Updated List of Top Recently Funded Startups in Japan for 2025
Last update to database: February 10, 2025
Exploring Japan’s Best Funded Startups for 2025
Japan’s startup ecosystem continues to grow in 2025, with startups across sectors like technology, fintech, and biotechnology receiving substantial investments.
As one of Asia's leading economies, Japan is home to innovative companies working on solutions in artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and blockchain technology. Major cities like Tokyo and Osaka serve as hubs for venture capital activity, attracting both domestic and international investors.
- Fintech and Blockchain: Startups in fintech and blockchain are revolutionizing Japan’s financial sector, with solutions ranging from digital payments to decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms.
- AI and Robotics: Japan’s global leadership in robotics and AI continues to attract investment, particularly in sectors like manufacturing, healthcare, and automation.
- Biotechnology: The biotech sector is rapidly expanding, with startups developing innovations in biopharma, genetics, and life sciences.
Our weekly updated list provides the most current insights into recently funded startups in Japan, covering key funding rounds, major investors, and emerging trends shaping the country’s startup ecosystem.
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Updated List of Top Recently Funded Startups in Japan for 2025
Last update to database: February 10, 2025
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Exploring Japan’s Best Funded Startups for 2025
Japan’s startup ecosystem continues to grow in 2025, with startups across sectors like technology, fintech, and biotechnology receiving substantial investments.
As one of Asia's leading economies, Japan is home to innovative companies working on solutions in artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and blockchain technology. Major cities like Tokyo and Osaka serve as hubs for venture capital activity, attracting both domestic and international investors.
- Fintech and Blockchain: Startups in fintech and blockchain are revolutionizing Japan’s financial sector, with solutions ranging from digital payments to decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms.
- AI and Robotics: Japan’s global leadership in robotics and AI continues to attract investment, particularly in sectors like manufacturing, healthcare, and automation.
- Biotechnology: The biotech sector is rapidly expanding, with startups developing innovations in biopharma, genetics, and life sciences.
Our weekly updated list provides the most current insights into recently funded startups in Japan, covering key funding rounds, major investors, and emerging trends shaping the country’s startup ecosystem.
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Industries | Funding Amount (USD) | Recent Funding Date | Recent Funding Type | Company Headquarters | # Employees | Company Description | Top 5 Investors | Currently Hiring |
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| Interstellar | Robotics & Automation, In... | $44M Subscribe to Unlock | January 2025 | Series F | Hiroo, Hokkaido, Japan | 45 | Aerospace company develop... | Woven by Toyota, Kadokawa... | Subscribe to Unlock |
| Turing | Industrial & Manufacturin... | $5M Subscribe to Unlock | December 2024 | Seed | Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan | 41 | Develops and manufactures... | Global Brain Corporation,... | Subscribe to Unlock |
| MabGenesis | Biopharma, Biotechnology,... | $3M Subscribe to Unlock | December 2024 | Venture - Series Unknown | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | 2 | Biotechnology firm provid... | SMBC Venture Capital, Bey... | Subscribe to Unlock |
| Lazuli | Artificial Intelligence, ... | $7M Subscribe to Unlock | December 2024 | Series B | Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan | 23 | SaaS platform that enable... | Global Brain Corporation,... | Subscribe to Unlock |
| Dialog | Mobile & Web Applications... | $4M Subscribe to Unlock | December 2024 | Series A | Nishi-shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan | 18 | Offers strategic planning... | Persol Cross Technology, ... | Subscribe to Unlock |
