Companies

Business In Japan (BIJ)

Community · Established

English-speaking networking community for people doing business in, with or related to Japan.

🇯🇵Tokyo

CIC Tokyo

Corporate · Established

Innovation campus in Toranomon, Tokyo, with offices, coworking, events and growth programs for startups.

🇯🇵Toranomon, Tokyo

Co-Capital.co

VC / Fund

Pre-seed go-to-market bootcamp and venture fund for early-stage startups.

🇺🇸United States

D4V (Design for Ventures)

VC / Fund

Tokyo early-stage VC, set up with IDEO, investing in consumer and enterprise technology startups.

🇯🇵Minami-Aoyama, Minato, Tokyo

Asuka KondoPartner

Media company for founders, telling the stories of people building startups in video, articles and events.

🇺🇸San Francisco, California

Female Founder Initiative

Community

Founder Institute programme helping women around the world start, build and fund technology startups.

🇺🇸United States

Founder Institute

Accelerator · Established

Pre-seed startup accelerator that helps first-time and solo founders go from idea to funded company.

🇺🇸Palo Alto, California (Silicon Valley)

AR+710 on our rosterPartner

Global Startup Center (GSC)

Korean government campus in Seoul that helps foreign founders set up and grow startups in Korea.

🇰🇷165 Yeoksam-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul

Doer Youngil AhnPartner

Interesting Engineering

Corporate · Established

Science and technology news publisher explaining engineering breakthroughs in articles, video and podcasts.

🇺🇸New York, NY

iU 情報経営イノベーション専門職大学 Professional University of Information and Management for Innovation

University

Professional university in Tokyo that trains students in ICT, business and entrepreneurship.

🇯🇵Sumida, Tokyo

Joe HügPartner

IVS

Established

Annual startup conference in Kyoto bringing together Japan's founders, investors and corporate leaders.

🇯🇵Kyoto

Scaling Japan Podcast

Podcast for business owners in Japan on scaling a company: market entry, sales, hiring and fundraising.

🇯🇵Shibuya, Tokyo

Shibuya Startup Support

Shibuya City Office program helping Japanese and foreign founders set up and grow startups in Shibuya, Tokyo.

🇯🇵Shibuya, Tokyo

So & Sato Law Offices

Established

Tokyo boutique law firm for capital markets, finance, corporate and new technology matters.

🇯🇵Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan (second office in Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku)

So SaitoPartner

Stripe

Corporate · Established

Financial infrastructure that lets businesses of all sizes accept payments, bill customers and move money.

🇺🇸San Francisco, United States and Dublin, Ireland (dual headquarters)

Mari NishiyamaPartner

Annual Tokyo conference and exhibition linking startups, investors, corporates and cities, held since 2023.

🇯🇵Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo

Tokyo Innovation Base (TIB)

Community

Tokyo Metropolitan Government's startup hub in central Tokyo, linking founders with investors and supporters.

🇯🇵Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

UTokyo IPC

VC / Fund

University of Tokyo's venture investor backing academia-linked deep tech startups, from creation to growth.

🇯🇵Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo

Venture Café Tokyo

Community

Tokyo innovation community that runs the free weekly Thursday Gathering for founders and investors.

🇯🇵Toranomon Hills Business Tower, Minato-ku, Tokyo

2 on our rosterPartner

500 Global

VC / Fund

Venture capital firm that invests in founders building fast-growing technology companies worldwide.

🇺🇸San Francisco, California

Alumni Ventures

VC / Fund

Co-invests $100K to $10M alongside lead VCs, from pre-seed to pre-IPO, in almost all sectors.

🇺🇸Manchester, New Hampshire

Ryutaro (Ryan) Nakata

AppWorks

VC / Fund

Taiwan-based venture capital fund and accelerator backing tech founders across Southeast Asia.

🇹🇼Taipei

Alyssa Chen

Beyond Next Ventures Inc.

VC / Fund

Tokyo deep-tech VC backing seed and early-stage startups in Japan and India, from research to market.

🇯🇵Tokyo, Japan

Karthik Rampalli

Cathay Financial's evergreen venture arm, investing seed to pre-IPO in deep tech, biotech and fintech.

🇹🇼Taipei, Taiwan

Erik Colin

Decile Group

VC / Fund · Seed

Platform and accelerator helping emerging venture capital managers launch, run, and scale VC funds

🇺🇸Palo Alto, California

Connor Sattely

Ethos Fund

VC / Fund

Pre-seed fund backing third culture founders and globally ambitious startups in Vietnam and the US.

