Top 20 Android VC Funds & Investors in Japan (October 2026)

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• Caguuu — Caguuu offers high-quality designer furniture at affordable prices, through e-commerce, eliminating middlemen and store operating costs.
• Smart Craft —
• Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.

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• CaTe — CaTe is based in Tokyo. CaTe develops and manufactures a Digital Therapeutic (DTx) for remote cardiac rehabilitation. Their invention allows heart disease patients to safely and successfully complete cardiac rehabilitation utilizing standing exercise in a confined space, such as at home, without the use of ergometers or similar instruments.
• AIONA — AIONA uses AI to produce high-quality products and provides everyone with access to knowledge.
• Yoom — Yoom is a consulting company that offers system development services on AI, IoT, data solutions, and cloud integration.

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• Tripla — Tripla provides IT services for various industries such as hotels, railways, travel-related, restaurants, real estate, and apparel. It is one of the fastest-growing startups in Japan that aims to provide a platform where any tourists can make any reservations they want to make in their language through any chat and voice platforms. It provides theservice to hundreds of customers like hotels, rent- a- car companies, transportation companies that provide services to tourists. Tripla chatbot, a BPO service that solves daily inquiry cost reduction and multilingual support at once, has been well received by customers due to its learning AI and double support from operators who are familiar with the industry. Also, the new hotel reservation engine equipped with the OTA price comparison of each company and the automatic best rate adjustment function has significantly increased the ratio of in-house reservations and contributed to the improvement of profitability.
• umami.me — Order Food in English at Restaurant in Japanumami will help youFind menu you can eat and order in your own languageCommunicate with non-English speaking staff when you orderFind coupons and get discount or rewardSince its launch back in April of 2015, the Umami mobile app has been adopted by about 250 restaurants in Japan. The app allowsrestaurants to provide their menu in English, Chinese (simplified and traditional) and Korean as well as Japanese, attract customers through coupons, and spread words using social network services so that they can better reach out to foreign visitors. For customers, it helps them find restaurants following their dining preference using a recommendation feature, making orders at a restaurant in their mother tongue and choosing allergy-free or halal food menus.
• Life Log Technology — Lifelog Technology has been developing exclusive apps for medical professionals, including those for the general public, such as participating in medical institution research technically.

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• REVORN — REVORN is a fragrance AI and DX research and development company. They develop products such as odor sensors that can respond to odor issues and needs. They provide consultation at a range of levels, from identifying issues to developing solutions.
• Rutilea — RUTILEA is an IT company that aims to solve social issues through open-source. By advancing revolutionary 'AI teaching AI' concept, edefine automation, data-driven decision-making, and operational efficiency.
• LENZO — They are system architects and builders, committed to engineering high-performance, energy-efficient hardware for a new generation of workloads. They hold great expectations that Japan-based LENZO will drive a game-changing breakthrough with its innovative semiconductors and establish a strong presence on the global stage. Their proprietary CGLAarchitecture delivers breakthrough performance per watt in a compact, cost-effective form.

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• Fogg Japan — Fogg is a platform that makes life styles more convenient without being affected by trends and deprecation like media and content
• Pickleball One — Pickleball one is to become an enabler of the pickleball industry , spreading the joy of "Fun as one" to the world.
• Yoyogi Animation Academy — Yoyogi Animation Academy is a Japanese vocational‑style education company that operates Yoyogi Animation Academy, one of Japan’s largest and oldest specialized schools for animation, manga, voice acting, and game design.The academy offers practical, industry‑oriented programs in fields such as animator training, background art, illustration, manga,voice‑acting (seiyuu), and digital content creation, mainly at campuses in major cities like Tokyo and Osaka.

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• Open8 — Open8 is a content technology company that provides of SaaS, API, and MLaaS solutions.
• RoomClip — RoomClip is a photo-sharing service where users can find inspiration for their home and life.
• Locondo.jp — Locondo.jp is a Japanese e-commerce site offering a wide variety of apparel and shoes. The company was established in 2010 and based in Tokyo, Japan.

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• WAKA — WAKA is a studio that produces metaverse games and specializes in contract development for domestic businesses.
• Rehabilitation 3.0 — Rehabilitation 3.0 focuses on a preventive medical system that provides AI assessment and tracking on health, exercise, mood, and wellness.
• Movus Technologies — Movus Technologies Indonesia is automotive company that provides car ownership rental services.

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• LQUOM — QWAVE offers cryptography communication technology.
• Etaily — Etaily provides e-commerce and retail solutions in the Philippines, enabling brands with end-to-end services, from store management to fulfillment.
• Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.

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• JiMED — JiMED designs & develops AI based brain-computer interface for implant in ALS patients to improve communication.
• LQUOM — QWAVE offers cryptography communication technology.
• RegCell — RegCell aims to generate novel therapeutic technologies through augmenting or controlling the immune system and our goal is to save patients who suffer from autoimmune diseases and cancer .

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• Raksul — Raksul.inc is a fabless B2B platform builder. It aims to redesign and simplify value chains in legacy industries. It has enabled the "sharing economy" business model in printing, logistics and advertising, by connecting SME customers directly to excess capacities of existing players in various industries at a low cost.
• OPT China — OPT China is a company that provides marketing and distribution support for Chinese consumers.
• Shuttlerock — Create attention-worthy video ads from any asset for every screen, at scale.

