Participated · Series B · Jun 2023

LiLz offers battery-powered wireless IoT cameras paired with a cloud-based AI platform (LiLz Cloud) that automates image analysis, inspection recording, reporting, and anomaly detection. Its product suite includes LiLz Gauge for automated meter inspections and LiLz Guard for detecting changes in equipment condition, plus industrial camera models such as explosion-proof and thermal imaging units. The system is designed for industrial sites with limited wiring or communication infrastructure, allowing remote monitoring without major power or network installation. LiLz targets heavy industries—steel, petrochemicals, chemicals, and shipbuilding—where aging equipment and labor shortages make manual inspection increasingly difficult. Through the new alliance with Hyakujushi Kyoso Investment and Hyakujushi Bank’s regional network, LiLz plans to accelerate adoption across the Setouchi manufacturing zone.

Participated · Seed · Mar 2023

/thestory develops the "/thestory" series, a platform that visualizes skills and learning histories and includes a scout-based nursing job-matching app called N/thestory. N/thestory launched in July 2022 and reached 10,000 downloads within 1 year 9 months, with over 2,600 registered nurses. The app enables direct recruiting from medical institutions and includes resume-creation support and skill/career-focused fields to improve matches for nurses unfamiliar with skills-based job changes. The company plans to invest in employer-side hiring systems and build a nurse-focused learning platform to support lifelong learning for medical professionals. Funds will also be used to enhance existing products (including the recently released web version) and to hire engineers to accelerate development. /thestory currently operates in Kanto, Fukuoka, Keihanshin, and Aichi areas and is headquartered in Itoshima, Fukuoka. thestory operates N/thestory, a direct recruiting app launched in July 2022 as the first product of the /thestory skills-and-learning-visibility platform for nurses. The app enables skill- and learning-based matching between nurses and medical institutions and is free for nurses to use. About eight months after launch the app had roughly 1,900 installs and more than 700 registered nurses. thestory's current geographic focus is on visiting care and nursing in the Kanto, Fukuoka, and Keihanshin areas, with plans to expand both regions and partnering medical institutions. The company plans to broaden the N/thestory offering and develop job-matching services for other healthcare professionals, such as doctors. In the mid-to-long term it intends to build systems to support healthcare workers' career development.