Published 27 Dec 2021

Weekly Japanese Startup News - 12/24/2021

Weekly Japanese Startup News - 12/24/2021

In this series of articles, we’ll introduce Japanese startups that raised funds from 18th December to 24th December.

1. TOWING


https://towing.co.jp


· Raised date: 20th December


· Fund raised: $1.4M


· Overview:


TOWING is a company that develops services for the highly efficient and sustainable next-generation crop cultivation system "Soranou".




2. Activalues


https://activalues.com


· Raised date: 20th December


· Fund raised: $1.5M


· Overview:


Activalues ​​is a company that develops a customer support platform "talkappi" that utilizes AI.




3. Ventus


https://ventus-inc.com


· Raised date: 20th December


· Fund raised: $2.75M


· Overview:


Ventus is a company that provides fan business in the sports and entertainment field, such as the fan system "ORICAL®︎" that uses electronic trading cards®︎.




4. LegalForce


https://legalforce-corp.com/


· Raised date: 20th December


· Fund raised: $15M


· Overview:


LegalForce is a company that provides the AI ​​contract examination platform "LegalForce" and the AI ​​contract management system "LegalForce cabinet".




5. S’UIMIN


https://www.suimin.co.jp/


· Raised date: 20th December


· Fund raised: $5M


· Overview:


S'UIMIN is a company that provides "InSomnograf® *", a service that visualizes sleep status with high accuracy by analyzing data obtained from a unique device that can measure brain waves with AI on the cloud.




6. Habitat


https://www.habitats.co.jp/


· Raised date: 21th December


· Fund raised: $1.0M


· Overview:


Habitat is a company that builds membership sauna facilities and develops OMO tools for offline store services.




7. Biophilia


https://biophilia.co.jp/


· Raised date: 22th December


· Fund raised: $5.6M


· Overview:


Biophilia is a company that manufactures and sells fresh pet food "Coco Gourmet".




8. IVRy


https://ivry.work


· Raised date: 22th December


· Fund raised: $3.0M


· Overview:


IVRy is a company that provides "IVRy", an automatic telephone answering service that can be used from 3,000 yen per month.




9. better place


https://bpcom.jp/


· Raised date: 22th December


· Fund raised: $5.4M


· Overview:


better place is a company that provides IT system development and sales for the welfare industry: shift work schedule automatic creation system "Work / Life" and long-term care record system "Notice".




10. souco


https://souco.space/


· Raised date: 23th December


· Fund raised: $4.0M


· Overview:


souco is a company that operates a warehouse sharing service "souco".




11. Azoop


https://azoop.co.jp/


· Raised date: 24th December


· Fund raised: $9.0M


· Overview:


Azoop is a company that provides a vehicle trading platform and transportation business support SaaS for the trucking industry.




12. Siiibo Securities


https://siiibo.com


· Raised date: 24th December


· Fund raised: $5.5M


· Overview:


Siiibo Securities is a company that operates the platform "Siiibo" that allows the issuance and purchase of corporate bonds online.




13. Asoview


https://www.asoview.co.jp/


· Raised date: 24th December


· Fund raised: $30M


· Overview:


Asoview is a company that provides SaaS for the tourism and leisure industry.




14. Qasee


https://qasee.jp/


· Raised date: 24th December


· Fund raised: $3.0M


· Overview:


Qasee is a company that provides the work style reform / organizational reform support system "Qasee".