Published 22 Oct 2021

Japanese Startup Markets: Construction

Japanese Startup Markets: Construction

Our new round of articles is devoted to promising Japanese startups grouped by industry. Today, our focus is on the Construction.

1. Andpad 


https://andpad.co.jp/


· Year Founded: 2012


· Total Raised to Date: $87.0M


· Overview:


Developing "ANDPAD", a cloud-based construction project management service that enables centralized management from efficiency improvement to management improvement at construction sites, etc.




2. iYell 


https://iyell.co.jp/


· Year Founded: 2016


· Total Raised to Date: $41.0M


· Overview:


Providing a mortgage loan application "Ieru Dandori" that streamlines mortgage business.

Operates the "Ieru Housing Research Institute" that publishes the latest news in the housing industry, information useful for human resources education, and content for managers.




3. AeroSense


https://aerosense.co.jp/


· Year Founded: 2015


· Total Raised to Date: $6.3M


· Overview:


Developing and manufacturing industrial solutions that combine sensing by autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles and data processing and management by the cloud.




4. PRO DRONE


https://www.prodrone.com/


· Year Founded: 2015


· Total Raised to Date: $18.8M


· Overview:


Developing revolutionary drones that have not yet existed in the world and provide new specialized services.

Research, development, manufacturing, consulting, various contract development, ODM, mass production of industrial drone systems.




5. Ken Robotech


https://kenrobo-tech.com/


· Year Founded: 2013


· Total Raised to Date: $2.0M


· Overview:


Developing "Tomorobo", a collaborative rebar binding robot for the purpose of improving the productivity of construction sites and reducing the burden on workers. 



6. AtHearth


https://athearth.com/


· Year Founded: 2015


· Total Raised to Date: $0.41M


· Overview:


Developing "At Hearth", a rental brokerage service specializing in high-income foreigners.

The mission is to create a real estate platform that realizes a world where people can live freely.




7. Crassone


https://www.crassone.co.jp/


· Year Founded: 2011


· Total Raised to Date: $9.5M


· Overview:


Operating "Classone" and "Classone Exterior", a comprehensive quotation Web service that matches specialized construction companies and owners.




8. photoruction


https://corp.photoruction.com/


· Year Founded: 2016


· Total Raised to Date: $7.6M


· Overview:


Providing "Photoruction", a cloud that supports the production of construction and civil engineering.

Developed "aoz cloud", a cloud-based AI engine for drawing analysis.




9. VUILD


https://vuild.co.jp/


· Year Founded: 2017


· Total Raised to Date: $4.0M


· Overview:


Developing a cloud service "EMARF" that can complete the process from wooden manufacturing design to parts processing online and "Nesting", a platform for building digital homes. 




10. UrbanX Technologies


https://www.urbanx-tech.com/


· Year Founded: 2020


· Total Raised to Date: $0.8M


· Overview:


Developing road inspection AI and construction of real-time digital twins for urban infrastructure and a road inspection system that can detect damaged parts on the road in real time from in-vehicle smartphones and drive recorders.