Top 50 Software Angel Investors in Japan in October 2023

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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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• 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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• 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.
• SPORTS CROWN — SPORTS CROWN engages in the development and operation of fantasy sports.
• Recipio Japan — Recipio is a service that can suggest recipes just by entering ingredients the user already has at home. The app can also refine suggestions based on the user's mood, the occasion, and how many people the user is eating with, and more.

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• Plott — Plott producing youtube animation platform under Vision “Become a Content holder from YouTube”. In August 2019, the company name was changed from Fabo to Plott. Plott, the new company name, is derived from the plot that you make before writing novels, etc., and the idea that “I want to make content all the time” is put in the company name.
• Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
• FiNANCiE — FiNANCiE is a social networking service.

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• AceRNA — AceRNA contributes to regenerative medicine and drug discovery through the discovery of novel miRNA functions. It began operation in April 2018, with its headquarters in Kyoto in Japan.
• 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.

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• AirX — AirX is a management service company specializing in air transportation agency business and travel arrangement business. The company leverages technology to transform the notion of mobility into an unprecedented experience. It also provides services such as CodeShare, AIROS Skyview, and AIROS Air Loss. AirX will create the movement of the futuresociety, sightseeing and the way of life of helicopter, Empty MaaS, Flying taxi, eVTOL, and Next-generation traffic.AirX was established on February 23, 2015, and is based in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
• yup — yup is providing services to support freelance people's funding.The freelance population in Japan has been shown to continue to increase in many Chosa. While working styles are diversified, they are not able to respond to the development of the working environment, and they will develop their business to change the situation where problemssuch as funding, credit, sexual harassment, and power harassment are accumulated.
• 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.

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• Cocoach — Cocoach provides online education service.
• Data Viz Lab — Data Viz Lab is a platform that offers data analysis, visualization consulting, and data human resource development support.
• ElevationSpace — ElevationSpace offers high quality & well equipped workspaces giving tenants a nurturing environment .

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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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• Revorf — Revorf analyzes data and develops AI-related to infectious diseases and healthcare.
• abillion — Find tips for plant-based food & products near you. Join the community to share reviews of restaurants & brands. Raise funds & drive sustainability!
• 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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• Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
• Todoker — Todoker is a baggage delivery convenient service providing company.
• Seibii, Inc. — Transforming traditional car maintenance, repair, after-parts installation, road service industry of Japan by leveraging Technology.

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• mikai — mikai is a virtual YouTuber management, VR / AR content development.
• 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!
• Graffity — Graffity to provide AR experiences globally and enrich life more conveniently and invent the AR entertainment experience and provide it globally.

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• Neith — Neith is a apparel manufacturer, seller and a whoelseller of water absorbing bralette, lingerie and shorts for women.
• Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
• Abentry — Abentry is engaged in the SNS business and media advertising business.

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• Autify — Autify - Revolutionizing Software Testing with the most advanced AI-powered Software Testing Tool
• Peach Cars — Peach Cars building a solution for those looking to buy and sell vehicles whole information on vehicles and hassle-free transactions.
• AnotherBall — AnotherBall = Digital + Entertainment + Token economy

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• 1SEC — 1sec is a virtual influencers in Japan,develop in-house and management. IMPACT to CEKAI in 1 second. Based on the concept of making CEKAI happy in one second, US based in Los Angeles and Japan, based in Tokyo, virtual influencers × AI, fashion & music & The company will develop a number of CEKAI's first and first projects in Japan inthe field of enter teignment.
• Gatari — Gatari is developing an AR audio platform, including the AR camera app Vismuth, which can call avatars in reality.
• SPORTS CROWN — SPORTS CROWN engages in the development and operation of fantasy sports.

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• NodeFlair — NodeFlair aims to help tech talents make better career decisions through jobs, salaries, reviews, company insights, and more
• AGRI SMILE — AGRI SMILE is a platform that focuses on sharing agricultural technology.
• Rensource Energy — Rensource develops, finances, and manages critical energy infrastructure for African enterprises with the objective of powering Africa's economy

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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 .
• STUDIO — Studio is a web design & development platform that enables users to build websites from scratch without coding.
• STUDIO Japan — STUDIO is a development and operation of the next-generation design tool.

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• Villio — Villio provides talent experience SaaS which helps companies with human resource development and recruitment of talented engineers.
• HarvestX — HarvestX manufactures fully automatic robots which contributes to the shortage of agricultural human resources and stable food production
• SPeak Corporation — SPeak Corporation operates JPort Match that is involved in direct recruiting service. It is a global career platform for budding new talents.

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• Morght — Morght is an information technology service company.
• Cocoach — Cocoach provides online education service.
• 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.

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• Voicy — Voicy is a mobile platform that recruits both media personalities and news organizations; the entertainers read the news so users can get the latest info from their favorite voices.
• 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.
• Spider Labs — Spider Labs offers solutions to help fight ad fraud and ensure data security.

