Top 40 Art Startup Investors in Japan in May 2026

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• Tasogare — Tasogare distributes high-quality coffee.
• The ROOM4D — The ROOM4D is a contract data analysis consulting service company.
• PeaceTecLab — PeaceTecLab is a CtoCsharing service, as its main business.

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• 6curry — 6curry is a brand that creates a new community around “curry”, one of the world's best Japanese foods. The concept is to mix many people and ideas like curry made by mixing various ingredients and spices. Original menu development, weekly events are held in the central kitchen, open only to members. We design and produce communication bornfrom food, such as event catering for over 500 people and communication proposals within the company.
• TRiCERA — TRiCERA is a contemporary art global platform management company.
• Vivid Garden — vivid garden is an Agriculture company.

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• initialpoint — initialpoint develops an authentication systems for the telecommunications industry, social infrastructure, and security solution companies.
• Galapagos — Galapagos is a manufacturing company that focuses on results.They trying to create an application that produces results in the application market where only good things are evaluated.
• Galapagos Japan — Galapagos is a manufacturing company that focuses on results.They trying to create an application that produces results in the application market where only good things are evaluated.

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• Triorb — Triorb is a technology company that specializes in robot mobility development with the help of software and hardware solutions.
• Aerem — Make the switch to rooftop solar effortlessly with Aerem solution's innovative solar finance and technology solutions. Discover how we're making solar adoption easier than ever before and start saving on your energy costs.
• Power Wave — Power Wave seeks a carbon-neutral world using wave technology for wireless power, tackling global warming and fuel depletion.

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• Jiraffe — jiraffe focusses on Internet service planning, development, and management.
• TRiCERA — TRiCERA is a contemporary art global platform management company.
• Psychic VR Lab — Psychic VR Lab is a startup company that handles fashion VR and MR shopping service STYLY. They are creating a future where they will live in space.

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• Helpfeel — Our vision is to make saving, sharing, and exploring ideas as natural as breathing. On this journey we're humbled to be helping millions around the world from solo makers to university research labs, from gamers to pro designers, and large to small teams like ours.
• Asuene — Asuene involves in clean power retail business, retail SaaS business, etc.
• Cognigy — Automate customer and employee services through Conversational AI implementation across any organization with Cognigy. Book demo or try free now!

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• Samansa — Samansa is a film production company that offers planning, production, and distribution of telefilms, dramas, and short series.
• Space quarters — Space Quarters is a manufacturing company that produces payload deploy and panels, and develops space assembly robotic systems.
• 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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• 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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• Eko — Turning workplaces into places where all employees can thrive.
• Reject — Reject is an esports firm that focuses on management of its team REJECT, players, apparel business, and event management services.
• ReDelta — Redelta provides a technology‑enabled platform and advisory services for cross‑border mergers and acquisitions between Japan and Southeast Asia. The service operates an In‑Out marketplace that connects corporate buyers, business owners, and investors pursuing expansion or divestiture. Engagements include deal sourcing, preliminary screening,valuation viewpoints, and coordination with local professionals throughout the transaction process. Sector and country reports, market briefs, and knowledge articles support planning and investment theses. The platform centralizes mandates and opportunities and facilitates communication between counterparties to accelerate initial discussions. Consulting support also addresses partner introductions and market entry considerations linked to post‑transaction growth.

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• TBM — TBM is a company that develops, manufactures and sells paper and plastic alternative products made from a limestone-based material known as “LIMEX”.
• FIREBUG — FIREBUG enables comedians, actresses, models, artists, managers, and creators to develop their skills. They arrange production plans for numerous talents and create IP and advertising items based on the social networking sites of the talents. Additionally, they offer marketing solutions built around a range of talent-focused content. They offerbasic marketing assistance and advertising for businesses.
• IDN Media — IDN Media is the leading media platform company for Millennials and Gen Z in Indonesia.

