Top 50 Education Angel Investors in Japan (August 2026)

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• D-Chain — D-Chain offers services related to IT development and production in the Web3 and Web2 fields.
• Rayout — Rayout is a business consulting company that provides creative content development, recruitment videos, and web production services.
• CAREER BIJIN — Career bijin is a total support company.

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• MI-6 — MI-6 is a research, development, consulting, and project management for material development using IT. We will promote materials informatics in the field of material development with our technological capabilities and a wealth of project knowledge that challenge the world's most advanced technologies .
• ELESTYLE — ELESTYLE are promoting mobile payments and providing high value-added services for users to realize a cashless society.
• Luup — Luup is Japan's #1 e-scooter and e-bike sharing service provider. Luup currently operates in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and Yokohama, while planning to expand to other cities all over Japan. The service is based on a high-density port network, where anyone can rent and return to their original fleets.

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• Polyglots — POLYGLOTS designs and develops English news-reader mobile applications. It helps its application users learn English while reading news updates.POLYGLOTS is a development and operation of the English learning application "POLYGLOTS", the Japanese learning application "MONDO", and the finance / accounting specializedlearning application "Bigo", and the development and provision of an adaptive learning platform.

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• On the Trip — On The Trip is an iOS app that turns your iPhone into an GPS-enabled audio travel guide. It was launched last week and is now available on the iTunes AppStore.
• Amateras Space — Amateras Space is a startup driven by the mission to “expand the realm of human activity,” aiming to establish a next-generation spacesuit business by developing advanced, practical technologies that enable humans to work, explore, and thrive in space and other extreme environments.
• RIMM Sustainability — RIMM Sustainability provides a SaaS platform that enables companies of all sizes to optimise their sustainability management effort. It builds tools for sustainability management, reporting and optimisation.

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• Vitabi — Vitabi is a company that offers a healthcare app for overseas travelers.
• Kakedas — Kakedas specializes in the development and operation of web services.
• noFRAME schools — noFRAME schools is an EdTech startup is a mission to reinvent a textbook.

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• AssetHub — AssetHub is an AI-powered 3D modeling tool that enables game developers to create and edit 3D assets 100 times faster, enabling mass production of content and combining AI with manual work, enabling faster prototyping and editing.
• Peach Cars — Buy or sell your car in Nairobi-Kenya with ease. Browse a wide range of vehicles, connect with trusted sellers, and find the perfect car today. Simple, fast, and secure transactions.
• AnotherBall — AnotherBall is a blockchain startup that combines entertainment and blockchain.

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• KIYO Learning — KIYO Learning offers a commuting course, an online course to acquire qualifications for business people.

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• bgrass — bgrass is a consultation support platform for women working in the IT industry.
• Kids Snack Lab — Kids Snack Lab is a food manufacturing firm that produces and sells nutritional sweets for children.
• Metaverse Creators — Metaverse Creators is a feature-rich virtual platform providing gamers with a wide range of games, creation tools, and avatar editing tools.

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• MIL — MIL is a marketing company it can be used for a wide range of video marketing such as video commerce , O2O measures , recruitment videos , and landing videos.
• Morght — Morght is an information technology service company.
• MiL Inc — Emerging products for healthcare food brands Producing food retailing and wholesale recipe development Restaurant management Catering media operation.

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• COELU — COELU wants to be at the forefront of organizations that decide to take on obstacles in order to become a "core of growth."
• Ixyas — Ixyas offers internet service planning, operation, marketing support, and sales services.
• CAN EAT — CAN EAT is an information-intensive web service that can be expected to prevent allergic accidents.

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• Qurate Inc. (Japan) — Plan, create and manage all your content, across all your channels with all your teams. Try for free now.
• Kakedas — Kakedas specializes in the development and operation of web services.
• noFRAME schools — noFRAME schools is an EdTech startup is a mission to reinvent a textbook.

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• FiT — FiT encourages the use of information technology in fitness to address industrial concerns. We will build a highly sustainable fitness facility using a business model that allows consumers to easily use the gym without being burdened by price or procedures, while also allowing owners to build a very successful business with low running costs.
• Aoyama Arts — Aoyama Arts is an architecture and consulting company that develops design offices and supports land search and financing plans.
• Fabric Tokyo — FABRIC TOKYO is a Japanese startup provides a direct-to-consumer custom-made apparel brand. (former-company name Lifestyle Design Co., Ltd.). It enables customers to save their sizes, idea fabrics, and favorite designs, allowing them to make their original clothing later.FABRIC TOKYO was founded in 2012 by Yuichiro Mori and is based in Tokyo,Japan.