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• Aurion — We provide a range of flexible, compliant and proven people and payroll solutions to #makelifeworkbetter!
• HackerRank — HackerRank, the Developer Skills Company, leads the technical hiring and upskilling market with over 2,500 customers and a community of over 26 million developers.
• CleverTap — CleverTap offers blazing fast analytics, powerful real-time segmentation, multi-channel messaging, A/B testing and personalization in one unified solution.

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• CaTe — CaTe is based in Tokyo. CaTe develops and manufactures a Digital Therapeutic (DTx) for remote cardiac rehabilitation. Their invention allows heart disease patients to safely and successfully complete cardiac rehabilitation utilizing standing exercise in a confined space, such as at home, without the use of ergometers or similar instruments.
• Alxtal — Alxtal is a tech company who optimize the development, design, and manufacturing processes of the manufacturing industry with IT and AI.
• EISHIN — EISHIN is a technology company that specializes in pet tech business, recruitment consulting, website creation, and development services.

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• FunPep — FunPep is an Industry-university collaboration bioventure company.
• Financier — Financier provides Japan's only Web3 platform aimed at realizing a creator economy that supports the challenges of 1 billion people. The platform enables creators to issue tokens, fostering community engagement and new economic models. By leveraging blockchain technology, it empowers individuals to monetize their influence and buildsustainable communities.
• MiddleField — MiddleField is a team to make cars the best entertainment and to make the lives of everyone involved in cars into entertainment. They creates a society where a lot of people are involved as a middle point of all people's dreams. MiddleField owns and operates an e-commerce platform offering cars.

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• LQUOM — QWAVE offers cryptography communication technology.
• Alxtal — Alxtal is a tech company who optimize the development, design, and manufacturing processes of the manufacturing industry with IT and AI.
• Direava — Direava is a medical device company that manufactures, sells, leases, and maintains medical equipments along with consulting services.

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• Yolo Japan — Yolo is a Operation of information media for foreign residents and residents of Japan.Operation of Operation of YOLO BASE, a working inbound facility for foreign residents and residents of Japan Community English conversation service for children Sharing English conversation service that utilizes free time International students, residents /residents and foreign visitors to Japan Market research services
• Mira Robotics — Mira Robotics is a software based company provide services that can robots in various fields.
• Blue Innovation — Development of a safe flight management system for unmanned aerial vehicles Solutions for R & D and unmanned aerial vehicles Research and development projects System development business General operations Japan UAS Industry Promotion Council (JUIDA) administrative work (secretariat).

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• Requpo — Requpo is a brand-new salon reservation app that allows you to book a beauty salon without having to search.
• LiME — LiME conveniently manage the chart of a hairdresser with a smartphone.
• Go Today Shaire Salon — GO TODAY SHAiRE SALON is a private room-type shared salon where freelance hairdressers and teams gather.

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• JPYC — JPYC is a financial institution that issues the community stablecoin JPYC, which is pegged to the yen of Japanese. They want to create a society where everyone can develop by fusing the real world with the world of cryptocurrencies and increasing the liquidity of capital to achieve their goal of overcoming the social conundrum. It will promotecapital's liquidity and create an environment that helps in development for all.
• 9lione — 9lione is a cloud drug management system that can perform complicated drug management easily. It uses optical character recognition technology (OCR) whereas information can be read simply by taking a prescription, and drug inventory lists are automatically created and updated. It was established on August 8, 2018, and is headquartered in Tokyo,Japan.
• Varinos — Varinos is a clinical laboratory contract analysis company that is a partner of medical institutions. Varinos provides genomic testing development and contract analysis services using the latest technology, the next-generation sequencer.

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• CirclePe — Backed by India's Top Investors, connect us with your new Landlord & get a Zero Deposit move-in for the 1st time ever.
• wakuwaku — WAKUWAKU is a Japanese real estate tech company that focuses on developing a platform that helps users to search for and renovate used housing. In addition, the company offers platforms for building materials e-commerce and marketing automation for the real estate and construction industries.
• Receptionist — Delighted develops an application for reception services. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

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• Evixar — Evixar provides an Automatic Content Recognition technology “Evixar ACR” that identifies and analyzes sound content.It offers ACR technology and systems are provided in a software development kit form that provides access to a library of software that helps the users to develop content recognition applications and utilities. Our technology isapplied second screen services, interactive TV systems, broadcast monitoring, subtitle casting, audience measurement, copyright filtering.Evixar also provides an Acoustic Communication solution “Another Track(R)” which is acoustic communication technology making use of “watermark” audio signals in a frequency range inaudible to the human ear. Emanating from speakers in stadiums, theaters, and other such venues, these signals are recognized by smart devices, such as smartphones or wearables. They control the output of the multi-language text or AR display on the devices, timed to the progress of the play or other event taking place in the venue.The text or AR display occurs within 0.1 seconds, enabling real-time distribution in theaters or other live venues. Since data can be delivered even in an environment lacking electric waves, or to devices in airplane mode, and without the need for special audio equipment, the technology is readily implemented in theaters.
• Creation City Lab — Creation City Lab is a Marketing Company.

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• RABO — RABO is a Cat-Tech Company that "watches cat life with technology.
• MICOLY — MICOLY is a operator of a website aimed at publishing and selling creative video lessons. The company hosts lectures that are presented by the creators of all categories who are keen on sharing their techniques and philosophies in areas of nail art, Japanese calligraphy, flower arrangement, knitting and many more, as well as interacting with theirpassionate fans, enabling users to take creative lessons and start a new hobby.
• Asoview — ASOVIEW Inc. is an online booking website that provides booking services for weekend leisure activities like skydiving and rafting. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Shibuya, Kanagawa.