🇺🇸Los Angeles, California

David Yi

Geek Ventures

VC / Fund

New York pre-seed and seed fund backing immigrant tech founders building in the US.

🇺🇸New York, New York

Sarah Romanko

Golden Egg Ventures

VC / Fund

Tokyo VC arm of Egg Forward backing seed to mid-stage startups that aim to solve social issues.

🇯🇵Shibuya, Tokyo

2 on our roster

Golden Gate Ventures

VC / Fund

Singapore-based early-stage VC backing tech startups across Southeast Asia, wider Asia and the Middle East.

🇸🇬Singapore

Jeffrey Paine

Headline

VC / Fund

Global VC firm investing from Seed to growth in software, AI, consumer and fintech across four regions.

🇺🇸San Francisco, California

3 on our roster

Incubate Fund

VC / Fund

Tokyo seed-stage VC that leads first rounds in Japanese startups, with a growth fund for later stages.

🇯🇵Minato-ku, Tokyo

+14 on our roster

Monozukuri Ventures

VC / Fund

Kyoto and New York venture firm investing in pre-seed to early-stage hard-tech and hardware startups.

🇯🇵Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture

2 on our roster

Korean VC and accelerator backing early-stage deep-tech startups, tied to a Silicon Valley sister firm.

🇰🇷Seoul

Jihun Yeon

Qubits Ventures

VC / Fund

Early-stage fund for quantum computing, AI-native platforms and next-generation compute infrastructure.

🇺🇸Pasadena, California

Nardo Manaloto

Revo Capital

VC / Fund

Istanbul-rooted VC backing early-stage tech startups from Türkiye and Central and Eastern Europe.

🇹🇷Istanbul

Cenk Bayrakdar

Venture capital arm of Japan's SBI Group, backing AI, blockchain, fintech, IT, biotech and energy startups

🇯🇵Minato-ku, Tokyo

Yasumasa Saito

SEEDRA Ventures

VC / Fund

Riyadh early-stage VC backing Saudi and MENA tech startups from pre-seed to Series A.

🇸🇦Riyadh, Riyadh Province

Omar Munawar

Simsan Ventures

VC / Fund

Early-stage VC from London, Seoul and Dubai backing diverse founders in deep tech, AI and fintech.

🇬🇧London

Rancho Lee

Spatial Capital

VC / Fund

Pre-seed and seed fund backing B2B physical AI startups in energy, agriculture, mining and infrastructure.

🇺🇸San Francisco, California

Doug Griffin

StarChain Ventures

VC / Fund

Silicon Valley seed fund backing AI, data intelligence and blockchain startups in regulated industries.

🇺🇸Silicon Valley, California

2 on our roster

Stella Capital

VC / Fund · Established

Operator-led venture capital fund backing early to late-stage companies in everyday infrastructure sectors

🇺🇸Chicago, Illinois

Aizuddin Zakaria Adli

The Emerging VC

VC / Fund

Independent platform with events, insight and tools for emerging VC fund managers. Not an investor.

Treeo VC

VC / Fund

Pre-seed and seed investor in AI-native B2B startups by Turkish and immigrant founders building in the US.

🇺🇸Miami, Florida

Arzu Tekir

W-inc.

VC / Fund

Tokyo venture capital firm investing in lifestyle, entertainment and sports startups in Asia.

🇯🇵Tokyo

Jeongwoo Lim

WiL (World Innovation Lab)

VC / Fund

US-Japan venture capital firm bridging startups and corporations across Silicon Valley and Tokyo.

🇯🇵Tokyo

Yamato Sasagawa

Early-stage venture fund backing deeptech, fintech and adjacent technologies in the US, UK and EU.

Sush Bapna

3P Ventures

VC / Fund

Early-stage SPV sponsor backing industrial tech and SMBs across Japan, Asia and the US

🇯🇵Japan

Chinh Q. Tran

Tokyo marketing agency that helps international consumer brands enter and grow in Japan.

🇯🇵Tokyo, Japan

Anna Silifonova

Tokyo and Los Angeles investment firm backing Japanese founders who want to go global.

🇯🇵Tokyo, Japan (second office in Los Angeles)

David Kenji Chang

ad-dice

Startup · Seed

Tokyo AI company with retrofit air-conditioning control AI and wearable-based health risk scoring.

🇯🇵Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Aeterlink

Startup · Series B+

Long-range wireless power for sensors in factories, buildings and medical implants.

🇯🇵Tokyo, Japan

Yuji Tanabe

AlturaFlow

Startup

Market visualization and portfolio analysis tools that help retail investors read entry and exit zones.

