Top 50 Social Media Angel Investors in Japan (July 2026)

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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 an Internet Company.

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• Illusil — Illusil is a service that makes it easier for anyone to generate slide materials and reduces the amount of time needed to do it. Additionally, presentations can be automatically generated from text input by AI, and over 1,000 design templates can be used to build original slides.
• Alyaum — Aryaum supports "regional revitalization through NFT" by offering local governments all around the nation hometown tax and tourism NFT solutions.
• Driver Technologies — Driver Technologies is a cloud logistics platform provider. It provides a solution for driver matching and cargo vehicle demands.

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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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• FamiOne — FamiOne is creating a society that will support the future of couples who want to receive children.
• 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.
• Reiwa Travel — Reiwa Trave is a digital travel agency intended that optimizes overseas travel. The company's platform uses online travel booking tools that provide digitalized contracts along with trip management, thereby enabling its customers' vacation and leisure experiences.

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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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• Craftie — Craftie is an lesson reservation service.
• HACK JPN — HACK JPN is a company that transforms imagination into creativity and builds a natural tomorrow.
• Rocketa — Rocketa is a news curation and social media platform.

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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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• Sunblaze — sunblaze is a android-based smartphone users begin to experience stability issues after one to two years of use. For example, their device may get slower or they encounter unexpected app crashes. These stability issues also lead to security vulnerabilities.SUNBLAZE OS features essential functions only, meaning it does not have any unnecessaryfunctions. This allows the system to be more stable and secure, and users are able to use it for a longer period of time.
• IVA — IVA ensures the safety of the market towards the threat of counterfeit goods.
• Spider Labs — Spider Labs offers solutions to help fight ad fraud and ensure data security.

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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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• Mobcast Group — mobcast is a sports entertainment company that operates a mobile entertainment platform for smartphones and feature phones. It supports customers with social game and social media services. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. Currently, it operates as a subsidiary of mobcast Inc.
• SmartApp Japan — Smart Apps is a developer of a blockchain services application designed for smartphones. The company's application uses cryptocurrency technology to offer token issuance, initial coin offering and dApps design support, providing a launchpad for start-up blockchain-related businesses.

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• Ginkan — GINKAN is the managing company of SynchroLife, the world's first restaurant recommendation platform where users and can earn cryptocurrency token rewards for dining out and posting restaurant reviews. GINKAN was selected for Plug and Play Japan Batch 1 in the fintech category and we won for best domestic fintech company and won the audienceaward at the Plug and Play Japan Batch 1 EXPO (Demo Day) in September 2018.GINKAN was also selected for Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group’s MUFG Digital Accelerator’s Batch 4 and won the Grand Prix, Audience Award, and AWS Award in a triple win on their demo day on July 26, 2019.

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• Roominate — Playing with the W77 online game site can certainly produce crazy jackpots to riches
• Soldsie — Soldsie (formerly Centrally) is a payment system enabling merchants to monetize their Facebook page by allowing customers to purchase through comments.Customers register their payment information with Soldsie, and then comment on stores’ pages, channels and feeds to activate a charge to their account, and initiate the shipping process.Merchants use the Soldsie administrative dashboard track and manage inventory and shipping, and experience increased user comments, views and viral shares.
• Tokyo Otaku Mode — The ultimate online destination for fans of Japanese pop culture.

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• PoliPoli — PoliPoli is a next-generation politics co-creation platform where you can participate like a game. Politicians from all over Japan post their policies in an easy-to-understand manner, and those who sympathize can enjoy working on the "missions" necessary to realize the policies.
• Astroscale — Astroscale is one of the few companies in the world proposing to aid in the removal of orbital debris through the provision of End of Life (EOL) and Active Debris Removal (ADR) services. In addition to providing a technical solution, Astroscale is helping to define the business case for this service and are working with national space agencies,international institutions, non-profit organizations, insurance companies and satellite operators to develop norms, regulations and incentives that contribute to the responsible use of space.
• TECHFUND — TechFund is a venture capital firm specializing in incubation and seed stage investments. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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• Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
• RE — RE specializes in smartphone application design and development.
• Vitalogue Health — Vitalogue Health offers Canvas, a home-based hormone testing service for women.

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• HACK JPN — HACK JPN is a company that transforms imagination into creativity and builds a natural tomorrow.
• Jiraffe — jiraffe focusses on Internet service planning, development, and management.
• Rocketa — Rocketa is a news curation and social media platform.

