Top 50 Social Impact Startup Investors in Asia (October 2026)

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• Span — Span reinvented the electrical panel. Control every circuit in your home from your phone. Contact us!
• abillion — Find tips for plant-based food & products near you. Join the community to share reviews of restaurants & brands. Raise funds & drive sustainability!
• Climb Credit — Climb Credit (NMLS# 1240013) is an innovative student lending platform that makes career creation and transformation more accessible, affordable, and accountable than ever before. Driven by a mission to empower individuals to unlock their career potential – no matter what their credit profile – Climb identifies programs and schools with ademonstrated ability to improve the earnings of their graduates. Then they provide learners with financing options that are priced and structured to meet the unique needs of those seeking career elevation and increased earning power.Recognizing the dynamic and diverse nature of an economy in rapid change, Climb partners with schools that teach everything from cybersecurity to pilot training, heavy machine operation to data science, and culinary arts to coding. While some colleges are struggling to meet the real-world needs of their students, Climb and its partner schools are committed to an inspiring practicality that brings real career results as individuals Own Their Next chapter.

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• WOW EARN — Discover WOW EARN, the all-in-one Web3 app with crypto mining, multi-chain wallet, staking NFTs, and marketplace dApps. Join the global Web3 community today.
• EV Biotech — DANU strain engineering creates Precision Biopolymers For High-Performance Applications through strain engineering and AI.
• foodforecast — AI supported solution to reduce food waste.

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• But Beautiful — A collaborative AI workspace, built on your company context. Build and orchestrate agents right alongside your team's projects, meetings, and connected apps.
• QueryLift — QueryLift provides software that analyzes AI-generated brand visibility and monitors generative AI security risks.
• Ocean — Ocean is a technology-driven company dedicated to promoting digital transformation in the tax-free and retail shopping sectors. By developing innovative digital platforms and integrated solutions, the company streamlines tax refund processes and enhances the overall shopping experience for international travelers and retailers alike.

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• Plainer — Plainer is an IT company that provides software development, data management, and SaaS solutions.
• Packative — Platform to design and order custom packaging online
• CareLink — CareLink is an app that connects people looking for one-time part-time work in nursing and welfare.

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• Esheria — Citation-backed research across 30 case-law jurisdictions, a legal operating system for African teams, and a global regulatory intelligence API.
• VivaMama — VivaMama is a digital postpartum recovery platform that is reinventing maternal care in metropolitan areas.
• KAIROS — KAIROS is a health-focused corporation formed by professionals in health training, engineering, and protection. KAIROS creates educational solutions that anticipate hazards and empower individuals in prevention.

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• Josan-shes — Josan shes is web start up that offers nursing service to women and babies.
• SiccaNova Therapeutics — SiccaNova Therapeutics is a Japanese biopharmaceutical company dedicated to treating sicca (dryness) related medical conditions. The company’s lead drug candidate, XF8302, is a novel, small-molecule M3 muscarine receptor Positive Allosteric Modulator (M3 PAM). Developed initially for dry mouth in Sjögren’s syndrome patients, the drug enhancesnatural acetylcholine signaling to stimulate salivation without the systemic side effects common in traditional agonists.

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• abillion — Find tips for plant-based food & products near you. Join the community to share reviews of restaurants & brands. Raise funds & drive sustainability!
• 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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• Any Style — Any Style develops a messaging app from voice actors that regularly sends messages via subscription. It also engages in the planning and production of audio content and the VTuber production business.
• Arrowsmith — Arrowsmith is committed to unlocking the full potential of bacteriophages to revolutionize the treatment of bacterial infectious diseases. Through transformative science, Arrowsmith strive to create a world free from the pain and fear caused by antimicrobial resistance.
• Typewriter Therapeutics — Typewriter Therapeutics, Inc. develops mRNA-based gene therapies using a gene writing, or gene writing, platform for precise insertion of therapeutic genes into the genome. The company builds on transposon-based technologies originating from research by Professor Emeritus Haruhiko Fujiwara at the University of Tokyo. Its programs focus on all‑RNA,nonviral gene writing systems that repurpose natural genetic elements to address severe genetic disorders with limited treatment options. Typewriter Therapeutics conducts research and development across its U.S. and Japan operations and collaborates with investors and partners to advance genetic medicine candidates toward the clinic.

