Updated List of Top Recently Funded Startups in Japan for 2026

Last update to database: July 13, 2026

Exploring Japan’s Best Funded Startups for 2026

Japan’s startup ecosystem continues to grow in 2026, 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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Company Name
Industries Funding Amount (USD) Recent Funding Date Recent Funding Type Company Headquarters # Employees Company Description Top 5 Investors Currently Hiring
Dioseve Biotechnology, Genetics, ... $6M Subscribe to Unlock June 2026 Series A Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 5 Biotechnology company dev... ANRI, Coral Capital, Pang... Subscribe to Unlock
Algo Artis Artificial Intelligence, ... $10M Subscribe to Unlock June 2026 Series B Toranomon, Tokyo, Japan 38 Plant operations and logi... Salesforce Ventures, UTEC... Subscribe to Unlock
DoCloud Health Care, Medical Devi... $2M Subscribe to Unlock June 2026 Seed Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 7 Medical workforce support... Antler, Golden Gate Ventu... Subscribe to Unlock
Imiron Design & Innovation, IT &... $877K Subscribe to Unlock June 2026 Seed Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 5 Software consulting and d... Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, G... Subscribe to Unlock
TriOrb Computing & Hardware, Rob... $14M Subscribe to Unlock June 2026 Series B Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan 15 Robotics company focused ... Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, M... Subscribe to Unlock
ARUM Artificial Intelligence, ... $2M Subscribe to Unlock June 2026 Debt Financing Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan 6 Manufacturing AI software... Mizuho Capital, KSP, SBI ... Subscribe to Unlock
Menou Artificial Intelligence, ... $3M Subscribe to Unlock June 2026 Series B Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 14 AI and sensing technology... Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, N... Subscribe to Unlock
Mjolnir Industrial & Manufacturin... $8M Subscribe to Unlock May 2026 Series B Kita, Tokyo, Japan 18 Designs and manufactures ... Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, Z... Subscribe to Unlock
Industrial HR & Staffing, Artificial... $9M Subscribe to Unlock May 2026 Series C Sarugaku, Tokyo, Japan 20 Provides digital transfor... Hiroshima Venture Capital... Subscribe to Unlock
SpiderPlus Mobile & Web Applications... $3M Subscribe to Unlock May 2026 Post-IPO Secondary Toranomon, Tokyo, Japan 250 Construction technology c... Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, M... Subscribe to Unlock
Funds Financial Services, Ventu... $19M Subscribe to Unlock May 2026 Series E Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 42 Financial information ser... Sony Financial Ventures &... Subscribe to Unlock
sokai General Advertising, Fash... $75M Subscribe to Unlock May 2026 Debt Financing Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 3 Provides digital marketin... Buenavista Equity Partner... Subscribe to Unlock
kuradashi E-Commerce & Retail, Food... $2M Subscribe to Unlock May 2026 Post-IPO Debt Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 49 Operates a social contrib... Hakuhodo DY Ventures, Ric... Subscribe to Unlock
Secondz Digital Artificial Intelligence, ... $2M Subscribe to Unlock May 2026 Series A Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 8 Helps businesses transfor... JAFCO, Sumisho Venture Pa... Subscribe to Unlock
Pixie Dust E-Commerce & Retail, Reta... $21M Subscribe to Unlock May 2026 Series D Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 48 Develops phased array and... SBI Investment, Mizuho Ca... Subscribe to Unlock
Sound Wave Innovation Health Care, Medical Devi... $17M Subscribe to Unlock May 2026 Series C Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 3 Manufactures and sells me... iGlobe Partners, Fiducia,... Subscribe to Unlock
Coincheck Blockchain & Cryptocurren... $65M Subscribe to Unlock May 2026 Post-IPO Equity Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 200 Cryptocurrency exchange p... Incubate Fund, ANRI, Worl... Subscribe to Unlock
Varinos Biopharma, Biotechnology,... $8M Subscribe to Unlock May 2026 Series D Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 12 Biotechnology company pro... Fast Track Initiative, In... Subscribe to Unlock
Planet Savers Industrial & Manufacturin... $634K Subscribe to Unlock May 2026 Grant Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan 13 Develops direct air captu... Spiral Capital, JAFCO, Mi... Subscribe to Unlock
Pictoria Artificial Intelligence, ... $2M Subscribe to Unlock April 2026 Not Specified Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 7 Startup creating an AI ch... Mizuho Capital, Mizuho Ba... Subscribe to Unlock
Qubitcore Data & Analytics, Industr... $10M Subscribe to Unlock April 2026 Seed Kanagawa, Fukushima, Japan 6 Startup commercializing q... Blue Lab, SBI Investment,... Subscribe to Unlock
Flora Mobile & Web Applications... $1M Subscribe to Unlock April 2026 Not Specified Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan 19 Health technology company... Nagase Future Fund Invest... Subscribe to Unlock
Metaplanet Food Services, Hospitals ... $50M Subscribe to Unlock April 2026 Post-IPO Debt Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 17 Provides consulting servi... Capital Group, EVO FUND, ... Subscribe to Unlock
Monochrome Energy & Sustainability, ... $11M Subscribe to Unlock April 2026 Series B Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 16 Develops a home operating... GMO VenturePartners, SMBC... Subscribe to Unlock
