Top 50 Food and Beverage VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Japan in October 2023

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• nat — nat develops iOS application - Scanat and provides consultation service in data strategy.
• Dots for — Dots for is a technology that aims to improve the lives of rural residents by providing them with digital services.
• Willbox — Willbox is an international logistics company providing an international logistics digital platform for shippers and logistics companies. The company's platform "Giho" connects shippers and logistics companies (transportation, packaging, warehousing, customs clearance, etc.) with a direct contract. It visualizes the three elements of[lead time, money, and safety], which have been regarded as a black box, and supports comparative examination and decision making. Willbox digitizes the packing technique of wooden boxes and steel, mandatory for international logistics, and incorporated them into their system. Their mission is to solve the logistics issues focusing on the large cargo of industrial products.The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa.

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• EX-Fusion — EX-Fusion develops the first commercial laser based nuclear fusion reactor for power generation.
• YourTrade — YourTrade helps cross-border e-commerce companies to resale rejected goods and backlogged inventory from overseas sales through local sales channels.It also provides services such as collection and inspection of returned items, as well as resale through local sales channels.
• Carnot — LLM, Autonomous Agent

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• SoLeLands — SoLeLands provides children with future-ready skills, virtues, and applied competences and inspires children to love learning.
• Maka Motors — MAKA is dedicated to building the best electric motorcycles for Indonesian riders.
• Zenith Learning Group — Zenith Learning Group's mission is to deliver a holistic, world-class education to learners across South East Asia through technology.

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• Firstcard — All-in-One Student Credit Builder. Build credit. Earn cashback. Grow your deposit.
• LexxPluss — LexxPluss develops an automatic transfer software system and robot hardware.
• Smart Bank — Smart Bank is a softawre firm that has developed an application for money spending management.

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• byFood.com — Food tours, cooking classes, dining experiences & tastings in Japan. Enjoy a meal in Japan and help children around the world thr
• Tablecross — Tablecross is a Marketing consulting business for restaurants.
• Integriculture — Integriculture makes cellular agriculture products to improve sustainability, food security, and reduce public health problems. The company offers a developed patented general-purpose large-scale cell culture system that can culture wide range of cells without external addition of expensive growth factors and provide consumers with affordable cleanmeat.Founded in 2015, Integriculture is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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• BABY JOB — BABY JOB offers nursery support and child care support businesses.
• SOUNDRAW — Your personal AI music generator.
• Startbahn — Startbahn aims to realize a richer society by providing the technology needed by artists and people involved with art all over the world. We are developing Startbahn Cert., a service that issues blockchain certificates for artworks, and promoting the development of Startrail, a blockchain infrastructure that is the basis for Startbahn Cert. We alsorun joint projects with other companies.

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• Dioseve — Dioseve is providing novel possibilities for all life.
• HQ Inc — Hq is a consutling firm that works in the area of personnel organization strategy, working style office strategy and software development.
• TeraWatt Technology — Electrifying all for the sustainable future

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• DAIZ — DAIZ produces and sells plant-based meat, 'Miracle Meat' which uses germinated soybeans by the proprietary 'Ochiai Germination Method.' Also, DAIZ engages in research & development of raw materials and drug discovery from germinated soybeans.

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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 — Watch videos with your people on Stacked.

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• LiLz — LiLz is an IT technology network for businesses looking to use AI and IoT to offer new services and value.
• CADDi — CADDi is an online ordering platform for manufacturing industry.
• EX-Fusion — EX-Fusion develops the first commercial laser based nuclear fusion reactor for power generation.

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• CotoLab. — CotoLab is an Internet company.
• DINETTE — DINETTE is a cosmetics manufacturing company.
• SOUNDRAW — Your personal AI music generator.

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• SARAH — SARAH has been working on the planning and operation of the gourmet community app "SARAH", which operates a menu gourmet site "SARAH" that allows you to search for items you want to eat from menu-based posts.
• CoCooking — CoCooking uses food and cooking to create ample opportunity for dialogue and thought, fostering creativity, diversity, and well-being of individuals and communities.
• Best Beer Japan — Best Beer Japan provides a barrel tracking software for craft beer and barrel sharing. The company was founded in 2018.

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• Todoker — Todoker is a baggage delivery convenient service providing company.
• LUCA Science — LUCA Science develops innovative treatments intended for mitochondrial and related diseases.
• Beer and Tech — Beer and Tech operates a website for the Phalaenopsis or foliage plant HitoHana. Norihisa Morita and Yoshiaki Ito founded it in 2014, with its headquarters in Saitama in Japan.