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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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• Circa — More and more people are relying on mobile as their primary source of news yet the content itself continues to be produced in a format that translates very poorly to mobile devices. Rather than trying to shoehorn existing content into a new environment, Circa is creating the first born-on-mobile news experience. It will deliver news in a uniqueformat – native to mobile devices with an experience intuitive to mobile users. Through comprehensive yet to-the-point news updates paired with an engrossing mobile experience, Circa redefines how news is produced, delivered and consumed. Circa is news reimagined.Circa was founded by
• HOOKED — HOOKED (formerly Telepathic) is redefining entertainment for the Snapchat generation. We’ve pioneered a new media format called chat fiction, which has become a phenomenon among teens and millennials in the past year. Hooked has reached 50MM readers and has hit the #1 spot in the App Store in 25 countries, including the U.S., U.K., France, Germany,Italy, Japan, and S. Korea. We’re building the media company of the future - the next Netflix, the next Disney. Hooked has raised venture funding from top investors in Silicon Valley and Hollywood, including Ashton Kutcher, Jamie Foxx, Snoop Dogg, Mariah Carey, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, William Morris Endeavor, SV Angel, Founders Fund, Cowboy Ventures, Greylock and many more.
• CloudPeeps — CloudPeeps is a community, marketplace and platform that empowers freelancers and businesses to do their best work. Hire a team of quality professional freelancers to get the job done. Work the way you want, wherever you are!

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• Tooon — Tooon Inc. is a technology company that deals with development and operations of business management tools .
• Ecbo cloak — Ecbo cloak is a sharing service that connects "persons who want to store luggage with shops with space to store luggage. Instead of coin lockers, you can pre-order places online online and store your luggage in the open space of stores of various types of business.
• Space Walker — SPACE WALKER specializes in design, manufacture and sale of peripheral components.

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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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• Tsunagari AI — Tsunagari specializes in developing and providing AI-powered consultation services tailored for local governments, aiming to enhance administrative efficiency, support citizen engagement, and streamline public service delivery.
• OPERA TECH —

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• Neith — Neith is a apparel manufacturer, seller and a whoelseller of water absorbing bralette, lingerie and shorts for women.
• WARC — WARC provides hands-on support for business management departments as well as mergers and acquisition advisory services.
• Vitalogue Health — Vitalogue Health offers Canvas, a home-based hormone testing service for women.

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• Tokyo — Tokyo provides consistently-designed signage and projector installation, as well as maintenance company support. All customers need is “product selection” considering installation. This is a service that does not take time and effort!
• Astroscale — Astroscale is one of the few companies in the world proposing to aid in the removal of orbital debris through the provision of End of Life (EOL) and Active Debris Removal (ADR) services. In addition to providing a technical solution, Astroscale is helping to define the business case for this service and are working with national space agencies,international institutions, non-profit organizations, insurance companies and satellite operators to develop norms, regulations and incentives that contribute to the responsible use of space.
• Driver Technologies — Driver Technologies is a cloud logistics platform provider. It provides a solution for driver matching and cargo vehicle demands.

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• Menew — Menew is an online platform that enables users to organize and set menus for family meals. Users can track family preferences and trends; make shopping lists; and get an easy-to-read calendar format for the menus.
• Valise — Valise provides insider access & unique experiences to the modern day internationalist. A perfect jump start to who & what is hot in creative capitals. At its core is the Valise Society - a global private members association for innovative leaders of the creative class.
• Valise — Valise is a women's travel service platform.

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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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• Farel — Run your airline on one platform. Farel unifies PSS, IBE, DCS, and B2B with a built-in AI assistant to grow direct sales and automate ops. Get a personalized demo and pricing.
• Maslo — We make companions that care about people.
• Kinnek — Potential customers are looking for reasons to trust your company, and they want third-party sources to vouch for you. Kinnek helps suppliers like you build a world-class online reputation and easily share it. Because when you win more trust, more prospects become loyal customers.

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• Timee — Timee is a Planning, development and management of Internet media company.
• EMET Creation — Vimet is a video app that allows you to instantly watch your favorite topic videos.ViMET offers high-quality video content that is currently talked about, Realizing a world where everyone can see, by providing new services, Restructure the power relationships of all players involved in existing video
• S-Mat — Smartmat is an eco-friendly IoT purchase system for on-demand, no-hassle grocery with cost-effective shipping.

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• Neith — Neith is a apparel manufacturer, seller and a whoelseller of water absorbing bralette, lingerie and shorts for women.
• WARC — WARC provides hands-on support for business management departments as well as mergers and acquisition advisory services.
• Vitalogue Health — Vitalogue Health offers Canvas, a home-based hormone testing service for women.

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• Gab — Gab is a company that works to solve social problems as well as develops and markets ethical products.
• Aidemy — Aidemy is a web service where you can learn AI programming online.
• Bizibl Technologies — Bizibl Technologies provides SaaS services for recruitment events.

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• Chipee — Chipee is a social networking platform that enables its users to send digital gratitude in the form of chips.
• AGRI SMILE — AGRI SMILE is a platform that focuses on sharing agricultural technology.
• CharacterBank — CharacterBank offers game development and production services using VR technology.

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• Epicbase — Epicbase is an AI-based automatic voice transcription service based on voice recognition technology.
• Go Visions — Go Visions engages in the edutainment tech for children and human resources services.
• Ai-Dounyu.com — Ai-Dounyu.com is a platform that helps organizations looking to integrate AI choose their ideal AI implementation partner for free.

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• MedPeer — MedPeer operates as a community site for doctors. MedPeer is a recruitment agency collective registration service.MedPeer operation of "MedPeer," a collective intelligence service/ community website for physicians.

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• HERP — HERP is a recruitment management platform.

