Top 50 Internet VC Funds & Investors in Japan (July 2026)

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• Eko — Turning workplaces into places where all employees can thrive.
• FitHappy — FitHappy is a behavioral & medical-based wellness app to solve diet problems for good.
• Bioma — Media Desa Terkini

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• Fermelanta — Fermelanta produces rare plant-based ingredients through microbial fermentation. It engineers a cell to build a biosynthetic pathway of target molecules with gene transfer and disruption.
• Atom — Atom is a humanoid robot built platform. Its bipedal, dual-armed robots are designed not just as industrial tools but as collaborators that expand human capability. By combining advanced Physical AI—environmental perception, judgment, and action planning—with robust robotic hardware, Atom is creating adaptive agents capable of working acrossdiverse settings to augment or, where appropriate, replace human labor. The company positions these robots as a next step in societal evolution: a new class of machines that learn and behave in human-like ways to advance productivity, safety, and quality of life.
• Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.

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• Hibot — Hibot offers robotic platforms, and related hardware and software solutions. The company offers robots for hazardous operations as well as for maintenance and inspection of infrastructure, search, and rescue missions. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
• ICEYE — Gain access to timely and reliable SAR imaging from the world's leading New Space SAR satellite constellation.
• Autoro — Autoro is a customer business automation company with web auto robot. Autoro combines browser automation, application programming interface linkage, and machine learning, and Autoro automatically completes tasks. They automate office tasks for businesses, including report preparation, accounting, document preparation, and more.

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• Akari Hosho — Akari Hosho provides a group of trusted professionals, including lawyers and judicial scriveners. Akari Hosho provides a guarantee service.
• Black Cat Carnival — Black Cat Carnival Inc. is a communication service development company.
• Pixie Dust Technologies — Pixie Dust Technologies is a developer of computational technologies, including its ultrasonic phased array system with which one can generate force in mid-air; transport things in mid-air without touching anything; target and deliver different sounds from person to person in a crowd; direct guide-dogs; and even apply this in agricultural farming.

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• ADiXi — Adixi is a tech-driven business that supports the idea that people and technology may work together. It strives to open doors by utilizing cutting-edge technology, such as artificial intelligence, to promote long-term, sustainable corporate and societal progress.
• Diggle — DIGGLE is a service that provides fundamental management accounting management on the cloud called fraud management. It is possible to reduce the mistakes and man-hours of the fraud management task and easily carry out the fraud management task even if it is not an expert in finance or accounting.DIGGLE covers budget creation work and budgetrecord comparison work, especially in the foreman management work. In the budget creation work, the KPI and the budget are automatically created by inputting the target numerical value to the preset parameters utilizing the budget generator function, while the forecast contrasting work is made up of the financial information, non-financial information It is easy to calculate by simply entering the numerical value, and it is possible to carry out calculation of the forecast contrast.
• Luxna Biotech — Luxana Biotech is established to contribute to medical treatment for suffering patients, .

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• FunPep — FunPep is an Industry-university collaboration bioventure company.
• NEXT NEW WORLD — NEXT NEW WORLD develops and manufactures natural products with low impact on the environment. It uses sustainable Japanese silk to manufacture apparel and cosmetic products.

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• NBT — NBT specializes in the development of wind farms in the field of renewable energy in emerging markets.
• iCARE — iCARE It is the No. 1 health and labor cloud introduced in Japan, which is selected by small and medium-sized enterprises suffering from lack of manpower and large enterprises expanding their business globally .
• Base Food — Base Food produces high-quality, flavorful staple food products that are nutritionally-balanced and convenient.

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• Tacoms — CAMEL is a service that allows you to easily manage orders from multiple food delivery / takeout services on a single tablet.
• Any Style —
• Smile Robotics — Smile Robotics provides Service Robots in Japan.

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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.
• Global Trust Networks — Global Trust Networks is a company that helps foreigners to live in Japan
• 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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• EISHIN — EISHIN is a technology company that specializes in pet tech business, recruitment consulting, website creation, and development services.
• Yokohama Vanilla — Yokohama Vanilla is a Company which operates Yokohama-based gift sweets brand.

