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235 funded startups based in Japan, newest round first. Each profile explains the product, customers, buyer, workflow and economics, with a breakdown by market.
An online platform for small-lot, tokenised investment in income-producing real estate in Italy, Germany and Japan.
Mourning-clothes (funeral attire) service
KUZEN is a LINE marketing and dialogue-design SaaS platform (LINE messaging automation, mini apps, AI chatbots and AI agents) for enterprises.
SuguDesk, an AI chat on clinic websites that answers routine inquiries (hours, booking, access, fees) 24/7 without making medical judgments and auto-generates FAQs from chat logs.
Fully autonomous driving system
Mobility payment platform "Smooth Pay"
iPS-cell derived cartilage
Corporate business-structure transformation
Laser-based wireless power supply for drones and similar devices
HR video platform: recruiting video production, live streaming, owned-media site build and viewing-data analytics, plus the Meicari job-hunting YouTube channel.
Parenting infrastructure service
Flows, a platform to register and centrally manage corporate personal and confidential data, with data mapping, automated risk assessment against regulations and security…
Cloud platform for equipment maintenance: inspections, repair requests, spare-parts management, equipment ledger and dashboards via smartphone and QR codes.
AI agent platform for the shipbuilding and maritime industry
HARTi Photo, an internet-connected smart photo booth (smart purikura machine) with AI retouch and remote frame updates.
CFOne AI Tax OS: tax-filing SaaS that auto-categorizes receipts and statements, offers chat-based tax consultation, and prepares filings with the user approving only final…
Footgear brand
Domestic (Japanese) PaaS "hanamii"
Biotech developing iPS-cell-derived oocyte and ovarian somatic cells for fertility treatment (pipelines DIOS-001 and DIOS-101).
Automates back-office work with AI
AI robotics home "Living Home"; semi-humanoid service robot
AI cat app
AI-native CRM/PRM in which AI agents handle dealer and partner inquiries, quote generation and sales operations from emails, calls and forms, cross-referencing product, pricing…
Location-sharing app
Snatech, a web app digitizing snack-bar operations: cashless accounting and payment, customer and visit management, fee transparency, automatic receipts, plus a tipping feature…
Research hypothesis (not verified): Speech AI company (tagline "Scaling Speech AI") building LLM-based text-to-speech models; its tech blog covers scaling LLM TTS.
Support for out-of-app (external) payments for apps
Cross-border e-commerce returns platform combining SaaS and logistics: return acceptance, recommerce, warehouse processing and forward logistics, integrated with Amazon, eBay…
Entertainment startup for the generative-AI era
DX and AI-transformation consulting plus Resource Cloud style transformation platform, AX Agent Suite and training for enterprises and municipalities.
Humanoid AI robots
An inventory strategy model that sets optimal inventory levels across manufacturing processes by structuring production, financial and risk data, with simulation of stockout…
Camera plus generative-AI image analysis platform embedded into SaaS products
AI consulting and products for enterprises, including secondz Agentsense, an AEO (AI search visibility) platform, and AI RevOps consulting.
TAVIO ENGINE, a proprietary 3D engine/platform that turns photos and video into interactive 3D content.
All-in-one system for lodging operators combining site controller, PMS and a pop-up direct-booking engine.
Roomiq experience-based digital (3D/metaverse) space platform and NOIM conversational AI concierge, supporting life-turning-point decisions.
zenshot, which uses AI to automatically structure construction site conditions from data such as 360-degree video, to automate and reduce manpower in construction site management.
HR SaaS for large enterprises
Quantum computer
'UPCYCLE' procurement data platform that manages unstructured data (quotes, drawings, negotiation history) and uses AI for cost assessment and price optimization.
BizStack, an AI/IoT data platform that connects sensors, cameras and internal systems and runs AI workers that review field events and start follow-up tasks.
AI hearing (interview) for corporate activities
Online marketplace that lets consumers and businesses get quotes from vetted professionals across 600+ services, plus business software comparison.