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• Degas — Degas develops solutions to improve the productivity of small-scale farmers in Africa.
• pickupon株式会社 — Pickupon is a company that transcribes important parts of the call
• MoneyDuck — MoneyDuck - Making Smart Financial Decision

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• RATEL — Since its establishment in 2018, the company has been operating and broadcasting esports tournaments with the mission of making esports the best entertainment in the universe. We mainly run official tournaments and large-scale tournaments for various titles such as CoD Mobile, CoDBOCW, ApexLegends, VALORANT, and Knives out. We are also developing avoice chat application called “VOLBOX” to solve the issues raised by many esports players.
• Bé-A Japan — Bé-A Japan producer and distributor of fashion accessories. They provide products that include underwear, sanitary napkins, interior goods, fashion accessories, health foods, and cosmetic products. They offer products that are available for shopping online. Their customers' inquiries are addressed through phone, email, and online applications.
• Sixty Percent — Sixty Percent is an overseas fashion mail order site that collects street brands from various countries and transmits asian fashion.

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• EBRU — EBRU is a manufacturer and seller of earphones and ear monitor audio products that include custom artwork on the products.
• Meiten Kan — Meiten Kan engages in the food delivery service industry.
• Human Potential Lab — Human Potential Lab is a company that supports individual skills development and corporate organizational change. Focusing on mental health and well-being, the company's programs are based on brain science, bioscience, psychology, and technology.

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• Funds — Funds is an online marketplace for lending funds.
• Bloomo Investment — Bloomo Investment is a software company that specializes in the development of smart and fun investment apps.
• LexxPluss — LexxPluss develops an automatic transfer software system and robot hardware.

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• DINETTE — DINETTE is a cosmetics manufacturing company.
• HitoBito — HitoBito is a LINE advertising and account management agency.
• EF Polymer — EF Polymer Private Limited providing 100% Organic and fully Biodegradable Super Absorbent Polymer cum Fertilizer to reduce Water and Fertilizer requirement for your plant. Let's grow organically.

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• YAGO — YAGO operates in the IT field and provides internet and software services.
• Nudge — Provider of financial planning platform designed to create a financial institution with new values and behaviors from scratch. The company's platform has been strengthening its team, developing the first service, and preparing for the necessary financial license acquisition, enabling users to secure their future financially.
• Hogetic Lab — Hogetic Lab specialize in DCaaS, AI development, and Data human resources training.

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• Cerby — Collaborate without chaos. Cerby helps your team be productive while protecting your brand. Secure unmanageable applications. Only with Cerby.
• CYBO — CYBO provides products and services to understand cells deeply and to harness them widely.
• Bondy — Bondy is an HR Tech automation platform that specializes in connecting different HR processes.

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• Raena — RAENA adalah platform reseller kecantikan terbesar di Indonesia yang memberikan peluang bisnis rumahan yang menjanjikan. Dropshipper & Reseller produk kecantikan
• Ralali — Ralali.com, Pusat toko grosir online pertama di Indonesia, sebagai b2b wholesale marketplace platform yang menghubungkan supplier, distributor dengan retail.
• Delivered Korea — Buy KPOP, Korean skincare, any products from Korean shopping sites. Use our free Korean address, consolidation, forwarding, personal shopper!

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• Funds — Funds is an online marketplace for lending funds.
• K Pharma — K Pharma Is the development Of the Treatment Of the Spinal Cord injury
• OriCiro Genomics — DNA amplification | OriCiro Cloning Kit - OriCiro Genomics, Inc.

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• ProfilePrint — ProfilePrint synthesises complex molecular data of ingredient samples into digital fingerprints, rapidly predicting its identity and quality, helping agribusinesses to buy and sell better with its patented digital food identity-as-a-service (IDaaS) technology.
• Integriculture — Integriculture makes cellular agriculture products to improve sustainability, food security, and reduce public health problems. The company offers a developed patented general-purpose large-scale cell culture system that can culture wide range of cells without external addition of expensive growth factors and provide consumers with affordable cleanmeat.Founded in 2015, Integriculture is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
• Sentient.io — We provide a secure AI & Data platform with ready-made AI models for easy adoption and turnkey AI solutions for Enterprises on your digitalisation journey.

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• pickupon株式会社 — 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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• Torana — Torana provides "Toysub!" well known as educational toy subscription service in Japan market. We plan to go global and will be more bigger market share holder in East Asia. We collect month-age base toy feedback data and children's development status information. We plan best combination of toys and deliver. Customer returns and getsnew toys which fit children's growth and it is eco friendly service. We plan to build our own brand toys based on massive customer feedback and growth data and enter D2C market.
• Toranotec — TORANOTEC CORPORATION aims to create a world where investment is familiar to everyone by realizing "from consumption to investment" through the services of asset management subsidiaries , utilizing advanced technology.
• better Japan — Better is a startup to develop and operate the inheritance tax web service.