🇭🇰Wan Chai, Hong Kong

Jetson Tan

Early-stage consulting firm advising pre-seed, seed and pre-Series A startups.

Chintan Oza

Comprehensive Japanese law firm advising on domestic and international legal matters.

🇯🇵Otemachi Park Building, 1-1-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8136, Japan

Ryoichi Kaneko

AngelSchool.vc

VC / Fund

Angel syndicate backing revenue-generating B2B software and technology startups from seed stage.

🇸🇬Singapore

Jed Ng

Tokyo seed-stage VC investing ¥10M to ¥50M in internet and generative AI startups, with no sector limit.

🇯🇵Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Makihara Arisa

Ant Capital Partners Co., Ltd

VC / Fund

Tokyo private equity firm: buyouts, shareholder liquidity deals and fund secondaries in Japanese companies

🇯🇵Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Shota Atago

Fund of funds that backs VC funds worldwide, plus a platform that helps fund managers raise from LPs.

🇩🇪Berlin; registered office in Biesenthal, Brandenburg

Stevan Markovic

Asenion

Startup

AI governance, risk and compliance platform for enterprises and startups that build or deploy AI.

🇨🇦Kitchener, Ontario

Fion Lee-Madan

Accelerator and early investor for pre-seed and seed Web3 and blockchain startups.

🇩🇪Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Germany (parent company in Liechtenstein)

Max Zheng

Singapore-registered management consultancy firm.

🇸🇬531 Upper Cross Street, #03-39, Hong Lim Complex, Singapore 050531

Bill Ashlock

Tokyo incubator that supports founders and startups from before launch through to IPO.

🇯🇵1-11 Nihonbashi Nakasu, Chuo-ku, Tokyo

Yasuchika Wakayama

Tokyo advisory firm giving sales and marketing advice to seed and early-stage startups.

🇯🇵Suginami-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Kojiro Seto

byFood

Startup · Series B+

Japan's one-stop food platform for booking food tours, cooking classes, and restaurants.

🇯🇵Tokyo

Serkan Toso

CareerLab

One-person Korean firm offering career coaching, LinkedIn branding training and overseas expansion advice.

🇰🇷Seoul

Brian JY Yoo

Citadel AI

Startup · Series A

AI governance platform that evaluates, reviews and monitors AI systems for enterprises in regulated sectors.

🇯🇵Bunkyo, Tokyo

Yosuke Higashi

City of Yokohama platform linking cities, governments, companies and academics on smart cities in Asia.

🇯🇵Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Kazuo Nagasaki

Tokyo boutique corporate law firm that supports venture companies from formation to IPO.

🇯🇵2F Marunouchi Nijubashi Building, 3-2-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005

Toshio Furuta

Coaching in pitching, storytelling, public speaking, leadership and career moves for professionals.

Julie Oh

Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Inc.

Corporate · Established

Japan's largest Coca-Cola bottler. It makes and distributes beverages across most of the country.

🇯🇵Tokyo

Khalil Maaouni

Creative consultancy for marketing, branding and team training across Japan and APAC.

Ed Thompson

Tokyo venture firm investing ¥50M to ¥3B in startups from seed to Series D, mainly in Japan.

🇯🇵Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Keigo Shimada, D.Sc.

Strategic communications firm for corporate reputation, IPOs and deals, and U.S. market entry.

🇺🇸New York, United States

Adam Najberg

Limited liability partnership registered in Mumbai, India, in 2021.

🇮🇳Vile Parle East, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Sameer Karulkar

Cybereason

Corporate · Established

Endpoint security and managed detection and response for enterprises, now part of LevelBlue.

🇺🇸La Jolla, California, USA (Japan office: Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo)

Multilingual AI phone agents that answer calls, book appointments and follow up for service businesses.

🇺🇸Delaware, United States

Hiroyuki Anno

Deloitte Tohmatsu Venture Support

VC / Fund

Deloitte group firm in Tokyo that supports startups and runs Morning Pitch. An advisor, not an investor.

🇯🇵Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Vinod Vasudevan

Listed Tokyo internet group: payment platforms, fintech businesses, and startup investment and incubation.

🇯🇵Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Niklas Tawast

DLG Law Corporation

Seoul law firm advising startups, investors and corporations on tech, corporate and cross-border matters.

🇰🇷Seoul

Han Sung Kang

Dragons' Chamber

Community

Annual pitch event that helps immigrant entrepreneurs in Taiwan get feedback and meet investors.

