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Updated List of Top Recently Funded Startups in Japan for 2024

Last update to database: January 13, 2025

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Exploring Japan’s Best Funded Startups for 2024

Japan’s startup ecosystem continues to grow in 2024, 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.


Comprehensive Database of Recently Funded Companies in Japan - Updated Weekly

Company Name
Website Industries Funding Amount (USD) Recent Funding Date Recent Funding Type Company Headquarters # Employees Company Description Top 5 Investors Currently Hiring
Interstellar www.istellartech.com Robotics & Automation, In... $44M Sign Up to Unlock January 2025 Series F Hiroo, Hokkaido, Japan 45 Aerospace company develop... Woven by Toyota, Kadokawa... Sign Up to Unlock
Turing www.tur.ing Industrial & Manufacturin... $5M Sign Up to Unlock December 2024 Seed Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan 41 Develops and manufactures... Global Brain Corporation,... Sign Up to Unlock
MabGenesis www.mabgenesis.com Biopharma, Biotechnology,... $3M Sign Up to Unlock December 2024 Venture - Series Unknown Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 2 Biotechnology firm provid... SMBC Venture Capital, Bey... Sign Up to Unlock
Lazuli www.lazuli.ninja Artificial Intelligence, ... $7M Sign Up to Unlock December 2024 Series B Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 23 SaaS platform that enable... Global Brain Corporation,... Sign Up to Unlock
Dialog www.dialog-inc.com Mobile & Web Applications... $4M Sign Up to Unlock December 2024 Series A Nishi-shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan 18 Offers strategic planning... Persol Cross Technology, ... Sign Up to Unlock
nat www.natincs.com Mobile & Web Applications... $3M Sign Up to Unlock December 2024 Series A Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 10 Develops and provides ser... Global Brain Corporation,... Sign Up to Unlock
Habitto www.habitto.com Financial Services, Payme... $12M Sign Up to Unlock November 2024 Series A Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 21 Digital banking platform ... QED Investors, Anthemis, ... Sign Up to Unlock
LIGHTz www.lightz-inc.com Artificial Intelligence, ... $6M Sign Up to Unlock November 2024 Series B Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan 16 AI-based company offering... Shoko Chukin Bank, NOBUNA... Sign Up to Unlock
Koala Tech www.koalatech.co.jp Search Engine Marketing, ... $4M Sign Up to Unlock November 2024 Series B Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan 9 Technology company develo... SMBC Venture Capital, Bey... Sign Up to Unlock
株式会社tacoms www.camel-delivery.com Food and Beverage, Restau... $6M Sign Up to Unlock November 2024 Series B Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 14 Developer of restaurant m... Global Brain Corporation,... Sign Up to Unlock
SmartBank www.smartbank.co.jp Apps, Financial Services,... $19M Sign Up to Unlock November 2024 Series B Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 14 Software firm that has de... Global Brain Corporation,... Sign Up to Unlock
AimyTech www.aimytech.co.jp B2B, SaaS, Sales $389K Sign Up to Unlock November 2024 Venture - Series Unknown Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan 3 Aimytech is a developer o... CyberAgent Capital, ANOBA... Sign Up to Unlock
Ookuma Diamond Device www.ookuma-dd.com Aerospace, Nuclear, Satel... $27M Sign Up to Unlock October 2024 Venture - Series Unknown Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan 6 Ookuma Diamond Device is ... SMBC Venture Capital, Cor... Sign Up to Unlock
estie www.estie.jp Analytics, Artificial Int... $19M Sign Up to Unlock October 2024 Series B Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 50 Estie is a real estate te... Global Brain Corporation,... Sign Up to Unlock
xenodata lab www.xenodata-lab.com Artificial Intelligence (... $2M Sign Up to Unlock October 2024 Series C Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 8 Xenodata Lab is a softwar... Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, S... Sign Up to Unlock
BionicM www.bionicm.com Machinery Manufacturing, ... $3M Sign Up to Unlock October 2024 Venture - Series Unknown Hongo, Tokyo, Japan 11 BionicM develops high-per... UTokyo Innovation Platfor... Sign Up to Unlock
Rege Nephro www.regenephro.co.jp Biotechnology, Manufactur... $15M Sign Up to Unlock October 2024 Series B Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan 8 Rege Nephro is a biotech ... Global Brain Corporation,... Sign Up to Unlock
LOMBY www.lomby.jp Delivery Service, Logisti... $2M Sign Up to Unlock October 2024 Seed Higashi-shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan 2 LOMBY is a logistic firm ... UNITED, Drone Fund, MLC V... Sign Up to Unlock