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• DAIZ — DAIZ produces and sells plant-based meat, 'Miracle Meat' which uses germinated soybeans by the proprietary 'Ochiai Germination Method.' Also, DAIZ engages in research & development of raw materials and drug discovery from germinated soybeans.
• Izumi Holdings — Izumi Holdings create an OS for food distribution and deliver richness to the world with new infrastructure.In other words, Izumi having a trading account for each fishery company, livestock company, and agriculture company for one sales destination can easily lead to business expansion,to rationalization of sales and distribution, reduction of SG& A expenses, etc. Creating a competitive advantage
• Routrek Networks — Routrek is a manufacturing and sales of ICT next generation hydroponic cultivation system.

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• YourTrade — YourTrade helps cross-border e-commerce companies to resale rejected goods and backlogged inventory from overseas sales through local sales channels.It also provides services such as collection and inspection of returned items, as well as resale through local sales channels.
• 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.
• Friend Microbe — Friend Mike Robe is Developing new market with microbe-related technology

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• Torana — Torana provides "Toysub!" well known as educational toy subscription service in Japan market. We plan to go global and will be more bigger market share holder in East Asia. We collect month-age base toy feedback data and children's development status information. We plan best combination of toys and deliver. Customer returns and getsnew toys which fit children's growth and it is eco friendly service. We plan to build our own brand toys based on massive customer feedback and growth data and enter D2C market.
• LIFESCAPES — LIFESCAPES is a research and manufacturer of brain-computer interface equipment.
• IGNITE IMPULSE, INC. — As a digital agricultural enhancing service, Ignite impulse offers a variety of services, some of which include the following: agricultural software and equipment rentals, sales, maintenance, and leasing solutions; self-regulated farm shells with pre-installed vertical farming solutions; machined irrigation consulting and installations; artificialintelligence (AI) powered farming solutions; hydroponics farming consultation- partnership and installations; supply chain and logistics partnership; and more.Ignite Impulse also offers hydroponics solutions, as well as controlled farming assistance and consulting, to corporate, government, and educational organizations as part of our cooperation with these entities.

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• 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.
• Beatrust — BeaTrust helps each employee to connect easily, accelerating collaboration, and driving innovation. The company was founded in 2020 and based in Tokyo, Japan.
• 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.

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• Wakaze — Wakaze is a Japanese sake brewing startup.
• Blue Laser Fusion — Blue Laser Fusion is a commercial fusion company. Blue Laser Fusion is a laser startup to commercialize laser fusion by inventing its own laser and fusion reactor.
• Nanofiber Quantum Technologies — Powering a globally connected quantum future with pioneering nanofiber cavity QED.

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• LiLz — LiLz is an IT technology network for businesses looking to use AI and IoT to offer new services and value.
• Tsukulink — Tsukulink is a job match matching platform for Japan’s construction industry.
• Medmain — To create a world where medical services can be accessed with technology anywhere,anytime-As a supporting partner to medical practitioners throughout the world, Medmain develops and operates PidPort, an analytical system for pathological image diagnosis that makes use of Deep Learning, as well as Medteria, a specialized cloud-based service for medical students.

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• Canly — Canly is a cloud based system to reduce management & operating costs in a retail store along with being in the media & advertising business.
• PeaceTecLab — PeaceTecLab is a CtoCsharing service, as its main business.
• Alliance Cloud — Alliance Cloud primarily engages in the Sales Tech and BtoB Sales Outsourcing Business.

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• SkymatiX — SkymatiX develop and provide remote sensing syng service for drone.
• MiddleField — MiddleField is a team to make cars the best entertainment and to make the lives of everyone involved in cars into entertainment. They creates a society where a lot of people are involved as a middle point of all people's dreams. MiddleField owns and operates an e-commerce platform offering cars.
• Leading Mark — Leading Mark, a rising human resources startup in Japan. Leading Mark is branching out into mid-career and international hiring. It currently has a one-man team in China working to bring the top Japanese-speaking Chinese students to domestic companies. He also touts his startup’s focus on the average job seeker. “We want to make sure that the usersget the info that he or she needs the most,” he says. Large scale, legacy players can sometimes prioritize the needs of the hiring company, and their commission, over the needs of applicants themselves. This leads to frustration and short-circuited careers.

