Startups in Japan
Updated 23 Oct 2026
2,336 funded startups are headquartered in Japan. 459 of them closed their most recent round from October 2025 to September 2026. Source: FundingWatcher, October 2026. Data as of 23 October 2026.
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| # | Company | City | Stage | Last round | Date | Total raised |
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| 1 | Helical Fusion | Tokyo | Series B | Series B | 2026-10-08 | $77.9M |
| 2 | CADDi | Tokyo | Series D+ | Series D | 2026-09-15 | $338.4M |
| 3 | Mujin | Tokyo | Series D+ | Series D | 2026-10-12 | $633.9M |
| 4 | PeopleX | Tokyo | Series A | Series A | 2026-09-02 | $49.7M |
| 5 | LegalOn Technologies | Tokyo | Series D+ | Series E | 2025-07-24 | $200.3M |
| 6 | Turing | Higashi-shinagawa | Series A | Series A | 2026-07-06 | $244.0M |
| 7 | AIONA | Shibuya | Seed | Seed | 2026-09-24 | $1.2M |
| 8 | THE PHAGE | Shibuya | Series A | Series A | 2026-10-09 | $3.6M |
| 9 | RevComm | Tokyo | Series B | Series B | 2026-07-22 | $44.7M |
| 10 | Creattura | Tokyo | Series B | Series B | 2026-08-07 | $10.0M |
| 11 | ai& | Kanagawa | Seed | Seed | 2026-03-25 | $50.0M |
| 12 | NOT A HOTEL | Tokyo | Series D+ | Series D | 2026-08-06 | $308.4M |
| 13 | ASUENE | Toranomon | Series D+ | Series D | 2026-07-23 | $156.4M |
| 14 | O-ID | Tokyo | Pre-seed | Pre-seed | 2026-09-24 | $1.4M |
| 15 | X Mile | Tokyo | Series C | Series C | 2026-08-04 | $39.1M |
| 16 | Celaid Therapeutics | Tokyo | Series B | Series B | 2026-10-05 | $17.1M |
| 17 | Knowledge Work | Minato | Series C | Series C | 2026-08-04 | $62.1M |
| 18 | CraftBank | Nihombashi-hamacho | Series B | Series B | 2025-10-17 | |
| 19 | ElevationSpace | Miyagi | Series B | Series B | 2026-06-19 | $62.7M |
| 20 | T2 | Tokyo | Series B | Series B | 2026-07-21 | $102.2M |
| 21 | Magic Shields | Hamamatsu | Series B | Series B | 2026-04-21 | $10.1M |
| 22 | NetEase | Tokyo | Series A | Series A | 1999-12-01 | |
| 23 | Ecommit | Kagoshima | Series B | Series B | 2026-04-20 | $25.9M |
| 24 | Eight Knot | Sakai | Series A | Series A | 2026-09-16 | $7.5M |
| 25 | HEARTBEATS | Tokyo | Series C | Series C | 2026-09-11 | $18.9M |
| 26 | Shizen Connect | Tokyo | Series A | Series A | 2026-05-25 | $17.0M |
| 27 | Indent | Shinjuku | Series B | Series B | 2026-10-07 | $7.0M |
| 28 | Wunderbar | Shibuya | Series A | Series A | 2026-09-01 | $6.3M |
| 29 | KUZEN | Tokyo | Series B | Series B | 2026-07-07 | $11.9M |
| 30 | Astra Food Plan | Saitama | Series B | Series B | 2026-09-30 | $7.4M |
| 31 | Wayfarer | Minato | Series A | Series A | 2026-09-29 | $2.0M |
| 32 | ARK | Hiratsuka | Series A | Series A | 2026-09-17 | $8.3M |
| 33 | WAKA | Tokyo | Seed | Seed | 2026-09-30 | $3.2M |
| 34 | Ocean | Tokyo | Series A | Series A | 2026-10-09 | $3.3M |
| 35 | Tailor | Tokyo | Series A | Series A | 2025-11-20 | $41.3M |
| 36 | HEARTBEATS | Tokyo | Series C | Series C | 2026-10-01 | $15.0M |
| 37 | Telexistence | Tokyo | Series B | Series B | 2023-07-06 | $197.4M |
| 38 | JPYC | Tokyo | Series B | Series B | 2026-08-06 | $86.5M |
| 39 | Nessu | Setagaya | Series A | Series A | 2026-10-06 | $570K |
| 40 | Sazo | Nagoya | Series A | Series A | 2026-07-22 | $25.0M |
| 41 | QibiTech | Tokyo | Series B | Series B | 2026-09-30 | $9.8M |
| 42 | CAMPFIRE | Shibuya | Series D+ | Series E | 2020-12-04 | $75.2M |
| 43 | Bridgesmile Corporation | Chiba | Series A | Series A | 2026-09-28 | $51.9M |
| 44 | JAOPS | Tokyo | Seed | Seed | 2026-10-01 | $1.6M |
| 45 | Genki Robotics | Tokyo | Series A | Series A | 2026-04-26 | $50.0M |
| 46 | U-ZERO | Otemachi | Seed | Seed | 2026-06-03 | $5.9M |
| 47 | SocialGood App | Tokyo | Series B | Series B | 2025-12-24 | |
| 48 | Facilo | Chuo | Series B | Series B | 2026-09-17 | $50.5M |
| 49 | GX MINERALS | Okazaki | Series A | Series A | 2026-10-01 | $17.6M |