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• DOFA — Dofa aims to develop services that enrich the way of life and work of human resources that are active mainly in sales.
• Alliance Cloud — Alliance Cloud primarily engages in the Sales Tech and BtoB Sales Outsourcing Business.
• Cloud Franchise — Cloud Franchise is a cloud kitchen model that aims to maximize the kitchen occupancy rate of restaurants.

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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 the first private company with a vision to secure the safe and sustainable development of space for the benefit of future generations, and the only company solely dedicated to on-orbit servicing across all orbits.
• 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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• enechain — enechain provides liquidity in Japan’s energy market by brokering OTC transactions of energy.
• Parallel — Parallel Inc. develops a parallel SNS which can be used while playing games on smartphones.
• Holmes — Holmesis a cloud contract system to consistently carry out the creation, conclusion and management of contracts in the cloud.

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• MIL — MIL is a marketing company it can be used for a wide range of video marketing such as video commerce , O2O measures , recruitment videos , and landing videos.
• Morght — Morght is an information technology service company.
• MiL Inc — Emerging products for healthcare food brands Producing food retailing and wholesale recipe development Restaurant management Catering media operation.

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• Onepair — Onepair is a job consulting and recruiting company. Onepair is to co-creating careers by talking about real-world ace with active ace.
• Strainer Co., Ltd. — Strainer Co., Ltd. is an information distribution platform that conveys corporate information centered on financial data. Although there are not a few media to deliver financial information, the company's strengths are strong to be easily viewed, including financial information of overseas companies.
• LAMILA — LAMILA develops system that improves the creation of retail stores.

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• Taliki — Taliki is a Coworking Space Operates Social Entrepreneurs Development Support for Intrepreneur Development.
• ONE NOVA — One Nova (ワンノバ) is a lifestyle brand and online platform that offers a range of innerwear products, such as men's boxers.
• vivid garden — vivid garden is an Agriculture company.

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• Lecto — Lecto provides Saas solutions to eliminate the tedious practices behind financial services
• yup — yup is providing services to support freelance people's funding.The freelance population in Japan has been shown to continue to increase in many Chosa. While working styles are diversified, they are not able to respond to the development of the working environment, and they will develop their business to change the situation where problemssuch as funding, credit, sexual harassment, and power harassment are accumulated.
• SPORTS CROWN — SPORTS CROWN engages in the development and operation of fantasy sports.

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• Kudan — Kudan has been providing proprietary Artificial Perception technologies based on SLAM to enable use cases with significant market potential and impact on our lives such as autonomous driving, robotics, AR/VR and smart cities
• G NEXT — G NEXT is an Information Technology based company.
• earlyworks — Early Works is a Next-generation blockchain technology that realizes high speed, high scalability, and high security.

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• HERP — HERP is a recruitment management platform.
• Issues — Issues provides development and management of web service issues that solve the problems.
• Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.

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• Qurate Inc. (Japan) — Plan, create and manage all your content, across all your channels with all your teams. Try for free now.
• Kakedas — Kakedas specializes in the development and operation of web services.
• noFRAME schools — noFRAME schools is an EdTech startup is a mission to reinvent a textbook.

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• Edoga — Edoga is a VR production and education company. Edoga offer services such as "VR training" and "off-site VR".
• STUDIO — Studio is a web design & development platform that enables users to build websites from scratch without coding.
• STUDIO Japan — STUDIO is a development and operation of the next-generation design tool.

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• Morght — Morght is an information technology service company.
• Tagpic — Tagpic offers influencer marketing targeting services such as influencer casting, SNS branding, and talent production.
• H&H Group Japan — H&H Holdingsis a Professional Services company.

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• G NEXT — G NEXT is an Information Technology based company.
• earlyworks — Early Works is a Next-generation blockchain technology that realizes high speed, high scalability, and high security.

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• Theoria — Theoria is a marketing team that brings together practical knowledge.
• Recipio Japan — Recipio is a service that can suggest recipes just by entering ingredients the user already has at home. The app can also refine suggestions based on the user's mood, the occasion, and how many people the user is eating with, and more.
• Theoria Japan — Theoria Japan is a specialized Q & A service.

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• 1SEC — 1sec is a virtual influencers in Japan,develop in-house and management. IMPACT to CEKAI in 1 second. Based on the concept of making CEKAI happy in one second, US based in Los Angeles and Japan, based in Tokyo, virtual influencers × AI, fashion & music & The company will develop a number of CEKAI's first and first projects in Japan inthe field of enter teignment.
• Fools — Fools is a footwear manufacturing company.
• Interstellar Technologies Japan — Interstellar Technologies is a rocket development, manufacturing and launch service.