🇹🇼Taipei, Taiwan

Elias Ek

Early-stage venture firm backing founders in AI, crypto, biotech, space and unconventional ideas.

🇺🇸San Mateo, California

Dream Drive

Startup

Tokyo campervan maker that builds and sells handcrafted, wood-interior vans for travel in Japan.

🇯🇵Komae, Tokyo

Jared Campion

Dreamhub Ventures

VC / Fund

Early-stage fund and builder backing founders across the US, Japan and Taiwan since 2016.

🇹🇼Taiwan

Jack Huang

Dubai-based agrifood advisory firm for food security, foodtech and food systems strategy.

🇦🇪The Sustainable City, Dubailand, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

José Francisco Fernandez Serna

EDGEof INNOVATION, LLC

Connects Japan's innovation ecosystem with startup ecosystems and governments overseas.

Taisuke “Alex” Odajima

Elevate 137

Startup

Cyber education, advisory and a security planning tool for small businesses and start-ups.

🇦🇺Perth, Western Australia

Joshua Qwek

Female-only angel collective backing early-stage startups in Asia-Pacific and Latin America.

🇸🇬Singapore

Maaike Doyer

AI consulting firm that builds automation systems with teams and hands over full ownership.

🇫🇷Paris, France

Mathieu Romary

EvolveWell

Startup

Workforce intelligence platform that helps frontline organizations detect risk and develop their people.

🇺🇸Pacific Palisades, California, United States

Marko Simic

Investment, digital strategy and venture building firm with offices in Tokyo, London and New York.

🇯🇵Tokyo, Japan

Steve Monaghan

Brazil chapter of Founder Institute, a pre-seed accelerator for idea-stage and pre-seed founders.

🇧🇷Sao Paulo and other cities, Brazil

Marco De Biasi

South African chapter of the Founder Institute, a pre-seed accelerator for idea-stage founders.

🇿🇦Cape Town, South Africa (programme runs online)

Keshni Morar

Singapore venture firm backing Southeast Asian founders at pre-seed and seed.

🇸🇬Singapore

David Yeng

Listed Taiwanese financial holding company with insurance, banking, securities and asset management units.

🇹🇼Taipei, Taiwan

Wei Chen

Furious Green

Startup

AI consulting and training firm in Yokohama helping large companies adopt AI and build it in-house.

🇯🇵Yokohama, Kanagawa

Francisco Dalla Rosa Soares

Gertech

Startup

Tokyo software developer that builds custom systems and AI tools for dispensing pharmacies.

🇯🇵Minato-ku, Tokyo

Gertech Inc.

Startup

Tokyo software developer that builds custom systems and AI tools for dispensing pharmacies.

🇯🇵Minato-ku, Tokyo

Glasp Inc.

Startup · Pre-seed

Social web highlighter for saving, organizing and sharing highlights from web pages, PDFs and videos.

🇺🇸San Francisco, California

Kei Watanabe

Glassbox Technologies

Startup · Series A

Virtual production software for film, TV, animation and game creators working in real-time game engines.

🇹🇼Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Gaviann Tseng

Korean non-profit foundation that helps Korean tech startups expand and find partners overseas.

🇰🇷Pangyo, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do

Global Innovation Consulting Inc

Corporate · Established

IT development and Myanmar talent recruitment for Japanese companies, from Tokyo, Miyazaki and Myanmar.

🇯🇵Sumida, Tokyo

Tomoyuki Iwanaga

GlobalDeal

Startup · Pre-seed

AI platform that runs cross-border market entry for deep-tech companies and economic development agencies.

🇯🇵Japan

Karen Onuma-Mielke

Graduate business school in Tokyo offering MBA programs in English and Japanese.

🇯🇵Tokyo, Japan

Darren Menabney

Taipei VC fund backed by a venture scout network, co-investing in pre-seed and seed startups.

🇹🇼Taipei, Taiwan

Ian Huang

US technology company behind Google Search, online advertising, Android, YouTube, Google Cloud and Gemini.

🇺🇸Mountain View, California, United States

+14 on our roster

Real estate CRM and property management software for brokers, developers and property managers.

🇦🇪Business Bay, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Hany Sayed

Multi-cloud consulting, managed services and FinOps billing for startups and digital businesses in Asia.

🇹🇼Taipei, Taiwan

Andy Cheng

Guardant Health

Corporate · Established

Precision oncology company making blood tests for cancer screening, monitoring and treatment selection.

🇺🇸Palo Alto, California

Changwon venture capital firm backing early-stage startups in Gyeongnam and Korea's southeast.