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• SmartRyde — October 5, 2021 Bloomberg featured CEO Sota Kimura's thoughts on the company's founding and future business development. March 19, 2021 What We Do to Protect Our Customer All staff are required to wear masks. Provision of alcohol-based disinfectants in
• DennoKotsu — Denno Kotsu is a Taxi dispatch system development and provision, taxi company contract dispatch service
• Integriculture — Integriculture makes cellular agriculture products to improve sustainability, food security, and reduce public health problems. The company offers a developed patented general-purpose large-scale cell culture system that can culture wide range of cells without external addition of expensive growth factors and provide consumers with affordable cleanmeat.Founded in 2015, Integriculture is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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• Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
• Wakaze — Wakaze is a Japanese sake brewing startup.
• Minimal - Bean to Bar Chocolate — Minimal - Bean to Bar Chocolate is a Chocolate startup

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• Bytebeam — Accelerate your IoT initiatives with Bytebeam - our platform makes it 10X simpler and quicker to build cutting-edge smart products
• Showroom B2B — SHOWROOM B2B is building the largest B2B “Phygital” platform for India’s $108 Bn fashion industry by connecting Tier 2+ clothing retailers directly with small to mid-scale apparel manufacturers and providing all parties with solutions for distribution, credit, logistics, and marketing.Showroom works on “Touch & Feel” mode of selling where itsunique distribution model ensures that there is almost NO RETURN of products sold. It creates Experience Centres for its retailers which gives them the confidence to buy without any iota of doubt about product quality.Showroom's offerings = Better Margins for Clothing Retailers + Aggressive Growth for Clothing Manufacturers
• Testsigma — Powerful open source test automation platform that lets you automate tests for web, mobile, desktop apps, and APIs in minutes. Sign up for free today.

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• DENDOH — DENDOH specializes in branding and promotion business using AR technology and 3D design.
• Tippsy — Largest selection of sake delivered to you. Tippsy makes finding good sake easy and fun! Free shipping 6+ bottles. Sake club subscription offers special perks such as member-exclusive discounts, virtual sake tasting as well as a beginner's guide.
• Office Pharmacy — Office pharmacy provides abundant evidence of Chinese herbal medicine, manages the medication schedule.

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• Seasats — Seasats autonomous ocean vehicles provide remote monitoring and data collection for defense and commercial customers at a fraction of the cost, logistics, and risk compared to traditional methods.
• ImaCreate — ImaCreate provides planning, development and operation of VR / AR / MR system.
• Edgecortix — At Edgecortix, we automate the design of AI accelerators for on-device deep learning. Our Dynamic Neural Accelerator IP, and performance optimized AI Software & Hardware Co-exploration framework, reduces time to market and brings massive cost savings across multiple industry verticals.

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• Hogetic Lab — Hogetic Lab specialize in DCaaS, AI development, and Data human resources training.
• Smart Shopping — Smartmat is an eco-friendly IoT purchase system for on-demand, no-hassle grocery with cost-effective shipping.
• OriCiro Genomics — DNA amplification | OriCiro Cloning Kit - OriCiro Genomics, Inc.

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• Azaneo — Azaneo develops lightning-fast electric weeding technology. Using only electrons - herbicide free.
• Atinary — Atinary is an end-to-end AI, machine learning, robotics, and cloud computing technology platform for digitizing R&D operations.
• Nium — Nium is creating nanotechnology that has a patent application, significantly reducing temperature, pressure, and overall emissions to produce cleaner, cooler, and greener ammonia. They formed carbon 13 for the climate emergency.

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• Asuene — Asuene involves in clean power retail business, retail SaaS business, etc.
• Fondo — Fondo is an all-in-one accounting platform for startups. We'll handle your bookkeeping, tax, and tax credits so you can focus on building your startup.
• Habitto — SJML is a new financial services venture. The team and its advisors have a breadth of experience ranging from insurance, banking, e-commerce, adtech and ventures across five continents. This provides them with a unique approach to entering new markets and building valuable businesses.

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• Tané — Crypto builders incubator. Nurture the soil for Web3.
• Thirdverse — Thirdverse (formerly known as Yomuneco Inc) is engaged in Virtual Reality content and services planning, development, sales and management.
• microverse — Microverse offers NFT-related services such as content creation, distribution, and customer service.

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• Thinca — Thinca is an IT system planning, development, and operations company that provides a cloud-based CTI (Computer Telephony Integration) hospitality & communication solution for corporate offices.
• QD Laser, Inc. — Our light manipulation technology will leap forward in all industries and enrich people's lives.The world will evolve faster than ever through the power of lasers.
• Digital Cruise — Digital Cruise Provides cloud services for video distribution and digital signage.

