JOYCLE develops the JOYCLE BOX, a vehicle-towable small distributed upcycle plant that reduces waste volume by over 95% using electric heat and converts waste into inorganic resources and char. Its systems include an IoT data-visualization platform called JOYCLE BOARD and can operate off-grid using solar support and satellite communications (Starlink Business). The company has run multiple municipal and corporate pilot projects and began a limited pre-sale of 10 JOYCLE BOX units to ‘‘co-creation partners.’’ JOYCLE plans to scale to mass production, offer rental services, and continue R&D to improve automatic control and processing efficiency while pursuing IP protection. Financially, the company reports cumulative funding including loans of about ¥350 million and recently raised ~¥150 million in a pre-Series A round to support production, R&D, and hiring. CEO Yutaro Koyanagi leads operations from offices in Tokyo, Nagoya, and Okinawa.

Total raised

$1M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Jun 2026