

ZMP is a robotics and accessories company that makes cars and buses.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2001
  • Founders: Hisashi Taniguchi, Toru Ichihashi
  • Industries: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Robotics
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding: ¥2,516,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 7
  • Number of investors: 21 (Intel Capital, Sony, SBI Investment, Sumitomo Corporation, Dream Incubator)

You can find their website here.

86) CROWD CREDIT

CROWD CREDIT

Platform for cross-border marketplace lending

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2013
  • Founders: Tomoyuki Sugiyama
  • Industries: Crowdfunding, Financial Services, FinTech, Marketplace
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding: $19,013,878
  • Funding rounds: 8
  • Number of investors: 16 (Global Brain Corporation, SBI Investment, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, ITOCHU Corporation, YJ Capital)

You can find their website here.

87) Wakaze

Wakaze

Wakaze is a new sake brewery in Japan.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Fukui
  • City: Tsuruga
  • Started in: 2016
  • Industries: Brewing, Wine And Spirits
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: ¥480,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 9 (Makuake, Nissay Capital, JAFCO Group, Spiral Ventures, MAKOTO Capital)

You can find their website here.

88) atama plus

atama plus

atama plus is an Edtech startup for middle and high school students that uses artificial intelligence.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2017
  • Founders: Daisuke Inada, Makoto Nakashita, Takanori Kawahara
  • Industries: Artificial Intelligence, EdTech, Education, Information Technology, Machine Learning
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding: ¥2,000,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 2 (DCM Ventures, JAFCO Japan)

You can find their website here.

89) Zehitomo

Zehitomo

Zehitomo is a Japanese online marketplace where users may engage local service professionals such as photographers and personal trainers.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2015
  • Founders: James McCarty, Jordan Fisher
  • Industries: Internet, Local Business, Marketplace, Professional Services, Training
  • Number of employees: 1-10
  • Funding: $12,570,851
  • Funding rounds: 3
  • Number of investors: 14 (SMBC Venture Capital, Mizuho Capital, DNX Ventures, Social Starts, ANOBAKA)

You can find their website here.

90) ASOBIMO

ASOBIMO

ASOBIMO is a mobile MMORPG developer with the objective of becoming [Japan's No. 1 online game firm].

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2003
  • Founders: Oguro Kazumasa
  • Industries: Internet, Mobile
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: ¥212,500,000
  • Funding rounds: 1
  • Number of investors: 1 (Mobile Internet Capital)

You can find their website here.

91) Sprinklr Japan

Sprinklr Japan

Enterprise social technology is designed specifically for major businesses to help them achieve their goals and manage their customers' experiences.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2014
  • Industries: CRM, SaaS, Social Media
  • Number of employees: 1001-5000
  • Funding: ¥1,000,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 1
  • Number of investors: 1 (Recruit Strategic Partners)

You can find their website here.

92) AlpacaJapan

AlpacaJapan

Working with a variety of financial organizations to develop cutting-edge capital markets AI technologies.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2013
  • Founders: Morifumi Yotsumoto, Osone Kazuhiko, Yuki Hayashi
  • Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services, FinTech, Machine Learning
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding: $18,894,781
  • Funding rounds: 7
  • Number of investors: 17 (Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, Incubate Fund, SMBC Venture Capital, Japan Finance, MINKABU)

You can find their website here.

93) Triple W Japan

Triple W Japan

The world's first toilet timing predictor device is made by Triple W Japan.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2015
  • Founders: Atsushi Nakanishi
  • Industries: Consumer Electronics, Elder Care, Health Care, Medical Device, Wearables
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: ¥1,680,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 6
  • Number of investors: 14 (Foxconn Technology Group, SBI Investment, Nissay Capital, Japan Finance, Mizuho Capital)

You can find their website here.

94) WealthPark

WealthPark

WealthPark is a real estate investment and management platform that links investors and managers.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2018
  • Founders: Ryuta Kawada
  • Industries: Blockchain, Crowdfunding, Financial Services, Insurance, Real Estate
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: ¥4,398,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 9 (SBI Investment, Japan Finance, Mizuho Capital, JIC Venture Growth Investments, Japan Post Capital)

You can find their website here.

95) TakeMe Co., Ltd.

TakeMe Co., Ltd.

TakeMe provides merchants with a "All-in-One" payment platform for our pre- and post-pay value added services, allowing them to quickly digitally transform.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2015
  • Founders: Lu Dong
  • Industries: Consulting, E-Commerce, Information Technology, Mobile Apps, Mobile Payments, Restaurants, Tourism
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: ¥1,336,299,002
  • Funding rounds: 6
  • Number of investors: 14 (DNX Ventures, Beenos Partners, Kotaro Chiba, The Norinchukin Bank, JTB Corp.)

You can find their website here.

96) LegalForce Japan

LegalForce Japan

LegalForce is a machine learning system that reduces workload while enhancing contract review accuracy.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2017
  • Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Legal, Task Management
  • Number of employees: 1-10
  • Funding: ¥4,620,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 12 (Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, SMBC Venture Capital, Japan Finance, Mizuho Capital, JAFCO Japan)

You can find their website here.

97) DELY

DELY

DELY offers cooking videos that demonstrate a variety of delectable cuisine recipes.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2014
  • Founders: Yusuke Horie
  • Industries: Cooking, Food and Beverage, Video
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding: ¥6,911,222,000
  • Funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 13 (SoftBank, East Ventures, Akatsuki, ANRI, JAFCO Japan)

You can find their website here.

98) MediBang

MediBang

MediBang is an internet-based communication company that helps people communicate through art.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2014
  • Industries: Art, Internet, Media and Entertainment
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: ¥540,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 1 (B Dash Ventures)

You can find their website here.

99) Zeals

Zeals

Zeals is a messaging-based interactive ad solution.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2014
  • Founders: Sou Shimada
  • Industries: Industrial, Management Consulting, Service Industry
  • Number of employees: 1-10
  • Funding: ¥850,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 3 (FreakOut Holdings, JAFCO Japan, CyberAgent)

You can find their website here.

100) ALE

ALE

ALE is an extraterrestrial entertainment corporation that creates artificial meteor showers and shooting stars on demand.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2011
  • Founders: Lena Okajima
  • Industries: Aerospace, Developer Platform, Space Travel
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: $2,226,094,682
  • Funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 8 (Horizons Ventures, SPARX Group, Shinsei Corporate Investment, SPARX Innovation for the Future, Iyogin Capital)

You can find their website here.

101) WOVN Technologies

WOVN Technologies

WOVN Technologies provides a website localization service that allows a website to be translated into several languages.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2014
  • Founders: Jeff Sandford, Jeffrey Sandford, Takaharu Hayashi
  • Industries: Internet, Mining Technology, Service Industry, Software, Translation Service, Web Browsers, Web Development
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: $17,525,883
  • Funding rounds: 7
  • Number of investors: 15 (SBI Investment, Incubate Fund, Nissay Capital, SMBC Venture Capital, Eight Roads Ventures)

You can find their website here.

102) Retty

Retty

Retty is a social gourmet site where users may leave restaurant and café recommendations.

Details of the startup:

  • State: Tokyo
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2010
  • Founders: kazuya takeda, Natsuka Tetsuya, Osugi Izumi
  • Industries: Android, Consumer Reviews, Food and Beverage, Hospitality, Restaurants, Social Media
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding: ¥2,552,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 6
  • Number of investors: 10 (Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, Eight Roads Ventures, CyberAgent Capital, STRIVE, Mizuho Capital)

You can find their website here.

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