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• Ichirou — Ichirou provides digital senior care support services to connect elderly people with caretakers. It offers caretaker services for different types of support, including housework, hospital care, nursing, hospital and doctor visits, and shopping assistance.
• Samansa — Samansa is a film production company that offers planning, production, and distribution of telefilms, dramas, and short series.
• Thinkr — THINKR provides advertising, video production, content, UX design, and animation services.

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• Thinkr — THINKR provides advertising, video production, content, UX design, and animation services.

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• Trustart — Trustart engages in real estate research business and real estate big data provision. The company offers real estate big data and big data subscriptions.
• Upward — UPWARD is highly by linking CRM · schedule map / location information, is a cloud service for the visiting business of field sales easier. Field salespersons who have many customers and who are out of the office feel that it is difficult to grasp all customers to Kampek and measure the timing of visits no matter how memorable they are.
• Surv Biopharma — Surv Biopharma develops a drug discovery platform that facilitates research and development of veterinary drugs and pharmaceutical products.

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• Thinkr — THINKR provides advertising, video production, content, UX design, and animation services.

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• ARTLOGUE — ARTLOGUE is an arts tech company that innovates in the art industry through technology. It is also a social art media that works to solve social problems that make use of art. It was established on July 7, 2017.

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• Opt Fit — Opt Fit is a fitness industry that provides fitness, wellness and health-care services.
• Trustart — Trustart engages in real estate research business and real estate big data provision. The company offers real estate big data and big data subscriptions.
• ARCS — ARCS specializes in developing assisted reproductive medical devices using robotics and artificial intelligence technology.

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• DeCurret — DeCurret is into Cryptocurrency Business.
• Favy — Favy is a platform that enables businesses such as restaurants and beauty salons to launch subscription services.
• Thinkr — THINKR provides advertising, video production, content, UX design, and animation services.

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• Aqua Age — Aqua Age is an IT services company that develops AI solutions such as natural language processing, machine learning, and computer vision.
• Volve Creative — Volve Creative is a media company that provides virtual artist management, events, advertising video, and music production services.

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• Flosfia — FLOSFIA is a spin-off from a research of Kyoto University, specializing in film-formation by mist chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Making use of physical properties of gallium oxide (Ga2O3), FLOSFIA has devoted to development of low-loss power devices.
• Ashirase — Ashirase is a developer of a walking navigation system for the visually challenged. The company assists visually impaired people in walking independently. This also allows the user to have more attention to spare for audible warnings in their environment. It includes voice input and guidance via a smartphone app. A vibration interface is attachedto their shoes.
• ORENDA WORLD — ORENDA focuses on developing high-definition 3D simulation systems that apply gamification and real-time rendering technology.

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• Welmo — WELMO has currently been working on R&D to launch Japan's largest welfare AI service platform called "CPA(Care Plan Assistant)" which supports care coordinator (caregiver), who helps a daily activities of the elderly people, to create a care plan for them, with using ICT and advanced technology, especially NLP(Natural LanguageProcessing), in terms of knowledge support. It has mainly two fundamental technologies; data warehouse includes all fast date and big date about care, explainable AI that describes a reason why the care is provided for the users. It also reduces time and cost to create the care plan, which enables anyone to be able to use easily and get enough information that the users want to know and use.
• Housmart — Housmart is a real estate media company
• Startbahn — Startbahn develops Startrail, a sustainable and scalable blockchain infrastructure that assures the reliability, authenticity, and traceability of artworks.

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• GMO Flatt Security — Flatt Security is a cyber security company for all developers.
• Lecto — Lecto provides Saas solutions to eliminate the tedious practices behind financial services
• Respo — Respo is a service that enables people to save money by buying things at a discount.

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• Taian — Taian, which specializes in bridal industry services and software. They also provide ''Concept Marry,'' which allows couples to design invites and seating charts that match their wedding theme, as well as display guest information on Oiwaii.
• Atmoph — A smart digital window that opens to beautiful scenery from around the world. By simply putting it on your desk or hanging it on the wall, Atmoph Window will open up a whole new world before you.
• Cloudbase — Cloudbase is an information technology company that specializes in the fields of cloud services and management.