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• NovAccel — NovAccel operates as a deep tech company, ensure a stable supply of medical radioisotopes.
• AstroX — AstroX is a private space startup company that develops satellite launch vehicles for space development. It utilizes the rockoon method for developing launch vehicles and small rockets to help clients easily use space.
• Sonire Therapeutics — SONIRE Therapeutics Inc. (SONIRE) is working on a next-generation high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) therapy system that will employ acoustic engineering (ultrasound) technologies developed through cutting-edge academic research. SONIRE has been working on a next-generation high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) treatment system as a noveltherapeutic modality with the goal of giving cancer patients and their families a new future.

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• AI Mage — AI Mage is an IT company that provides AI solutions for anime production business industries.
• Umami United — Umami United is a plant-based food brand with unique focus on Japanese food technologies and traditional ingredients to make delicious and healthy food to unite people at one table. The wide lineups are designed to be vegan-friendly, buddhist friendly, and halal friendly for all.
• Albatross Technology — Albatross Technology is a technology company that develops offshore renewable energy devices and floating offshore wind turbines.

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• Henry — Henry develops and provides a cloud-based electronic medical record and receipt system for small and medium-sized hospitals.
• Ruten — Ruten is a brain-machine interface company that specializes in reconstructive treatments for infeasible and ineffective conditions.
• Tokenz — Tokenz is your all-in-one platform for global digital payments, cross-border tax compliance, and seamless payouts.

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• LQUOM — QWAVE offers cryptography communication technology.
• Direava — Direava is a medical device company that manufactures, sells, leases, and maintains medical equipments along with consulting services.
• Zerodoor HD — Zerodoor HD specializes in digital transformation in constructing industry.

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• NodeX — We build open-source embedded software and cloud tools to help developers build secure IoT products, simply. By leveraging decentralized identity and h/w root of trust technology, IoT security platform "UNiD" enables developers to automate device management and easily build secure data pipeline between every devices and the cloud.
• Simplex Quantum — Simplex Quantum conducts research and development of AI-based solutions in the healthcare field and operates the SQ-bar service.It also offers the Shinden-kun, a portable device that can analyze the measured electrocardiographic information with AI and detect heartbeat turbulence.It was established on October 3, 2014 and headquartered inTakanawa, Minato-ku.
• Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.

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• Autoro — Autoro is a customer business automation company with web auto robot. Autoro combines browser automation, application programming interface linkage, and machine learning, and Autoro automatically completes tasks. They automate office tasks for businesses, including report preparation, accounting, document preparation, and more.
• Dioseve — Dioseve is providing novel possibilities for all life.
• LOOV — LOOV is a video platform that helps in creating professional and data-driven videos for salesmen and marketers to boost conversion metrics.

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• Anaguma — Anaguma handles business development based on the philosophy of helping people with a sustainable structure. The company's business objective is to eliminate concerns about purchases and reservations, and it delivers before-sales social networks. It also provides matching services exclusively for housekeepers' personal contracts. Thecompany also offers influencer marketing services with a focus on removing waste completely from advertising and realizing a world in which good products can be sold regardless of advertising costs.Anaguma was founded in January 2016 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
• Ness — Ness is a tech company that offers 3 service websites and analytic tools for NFT marketing tool, TikTok product and NFT holders.
• Visual Bank — Visual Bank operates a stock photo business and provides an AI data platform. It aims to create a society in which the value of Japanese creations is maximized and optimized.

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• ASUENE — Asuene involves in clean power retail business, retail SaaS business, etc.
• Recompound — Recompound is a financial services startup that acts as a personal investment advisor for individuals to grow their stock market portfolios.
• Testsigma — Powerful cloud-based test automation platform that lets you automate tests for web, mobile, desktop apps, and APIs in minutes. Sign up now!