🇰🇷Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do

Ahram Chui

Tokyo-listed holding company of an advertising and marketing services group.

🇯🇵Akasaka Biz Tower, 5-3-1 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-6320

Kohei Noda

Hartwright Group

Fractional CFO and strategic finance advisory for startup founders.

🇯🇵Tokyo

Tokyo asset manager whose funds invest in mid- to late-stage unlisted companies, mainly unicorns.

🇯🇵Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Yoichi Morimoto

Hire Pundit

Established

Recruitment and business consulting firm placing bilingual IT and engineering talent in Japan and India.

🇯🇵Tokyo, Japan

Gaurav Malhotra

Consulting practice helping Japanese people and companies succeed in international markets.

🇯🇵Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Yuichi Terada

Management consulting practice advising Japanese and US companies on new business development and IT.

🇯🇵Japan

Shuji Honjo

Tokyo health-tech startup building a cloud platform and AI tools for sharing medical data between hospitals.

🇯🇵Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Xiaoxi Guo

Brand strategy venture studio that helps funds and their portfolio companies with positioning.

🇬🇧London and Los Angeles

Arcui Usoara

IDP Education Ltd.

Corporate · Established

International student placement services and co-owner of the IELTS English test.

🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia

Ignition Point

Corporate · Established

Tokyo consulting firm for new business creation and digital transformation that also invests in startups.

🇯🇵Shibuya, Tokyo

Noriaki Suzuki

Incisive Ventures

VC / Fund

Seattle pre-seed fund backing B2B technology companies that reduce friction at scale.

🇺🇸Seattle, Washington

Martin Tobias

Pre-seed and seed fund backing B2B AI and SaaS founders across Southeast Asia and APAC.

🇲🇾Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Kevin Brockland

Venture arm of Taiwan's ITRI. Invests in deep tech such as semiconductors, machinery and biotech.

🇹🇼Da'an District, Taipei

Alex Chang

Startup programs and open innovation support for companies, governments and universities in Japan.

🇯🇵Japan, with group operations in Australia

Joshua Flannery

Inovexus

VC / Fund

Early-stage investor community backing purpose-driven startups across Europe, with a Japan link.

🇯🇵Japan

Colin Magne

Pre-seed venture studio that builds and backs mobility, logistics, Industry 4.0 and Web3 startups.

🇺🇸Palo Alto, California

Walied Albasheer

InVirtuoLabs

Startup · Seed

Swiss biotech startup that combines AI and molecular simulation to discover drugs faster.

🇨🇭Lugano, Switzerland

Irvine Valley College

University

Public community college in Irvine, California, offering transfer, degree and certificate programs.

🇺🇸Irvine, California

JETRO

Established

Japan's government-related body promoting trade and investment between Japan and the world.

🇯🇵Tokyo, Japan

Noriya Tarutani

One-on-one online English lessons for elementary and junior high students, built on each child's interests.

🇯🇵Japan

KAIST Holdings

VC / Fund

University holding company commercializing KAIST research into startups, Daejeon, South Korea.

🇰🇷Daejeon

AI navigation model that lets mobile robots move safely and naturally among people.

🇯🇵Shibuya, Tokyo

Ibrahim Orhan

Tokyo consulting firm offering executive coaching and leadership and team development for executives.

🇯🇵Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Karin Wellbrock, MCC

Kimaru.ai

Startup · Pre-seed

Decision optimization platform for recurring manufacturing and supply-chain decisions.

🇺🇸Austin, Texas

2 on our roster

Tokyo law firm advising companies on corporate, M&A, venture and international transaction matters.

🇯🇵Shibuya CAST, 1-23-21 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0002

Ippei Takushima

Tokyo recruitment and career consulting firm for IT, digital marketing and startup roles.

🇯🇵1-25-5 Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo 151-0053

Kiyotake Sugita

Korea Investment Accelerator (KIAC)

VC / Fund

Seoul accelerator of Korea Investment Holdings. Backs pre-seed and seed startups in AI and deep tech.

🇰🇷Gangnam-gu, Seoul

Woohyun Nahm

Korea Startup Forum

Community · Established

Korea's largest startup association, working on policy, regulation and growth support for members.

🇰🇷Seoul, South Korea

Josh Choi

Kraken

Corporate · Established

AI-powered operating system for energy utilities: customer management, flexibility and grid operations.

🇬🇧London, United Kingdom

Krishan Caldwell

Kumo Labs

Startup · Seed

Predictive maintenance for mid-size manufacturers in Japan and Korea

🇯🇵Tokyo and Osaka

Kyoto University

University

National research university in Kyoto with education, research, industry collaboration and startup support.

