Top 15 Android VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Japan in May 2026

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• Superworm — Superworm is a producer of environmentally friendly and long-term solutions to societal challenges. The company undertakes genome editing research and sells protein powders, biofuels, and organic fertilizers made from superworms, allowing customers to consume insect-derived proteins and biofuels.
• Japan Agriculture — Exportation of Japanese agricultural products is currently small in volume. While Japanese farmers aspire to export their products to foreign countries for more people to enjoy and local consumers universally share the positive perception of the quality of Japanese agricultural products, issues such as price, communication, and logistics hinder theexpansion of exportation.They aim to solve these issues and satisfy the needs of both Japanese farmers and global consumers which are so clearly evident but devastatingly unmet.
• Bluefield Energy — Bluefield Energy redefines Japan's electricity sector through technology-driven renewable energy solutions. Its mission centers on liberating people and society from energy constraints by tackling high costs, environmental impact, and supply instability.

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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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• 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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• 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.
• Edgecortix — At Edgecortix, we automate the design of AI accelerators for on-device deep learning. Our Dynamic Neural Accelerator IP, and performance optimized AI Software & Hardware Co-exploration framework, reduces time to market and brings massive cost savings across multiple industry verticals.

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• Nehan — Nehan is a software firm that offers AI bidding information and a media outlet that delivers to local government businesses.
• FUNDiT — FUNDiT is an IT-focused M&A and business consolidation company that specializes in acquiring, managing, and scaling IT companies.
• Ageless — Ageless is a staffing agency that provides human resources-related services primarily to middle-aged and senior citizens.

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• QREATION — QREATION is a digital intellectual property studio specializing in producing a wide range of popular content that originates primarily from social media platforms. The company focuses on creating high-quality short-form entertainment, including short dramas, comedy sketches, and variety shows.
• Forward — Forward is a SaaS-based startup that offers recruitment agency services.
• Metagen Therapeutics — Metagen Therapeutics is a Drug discovery and medical business company which utilizes microbiome science.

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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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• GooPass — GooPass is a subscription-based camera equipment rental platform that offers users cameras, interchangeable lenses, and drones. It also allows users to buy or rent photography equipment by reserving it online.
• NABLA Mobility — Solving the complexities involved in the "Operation of Fleets" of Mobility and support its evolution and decarbonization
• Reborna Biosciences — Reborna Biosciences provides research and development in the field of genetic diseases. The company develops therapeutic options for area of unmet medical needs in genetic rare disease. The company's technology enables low-molecular compounds to target ribonucleic acid. The company provides new disease-modifying drugs for patients sufferingfrom rare genetic diseases including spinal muscular atrophy.

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• Starley — Starley offers end-to-end development and implementation of artificial intelligence-related products.
• Vark — ActEvolve develops Blitz Freak, a multi virtual reality game. It began operation in 2017, with its headquarters in Tokyo in Japan.
• Startbahn — Startbahn develops Startrail, a sustainable and scalable blockchain infrastructure that assures the reliability, authenticity, and traceability of artworks.

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• FunPep — FunPep is an Industry-university collaboration bioventure company.
• 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.
• MiraBiologics — Through the development of next-generation multifunctional biopharmaceuticals (neobiologics) using technology based on a unique new concept , we will realize our mission, grow as a global company, and contribute to human health care. By developing biopharmaceuticals with new modalities using LassoGraft Technology ® as a core technology, we willwork on solving unmet medical needs, satisfying treatment methods in the field of rare diseases, and proposing solutions to expensive medical problems.

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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.
• Toreta — Toreta develops tools specializing in reservation and customer ledger systems for restaurants. It offers Toreta, a mobile application for restaurant reservation management in Japan. The application facilitates the recording of reservation conversations automatically with customers, generates customer ledgers based on reservation information, andaccepts reservations through the internet.The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
• Standing Ovation — Standing ovation develops and offers fashion coordination applications.

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• milog — -Milog inc is founded in April 2009, aiming to focus on Android platform on smartphone. Business domain is an intelligence of application usage data on Android OS platform to provide worldwide handset companies and telecom operators, employing high-level statistical analysis, with Harvard Physics Team. Milog has raised $5 million (1.2 million USDin a seed round, 3.8 million USD in Series A). Acquired on March 2012.-Milog is founded by Yohei Kiguchi, Co-Founder/ CEO in April 2009, and his friends, then sold the entire business in March2012. Milog has the headquarter in Tokyo, and also have contractors across the world, mainly in Shanghai, San Francisco. In Japan, milog patented a core programme for this field, and was widely recognized as a top runner and innovative challenger in IT field. Milog developed "AppLog", which was an embedded software to monitor application’s battery and data consumption on an android device, and automatically optimise the application’s running task to improve the battery life. To address the battery life problem, which is the most common users concern in many polls, the demand side approach was unique and more efficient, while a lot of hardware companies tackled the issue by improving the battery size or efficiency.Milog raised total 5 million USD(1.2 million USD in a seed round, 3.8 million USD in Series A) from JAFCO, No.1 Japanese VC, and OPT, No.1 advertising agency, and RECRUIT, No.1 Japanese Human Resource company.
• Cloudbeds — Cloudbeds is a vertical SaaS business that creates cloud-based hospitality management software that simplifies the working lives of professional property owners, operators, and employees. It helps with OTAs, payments, reservations, and reporting so its clients can spend time on their most important job, taking care of their guests. Cloudbeds wasfounded in 2012 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
• 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.

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• Opt Fit — Opt Fit is a fitness industry that provides fitness, wellness and health-care services.
• Monochrome — Monochrome is creating a home operating system in order to power the next generation of energy-producing homes and roofs. The company is based in Chuo Ward, Tokyo.
• Bluefield Energy — Bluefield Energy redefines Japan's electricity sector through technology-driven renewable energy solutions. Its mission centers on liberating people and society from energy constraints by tackling high costs, environmental impact, and supply instability.

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• QunaSys — Quantum physics is a relatively new field built since the beginning of the 20th century, but we have used MRI (nuclear magnetic resonance equipment) and lasers used for close examinations in hospitals, and semiconductors mounted on computers. Supports the technology that supports the daily life of people.QunaSys was established to bring out thequantum physics that has been active behind the scenes to the front stage, and to make use of quantum properties to realize technologies that could not be achieved with existing technologies.
• Thinker — Thinker provides sales of proximity sensors and proposed solutions using these products.
• Celaid Therapeutics — Celaid Therapeutics specializes in manufacturing and sales of regenerative medicine products utilizing human hematopoietic stem cells.