| nat | Mobile & Web Applications... | $3M Subscribe to Unlock | December 2024 | Series A | Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan | 10 | Develops and provides ser... | Global Brain Corporation,... | Subscribe to Unlock |
| Habitto | Financial Services, Payme... | $12M Subscribe to Unlock | November 2024 | Series A | Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan | 21 | Digital banking platform ... | QED Investors, Anthemis, ... | Subscribe to Unlock |
| LIGHTz | Artificial Intelligence, ... | $6M Subscribe to Unlock | November 2024 | Series B | Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan | 16 | AI-based company offering... | Shoko Chukin Bank, NOBUNA... | Subscribe to Unlock |
| Koala Tech | Search Engine Marketing, ... | $4M Subscribe to Unlock | November 2024 | Series B | Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan | 9 | Technology company develo... | SMBC Venture Capital, Bey... | Subscribe to Unlock |
| 株式会社tacoms | Food and Beverage, Restau... | $6M Subscribe to Unlock | November 2024 | Series B | Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan | 14 | Developer of restaurant m... | Global Brain Corporation,... | Subscribe to Unlock |
| SmartBank | Apps, Financial Services,... | $19M Subscribe to Unlock | November 2024 | Series B | Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan | 14 | Software firm that has de... | Global Brain Corporation,... | Subscribe to Unlock |
| AimyTech | B2B, SaaS, Sales | $389K Subscribe to Unlock | November 2024 | Venture - Series Unknown | Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan | 3 | Aimytech is a developer o... | CyberAgent Capital, ANOBA... | Subscribe to Unlock |
| Ookuma Diamond Device | Aerospace, Nuclear, Satel... | $27M Subscribe to Unlock | October 2024 | Venture - Series Unknown | Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan | 6 | Ookuma Diamond Device is ... | SMBC Venture Capital, Cor... | Subscribe to Unlock |
| estie | Analytics, Artificial Int... | $19M Subscribe to Unlock | October 2024 | Series B | Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan | 50 | Estie is a real estate te... | Global Brain Corporation,... | Subscribe to Unlock |
| xenodata lab | Artificial Intelligence (... | $2M Subscribe to Unlock | October 2024 | Series C | Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan | 8 | Xenodata Lab is a softwar... | Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, S... | Subscribe to Unlock |
| BionicM | Machinery Manufacturing, ... | $3M Subscribe to Unlock | October 2024 | Venture - Series Unknown | Hongo, Tokyo, Japan | 11 | BionicM develops high-per... | UTokyo Innovation Platfor... | Subscribe to Unlock |
| Rege Nephro | Biotechnology, Manufactur... | $15M Subscribe to Unlock | October 2024 | Series B | Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan | 8 | Rege Nephro is a biotech ... | Global Brain Corporation,... | Subscribe to Unlock |
| LOMBY | Delivery Service, Logisti... | $2M Subscribe to Unlock | October 2024 | Seed | Higashi-shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan | 2 | LOMBY is a logistic firm ... | UNITED, Drone Fund, MLC V... | Subscribe to Unlock |
| Quanmatic | Big Data, Information Tec... | $4M Subscribe to Unlock | September 2024 | Series A | Shinjuku, Yamanashi, Japan | 10 | Quanmatic is an informati... | SMBC Venture Capital, UTE... | Subscribe to Unlock |
| LAPRAS | Artificial Intelligence (... | $3M Subscribe to Unlock | September 2024 | Venture - Series Unknown | Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan | 31 | LAPRAS provides a career-... | Wanted Japan, Wantedlab, ... | Subscribe to Unlock |
| Sakana AI | Artificial Intelligence (... | $100M Subscribe to Unlock | September 2024 | Series A | Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan | 24 | Sakana AI develops nature... | NVIDIA, Khosla Ventures, ... | Subscribe to Unlock |
| Rutilea | Hardware, Information Tec... | $58M Subscribe to Unlock | September 2024 | Series D | Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan | 33 | RUTILEA is an IT company ... | Sumitomo Mitsui Banking C... | Subscribe to Unlock |