🇯🇵Yoshida-honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto

Singapore growth consultancy helping founders set up and scale across Asia-Pacific markets.

🇸🇬60 Paya Lebar Road, #06-28, Paya Lebar Square, Singapore

So Yeon Kim

Design agency for pitch decks, investor materials, websites and branding for startups and scaleups.

🇷🇸Belgrade, Serbia

Vladimir Pletyukhin

Tokyo campus of the Le Wagon coding bootcamp, teaching web development, AI and data skills.

🇯🇵2-11-3 Meguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo (at Impact Hub, about 10 minutes on foot from Meguro Station)

Link & Innovation

Tokyo company that runs DICT, a Web 3.0 / DAO community for co-creative innovation.

🇯🇵Tokyo

Shinya Yamamoto

Evergreen global fund backing early founders from INSEAD, Founder Institute and its investor network.

🇨🇦Toronto, Ontario

Neeti Virmani

MadeHere (formerly 3D Printing Corporation)

Startup · Series B+

Makes discontinued parts by reverse engineering and sells industrial 3D printers to industry and defense.

🇯🇵Yokohama, Kanagawa

Alexander De Vore

Montreal family-office-backed fund investing at Seed and Series A in North America and Israel.

🇨🇦Montreal, Quebec

Sergio Escobar

Global automotive supplier of lighting, electronics, interiors, thermal and propulsion systems for carmakers.

🇯🇵Saitama, Japan

Jan Kaiser

Marubeni's corporate venture arm, investing globally in mid- and later-stage startups across industries.

🇯🇵Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Jay Onda

Meaningful

Startup

Contact management app that helps business professionals in Korea remember the people they meet.

Menuwiz

Startup

AI menu translation for travelers in Japan, with ingredients, allergens, photos and dish descriptions.

🇯🇵Setagaya, Tokyo

Early-stage venture and advisory firm backing Future of Work and human augmentation startups.

Lauren Nham

Mirror Mii Inc.

Startup

AI customer digital twins that let brands test products and messaging before a U.S. launch.

🇺🇸Los Angeles, California

MIT office that connects companies with MIT research, faculty and MIT-connected startups.

🇺🇸Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Ryo Ishibashi

MoBagel

Startup · Series A

Enterprise AI platform and AI agents for forecasting, reporting and workflow automation.

🇺🇸Santa Clara, California

Hiroshi Nishikawa

Corporate venture arm of MS&AD Insurance Group, backing early-stage insurtech, fintech and health startups

🇺🇸Menlo Park, California

Luca Meguro

Private university in Tokyo with 13 faculties, including a Faculty of Entrepreneurship.

🇯🇵Ariake, Koto Ward, Tokyo, Japan

Yoichi Ito

Converts mixed waste plastic into oil and refinery-grade feedstock with modular pyrolysis systems.

Nakatomi

Startup

Secure, compliance-ready cloud architectures for teams moving from prototype to production.

🇯🇵Tokyo

Richard Orman

Narravity, Inc.

Startup

Modular microgravity lab that lets research and commercial R&D teams run experiments in space.

🇺🇸Fremont County, Colorado

Kei Shimada

AI go-to-market and revenue strategy practice for scaling B2B companies.

Strategic investment arm of NEOM, backing technology companies in NEOM's priority sectors worldwide.

🇸🇦NEOM, northwest Saudi Arabia

Constantine Demetriou

Subscription streaming service offering TV series, films, games and live programming worldwide.

🇺🇸Los Gatos, California, United States

Niyati Gupta

NextUnicorn.Fund

VC / Fund

US-registered VC fund and accelerator backing tech-enabled startups in AI, SaaS, IoT and fintech.

🇺🇸Dover, Delaware

Pras Hanuma

Nineteen Twenty-One

Startup

Vienna venture fund backing early-stage companies in type 1 diabetes and the diseases that come with it.

🇦🇹Vienna, Austria

Fredrik Debong

Tokyo branding studio that designs brands, websites and products for tech startups in short sprints.

🇯🇵Tokyo, Japan (remote-first)

Raphael Hodé

NPO Seitaikai

Community

Osaka non-profit that maps and connects the Kansai startup ecosystem through reports, events and advice.

🇯🇵Osaka, Japan

Hiroko Nishiyama

Omise

Startup · Series B+

Online payment platform that lets businesses and financial institutions accept and make payments.

🇹🇭Bangkok, Thailand

Berlin communications and PR agency for technology scale-ups and high-growth companies.