Quanmatic www.quanmatic.com Big Data, Information Tec... $4M Sign Up to Unlock September 2024 Series A Shinjuku, Yamanashi, Japan 10 Quanmatic is an informati... SMBC Venture Capital, UTE... Sign Up to Unlock
LAPRAS www.lapras.com Artificial Intelligence (... $3M Sign Up to Unlock September 2024 Venture - Series Unknown Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 31 LAPRAS provides a career-... Wanted Japan, Wantedlab, ... Sign Up to Unlock
Sakana AI www.sakana.ai Artificial Intelligence (... $100M Sign Up to Unlock September 2024 Series A Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 24 Sakana AI develops nature... NVIDIA, Khosla Ventures, ... Sign Up to Unlock
Rutilea www.rutilea.com Hardware, Information Tec... $58M Sign Up to Unlock September 2024 Series D Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan 33 RUTILEA is an IT company ... Sumitomo Mitsui Banking C... Sign Up to Unlock
ThinkCyte www.thinkcyte.com Biotechnology, Life Scien... $15M Sign Up to Unlock August 2024 Series C Hongo, Tokyo, Japan 63 ThinkCyte provides single... SMBC Venture Capital, SBI... Sign Up to Unlock
double jump.tokyo www.doublejump.tokyo Blockchain, Cryptocurrenc... $10M Sign Up to Unlock August 2024 Series D Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 27 double jump.tokyo Is a bl... Amber Group, Polygon, Bit... Sign Up to Unlock
Apas Port www.apasport.xyz Blockchain, Non-Fungible ... $600K Sign Up to Unlock August 2024 Seed Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 3 Apas Port is an NFT produ... Kei Yoshikoshi Sign Up to Unlock
ASUENE www.earthene.com Energy, Local, Renewable ... $5M Sign Up to Unlock August 2024 Series C Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 58 Asuene provides renewable... Hideki Kojima, Sumitomo M... Sign Up to Unlock
Nealle www.nealle.com Business Development, Con... $31M Sign Up to Unlock August 2024 Series B Hatchobori, Tokyo, Japan 17 Nealle offers business de... Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, S... Sign Up to Unlock
PLUGO www.plugo.co.jp Information Technology, S... $14M Sign Up to Unlock August 2024 Seed Higashi-shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan 10 PLUGO provides ever-evolv... SMBC Venture Capital, Boo... Sign Up to Unlock
Sagri www.sagri.tokyo Agriculture, AgTech, Soft... $7M Sign Up to Unlock August 2024 Series A Tamba, Kyoto, Japan 28 Sagri is developing agric... SMBC Venture Capital, Glo... Sign Up to Unlock
Kyoto Fusioneering www.kyotofusioneering.com Clean Energy, CleanTech $7M Sign Up to Unlock July 2024 Series C Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 56 The company is focused on... MUFG Bank, Sumitomo Mitsu... Sign Up to Unlock
newmo www.newmo.me Public Transportation, Se... $62M Sign Up to Unlock July 2024 Series A Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 9 newmo delivers sustainabl... DCM Ventures, JAFCO, Incu... Sign Up to Unlock
Dioseve www.dioseve.com Biotechnology, Health Car... $7M Sign Up to Unlock June 2024 Venture - Series Unknown Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 9 Dioseve is providing nove... ANRI, Future Venture Capi... Sign Up to Unlock
Mantra www.mantra.co.jp Automotive, Machine Learn... $5M Sign Up to Unlock June 2024 Venture - Series Unknown Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 9 MANTRA is a developer of ... Kadokawa Corporation, Squ... Sign Up to Unlock
Synspective www.synspective.com Analytics, Geospatial, Sa... $44M Sign Up to Unlock June 2024 Series C Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 150 Synspective provides SAR ... Naoshi Takahashi, SBI Inv... Sign Up to Unlock
MNTSQ www.mntsq.co.jp Legal, Software, Text Ana... $6M Sign Up to Unlock June 2024 Venture - Series Unknown Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 64 MNTSQ is a legal tech ven... JP Life Next Fund, PKSHA ... Sign Up to Unlock
Pixie Dust www.pixiedusttech.com Transportation $6M Sign Up to Unlock May 2024 Post-IPO Debt Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 47 Pixie Dust Technologies d... SBI Investment, Dentsu, S... Sign Up to Unlock
Nihon Agri www.nihon-agri.com Agriculture, Farming, Foo... $27M Sign Up to Unlock May 2024 Series C Higashi-shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan 36 NIHON AGRI is a Despite t... Denso, SBI Investment, Ha... Sign Up to Unlock
Kisui Tech www.kisuitech.com Agriculture, Artificial I... $958K Sign Up to Unlock May 2024 Series A Miyagi, Hokkaido, Japan 21 Kisui Tech is an agricult... LAC Co., Ltd., Energy & E... Sign Up to Unlock
Woodstock www.woodstock.club Financial Services, FinTe... $5M Sign Up to Unlock May 2024 Venture - Series Unknown Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 11 Woodstock is an investmen... Fuyuki Fujiwara, Indicato... Sign Up to Unlock

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