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• Hitcard — Hitcard is a trendy card culture brand that uses technology to upgrade card-like consumer products.
• Stems Labs — community and platform for collaborative creativity
• MetaverseGo — MetaverseGo is a web 3.0 app that offers easy access to Play-and-Earn Games, Guilds, NFTs, and Decentralized Applications allowing users to own assets, connect with industry players, and use their earnings across multiple payment platforms.

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• Degas — Degas develops solutions to improve the productivity of small-scale farmers in Africa.
• pickupon — Pickupon is a company that transcribes important parts of the call
• Hakki Africa — HAKKI AFRICA provides microfinance services for SMEs.

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• Caguuu — Caguuu offers high-quality designer furniture at affordable prices, through e-commerce, eliminating middlemen and store operating costs.
• Carebell — Carebell operates a digital care system that combines 24-hour real-time monitoring and emotional care to address safety issues for single-person elderly households and the elderly living alone.
• MetaSensing — MetaSensing specializes in the development, manufacturing, and commercialization of advanced attachable Raman sensors, designed to provide precise, real-time chemical and molecular analysis across a wide range of applications, including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, environmental monitoring, and industrial process control.

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• KKday — KKday is an e-commerce travel platform that offers 10,000+ experiences around the world. It provides a wide breadth of experiences, including theme park tickets, cooking classes, multi-day tours, airport transfers, sim cards, and hidden sights off the beaten path. KKday was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in T'ai-pei, Taiwan.
• Instalimb — Instalimb is the world's first 3D printing prosthesis business.
• Findy — Findy is a Japanese company once surprised the world by sending out products such as cars and home appliances one after another

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• RSS3 — RSS3 is an open protocol designed for content and social networks in the Web 3.0 era.
• GCR DAO — Global Coin Research is a Community-led DAO for Web3 Research & Investing. We source, vet & fund Pre-Seed to Series A opportunities. Join to Invest Together!
• Brand New Vision — Brand New Vision uses smart contracts to help creators sell digital fashion and other accessories.

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• RATEL — Since its establishment in 2018, the company has been operating and broadcasting esports tournaments with the mission of making esports the best entertainment in the universe. We mainly run official tournaments and large-scale tournaments for various titles such as CoD Mobile, CoDBOCW, ApexLegends, VALORANT, and Knives out. We are also developing avoice chat application called “VOLBOX” to solve the issues raised by many esports players.
• Stayway — Stayway is operating the world's largest hotel and vacation facility search and comparison site.
• Cloudbase — Cloudbase is an information technology company that specializes in the fields of cloud services and management.

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• Modrinth — Rinth's goal is to provide creators with an easy to use and functional platform where their work can be experienced, downloaded, and shared by gamers worldwide. We aim to turn the hobby of modding games to a stable career.
• mod.io — Support mods on PC, console and mobile with mod.io, a platform which makes it easy to grow, manage and integrate UGC in-game, using our API, SDK and plugins for Unity, Unreal Engine and more.
• Highlight — Highlight keeps track of your meetings, chats, and tasks so you can find answers, create, and act, all in one place, personalized for you.

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• Shippo — Shippo is the best multi-carrier shipping software for e-commerce businesses. Find the best shipping rates, integrate with e-commerce platforms, print shipping labels, track package delivery, and verify addresses with either our shipping API or web app.
• CAMPFIRE — Campfire engages in the planning, development, and operation of a crowd funding platform.They operate the largest cloud funding platform in Japan [CAMPFIRE (campfire)], which supports "whoever wants to start something."The fee is 5% of the domestic level, and about 15,000 projects have collected about $70million in total from over700,000 people.
• Spectra Japan — Spectra is a Provision of services for artists and fans company.

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• ARTLOGUE — ARTLOGUE is an arts tech company that innovates in the art industry through technology. It is also a social art media that works to solve social problems that make use of art. It was established on July 7, 2017.
• Replace — Replace operates " STAND3.0" that matches the opening of stalls and idle spaces.