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• Biorce — Meet the world's first AI clinical trials assistant! We bring innovative technologies to revolutionize healthcare and drug development faster & more efficiently
• JOBO Interim — JOBO Interim is a staffing agency that recruits employees and provides employment through digital access.
• Tensor Energy — Creating the operating system of our zero-carbon, distributed energy future

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• Yoom — Yoom is a consulting company that offers system development services on AI, IoT, data solutions, and cloud integration.
• Ocean — Ocean is a technology-driven company dedicated to promoting digital transformation in the tax-free and retail shopping sectors. By developing innovative digital platforms and integrated solutions, the company streamlines tax refund processes and enhances the overall shopping experience for international travelers and retailers alike.
• TricoLogic — TricoLogic is a consultancy that offers technical code coaching, language skills training, and digital marketing services.

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• CADDi — CADDi analyzes and connects manufacturing data fragmented across departments, locations, and systems, turning it into an enterprise asset. It uses AI to transform how manufacturers make decisions and execute work.
• Facilo — Facilo is a real estate communication provider that uses cloud computing to enhance sales and ease transactions of real estate brokerage.
• kikitori — kikitori engages in the development and operation of applications and web systems in the fruit and vegetable distribution field.

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• Ascend Now — At Ascend Now, we personalize education for children between the ages of 7-18. From academic help in the IB to an entrepreneurship course designed to have your child start a business, we have it all.

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• Khabri — Khabri is a digital audio platform for content in vernacular. Ita app allows content creators to create channels and programmes that reach vernacular listeners. Aankit Roy, Pulkit Sharma, and Sandeep Singh launched the company in Haryana, Haryana in 2016.
• Neosec — Neosec API software is the intelligent way to protect your APIs from business abuse and data theft. Try our API Security platform now.
• AttainU — AttainU is a full-time, live online college alternative education that teaches students the skills needed for software engineering.The course is a 30-week full-time program that takes students from beginner to career and industry-ready software engineer level, using real-world coding assignments and projects. By the end of the course, studentswill have a solid understanding of Full-Stack web development, software engineering fundamentals, and all the skills to be placed in the industry through AttainU’s hiring partners. Founders Vaibhav Bajpai and Divyam Goel founded the program in Bangalore City, Karnataka in 2018.

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• AgeWell Japan — Age Well Japan is a conference and festival aimed at understanding Japan's super-aged society and defining new values for the future. The purpose of the gathering is to bring together young people and the elderly to exchange ideas.

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• Ababa — Ababa provides recruitment and employment solutions.
• PlaceHolder — Placeholder is a space value creation company that provides people with inspiring and exciting experiences by fusing digital technology and real space.
• RICOS — RICOS is a tech company that optimizes manufacturing processes using AI, simulation, and high-performance computing technologies.

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• CELLORB — CELLORB provides player management, sports event planning, and event management services.
• L&F — L&F is a real estate company that develops rental portals and tools for vacant houses, family trusts, and rental property management.
• Illumi Medical — Illumi Medical is a manufacturing company that produces medical equipment and devices for the healthcare sector.

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• CLACK — CLACK provides digital, AI, and career education programs for junior and senior high school students facing challenges such as financial hardship, caregiving responsibilities, bullying, single-parent households, chronic absenteeism, and developmental disorders. It operates creative hubs in Osaka and Tokyo that offer safe spaces, digital equipment,and mentoring. The organization runs programming and AI trial workshops, Tech Runway and Tech Runway+ three‑month courses, the Be Pro pre-employment program, and quest, an IT outsourcing program for alumni. It also delivers mirAI for Japan, an AI training program for high school teachers, and manages a laptop donation and reuse initiative for students. Funding comes from donations, partnerships, and in-kind contributions such as used PCs.

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• Liquidstar — The Future. Switched On.

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• Amidex — Amidex is a dental care facility that treats dental problems with contemporary tools and technology.
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• Compass — Compass is a Solve problems in the local labor market with Consultation x Technology

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• bgrass — bgrass is a consultation support platform for women working in the IT industry.
• YStory — YStory is a digital health firm that uses AI and medical science to improve women's health during menopause.
• Sage Haven — Sage Haven develops an AI-moderated messaging and calling app designed for children in their early years online. The app issues children a dedicated Sage Haven number and routes messaging and voice calls through its platform while allowing contacts to use services like iMessage or Google Messages. Parents create and verify accounts, approve eachcontact, and supervise conversations from their own phones with alerts, recaps, and safety insights. The service uses automated content moderation to block harmful or inappropriate messages, links, images, and videos before they are sent and to guide children toward safer communication practices. It supports Wi-Fi and cellular use on iOS devices, with tools aimed at reducing exposure to online bullying, spam, and addictive usage patterns. Sage Haven operates as a public benefit corporation balancing commercial activity with a mission to improve children’s mental health and well-being.