| ThinkCyte | Biotechnology, Life Scien... | $15M Subscribe to Unlock | August 2024 | Series C | Hongo, Tokyo, Japan | 63 | ThinkCyte provides single... | SMBC Venture Capital, SBI... | Subscribe to Unlock |
| double jump.tokyo | Blockchain, Cryptocurrenc... | $10M Subscribe to Unlock | August 2024 | Series D | Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan | 27 | double jump.tokyo Is a bl... | Amber Group, Polygon, Bit... | Subscribe to Unlock |
| Apas Port | Blockchain, Non-Fungible ... | $600K Subscribe to Unlock | August 2024 | Seed | Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan | 3 | Apas Port is an NFT produ... | Kei Yoshikoshi | Subscribe to Unlock |
| ASUENE | Energy, Local, Renewable ... | $5M Subscribe to Unlock | August 2024 | Series C | Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan | 58 | Asuene provides renewable... | Hideki Kojima, Sumitomo M... | Subscribe to Unlock |
| Nealle | Business Development, Con... | $31M Subscribe to Unlock | August 2024 | Series B | Hatchobori, Tokyo, Japan | 17 | Nealle offers business de... | Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, S... | Subscribe to Unlock |
| PLUGO | Information Technology, S... | $14M Subscribe to Unlock | August 2024 | Seed | Higashi-shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan | 10 | PLUGO provides ever-evolv... | SMBC Venture Capital, Boo... | Subscribe to Unlock |
| Sagri | Agriculture, AgTech, Soft... | $7M Subscribe to Unlock | August 2024 | Series A | Tamba, Kyoto, Japan | 28 | Sagri is developing agric... | SMBC Venture Capital, Glo... | Subscribe to Unlock |
| Kyoto Fusioneering | Clean Energy, CleanTech | $7M Subscribe to Unlock | July 2024 | Series C | Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan | 56 | The company is focused on... | MUFG Bank, Sumitomo Mitsu... | Subscribe to Unlock |
| newmo | Public Transportation, Se... | $62M Subscribe to Unlock | July 2024 | Series A | Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan | 9 | newmo delivers sustainabl... | DCM Ventures, JAFCO, Incu... | Subscribe to Unlock |
| Dioseve | Biotechnology, Health Car... | $7M Subscribe to Unlock | June 2024 | Venture - Series Unknown | Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan | 9 | Dioseve is providing nove... | ANRI, Future Venture Capi... | Subscribe to Unlock |
| Mantra | Automotive, Machine Learn... | $5M Subscribe to Unlock | June 2024 | Venture - Series Unknown | Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan | 9 | MANTRA is a developer of ... | Kadokawa Corporation, Squ... | Subscribe to Unlock |
| Synspective | Analytics, Geospatial, Sa... | $44M Subscribe to Unlock | June 2024 | Series C | Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan | 150 | Synspective provides SAR ... | Naoshi Takahashi, SBI Inv... | Subscribe to Unlock |
| MNTSQ | Legal, Software, Text Ana... | $6M Subscribe to Unlock | June 2024 | Venture - Series Unknown | Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan | 64 | MNTSQ is a legal tech ven... | JP Life Next Fund, PKSHA ... | Subscribe to Unlock |
| Pixie Dust | Transportation | $6M Subscribe to Unlock | May 2024 | Post-IPO Debt | Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan | 47 | Pixie Dust Technologies d... | SBI Investment, Dentsu, S... | Subscribe to Unlock |
| Nihon Agri | Agriculture, Farming, Foo... | $27M Subscribe to Unlock | May 2024 | Series C | Higashi-shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan | 36 | NIHON AGRI is a Despite t... | Denso, SBI Investment, Ha... | Subscribe to Unlock |
| Kisui Tech | Agriculture, Artificial I... | $958K Subscribe to Unlock | May 2024 | Series A | Miyagi, Hokkaido, Japan | 21 | Kisui Tech is an agricult... | LAC Co., Ltd., Energy & E... | Subscribe to Unlock |
| Woodstock | Financial Services, FinTe... | $5M Subscribe to Unlock | May 2024 | Venture - Series Unknown | Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan | 11 | Woodstock is an investmen... | Fuyuki Fujiwara, Indicato... | Subscribe to Unlock |
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