69 Best Startups in Japan to Watch in 2024

DocuSign is an online cloud-based document management and secured electronic document signature system capable of being used on almost any device.

Total Raised: $475.30M

Last Funding: $300.00M (Series F)

Atonarp is a Tokyo-based electronics and data processing manufacturer developing spectrometers capable of gas-composition analysis.

Total Raised: $83.00M

Last Funding: $50.00M (Series D)

Heartseed is a biotech company developing iPSC-derived highly purified ventricular cardiomyocytes for heart failure

Total Raised: $63.00M

Last Funding: $37.00M (Series C)

Rapyuta Robotics is a company that positions itself in building lightweight autonomous mobile robots.

Total Raised: $63.50M

Last Funding: $51.00M (Series C)

A company offering anti-money laundering, fraud, and compliance services.

Total Raised: $24.00M

Last Funding: $10.00M (Series C)

ispace is a private Japanese robotics company with a focus on spacecraft, including lunar landers and rovers.

Total Raised: $49.92M

Last Funding: $46.00M (Series C)

CureApp is a company that is recreating treatment with software.

Total Raised: $48.02M

Last Funding: $9.27M (Seed)

AxelSpace is a company that is developing technology for private microsatellites.

Total Raised: $65.98M

Last Funding: $24.00M (Series C)

A company in Tokyo, Japan that provides a construction management application for users throughout Japan.

Total Raised: $22.60M

Last Funding: $22.60M (Series B)

SoftBank Robotics Holding is a formerly known as Aldebaran Robotics founded in 2005 by Bruno Maisonnier.

Total Raised: $20.34M

Last Funding: $13.00M (Series C)

Gengo is a Tokyo-based company founded in 2008 by Robert W. Laing.

Total Raised: $18.31M

Last Funding: $12.00M (Series B)

Paidy is a Minato, Tokyo-based developer of a buy now, pay later platform and related financial services.

Total Raised: $83.00M

Last Funding: $83.00M (Series C)

Design firm based in Tokyo and Ebisu.

Total Raised: $2.95M

Last Funding: $2.95M (Unknown)

Cogent Labs is solving for practical artificial intelligence.

Total Raised: $13.00M

Last Funding: $13.00M (Series C)

Mujin is a Tokyo, Japan-based technology company offering a platform to facilitate the autonomous movement of robots and industrial equipment The company's platform MujinController leverages a real-time digital twin and provides a suite of perception, planning, and control algorithms.

Total Raised: $6.95M

Last Funding: $0.95M (Series A)

JustInCase is a Tokyo-based insurance technology company develop peer-to-peer insurance and artificial intelligent-based health insurance products.

Total Raised: $1.65M

Last Funding: $1.65M (Unknown)

Platform offering healthcare services and HR tools for supporting medical treatment.

Total Raised: $4.80M

Last Funding: $4.80M (Unknown)

Platform offering Japan's largest welfare AI service called "Care Plan Assistant."

Total Raised: $2.92M

Last Funding: $2.36M (Unknown)

Platform creating characters and game content for smartphones while offering global content distribution.

Total Raised: $0.65M

Last Funding: $0.65M (Pre Seed)

Educational technology platform leveraging AI to enhance learning experiences.

Total Raised: $0.11M

Last Funding: $0.11M (Pre Seed)

Smartphone tool for creating and sharing video manuals instantly on site.

Total Raised: $0.05M

Last Funding: $0.05M (Pre Seed)

Stake Technologies makes core decentralized protocols.

Integriculture is a Japanese cellular agriculture company making lab grown foie gras and other clean meat and cellular agriculture products. The company was founded in on October 23, 2015 and is located in Tokyo, Japan.

Community platform connecting doctors and patients through medical information.

Last Funding: $0.00M (Unknown)

Mobileye is a Jerusalem-based automotive technology company developing autonomous-driving and driver-assistance technologies.

Artificial Intelligence company

News blog sharing local and international stories along with discussions.

LeapMind is centered on the innovation of machine learning-powered software and hardware solutions for a variety of applications.

Get information on the Asteroid Explorer "HAYABUSA" (MUSES-C). The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) performs various activities related to aerospace as an organization, from basic research in the aerospace field to development and utilization.

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Cover Corporation is a Tokyo-based company.

synspective is a synthetic aperture radar company offering data integrations from their SAR constellations.

Platform providing custom IT solutions for small and medium-sized businesses in Japan and beyond.

Last Funding: $0.00M (Unknown)

Notion is a software company offering a platform for writing, planning, and organizing note-taking.

Preferred Networks is a software development company integrating machine learning technologies to the applications of the Internet of Things (IoT).

ExaWizards is an artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning company founded in 2016.

Tier IV is a mobility company founded in 2015.

bitflyer Inc. is a cryptocurrency exchange started in 2014.

SkyDrive is and eVTOL company based in Tokyo, Japan.

Zaiko is a Creator Empowerment Platform that enables Epic Fan Experiences through co-creation, co-ownership and exclusive experiences.

Artificial Intelligence company

Coincheck is a cryptocurrency exchange based in Tokyo, Japan offering the ability to trade bitcoin, ether, NEM and other cryptocurrencies.