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• Kakedas — Kakedas specializes in the development and operation of web services.
• noFRAME schools — noFRAME schools is an EdTech startup is a mission to reinvent a textbook.

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• Reby — Reby is a European multinational company involved in the design, construction, financing, operation (DBFO) and maintenance of public sharing transport infrastructure. Today, Reby is the Southern Europe leader in the micromobility field, with over 15 agreements with public administrations. The company was founded by four entrepreneurs (Pep Gómez,Kiran Thomas, Cristina Castillo, and Guillem Pagès) in 2018 as a micromobility operator, winning the first public tender in Europe for kickscooters, in the city of Zaragoza (Spain). During the COVID-19 pandemic, the company increased its R&D efforts, expanding into the MaaS (mobility-as-a-service) economy and the investment banking/franchising business for public administrations (through PPPs), public utility companies, as well as SMEs.
• Refurbed — Refurbed operates as an online marketplace for refurbished products in the german-speaking world. It sells renewed phones, laptops and tablets which are up to 40% cheaper and 100% more environmentally friendly than their brand-new, store-bought counterparts. Refurbed devices are renewed through a 40-step process, making them look like new andfunction like new. On top of that, each device comes with at least a 12-month guarantee.The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.
• Opal — Protect your focus time. Schedule your days, block distracting apps and focus fully, on your iPhone, Chrome, Firefox, and Safari browser. Try Opal for Free!

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• Ezay — Ezay provides a mobile platform that connects rural 'mom-and-pop' shops with B2B market place and provide financial and logistics services.
• CURBON — CURBON is a Japan's largest photo learning site for C2C,Provides learning content such as video lectures and photography classes, Lightroom presets, etc.
• Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.

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• JAPAN HEALTHCARE — Japan Healthcare is a healthcare start-up that works on the prevention of musculoskeletal diseases with environmentally-friendly preventive medicine . Japan Healthcare Build a preventive system for musculoskeletal diseases with environmentally-improving preventive medicine.
• Japan Healthcare Info — Japan Healthcase Info locates english-speaking doctors for you and makes appointments
• Legal Technology Japan — Legal Technology is into development of cloud-based research tool called 'Legal Library' using legal books.

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• CoverRight — CoverRight operates at the intersection of digital health and finance. The company provides a digital-first Medicare navigation experience where consumers can receive customized Medicare plan suggestions. CoverRight collaborates with experienced Insurance, Banking, Pharmacy and Healthcare Provider partners nationwide to create a digitally-drivenand personalized Medicare enrollment and health navigation experience.
• Autumn — Autumn connects bereaved families with vetted grief counselors, estate attorneys, funeral directors, and more. Free guides and provider matching included.
• Credit Mountain — Provide your users with a full-suite of tools designed to help improve credit scores. Offer your members a PATH TO YES!

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• CAN EAT — CAN EAT is an information-intensive web service that can be expected to prevent allergic accidents.
• Progrit — PROGRIT is an English-related media management company.
• Luup — Luup is Japan's #1 e-scooter and e-bike sharing service provider. Luup currently operates in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and Yokohama, while planning to expand to other cities all over Japan. The service is based on a high-density port network, where anyone can rent and return to their original fleets.

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• DariaMe — DariaMe is a web media planning, development and operation, planning and production of various contents, online consultation service.
• BrainCat — BrainCat is a Japanese company that specializes in developing FinTech platforms. It has developed a social fund service “Gojo”. BrainCat was established on June 29, 2016.
• Kepple — Kepple Accounting is a start-up accounting and tax services.

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• iiba — Iiba is a geospatial platform that specializes in providing location information related to child-rearing.
• Tohakusha — Tohakusha is a creative agency that offers design, production and sale of digital content and EC websites, and content creation services.
• Neighbor — Neighbor is a metaverse game developer that specializes in Fortnite.

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• MoonJapan — MoonJapan is an educational impact startup that offers a variety of programs and thorough assistance.

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• LOGZ Group — LOGZ Group offers employment support for people with disabilities.

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• Next Innovation — Next Innovation is an online consulting provider for health care.
• Next Innovation — Next Innovation is an investment firm that focuses on the education sector.