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• FLIGHTS — FLIGHTS is a multidisciplinary drone services from EC, media, pilot training, consulting, insurance and localization of foreign softwares.
• Aidemy — Aidemy is a web service where you can learn AI programming online.

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• Kaimak — Kaymak is a recruitment platform that focuses on creating a recruitment website, planning a recruitment strategy, and managing candidates.
• Meetscare — Meetscare provides correct information and supports the self-awareness of all people involved in care. The company provides a wealth of information to ensure optimal care and create a mechanism for the realization. Users can make a telephone consultation and web diagnosis and search for free information using the system.Meetscare was founded on2016 and is headquartered in Arakawa, Tokyo.
• Driver Technologies — Driver Technologies is a cloud logistics platform provider. It provides a solution for driver matching and cargo vehicle demands.

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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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• Mign — Mign offers a generative AI-related SaaS solutions for the construction and real estate fields.
• HiTalent — HiTalent is a tool that provides career planning services.

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• Beatrust — Tags connect and drive collaboration, expanding your team's potential
• Manifest — Manifest is a product ads platform that helps retailers realize the potential of their catalogs by determining which products to promote across Facebook, Google and others. Customers have used Manifest to optimize over 14 million products in 4 billion ads and have generated over $70 million in ROI-positive revenue. Beyond retargeting,Manifest's Matching Engine helps retailers prospect for new customers as well as activate and re-engage existing customers by exposing them to products they have not yet discovered. Top retailers including Neiman Marcus, Gilt, One Kings Lane and LivingSocial use Manifest, which is backed by investment from First Round Capital, Softtech VC, Cowboy Ventures, and others.
• SmartNews — SmartNews is the award-winning news app loved by millions. We are a machine-learning company deeply committed to helping users find quality news beyond the filter bubble. Our algorithms evaluate tens of millions of articles, behaviors and social interactions to deliver only the most interesting and important stories on a global scale—a fascinatingengineering challenge that has attracted a world-class data science and engineering team. SmartNews won numerous “App of the Year” awards and has been downloaded by more than 35 million people and has over 10million monthly active users. SmartNews has offices in Tokyo, San Francisco, and New York. Join our international culture—smart work, smart people and a global mission to bring quality information to the world. Travel between our amazing offices in the U.S. and Japan, and collaborate with coworkers from around the world.

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• GMO Internet — GMO Internet Group comprehensively develops Internet Infrastructure, Internet Security, Online Advertising & Media, Internet Finance, and Cryptoasset businesses. Under the corporate slogan 'Internet for Everyone', we aim to create smiles and inspiration for our customers while contributing to society.
• Crossborders Innovation — Crossborders Innovation develops human resource utilization tool.we use technology to accelerate and optimize the matching of human resources and projects, and to help individuals build their careers positively, sometimes change, and exert their potential even in times of rapid change. By doing so, we realize our vision of "more diverse,exciting and more enjoyable".

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• HiTalent — HiTalent is a tool that provides career planning services.

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• Chipee — Chipee is a social networking platform that enables its users to send digital gratitude in the form of chips.

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• HiTalent — HiTalent is a tool that provides career planning services.

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• FOWD — FOWD is a comprehensive entertainment company in Japan.

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• Tokyo — Tokyo provides consistently-designed signage and projector installation, as well as maintenance company support. All customers need is “product selection” considering installation. This is a service that does not take time and effort!
• Aidemy — Aidemy is a web service where you can learn AI programming online.
• Girasol Energy — Girasol Energy is an IoT Platform provides innovative PLC technologies that enable wiser PV Plants.

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• Elaly — Elaly Technology makes life better for people around the world.We aim to make the value of money and the experience gained from it flatter.As many people as possible will use technology to realize a happier life, independent of the money economy.
• 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.
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• Lecto — Lecto provides Saas solutions to eliminate the tedious practices behind financial services
• Manabie — Manabie is an Education Technology start-up company on a mission to provide a new style of online & offline merged learning around the world. We provide students with everything they need for efficient learning; high-quality learning materials, great learning environments, personal coaches and more! We believe that our new method of learning,integrating online and offline will dramatically innovate the way students learn.
• Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.

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• Jiraffe — jiraffe focusses on Internet service planning, development, and management.

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• Kepple — Kepple Accounting is a start-up accounting and tax 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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• Toposware — From pioneering cryptographic research to engineering global-scale distributed systems technologies, Toposware is committed to solving the hardest problems to advance open internet standards.
• WATASHIHA — WATASHIHA is a communication company.
• Space Walker — SPACE WALKER specializes in design, manufacture and sale of peripheral components.

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• Skimlinks — Skimlinks is the leading commerce content monetization platform. Its technology automatically monetizes product links in commerce-related content
• MV.Health — MysteryVibe offers the most advanced & award winning smart sex toys for men, women & couples that elevates their sexual health and wellbeing.
• HCVC — HCVC is an early-stage Venture Capital firm backing hardtech companies worldwide. Beyond its fund, HCVC supports hardtech founders through Hardware Club, a selective global community of 500+ startups with dedicated resources, partnerships and events.