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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.
AI compliance platform for regulated industries: compliant messaging tools (Shaperon Email, Shaperon Connect), monitoring AI and webinar digest AI.
Credit-scoring AI for foreign nationals (product "Lita")
Generative AI and digital tools for elderly care
Glowing plants
Reskilling service for medical professionals
Sales-enablement SaaS plus consulting that analyzes and visualizes sales behavior, conversation and performance data with AI.
A Japanese rental-property search app and marketplace (CANARY) plus a CRM/sales-support SaaS for real-estate brokers (CANARY Cloud), with an AI solutions consulting arm.
AI plus career-consultant employment-support system, including LINE-based consultation, for municipalities and job seekers; expanding into DX consultation desks.
Digitization platform for small Japanese manufacturers (町工場) to make manufacturing seamless.
PIE VAT, a traveler app for tax-free (VAT refund) procedures paired with an electronic tax-free procedure management system for retailers; refunds in 135 currencies.
Research hypothesis (not verified): SoulChat: LINE-based interactive chat experiences where fans become inhabitants of an anime world and talk with its characters.
SmartF, a cloud service that systematizes common manufacturing-site processes (production management) without customization for small and mid-sized manufacturers.
Space debris prevention equipment (HORN) and microgravity experiment satellite service (Micro-ISS).
Japanese creative company producing original IP characters (e.g. Nyantsubu), games (incl. Roblox) and software.
AI x BPO
Logix (ロジックス), a cloud transport management SaaS for trucking companies covering orders, dispatch, invoicing, labor and vehicle management, plus a shipper-side service.
Hotel room-cleaning operations plus Jtas, an AI SaaS standardizing hotel operations starting from room cleaning.
AI phone answering service for businesses that automates incoming calls with AI voice dialogue and IVR, including reservations, call routing, transcription and summaries.
Digitizes "humanities" security: ISMS/P-Mark certification, regulations, guideline compliance, policies and audits; Fit&Gap regulation automation and a second-line…
Live DX service where audiences shake their smartphones to send emote cheers that appear on the stage screen, in venue and live viewing.
Shippio Platform, a cloud service for international logistics visibility and trade documents, combined with digital freight forwarding.
AI agents for application discovery and improvement proposals in the chemical industry
Marine robotics
AI sales assistant for physical stores providing 24/7 customer service across LINE, SMS and email with centralized inquiry management.
Microbial power generation device
Virtual power plant
Construction DX
CO2 separation membranes
Headless ERP for retail operations
Custom-made artwork from artists e-commerce marketplace.