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• Kamado — Kamado is a publisher of magazines. They offer products that include artist articles, colomn article series, and web magazines.
• Yondemy — Yondemy is an online platform for children reading books.
• Log build — Log build offers a new form of on-site management that enables productivity improvement and real-time visualization and sharing of on-site information through on-site management robots and VR software. The company provides AI development, VR development, construction site construction management robot, cloud site management, and construction siteplatform.

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• rocketa — Rocketa is a news curation and social media platform.
• alma — alma is a community platform to learn design.
• Meetcareer — Meetcareer provides online counseling services for career planning.

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• Coursebase — Coursebase is a developer of a learning management system used in providing training through an enterprise web application. It delivers and manages all types of training that help to automate course registration, grading of assignments, email reminders, surveys, and reports for online and in-person training courses that enable clients to createcourses and assign tests for their employees.

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• SPORNIA — SPORNIA is an editor of sports knowledge technology.We provide support for athletes using content and monetization using emerging media such as SNS and YouTube.
• Best Beer Japan — Best Beer Japan provides a barrel tracking software for craft beer and barrel sharing. The company was founded in 2018.
• THE APP BASE Inc — THE APP BASE Inc is a design firm that provides its clients with web and mobile services. Founded in 2012, the firm also operates co-working spaces.

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• Coconala — Coconala operates a website to buy and sell knowledge, skills and, experience from users who are willing to teach. It provides a broad range of services for sellers including fortune-telling, relieving mental anguish, illustration, design, consultation for hobbies, and travel destinations. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Japan.
• Fermenstation — Fermen Station provides consulting services on the utilization of local resources, adding value, and creating new products. In addition, develop product development business by utilizing fermentation technology. We also provide education and information on brewing and fermentation technology.

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• LOGZ Group — LOGZ Group offers employment support for people with disabilities.

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• LOGZ Group — LOGZ Group offers employment support for people with disabilities.

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• alma — alma is a community platform to learn design.

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• Rayout — Rayout is a business consulting company that provides creative content development, recruitment videos, and web production services.

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• alma — alma is a community platform to learn design.

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• Tril — Tril is a social recommendations network that enables its users to discover movies, television shows, music, restaurants, and more from other people. It was launched in 2014 and is based in Brooklyn, New York.
• Cornershop — Cornershop is an on-demand grocery delivery service for the Latin American market.Founded simultaneously in Santiago, Chile, and Mexico City in 2015, we now operate in 8 countries across the Americas.In July 2020, Uber acquired a majority stake in the company. This provided an important injection of capital and allows the company to access moreresources to continue building and improving its service over the upcoming years. Cornershop Mexico was not part of the transaction and will continue to operate independently while waiting for approval from the Mexican antitrust authorities (COFECE).
• Pago Rural — Pago Rural is an inclusive lend and pay platform, specially designed for underserved farmers and distributors (most of them SMEs). Originally it emerged as a concrete response to the growing financial needs of agriculture and supports the growth and sustainability of producers in the long term.With Pago Rural, the agricultural producer canfinance the purchase of their inputs such as seeds, agrochemicals, fertilizers and others, in a simple, agile, and safe way. We improve the efficiency and operating margins of the entire value chain, integrating technology and structured financial products, aligning incentives, and offering a winning solution for farmers and suppliers. Pago Rural was established in 2014 and is based in Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo.

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• Hackazouk — Hackazouk is an HR Tech company that operates Official-Alumni.com, an alumni relationship management system in Japan and the Philippines to help companies stay connected with their alumni.
• bond Japan — Bond Co., Ltd. is a video learning platform specializing in Japanese language studies.
• Linklusion — Linklusion is a system development and management support for microfinance institutions in developing countries

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• Edoga — Edoga is a VR production and education company. Edoga offer services such as "VR training" and "off-site VR".
• Collectest — Collectest specializes in integrating AI into trading card appraisal procedures that show current market pricing and verify authenticity.
• Be-A Japan — Bé-A Japan producer and distributor of fashion accessories. They provide products that include underwear, sanitary napkins, interior goods, fashion accessories, health foods, and cosmetic products. They offer products that are available for shopping online.

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• MIL — MIL is a marketing company it can be used for a wide range of video marketing such as video commerce , O2O measures , recruitment videos , and landing videos.
• Vivid Garden — vivid garden is an Agriculture company.
• SAMURAI Security — SAMURAI Security is a best support tech company.