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• PIMTO — PIMTO Corporation is a technology company that provides digital solutions for location and facility management. Through its PIMT-0 service, it supports airports, stations, commercial facilities, hotels, factories, and public organizations in improving operations, profitability, and customer satisfaction. The company also focuses on addressingsocial challenges such as overtourism, regional revitalization, remote work creation, and improving access to essential services.
• Kakutoku — Nitlon Inc. provides crowdsourcing management services. The company was founded by Seiya Mitsuda on February 02, and is headquartered in Beppu, Japan.
• AlarmBox — AlarmBox develops services that make use of professional knowledge of technology and corporate screening, and changes common sense of risk management of enterprise.

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• Noin — Noin specializes in cosmetics and delivers content that accurately captures trends like videos that solve girls worries.
• Koska — Koska is a service that automates highly accurate cost calculation without trouble in the IoT system.
• Connected Robotics — Connected Robotics is an information technology company that designs and manufactures robotic arms for enterprises. The company's product, OctoChef, provides cooking services. It caters to individual restaurants, shopping malls, stations, service areas, amusement centers, and large-scale events. The company was founded in 2014 and is basedin Koganei-shi, Japan.

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• Kikuvi — Kikuvi develops an AI-driven interview agent that automates question design, execution, and analysis. It eliminates the effort of listening, allowing users to focus their time on decision-making and creativity.
• Henry — Henry develops and provides a cloud-based electronic medical record and receipt system for small and medium-sized hospitals.
• Leaner Technologies — Leaner Technologies provides cloud-based software for cost reduction analysis.

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• Zest — ZEST is an IT firm that offers consulting and management support services to its clients. It is based in Tokyo.
• FamiOne — FamiOne is creating a society that will support the future of couples who want to receive children.
• Meetcareer — Meetcareer provides online counseling services for career planning.

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• mewt — Lovable Generated Project
• Whizzo — Whizzo specializes in materials science-driven manufacturing of engineered fashion and technical textiles. Our expertise lies in creating and executing innovative textile blends tailored for applications across automotive, agriculture, medical textiles, and engineered fashion.
• CREST — CREST Capital is a private investment firm that partners with founders, families, and institutions to build, manage, and preserve wealth with discipline, alignment, and foresight.

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• Menou — MENOU specializes in AI technology and sensing technology. It features a graphical image identification modeler software.
• Space BD — Space BD aims to become a one-stop shop to respond to all issues related to industrialization of space, and alleviate the work of businesses that are developing new technologies.
• Neusignal Therapeutics — Neusignal Therapeutics is a medical company that develops therapeutic medicines for dementia and psychiatric illnesses.

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• HEAL-lll — HEAL-lll is a multifaceted firm that merges healthcare, technology, and gamification to promote individual and organizational well-being.
• Pale Blue — Water propulsion systems for sustainable space development
• Rise — Rise is a credit-led platform that enables underserved consumers to access installment-based purchasing power.

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• SRE.ai — SRE.ai delivers AI agents that automate Salesforce DevOps workflows, allowing for fast, transparent deployments, back-promotions, and impact analysis. With seamless tool integration, SRE.ai minimizes clicks and maximizes productivity, enabling teams to scale without sacrificing quality or speed.
• RightRev — Automate complex revenue recognition with RightRev. Ensure ASC 606 & IFRS 15 compliance, close books faster, and eliminate manual errors. Request a demo today.
• Hubbl Technologies — Hubbl Technologies is a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an AI-driven platform designed to optimize business systems.

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• pickupon — Pickupon is a company that transcribes important parts of the call
• Bravesoft — bravesoft is a software company that operates events and in-house product for contract development and events. The company offering services such as UI / UX design, application consignment development service, appvisor push, and technical research service.
• ventus Japan — ventus is an Media and Entertainment based company.ventus aiming to be an entertainment company that provides technology that all fans can enjoy.

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• AirKamuy — AirKamuy is an aviation company that designs and manufactures fixed-wing VTOL aircraft and drones with the help of modern technology.
• Haul — Haul is a human resources company that provides recruitment consulting and marketing SaaS development services.
• Sorabito — SORABITO is an eCommerce marketplace for used construction equipment and machinery.