🇩🇪Markgrafenstraße 36, 10117 Berlin, Germany

Tilo Bonow Piabo

Boutique management consultancy for corporations, investors and institutions in the UAE and Saudi Arabia.

🇦🇪Dubai, United Arab Emirates (offices in Riyadh and London)

Omar Abedin

Plug and Play Tech Center

Accelerator · Established

Global innovation platform that connects startups, corporations and investors through accelerators and VC.

🇺🇸Sunnyvale, California

Rebecca Chai

Singapore law corporation providing legal services, registered since 2010.

🇸🇬Toa Payoh North, Singapore

Hooi Yen Chin

Qualcomm

Corporate · Established

Listed semiconductor and wireless technology company behind Snapdragon chips and 5G patents.

🇺🇸San Diego, California

Yvie Tai

Independent Tokyo VC that invests in pre-seed and seed startups in all sectors and aims to lead rounds.

🇯🇵Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Ken Covey

Rakuten Symphony

Corporate · Established

Cloud-native telecom software for mobile operators: Open RAN, cloud and operations automation.

🇯🇵Tokyo, Japan

Mahesh Kasar

Early stage venture capital for tech startups in India and Southeast Asia, with a bridge to Japan.

🇯🇵Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Takeshi Ebihara

SABI by Sales Done Right Japan

Startup

AI companion that helps creatives clarify their offer and turn ideas into commercial opportunities.

Julio Alejandro Calanche

Venture fund backing pre-seed startups across Africa and the US with up to $150,000 and hands-on support.

🇺🇸Dallas, Texas

PASCHAL OFFORDUM

Invitation-only investor network for alternative investments across EMEA: real estate, secondaries, tech.

🇬🇧London, England (offices also in Türkiye and Bulgaria)

Tunc Berkman

SmartStart Japan

Established

Incorporation, visa, banking and subsidy support for foreign entrepreneurs starting a business in Japan.

🇯🇵Sumida City, Tokyo

Tyson Batino

Sora Studio

Startup · Established

Brand and product design for startups launching in Korea and Japan

🇰🇷Seoul

Deep tech venture firm that writes the first pre-seed check in energy, biology, materials and robotics.

🇺🇸Princeton, New Jersey (program sites in New York, Newark and San Francisco)

Benjamin Joffe

Accelerator and early-stage investor for startups in emerging and frontier markets.

Stella (Jeehyon) Yoh

SparkLabs Group

Accelerator

A network of startup accelerators and venture capital funds backing early-stage founders worldwide.

🇺🇸Palo Alto, California

Eugene Kim

SparkLabs Taiwan

Accelerator

AI-first startup accelerator and venture fund in Taiwan for early-stage teams aiming to scale globally.

🇹🇼Taipei, Taiwan

Edgar Chiu

Tokyo technology partner for AI adoption, automation and system development for Japanese companies.

🇯🇵Aoyama Marutake Building 6F, 3-1-36 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Cross-border growth and investment platform for tech scale-ups with $5M to $20M in ARR.

🇺🇸Palo Alto, US; presence in San Francisco, New York, Dubai, Bangalore and Lagos

Sameer Sortur

Seoul law firm advising startups and companies on formation, contracts, disputes and visas.

🇰🇷4th Floor, 581 Gangnam-daero, Seocho-gu, Seoul

Donghwa Chung

Tokyo consulting firm that builds brand strategy for small and medium-sized companies.

🇯🇵Kita-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Ryusuke Murao

Coworking, incubation and community programmes for startups in Mongolia and Malaysia.

🇲🇳Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Zolboo Bayarsaikhan

Startup Alliance Korea

Community

Seoul non-profit that connects Korea's startups, investors, government and corporates.

🇰🇷Seoul

Jungwook Lim

Startup Co-Creation (SCC)

Startup

Community connecting Tokyo's English-speaking startup founders and aspiring entrepreneurs.

🇯🇵Tokyo

Startup Island TAIWAN

Taiwan's national startup brand, promoting its startup ecosystem and helping startups expand abroad.

🇹🇼Taiwan

Allen John Ku

SUZUKI MANJI OFFICE

Personal office of Manji Suzuki, a DENSO engineer and former Silicon Valley innovation lead.

🇯🇵Japan

Manji Suzuki

Synnovate

Consulting firm that helps companies evaluate, enter and grow in the Japanese market.

🇯🇵Japan

Timothy Connor

Smartphone payment and inbound tourist booking services for restaurants and shops in Japan.

🇯🇵Minato, Tokyo

Lu Dong

TALNETS AG

Startup

AI video analysis that helps football clubs, scouts and leagues find and assess talent.