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• SaaStock — SaaStock was founded by Alexa Theuma on a simple belief: When the SaaS community comes together, the result is collective improvement.That’s why SaaStock events connect key players in the world of SaaS, by serving as a platform for learning, networking, demos, and investments. The premier 3-day SaaStock conference occurs annually in Dublin,Ireland. It attracts 3000+ attendees, all in the business of growing and scaling B2B SaaS companies.The conference includes satellite events such as: 1. SaaS.City - A series of SaaS management bootcamps. 2. InvestStock - An investor-only, content and networking event. 3. Startup Programme - An opportunity for startups to showcase products, connect with investors, and accelerate their growth. 4. Global Pitch Competition - A hunt to find the year’s “Best SaaS Startup” with a $25,000 grand prize.SaaStock also hosts 1-day, SaaStock On Tour events in locations including Paris, London, Sydney, Helsinki, Berlin, and New York.
• NexHealth — Join thousands of doctors, hundreds of developers, and millions of patients using NexHealth for EHR-integrated real-time online scheduling, patient communications, digital paperwork, and more.
• Server Density — Server Density is a SaaS-based product that helps users manage and monitor their infrastructure. The tool syncs with major cloud providers and allows users to monitor their websites and servers from a single console, API, and mobile app; enabling them to diagnose problems, maintain uptime, and maximize performance. Server Density is available onLinux, Windows, OS X, and FreeBSD servers.Server Density offers automatic agent installation for Puppet, Chef, and Ansible as well as alternative installer for scripts and packages that works in any environment.Users can receive server monitoring alerts in the form of emails, SMS, push notifications, PagerDuty, and web hooks. They can stack, collect, and compare alerts with graph dashboards across servers and clusters. Metrics can be automatically pulled in from Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Rackspace.Server Density was launched in 2009 by David Mytton and is operated from London, United Kingdom.

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• Morght — Morght is an information technology service company.
• Tagpic — Tagpic offers influencer marketing targeting services such as influencer casting, SNS branding, and talent production.
• H&H Group Japan — H&H Holdingsis a Professional Services company.

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• LOGZ Group — LOGZ Group offers employment support for people with disabilities.

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• LOGZ Group — LOGZ Group offers employment support for people with disabilities.

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• BionicM — BionicM develops high-performance robot prostheses that enhance mobility for people with disabilities.BionicM has been conducting research on innovative technologies since 2015 at the University of Tokyo's Information Systems Engineering Laboratory (JSK) under the guidance of Professor Inaba and utilizing the world's most advancedrobotics research. In 2016, we were adopted by the Japan Science and Technology Agency as part of "Program for Creating STart-ups from Advanced Research and Technology" (START), and in 2018, the company was established as a joint-stock company.
• AndGAMER — AndGAMER is an eSports agency that develops custom controllers and gaming products for players.
• Freecracy — FreeC a platform that connects millions of employers and job seekers by utilizing intelligent matching technology that is powered by AI.

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• Hireroo — HireRoo is an online coding test service that checks the skills of engineers through programming tests. It provides problems that correspond to a wide range of levels, from new graduates to mid-career tech leads, engineering managers, and various occupations. They also provide coding test planning and execution services.
• Anyplace — Book work-ready furnished apartments for 30+ day stays. No lease, home office setup, high-speed internet, and full price transparency for professionals.
• space data — Space Data is based on an algorithm that allows the AI to recognize geospatial data from the Earth and easily assign another Earth in VR. The company is developing an algorithm to automatically generate another "Earth" in virtual space using 3DCG technology by making the AI understand the geospatial information of the Earth by learningthe vast amount of ground observation data available from satellites. They want to create an AI that can reconstruct the "world" in virtual space by learning all kinds of data from this world, such as traffic volume, pedestrian traffic, day and night, four seasons, temperature, plant distribution, and nighttime light intensity. Its goal is to build a future in which everyone has the ability to create their own world (universe) and shape their own destiny without regard for race, gender, appearance, or environment.

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• Viling — Viling is a provider of education services for children, including STEMON, a science-math programming school that utilizes building blocks and robot tools; BOKEN, an exploration-based learning school; and Afterschool LeaLea, a primary school that provides lessons for swimming, English, gymnastics and ballet, and more.