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• Sazo — Sazo specializes in constructing a global e-commerce and logistics network with AI.
• KAUCHE — KAUCHE is a social commerce app. They provide services for online and mail-order retail shops. Their customers' inquiries are addressed through phone, email, and online applications.
• 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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• PSL — With a production capacity in excess of the 1 million ton mark, they are India’s largest producer/manufacturer of HSAW pipes - the line-pipe industry's preferred pipe.But their leadership in the pipe industry is not confined to the domestic market alone, though the market is huge and still growing - global recognition is reflected in thehuge orders already in hand from the US even before the commissioning of their 300,000 MT capacity plant in Missisipi not to mention the USD 45 million order of their pipe mills in Sharjah in the UAE.These facilities are backed by sound technology, state-of-the-art infrastructure, technical collaborations with leading Design & Engineering consultancies of Germany and Italy and most importantly, by a human resources pool that is amongst the best in the industry - ensuring that your project is completed on target, time after time.
• Cube Highways Trust — Cube roadways Trust is utilizing the public-private partnership (PPP) model in the roadways sector to operate and manage highway projects in collaboration with the federal and state governments.
• Fosun United Health Insurance — Fosun United Health Insurance provides a wide range of medical insurance, disease insurance, disability income loss insurance, nursing care insurance, and accident coverage. The company is dedicated to providing high-quality products throughout their lifecycle and developing a comprehensive service system to support them.

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• Buxx — Buxx is digital cash and can be used to make payments through their exchange or at thousands of partners across the globe.Buxx's mission is to make digital cash accessible for all users across the world.They provide a simple payment method for businesses where they can access payments as fast as they can accept cash face-to-face.BUXXalso provides an exchange where you can exchange your buxx for any of the major cryptocurrencies globally.
• Cozy — Cozy makes renting easier for landlords and renters everywhere.
• Butter.ai — The rush of bots may be exciting to contemplate — there is a lot of promise in the idea of combining artificial intelligence, natural conversation and super fast computing to make our lives easier.

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• TRACT — Discover how TRACT streamlines emissions tracking, social risk mapping, and compliance, helping your supply chain meet sustainability goals effectively.
• Glacier — Next-generation recycling technology
• Twinco Capital — Twinco Capital provides suppliers, both large and small, with access to affordable funding and helps buyers build a competitive and socially responsible supply chain. Twinco Capital is the first company to have successfully launched this type of supply chain financing, offering to finance as early as the time of issuance of purchase orders.purchase.

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• IDfy — Secure Customer Onboarding | Smarter Fraud Detection | DPDP Compliance & Privacy Governance made Easy for Banks, E-Commerce, and Logistics.
• KLAR Smile — KLAR Aligner merupakan solusi tepat untuk mendapatkan gigi rapi yang aman, cepat, tidak sakit, dan terjangkau tanpa mengganggu penampilanmu.
• Nafas — Nafas creates an air quality sensor network to monitor the quality of outdoor air. Nafas collects data from real sensors that are designed to be installed outside and withstand the elements. To provide the most accurate local data, Nafas has installed over 30 sensors throughout Jakarta.

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• Flux Robotics — Flux Robotics designs advanced magnetic robotics to enhance control and safety in endovascular procedures.
• ShanX Medtech — ShanX Medtech is a medical diagnostics company that offers rapid in vitro diagnostic and antimicrobial susceptibility testing services.
• Sirius Medical — Sirius Medical helps improve healthcare for cancer patients by developing medical devices that aid in surgical treatment. Their objective is to create intuitive and accurate gadgets that allow surgeons and radiologists to provide the finest treatment. Sirius Perception uses audio and visual feedback to provide real-time, directional advice forpinpointing tumors

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• EQUO — Sugarcane Utensils & Plastic-Free Drinking Straws by EQUO. Plastic-free without soggy paper straws or cleaning brushes! Our single-use straws & utensils decompose in months, not centuries. 100% Compostable and made out of natural materials like grass, rice, coconut, sugarcane and coffee. Visit for more!

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• EQUO — Sugarcane Utensils & Plastic-Free Drinking Straws by EQUO. Plastic-free without soggy paper straws or cleaning brushes! Our single-use straws & utensils decompose in months, not centuries. 100% Compostable and made out of natural materials like grass, rice, coconut, sugarcane and coffee. Visit for more!
• Mayday — Time is your most valuable asset. Make sure you're spending it wisely.