🇨🇭Root, Lucerne

Todor Panev

TaskUs

Corporate · Established

Outsourced digital services: customer experience, trust and safety, and AI operations for companies.

🇺🇸New Braunfels, Texas

Cedric Wagrez

Fintech innovation platform that invests in early-stage startups and runs programmes for corporates.

🇨🇭Zurich, Switzerland

Paolo Ottaviani

The Garrison

Startup

Deal-making firm offering disciplined, selective market access and capital-scaling systems.

Riso Dongok Ahn

Pitch coaching and training for startups and corporate intrapreneurs, run by Christoph Sollich in Berlin.

🇩🇪Berlin, Germany

Christoph Sollich

Tidewell

Startup · First customers

Patient booking and reminders for clinic chains in Southeast Asia

🇮🇩Jakarta and Ho Chi Minh City

Tokyo Fabhub

Connects foreign entrepreneurs and companies with a network of over 100 small factories in Tokyo.

🇯🇵Katsushika-ku, Tokyo

Leadership coaching and strategic advisory firm for senior executives and leadership teams.

Iva Buschmann

Early-stage tech investor that links startups with large Asian corporations, from Seed to Series B.

🇺🇸Palo Alto, California

Tomohiro Uchida

Tokyo startup-support firm running incubation facilities, acceleration programmes and founder education.

🇯🇵Kanda Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

2 on our roster

Tokyo VC, formerly UB Ventures, backing seed to Series A SaaS, AI and automation startups.

🇯🇵Minato-ku, Tokyo

Chiamin Lai

Global platform for ride-hailing, food delivery and freight, used by riders, eaters and businesses.

🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States

Toon Poelstra

Agency helping deeptech founders in Asia explain and sell complex technology to clients and investors.

🇸🇬Singapore; Hong Kong; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Jonathan Nguyen

The University of Tokyo's investment company, backing academia-linked deep tech startups.

🇯🇵Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo

Mikio Kawahara

VALLARIS

Singapore M&A advisory firm helping entrepreneurs and investors buy, sell and value businesses.

🇸🇬Singapore

Siong Yoong

Ventures Cubed

VC / Fund

Series A readiness coaching and advisory for founders, run by a former venture capitalist.

🇨🇦Toronto

Michael Ho

Executive, business and life coaching for individuals, entrepreneurs and executives.

🇨🇲Douala, Cameroon

Franklin Kamnang Ngansop

Hanoi holding company that invests in and incubates startups in Vietnam.

🇻🇳Hanoi, Vietnam

Giang Trịnh

Wada FoodTech

Startup

AIoT hot-chain bento vending platform that serves hot meals at workplaces, campuses and hospitals.

🇯🇵Tokyo, Japan

Jason Chen

Not-for-profit foundation in Geneva that connects global leaders and hosts the Annual Meeting in Davos.

🇨🇭Geneva, Switzerland (offices in New York, San Francisco, Beijing and Tokyo)

Fujiyo Ishiguro

Woven by Toyota (formerly Woven Planet Holdings)

Corporate · Established

Toyota's mobility technology subsidiary building vehicle software, automated driving and Woven City.

🇯🇵Tokyo, Japan

Michael Sudano

xRsion Inc. (エクスアールジョン株式会社)

Startup

Entertainment startup behind Favee, apps where fans collect digital goods and real voice recordings.

🇯🇵Ashiya, Hyogo

Masumi Shimafuji

Tokyo angel investor group connecting global angels with startups mainly based in Japan.

🇯🇵Yotsuya, Shinjuku, Tokyo

Yuki Shirato

Yanmar Ventures

VC / Fund

Yanmar Group's CVC for early-stage deep tech in food production, climate, labor saving and user experience

🇯🇵Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Haru Noda

Yokohama innovation body linking companies, universities, government and citizens.

🇯🇵Queen's Square Yokohama, 2-3-5 Minatomirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan

Kotaro Mori

Z Venture Capital

VC / Fund

LY Corporation's venture arm, backing AI, fintech, media, commerce and deep tech startups from seed to growth.

🇯🇵Tokyo

James Lim

Zehitomo

Startup · Series B+

Japanese marketplace that matches people who need a local service with professionals who offer it.

🇯🇵Shinagawa, Tokyo

Jordan Fisher

ZooKeep

Startup · Seed

Tokyo HR tech startup with a bilingual applicant tracking system and hiring consulting for companies.

🇯🇵Minato-ku, Tokyo

Fuminori Gunji