Molmir Biotechnology, Data & Ana... $2M Subscribe to Unlock April 2026 Series A Nara, Nara, Japan 3 Biotech company researchi... Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, H... Subscribe to Unlock
Not a Hotel Food Services, Business a... $9M Subscribe to Unlock April 2026 Debt Financing Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 87 Offers shared ownership o... Mizuho Bank, GMO VentureP... Subscribe to Unlock
Magic Shields Health Care, Elder Care &... $6M Subscribe to Unlock April 2026 Series B Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan 7 Develops impact-absorbing... Mizuho Capital, JIC Ventu... Subscribe to Unlock
JPYC Blockchain & Cryptocurren... $18M Subscribe to Unlock April 2026 Series B Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 25 Provides blockchain-based... Hyperithm, Metaplanet, He... Subscribe to Unlock
Sharing Energy Energy & Sustainability, ... $5M Subscribe to Unlock April 2026 Series C Shimbashi, Tokyo, Japan 8 Supports distributed ener... JIC Venture Growth Invest... Subscribe to Unlock
Sonire Therapeutics Biotechnology, Health Car... $18M Subscribe to Unlock April 2026 Series A Shinjuku, Yamanashi, Japan 6 Medical equipment manufac... Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, S... Subscribe to Unlock
Restore Vision Biotechnology, Health Car... $8M Subscribe to Unlock April 2026 Series B Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 7 Biotechnology company dev... SMBC Venture Capital, JIC... Subscribe to Unlock
Onestruction Data & Analytics, 3D & Im... $3M Subscribe to Unlock April 2026 Venture - Series Unknown Tottori, Tottori, Japan 26 IT firm offering construc... Japan Finance Corporation... Subscribe to Unlock
Hakki Africa Financial Services, SMB S... $3M Subscribe to Unlock April 2026 Debt Financing Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan 59 Provides microfinance ser... SBI Investment, Global Br... Subscribe to Unlock
Acompany IT & Communication Servic... $6M Subscribe to Unlock April 2026 Debt Financing Nagoya, Aichi, Japan 58 Provides privacy protecti... Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, S... Subscribe to Unlock
New Space Intelligence Mapping & Navigation, Art... $3M Subscribe to Unlock April 2026 Series A Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan 15 Space research company pr... 77 Capital, Mizuho Capita... Subscribe to Unlock
Tensor Energy Energy & Sustainability, ... $6M Subscribe to Unlock April 2026 Series A Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan 22 Cloud operations platform... Mizuho Capital, Global Br... Subscribe to Unlock
Think Nature Life Sciences, Resource M... $2M Subscribe to Unlock April 2026 Venture - Series Unknown Urasoe, Okinawa, Japan 7 Research startup speciali... Nissay Capital, ITOCHU Te... Subscribe to Unlock
CRISP Food & Beverage, Food Ser... $23M Subscribe to Unlock March 2026 Venture - Series Unknown Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 4 Restaurant chain serving ... MUFG Bank, Mizuho Bank, O... Subscribe to Unlock
New Innovations Robotics & Automation, IT... $11M Subscribe to Unlock March 2026 Series B Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 15 Company offering a cuddli... MUFG Bank, SBI Investment... Subscribe to Unlock
Orbital Lasers Laser & Optical Tech, Sat... $19M Subscribe to Unlock March 2026 Series A Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 12 Space technology company ... Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, M... Subscribe to Unlock
LobbyAI Artificial Intelligence, ... $2M Subscribe to Unlock March 2026 Seed Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan 3 AI infrastructure and dat... Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, E... Subscribe to Unlock
Ruten Health Care $2M Subscribe to Unlock March 2026 Seed Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 16 Brain-machine interface t... Coral Capital Subscribe to Unlock
Elephantech Consumer Electronics & De... $25M Subscribe to Unlock March 2026 Series F Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 31 Sustainable manufacturing... Global Brain Corporation,... Subscribe to Unlock
Lenzo Consumer Electronics & De... $3M Subscribe to Unlock March 2026 Seed Ikoma, Nara, Japan 6 Hardware company building... Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, I... Subscribe to Unlock
Innovative Space Carrier Business and Management C... $20M Subscribe to Unlock March 2026 Not Specified Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 42 Aerospace company focused... NES, For Startups Capital... Subscribe to Unlock
Solafune Data & Analytics, IT & Co... $32M Subscribe to Unlock March 2026 Series A Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 33 Satellite data analysis a... Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, M... Subscribe to Unlock
ReDelta Financial Services, Media... $764K Subscribe to Unlock March 2026 Not Specified Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 14 Japan-Southeast Asia M&A ... ANRI, East Ventures, G-ST... Subscribe to Unlock
3DC Energy & Sustainability, ... $2M Subscribe to Unlock March 2026 Series A Sendai, Miyagi, Japan 30 Manufacturing company spe... Ashizawa, Mitsubishi UFJ ... Subscribe to Unlock
Culta Agriculture & Farming, Ag... $4M Subscribe to Unlock March 2026 Seed Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 7 Agriculture technology co... Nissay Capital, Archetype... Subscribe to Unlock
Shinsekai Blockchain & Cryptocurren... $1M Subscribe to Unlock February 2026 Seed Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 16 Web3 and NFT technology c... D4V, double jump.tokyo, S... Subscribe to Unlock

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