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• Wakaze — Wakaze is a Japanese sake brewing startup.
• Cogsmart — Cogsmart provides services for brain function research and development. In hopes of helping prevent dementia and maintain and improve other cognitive functions, they manufacture and sell software for medical and healthcare devices.
• ElevationSpace — ElevationSpace offers high quality & well equipped workspaces giving tenants a nurturing environment .

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• Lootex — Lootex is a blockchain-based trading platform that offers services ranging from software integration to channel sales to its corporate clients. Lootex is located in Taipei City, Taipei.
• PlayVerse — PlayVerse is a technology-enabled entertainment company built on Web 3. PlayVerse plans to launch its own D2C brand, which will be focused on an interconnected universe of content and “play”. It aims to unlock the full potential of an IP with a 360-degree approach to content and merchandise. This merchandise would include both physical productssuch as toys as well as digital assets like avatars, emojis, and skins creating more interest among users.
• Shopkirana — Shopkirana is a B2B-commerce company that focuses on technology and supply chain innovation. It aims to encourage retailers to be competitive by delivering technology, operational expertise, and scale advantage.The company directly works with brands to boost them on the demand side and reach to masses with transparency and deep marketintelligence.Shopkirana was founded on 2015 and is headquartered in Indore, India.

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• BharatNXT — BharatNXT is a B2B fintech platform. BharatNXT's objective is to become the go-to partner for SMEs on their path to becoming major companies for their business payments, credit, compliance, and sourcing needs.
• PolicyStreet — PolicyStreet is a regional full-stack InsurTech company. We customise insurance solutions for businesses and consumers.
• Yellow Metal — Fintech company that provides Gold loan

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• Heartseed — Heartseed has set a mission to “open the door to heart disease treatment with regenerative medicine” and is working toward the day-to-day clinical application of myocardial regenerative medicine.
• Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.
• Kyoto Fusioneering — Kyoto Fusioneering is a research & development, design, and manufacture of parts related to fusion reactors.

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• QunaSys — Quantum physics is a relatively new field built since the beginning of the 20th century, but we have used MRI (nuclear magnetic resonance equipment) and lasers used for close examinations in hospitals, and semiconductors mounted on computers. Supports the technology that supports the daily life of people.QunaSys was established to bring out thequantum physics that has been active behind the scenes to the front stage, and to make use of quantum properties to realize technologies that could not be achieved with existing technologies.
• bitBiome — BitBiome is a microbiome analysis company that aims to discover and understand disease-linked microorganisms. Its, single-cell whole-genome analysis platform specifically targets microbes and can be used on uncultured, raw samples, providing unprecedented strain-level quantitative and functional insights.THe company was founded in 2018 and isbased in Japan.
• Sonire Therapeutics — Sonire Therapeutics provides High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound treatment for cancer.

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• tripla — Tripla provides IT services for various industries such as hotels, railways, travel-related, restaurants, real estate, and apparel. It is one of the fastest-growing startups in Japan that aims to provide a platform where any tourists can make any reservations they want to make in their language through any chat and voice platforms. It provides theservice to hundreds of customers like hotels, rent- a- car companies, transportation companies that provide services to tourists. Tripla chatbot, a BPO service that solves daily inquiry cost reduction and multilingual support at once, has been well received by customers due to its learning AI and double support from operators who are familiar with the industry. Also, the new hotel reservation engine equipped with the OTA price comparison of each company and the automatic best rate adjustment function has significantly increased the ratio of in-house reservations and contributed to the improvement of profitability.
• umami.me — Order Food in English at Restaurant in Japanumami will help youFind menu you can eat and order in your own languageCommunicate with non-English speaking staff when you orderFind coupons and get discount or rewardSince its launch back in April of 2015, the Umami mobile app has been adopted by about 250 restaurants in Japan. The app allowsrestaurants to provide their menu in English, Chinese (simplified and traditional) and Korean as well as Japanese, attract customers through coupons, and spread words using social network services so that they can better reach out to foreign visitors. For customers, it helps them find restaurants following their dining preference using a recommendation feature, making orders at a restaurant in their mother tongue and choosing allergy-free or halal food menus.

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• TMH — TMH is a repair of various parts for semiconductor, liquid crystal, and solar manufacturing equipment.
• Thinca — Thinca is an IT system planning, development, and operations company that provides a cloud-based CTI (Computer Telephony Integration) hospitality & communication solution for corporate offices.
• Cocon — Cocon engages in the cybersecurity and AI/ automation business..The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.