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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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• 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.
• TXP Medical — TXP Medical build a next-generation medical system through acute care.
• Startbahn — Startbahn develops Startrail, a sustainable and scalable blockchain infrastructure that assures the reliability, authenticity, and traceability of artworks.

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• Yosemite — Yosemite is a wellness company that provides health and wellness products, supplements, skincare, and personal care items.
• Innovative Space Carrier — Innovative Space Carrier is a aerospace company that offers space transportation systems, planning, drafting and technology strategies.
• Interstellar Technologies — Interstellar Technologies is a rocket development, manufacturing and launch service.

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• Balus — Balus provides motion capture, Unity systems, and AR live permanent venues.The company provides character content infrastructure using real-time animation, we also support the production of original content. Balus provides the necessary technology for event planning, casting, VR events, recording and creation of production images, real-timemotion capture during live events, real-time transmission, event management, and systems that allow users to participate in the production.
• iCARE — iCARE It is the No. 1 health and labor cloud introduced in Japan, which is selected by small and medium-sized enterprises suffering from lack of manpower and large enterprises expanding their business globally .
• Smart Craft —

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• Balus — Balus provides motion capture, Unity systems, and AR live permanent venues.The company provides character content infrastructure using real-time animation, we also support the production of original content. Balus provides the necessary technology for event planning, casting, VR events, recording and creation of production images, real-timemotion capture during live events, real-time transmission, event management, and systems that allow users to participate in the production.
• Aperza — Aperza's mission is to contribute to redesigning the manufacturing industry by eliminating three barriers in the industry which are the barrier of information, transaction and communication which most of companies and people often face in this industry.Manufacturing industry is Japanese core industry. We would like to contribute to therebirth of this industry by those activities such as supporting those companies who challenges the global market and supporting those start-ups who tries brand-new industry trend such as Industry 4.0, smart factory or IoT. We believe that this lead to the increase of the people in this industry, and the growth of the industry eventually.
• 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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• 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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• Ababa — Ababa provides recruitment and employment solutions.
• CraftBank — CraftBank, Inc. is the start-up that operates online matching platform between constructors with having relations with 22k specialty constructors (10% coverage in the market). The company was succeeded in Management BuyOut in April 2021.
• Josh Collaboration — Josh Collaboration is a software company that provides mailing, fax transmission, and partner management services.

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• GIG-A — Open a bank account in Japan from your mobile with GIG-A. Receive salary, manage everyday spending, or transfer money with ease.
• Plainer — Plainer is an IT company that provides software development, data management, and SaaS solutions.
• Packative — Platform to design and order custom packaging online

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• Pick You — Pick You offers a marketplace that facilitates seamless purchase of items directly from popular Instagram users.
• CareLink — CareLink is an app that connects people looking for one-time part-time work in nursing and welfare.
• Snack Technologies — Snack Technologies specializes in the development and operation of “SnaTech,” an innovative business support application designed for snack bars, helping operators streamline daily management, improve customer engagement, optimize inventory and sales tracking, and enhance overall business efficiency through digital solutions tailored to the foodand hospitality industry.

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• Deja — Modern Rituals & Natural Products from the Ancient Science of Ayurveda
• Enoki Inc — Multiplayer-enabled tools for developers. Enoki has 18 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.
• Homethings — Single-use plastic is bonkers. Homethings makes cleaning products that make sense. No more shipping water in plastic bottles. We send non toxic cleaning tabs so that you can refill over and over again using your tap.

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• Rimowa — Rimowa designs characters not as mere “content,” but as immersive character operating systems that integrate naturally into everyday life, creating emotionally resonant experiences that seamlessly connect digital interaction, storytelling, and real-world consumer engagement.
• Tokenz — Tokenz is your all-in-one platform for global digital payments, cross-border tax compliance, and seamless payouts.
• AI Mage — AI Mage is an IT company that provides AI solutions for anime production business industries.