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• Morght — Morght is an information technology service company.
• BionicM — BionicM develops high-performance robot prostheses that enhance mobility for people with disabilities.BionicM has been conducting research on innovative technologies since 2015 at the University of Tokyo's Information Systems Engineering Laboratory (JSK) under the guidance of Professor Inaba and utilizing the world's most advancedrobotics research. In 2016, we were adopted by the Japan Science and Technology Agency as part of "Program for Creating STart-ups from Advanced Research and Technology" (START), and in 2018, the company was established as a joint-stock company.
• Dots for — Dots for is a technology that aims to improve the lives of rural residents by providing them with digital services.

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• LIFT99 — LIFT99 is a coworking hub and network of startup founders in Tallinn, Estonia, and Kyiv, Ukraine. In 2018, we launched our Skillsharing Platform for founders around the world.
• Smartround — Smartround is a specialized finance management platform for startups and their investors. For start-ups, for entrepreneurs who are not familiar with finance, simply enter the necessary information according to the guide, prepare appropriate financing round, and prepare a function that can simulate and execute a capital increase. Support informationsharing and communication with shareholders even after the capital increase.
• AnotherBall — AnotherBall = Digital + Entertainment + Token economy

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• Flyle — Flyle provides a cloud based platform for product management helping customers to improve productivity & creativity in product development.
• Sustainable Lab — SusLab is a data bank that uses AI technology to support SDG and ESG development goals and investments.
• yup — yup is providing services to support freelance people's funding.The freelance population in Japan has been shown to continue to increase in many Chosa. While working styles are diversified, they are not able to respond to the development of the working environment, and they will develop their business to change the situation where problemssuch as funding, credit, sexual harassment, and power harassment are accumulated.

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• Polyglots — POLYGLOTS designs and develops English news-reader mobile applications. It helps its application users learn English while reading news updates.POLYGLOTS is a development and operation of the English learning application "POLYGLOTS", the Japanese learning application "MONDO", and the finance / accounting specializedlearning application "Bigo", and the development and provision of an adaptive learning platform.

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• Abentry — Abentry is engaged in the SNS business and media advertising business.
• alma — alma is a community platform to learn design.

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• EmbodyMe — Making the unimaginable, imaginable with AI
• SPACE WALKER — SPACE WALKER specializes in design, manufacture and sale of peripheral components.
• SingulaNet Ltd — SingulaNet Ltd provides a total solution using cutting-edge blockchain services.

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• 6curry — 6curry is a brand that creates a new community around “curry”, one of the world's best Japanese foods. The concept is to mix many people and ideas like curry made by mixing various ingredients and spices. Original menu development, weekly events are held in the central kitchen, open only to members. We design and produce communication bornfrom food, such as event catering for over 500 people and communication proposals within the company.
• TRiCERA — TRiCERA is a contemporary art global platform management company.
• vivid garden — vivid garden is an Agriculture company.

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• Craftie — Craftie is an lesson reservation service.
• hackjpn — 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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• Timee — Timee is a Planning, development and management of Internet media company.
• Smart Shopping — Smartmat is an eco-friendly IoT purchase system for on-demand, no-hassle grocery with cost-effective shipping.
• Launchable — Engineering teams ship 5x faster by using machine learning from Launchable

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• Flatt Security — Flatt Security is a cyber security company for all developers.
• Lecto — Lecto provides Saas solutions to eliminate the tedious practices behind financial services
• UNDEFINED Japan — UNDEFINED is a very young team with an average age of about 20 years.We develop products for teenagers who make the most of their youth by working closely with users.

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• HOMMA — Inspired Modern Living. Homes to elevate healthy urban lifestyles. Design. Build. Technology.
• Smartround — Smartround is a specialized finance management platform for startups and their investors. For start-ups, for entrepreneurs who are not familiar with finance, simply enter the necessary information according to the guide, prepare appropriate financing round, and prepare a function that can simulate and execute a capital increase. Support informationsharing and communication with shareholders even after the capital increase.
• CAREER BIJIN — Career bijin is a total support company.

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• Hireroo — HireRoo is an online coding test service that checks the skills of engineers through programming tests. It provides problems that correspond to a wide range of levels, from new graduates to mid-career tech leads, engineering managers, and various occupations. They also provide coding test planning and execution services.
• Anyplace — Rent move-in-ready apartments designed for productivity. Fully furnished, including a state-of-the-art home office setup. Available for short or long-term stays.
• space data — Space Data is based on an algorithm that will allow the AI to know the geospatial data of the Earth & easily assign another "Earth" in VR.

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• BeatFit — BeatFit is a fitness-tech startup based in Japan.
• PROGRIT — PROGRIT is an English-related media management company.
• Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.

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• Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
• KAUCHE — X Asia creates enjoyable shopping experience.
• Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.

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• Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
• 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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• DOFA — Dofa aims to develop services that enrich the way of life and work of human resources that are active mainly in sales.
• Best Beer Japan — Best Beer Japan provides a barrel tracking software for craft beer and barrel sharing. The company was founded in 2018.
• Vitalogue Health — Vitalogue Health offers Canvas, a home-based hormone testing service for women.