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• Sozi — The core members of Sozi are information technology experts. I have been involved in communication and web service development in the information society. On the other hand, each is familiar with many contents such as manga, anime, and illustrations .
• Anique — Anique is a service that utilizes blockchain technology to make artworks.
• Misaky Tokyo — Marine plant-based, handmade Japanese sweets. These crystal treats are individually handcrafted, the perfect gift idea! Vegan, gluten-free, and additive-free confectionery, with stunning flavors such as Yuzu, Matcha, and Rose. Supporting artisans in their craft. Japanese luxury sweets with a surprise inside.

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• Brhino — Brhino provides planning, development, and management of web services. The company's product, Monokabu, is a site where people can buy and sell sneakers and things like stock. Brhino is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
• LEAN BODY — Lean Body is an online platform for fitness videos.
• Stacked — Stacked is a new membership platform where fans get the most out of their support for creators.

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• Startbahn — Startbahn develops Startrail, a sustainable and scalable blockchain infrastructure that assures the reliability, authenticity, and traceability of artworks.

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• OurPhoto — OurPhoto is a service that matches clients and photographers. Professional and semi-professional shooting is surprisingly high quality and reasonable.
• MiRaY School — MiRaY School is an Education based company that service Gifte (! Kifte) is a service that offers a learning experience for the future of children and children.
• GranSky Studios — GranSky Studios makes good stories as well as animations which all ages can enjoy. GranSky Studios brings light of dream and hope to people worldwide through our production.

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• GAZAI — GAZAI is a design company that provides image generation solutions, anime, and cartoon design services.

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• Thinkr — THINKR provides advertising, video production, content, UX design, and animation services.
• Knowhere — Knowhere is a company that applies high-performance AI to sports.
• 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.

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• Newmo — newmo delivers sustainable local public transportation create a user experience (UX) that people may utilize with peace of mind and comfort.
• Light — Light is a software development company that allows streamers and viewers to connect in real time through an application.
• Qlay — Qlay is an AI-automated global engineer hiring platform

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• SKY FARM — Sky Farm is a platform for restaurants' and shops' ordering systems. They provide an ordering system to make delivery, takeout, and table orders.
• Light — Light is a software development company that allows streamers and viewers to connect in real time through an application.
• Deeping Source — Real-time Video Analytics based on Data Anonymization. High-accuracy computer vision for large-scale spaces: hypermarkets, shopping malls, convention centers, hospitals, logistics warehouses, construction sites, etc.

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• YAMAP — YAMAP is born to make your outdoors, such as hike or ski, more safety, and more enjoyable with your iPhone. YAMAP App can track and log your outdoors, view elevation info, and build an online outdoor journal. 
Love & share the outdoors with YAMAP ! ■■ Three Main Features of YAMAP ■■ 1) Safe ◆YAMAP App makes your iPhone a special GPSdevice for the outdoors. YAMAP App could provide accurate positioning information with YAMAP's maps in Japan and your iPhone's GPS, even if you are in places not reached by mobile phone signals, such as in mountainous regions. 2) Convenience ◆ YAMAP Hybrid Maps YAMAP's maps are used as digital ones with your iPhone, and as ones on paper by downloading them to your PC (or tablet PC). 3) Share ◆You can easily share your outdoor data with your family and friends through YAMAP Web service. Once you finish your outdoor and save your data, YAMAP App automatically uploads to your online 'ACTIVITY REPORT' on YAMAP Web service (http://yamap.co.jp) where you can view your route, outdoor data, and a comprehensive workout history. In addition, YAMAP gives you the ability to easily share your outdoor data with friends and family.
• Toletta Cats — Toletta Cats is a healthcare approved by cat lovers company they aim to create a world in which we all live longer and happier with our beloved cats around us. Simple, safe and easy to use at home,in a Japanese cat-friendly way.
• GranSky Studios — GranSky Studios makes good stories as well as animations which all ages can enjoy. GranSky Studios brings light of dream and hope to people worldwide through our production.