| 50 | FLUX | Tokyo | Series B | Series B | 2025-06-03 | |
| 51 | Orange | Akasaka | Seed | Seed | 2024-05-06 | |
| 52 | Brave group | Tokyo | Series D+ | Series E | 2026-04-22 | $91.9M |
| 53 | Advance Composite | Fuji | Series B | Series B | 2026-08-17 | $11.0M |
| 54 | Japan Agriculture | Higashi-shinagawa | Series C | Series C | 2026-02-05 | $55.4M |
| 55 | Eagle Eye Networks | Tokyo | Series D+ | Series F | 2023-05-17 | $195.0M |
| 56 | PowerX | Tokyo | Series C | Series C | 2025-03-07 | $167.1M |
| 57 | Triorb | Kitakyushu | Series B | Series B | 2026-08-07 | $28.7M |
| 58 | CoA Nexus | Itabashi | Series A | Series A | 2025-10-29 | |
| 59 | Solafune | Tokyo | Series A | Series A | 2026-03-10 | $31.7M |
| 60 | AlgaleX | Uruma | Series A | Series A | 2026-07-10 | $3.8M |
| 61 | Spectronix | Suita | Series D+ | Series F | 2026-10-01 | $24.2M |
| 62 | Notta | Tokyo | Series B | Series B | 2025-12-09 | $21.6M |
| 63 | Flyle | Tokyo | Series A | Series A | 2026-10-06 | $12.6M |
| 64 | Lebo Robotics | Tokyo | Series B | Series B | 2026-09-30 | $2.2M |
| 65 | Synspective | Tokyo | Series C | Series C | 2024-06-20 | |
| 66 | MW | Tokyo | Seed | Seed | 2026-06-11 | $18.7M |
| 67 | RadioNano Therapeutics | Kyoto | Series B | Series B | 2026-10-09 | $4.1M |
| 68 | BALLAS | Ginza | Series B | Series B | 2026-04-15 | $27.5M |
| 69 | Terra Drone | Tokyo | Series C | Series C | 2023-01-24 | |
| 70 | SushiSwap | Tokyo | Seed | Seed | 2022-10-06 | |
| 71 | LOMBY | Tokyo | Series A | Series A | 2026-09-28 | $4.3M |
| 72 | Blue Farm | Hamamatsu | Series A | Series A | 2026-09-11 | $2.3M |
| 73 | MiddleField | Tokyo | Series B | Series B | 2020-10-13 | |
| 74 | QunaSys | Tokyo | Series B | Series B | 2024-11-01 | $27.2M |
| 75 | booost technologies | Tokyo | Series C | Series C | 2026-03-26 | $4.4M |
| 76 | Live Search | Fukuoka | Series C | Series C | 2026-09-28 | $634K |
| 77 | Space BD | Tokyo | Series C | Series C | 2026-06-17 | $37.8M |
| 78 | Elephantech | Tokyo | Series D+ | Series F | 2026-03-12 | $105.6M |
| 79 | Robot Consulting | Tokyo | Series B | Series B | 2024-04-02 | |
| 80 | Beff | Tokyo | Series A | Series A | 2026-09-01 | $4.2M |
| 81 | 10pct. | Setagaya | Series A | Series A | 2026-09-02 | $2.5M |
| 82 | Smolt | Miyazaki | Seed | Seed | 2026-09-28 | $1.3M |
| 83 | Qubitcore | Kanagawa | Seed | Seed | 2026-04-27 | $9.6M |
| 84 | Patentix | Kusatsu | Series A | Series A | 2026-04-06 | $5.8M |
| 85 | Cosmobloom | Tokyo | Seed | Seed | 2026-08-07 | $2.1M |
| 86 | 9lione | Nerima | Series A | Series A | 2026-09-11 | $781K |
| 87 | Paytner | Tokyo | Series D+ | Series D | 2026-09-01 | $106.9M |
| 88 | Gel-Coat Biomaterials | Tokyo | Series A | Series A | 2026-04-22 | $1.3M |
| 89 | HERP | Tokyo | Series C | Series C | 2026-08-25 | $25.0M |
| 90 | FUNDiT | Tokyo | Series D+ | Series D | 2026-05-11 | $6.1M |
| 91 | PathAhead | Tokyo | Seed | Seed | 2026-04-27 | $853K |
| 92 | Albatross Technology | Tokyo | Series B | Series B | 2026-09-09 | $5.2M |
| 93 | toggle | Tokyo | Series C | Series C | 2026-04-30 | $47.1M |
| 94 | BlueWX | Tokyo | Series A | Series A | 2026-09-30 | $775K |
| 95 | Nocall | Tokyo | Series A | Series A | 2026-09-11 | $5.2M |
| 96 | InnoJin | Tokyo | Series C | Series C | 2026-07-16 | $4.9M |
| 97 | Zeals | Tokyo | Series D+ | Series E | 2022-05-12 | |
| 98 | Power Laser | Suita | Series A | Series A | 2026-09-02 | $10.2M |
| 99 | Wasimil | Kyoto | Series A | Series A | 2026-10-14 | $3.1M |
| 100 | Ascend | Tokyo | Series B | Series B | 2025-11-13 | $11.4M |
Table 1. Startups in Japan, by total raised. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 23 October 2026. Base: 2,336.
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Cite: FundingWatcher, 2,336 startups, 23 October 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/startups/country/japan/