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• Ascend Now — At Ascend Now, we personalize education for children between the ages of 7-18. From academic help in the IB to an entrepreneurship course designed to have your child start a business, we have it all.

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• Pictoria — Pictoria produce total events for entertainment.They handle a wide range of events, from talk events to events using advanced technologies such as 3D motion capture.
• Media Aid — Media Aid is an advertising agency that provides recruitment, marketing, web creation, and SNS management services
• Tokyo Artisan Intelligence — Tokyo Artisan Intelligence develops od purely domestic AI high-speed code generation tools as part of deep learning and hardware research. Their objectives are to contribute to the development of new computational technology and its application in society, particularly by providing experts through the training of doctoral students.

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• Smolt — Smolt is a startup that performs its own recycling type aquaculture of Sakura Mouth.
• Letara — Letara operates a space technology platform with the intention to serve a logistics network covering the solar system. The company produces hybrid propulsion engines for small spacecraft, promoting groundbreaking advances in space propulsion with high thrust, safe, and inexpensive propulsion system technology.
• Bridgesmile Corporation — Bridgesmile operates an on-site installation and replacement service platform.

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• Facilo — Facilo is a real estate communication provider that uses cloud computing to enhance sales and ease transactions of real estate brokerage.
• ARK — ARK specializes in the research, development, and manufacturing of land-based aquaculture equipment for sustainable fish farming.
• Intentia — Intentia is a technology startupspecializes in developing and implementing AI-driven workflow support tools and operational systems.

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• AgeWell Japan — Age Well Japan is a conference and festival aimed at understanding Japan's super-aged society and defining new values for the future. The purpose of the gathering is to bring together young people and the elderly to exchange ideas.

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• Cloudbase — Cloudbase is an information technology company that specializes in the fields of cloud services and management.
• Josan-shes — Josan shes is web start up that offers nursing service to women and babies.
• OPERA TECH — OPERA Lead is a sales-focused AI web chatbot service from Opera Technology that turns websites into 24/7 "exhibit booths" for lead generation.It deploys AI sales assistants on existing sites (via simple tag embedding, no redesign needed) to engage the 99% of visitors who don't convert via inbound methods alone. Key capabilitiesinclude direct booking of meetings, guiding users to whitepapers/webinars, and targeted lead qualification for efficient deal progression.

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• AgeWell Japan — Age Well Japan is a conference and festival aimed at understanding Japan's super-aged society and defining new values for the future. The purpose of the gathering is to bring together young people and the elderly to exchange ideas.

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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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• EQUO — Sugarcane Utensils & Plastic-Free Drinking Straws by EQUO. Plastic-free without soggy paper straws or cleaning brushes! Our single-use straws & utensils decompose in months, not centuries. 100% Compostable and made out of natural materials like grass, rice, coconut, sugarcane and coffee. Visit for more!
• UTOBO INC. — Build beautiful, fully-functional websites in seconds using AI. No coding required.
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• NÜWATER — NÜWATER was born out of a desire to combat the harmful impact that plastic bottles have on our environment today. With approximately 8 million tonnes of plastic ending up in the ocean every year, NÜWATER is a recyclable alternative to plastic bottled water. We'd like to put the UAE at the forefront of driving sustainability, to ensure ourfuture generations live in a cleaner, healthier, plastic free world. NÜWATER is sourced from an artesian spring 500 meters underground, one of the deepest springs in the world. Filtered through rich volcanic rock, NÜWATER supplies the body with essential minerals for life. In comparison to desalinated water - a process that is highly energy intensive, removes all the minerals and produces toxic waste in the process. We are proud to say our manufacturing process is 100% Carbon Neutral. We aim to be a Carbon Net Positive company by 2023. see less
• Trifacta — Trifacta has joined Alteryx to help customers and partners bring even more value to their businesses, powered by breakthrough data analytic insights.
• Volt Lines — Yeni nesil personel, okul, vardiya ve teknopark servisi.

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• Melltoo — Best quality & prices for new and used mobiles, computers & laptops, electronics, furniture, clothing, toys, autos. FREE DELIVERY UAE. MONEY BACK GUARANTEE
• Souqalmal — Compare more quote features than ever from top UAE brands at souqalmal.com
• OfficeRock — Online e-commerce store specifically built to service small and medium businesses in the United Arab Emirates. The company aims to offer end to end business supply solutions from office supplies, paper, toners, technology, pantry, cleaning and uniforms.