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• Jizai — Jizai is a provider of artificial intelligence technology, offering AI solutions, software-as-a-service products powered by AI, and robots that utilize AI capabilities for businesses across various industries. The company focuses on generative AI, large language models (LLMs), and robotics, offering customizable AI platforms and automation tools.It also engages in AI consulting and research collaborations.
• Unite — We started Unite because we saw a problem.Two problems, in fact. A problem faced by marketplace sellers like you, who see high- quality traffic on your pages but have no way of retargeting shoppers who don’t end up purchasing, leaving potential sales on the table. And a problem faced by the marketplaces where you sell, which win by helping youdrive sales but aren’t equipped to offer you the sorts of online advertising tools like retargeting pixels, audience creation, and campaign management platforms that big brands have been using for years.That’s where we come in. Understanding these constraints and sharing the frustration faced by both sellers and marketplaces over lost revenue and lost customers, we created the perfect platform to put the industry’s most powerful advertising technology capabilities in the hands of people like you, building them into the marketplaces where you already sell. The result? Higher traffic and higher conversion rates. In other words, higher sales.Today, thousands of sellers across the Internet are using Unite to advertise like a big brand and drive sales. It’s time to join them.
• MainFunc — MainFunc is a technology company building AI‑driven productivity tools, with a focus on enabling users, including knowledge workers and teams, to get real work done via autonomous AI agents. The company’s flagship product is Genspark, an AI workspace that automates tasks by collecting information from web searches, emails, meetings, and calls,processing it through a “Super Agent” that orchestrates many specialized AI sub‑agents, and generating outputs like full reports, slide decks, spreadsheets, or even prototype applications.In addition to productivity automation, MainFunc markets Genspark as an enhanced search and research tool: when users query the web, Genspark generates consolidated, bias‑reduced summaries using multiple underlying large‑language or multimodal models rather than relying on traditional keyword‑based ranking.

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• Issues — Issues provides development and management of web service issues that solve the problems.
• Cocoach — Cocoach provides online education service.
• Crediation — Crediation is a digital finance provider that provides small and medium-sized businesses with complete access to financial services to build their enterprises by providing seamless mobile lending experiences. is a stock finance facility focused on helping business owners receive the capital they need to refill their enterprises through convenient,inexpensive, and sustainable loans.

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• Modalis Therapeutics — Modalis Therapeutics Corporation is an biotech company focusing on developing transformative therapeutics for unmet medical needs using its proprietary technologies on CRISPR and protein engineering platforms. The company has a strong foundation on intellectual property licensed from the University of Tokyo.
• TECOTEC — TECOTEC specializes in web 3.0 based on crypto assets to financial products. TECOTEC provides solutions such as a payment authentication system, securities frontier, blockchain, digital content, and marketing.
• Brave group — Brave group engages in IP development, marketing and support services.

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• Penmark — Penmark is a timetable management application that may also be used as a course management tool. The company's platform offers courses based on lesson data and lesson reviews that are unique to each university. Additionally, the in-class talk room generated for each class allows students to communicate with others who are taking the sameclass, allowing college students to take on challenges by thoroughly confronting each student and providing support that respects the individual's will.
• NoSchool — NoSchool is possible to ask a study teacher to a professional teacher who is working as a tutor or a private lecturer for free.
• Posiwill — Posiwill is a operating a career consultation service with job seekers billing type.

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• Zeigo — Zeigo by Schneider Electric provides sustainability software for efficient carbon reduction and supply chain decarbonization, aiming for a carbon-free future.
• RootWave — RootWave is an electronics company that develops tools that kill weeds it enables farmers to control weeds on their farm. Its technology is an alternative substitute for herbicides and other weed control chemicals. The company was founded in 2012 and headquartered in Warwickshire, United Kingdom.
• Sniffer Robotics — Comprehensive methane emissions detection and quantification, advanced imagery and analytics; Sniffer Robotics provides advanced solutions that benefit the environment.

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• RIZAP — RIZAP is a chain of a private gym that offers fitness training and consulting services.
• Intellect — Intellect is a global mental health benefits company serving 4 million+ members across 100 countries in 120+ languages. Access coaching, therapy, self-care tools, crisis management, L&D programmes, and more.
• Hippo Insurance — Hippo Insurance Services offers a different kind of home insurance, built from the ground up to provide a new standard of care and protection for homeowners. Our goal is to make homes safer and better protected so customers spend less time worrying about the burdens of homeownership and more time enjoying their homes and the life within. Harnessingreal-time data, smart home technology, and a growing suite of home services, we are creating the first integrated home protection platform. Hippo is headquartered in Palo Alto, California with offices in Austin and Dallas, Texas, and insurance products available to more than 80 percent of U.S. homeowners in 37 states. Hippo Insurance Services is a licensed property casualty insurance agent with products underwritten by various insurance companies.