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• Cruz Foam — Cruz Foam offers certified compostable, protective packaging foam and other solutions. Let us help you transition to compostable foam packaging solutions, today.
• what3words — Every 3 metre square has a unique 3 word address.
• Talespin — Talespin is building the XR platform to power knowledge transfer and skill alignment for the future of employment

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• Opt Fit — Opt Fit is a fitness industry that provides fitness, wellness and health-care services.
• Yondemy — Yondemy is an online platform for children reading books.
• Thinkfree — Thinkfree Office is an On-Premise Office suite with extra security. It offers seamless MS Office Compatibility and swift support to enhance your workflow. Users can edit documents, sheets, and presentations in real time using the Co-edit feature's collaborative tools. The web browser-based document editor integrates smoothly with existingplatforms, supporting 14 languages including English and Korean, and making it accessible to a diverse user base. Additionally, Thinkfree Office is compatible with Microsoft Office and other major word processors, spreadsheets, and presentation programs, ensuring versatile application across different platforms.

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• Foodcam — Foodcam aims to build a comprehensive overseas distribution infrastructure for Japanese food products, enabling manufacturers and suppliers to efficiently expand into international markets through streamlined logistics, supply chain management, and global distribution solutions.
• EUV Photon — EUV Photon is an irradiation services company that conducts processing, evaluation, and measurement of materials for EUV lights.
• 12 Pharmacy — 12 Pharmacy is a pharmaceutical company that specializes in manufacturing and providing medicines and services for veterinary hospitals.

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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.
• Hacobell — Hacobell is a logistics company that offers services in freight servicing, dispatch, and delivery.
• 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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• Gatebox — It is a research laboratory beyond dimension" which is researching and developing to realize "a world where you can live with a character". Therefore, Gatebox Co., Ltd. refers to itself as "Gatebox Lab" and conducts research and development beyond dimension in the area of ​​Akihabara day and night. Dreaming that day,coming to meet beyond dimension.
• xCARE — xCARE specializes in the development and commercialization phases of the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.
• Bizibl Technologies — Bizibl Technologies provides SaaS services for recruitment events.

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• Creator's X — Creator's X is an anime production firm that focuses on developing animation production assistance tools using AI.
• Forest — Forest Co., Ltd. operates as an e-commerce aggregator, seeks to identify sustainable, high-quality products and brands that embrace the spirit of Japan and help them grow and enter the global market by using the power of technology.
• Third Intelligence — Third Intelligence is an AI research and development firm dedicated to producing a new type of intelligence and achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI). Through cutting-edge research, advanced algorithm development, and large-scale computing capabilities, the company aims to push the boundaries of machine cognition, enabling systems thatcan reason, learn, and adapt across diverse domains.

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• Grafenary — Graphenary creates unique graphene optical devices using graphene materials with a variety of remarkable features.
• SecureNavi — SecureNavi offers automation tools for the information security management system. It reduces conventional analogue operations using excel and word. For inquiries, telephone numbers and physical addresses are available on their website.
• NanoFrontier — NanoFrontier continues to market technologies that are widely available and incredibly inexpensive.

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• Naorai — Naorai is a food and beverage firm that manufactures wine, beer, spirits, and non-alcoholic beverages.
• Dioseve — Dioseve is providing novel possibilities for all life.
• 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.

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• 400F — 400F develops services to solve problems related to people's lives and assets. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Tokyo.
• BABY JOB — BABY JOB offers nursery support and child care support businesses.
• Rocket Link Technology — Rocket Link Technology is a product development company that specializes in designing LTP rockets for space travel.

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• Dioseve — Dioseve is providing novel possibilities for all life.
• Yuimedi — Yuimedi acquires, investigate, analyze medical data and provides accurate solutions.
• Free Standard —

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• BitStar — BitStar accelerates potential of video creators with power of proprietary database and technology.
• VideoVillage — VideoVillage is a video production company.
• Odd Concepts — Odd Concepts provide an wide portfolio of ready to use image recognition and search technology as a cloud based API service. Each customer has different requirements, and they assure ach customer requirement is met by our scientists tuning and combining analysis engines for optimal results.