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• AdalFi — AdalFi provides digital lending infrastructure services.It identifies, qualifies, engages, activates, and delights lending prospects for our partner banks.
• Haball — Reimagining the way money flows through the supplychain Haball provides a fully automated alternative to manual order processing, invoicing, reconciliation and paper-based payment methods. An omni channel platform for digitizing payments across the entire supply chain. Fueling supplychain efficiency by providing: Supply Chain Entrenchment Supply Chain Entrenchment Platform for all value-chain partners from large corporates, distributors and retailers. Multiple Industry Verticals Multiple Industry Verticals A single platform customized for industry
• Zaraye — Zaraye is a secure, user-friendly B2B platform that facilitates the free exchange of raw materials through a reverse-bidding model. It help the customers get the best prices at the fastest rate while preserving their autonomy to choose suppliers effortlessly. Conversely, It suppliers are guaranteed detailed insights about buyer behaviour, whichaids them in providing tailor-made orders to increase conversions and client satisfaction.

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• EQUO — Sugarcane Utensils & Plastic-Free Drinking Straws by EQUO. Plastic-free without soggy paper straws or cleaning brushes! Our single-use straws & utensils decompose in months, not centuries. 100% Compostable and made out of natural materials like grass, rice, coconut, sugarcane and coffee. Visit for more!

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• Co-Axis — Co-Axis is a platform that enables funders to get in touch with thought leaders, programs, projects, social enterprises, entrepreneurs, and non-profits that are spearheading solutions for a sustainable future.
• Injewelme — Injewelme is an artificial intelligence health management platform.

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• Neem — Neem is an embedded finance platform enabling Financial Wellness for underbanked communities across emerging markets, starting in Pakistan.

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• AiCAN — AiCAN provides system planning and development, data analysis, IT, and consulting services related to child welfare.
• Gab — Gab is a company that works to solve social problems as well as develops and markets ethical products.
• ForestFolks — ForestFolks Provider of forest management and conservation services aimed at protecting forestry and the environment.The company exploits and successfully employs the forest's CO2 absorption potential and conserves and recovers forest resources and biodiversity, allowing for regulatory compliance and supporting environmental protection.

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• bellFace — bellFace is an InsideSales System specialized targetted for Business to business sales customer support.No log in, no installation required. No matter where you are, it connects in 5 seconds becacuse it operates in the browser (patented). The audio system is connected through the telephone lines, there is no interruption like with Web meetingsystems. bellFace which is specific to sales, comes with document sharing and script function, so your experience is just like face to face communication . It is also suited for inside sales.
• WineBank — "WineBank" is a real-time online wine management and investment solution that we offer. In addition to operating a restaurant, it runs a sales company for food, drink, and other items.
• Mourning Clothes Rescue — Mourning Clothes Rescue operates a specialized clothing rental model utilizing automated, 24-hour unmanned storefronts. Users complete reservations and payments through smartphones to instantly access physical retail outlets via smart locks. This continuous availability solves the immediate challenge of acquiring formal attire on short noticeduring unexpected bereavement. By removing traditional staff overhead, the system passes cost efficiencies to consumers while providing private, on-site fitting options and long-term rental periods.

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• AiCAN — AiCAN provides system planning and development, data analysis, IT, and consulting services related to child welfare.
• CureApp — CureApp is a digital health startup.The firm is one of the leading players in the medical app vertical under the theme of “app exhibits therapeutic effects against diseases” and launched a nicotine addiction treatment app in February 2015, which was jointly developed with Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Keio University’s School of Medicine. It iscurrently conducting clinical trials in many locations.
• Cocohole Japan — kokohore Japan offers advertising services intended to help companies sell their products. They provide custom-made promotion planning, provide the content to the media to plan and manage owned media, and assist in product development, providing businesses with the assistance they need to survive.

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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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• AgeWell Japan — Age Well Japan is a conference and festival aimed at understanding Japan's super-aged society and defining new values for the future. The purpose of the gathering is to bring together young people and the elderly to exchange ideas.

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• EQUO — Sugarcane Utensils & Plastic-Free Drinking Straws by EQUO. Plastic-free without soggy paper straws or cleaning brushes! Our single-use straws & utensils decompose in months, not centuries. 100% Compostable and made out of natural materials like grass, rice, coconut, sugarcane and coffee. Visit for more!

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• bgrass — bgrass is a consultation support platform for women working in the IT industry.
• Tooon — Tooon Inc. is a technology company that deals with development and operations of business management tools .