The Venture Codex

Led · Equity · Aug 2026

OLTA operates an online factoring service branded as Cloud Factoring and a cloud-based invoicing platform, INVOY, aimed at providing end-to-end invoicing, payment and cash flow management for SMEs. The company has secured strategic integration with Resona Group banks to roll out Cloud Factoring across four banks and expects to expand its partner financial institution network to more than 50 partners nationwide. INVOY will be integrated with Resona’s account linking and payment settlement capabilities to enhance platform banking features. Financially, OLTA’s equity funding now totals ¥7.05 billion and its cumulative capital including debt is ¥10.73 billion following the ¥2.5 billion allotment. OLTA plans to deploy the new capital to accelerate product development and to grow its engineering and business development teams while preparing for an initial public offering.

Participated · Series B · Jul 2026

JAPAN AI develops AI agent products aimed at enterprise customers to support corporate 'DX and AX' (digital transformation and AI transformation). The company focuses on expanding agent capabilities and integrating those agents with marketing SaaS to address automation needs driven by labor shortages. JAPAN AI is based in Tokyo and plans to use its Series B proceeds for hiring talent and product development. The firm secured institutional backing from major domestic investors, which the company and coverage framed as validation from potential corporate buyers. The company’s recent ¥1.9 billion Series B is its most recently disclosed funding event in the article.

Participated · Series A · Mar 2026

TORIHADA positions itself as a creator-DX company building products to accelerate the creator economy, including the FANME platform for fan engagement and monetization and a proprietary creator database called Pythagoras used for short-video marketing to advertisers. Its subsidiary PPP STUDIO supports and manages creators, reporting over 2,000 affiliated or partnered creator groups and a combined follower count of 540 million. The company is actively expanding into TikTok Shop and live-commerce, investing in in-house commerce accounts and unique product development, and is developing an AI-driven tool provisionally named Auto Short Movie for automated commerce-video creation. TORIHADA also plans new initiatives such as a label to support creators' music and game streaming and an educational TORIHADA ACADEMY to share live-commerce and AI know-how. Financially, TORIHADA raised ¥1.5 billion in a Series A comprised of equity and debt to fund these strategic priorities. The company is headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo and is led by CEO Eiryo Wakai, under a mission to become Japan's leading creator-economy company.

Participated · Series A · Mar 2026

Solafune develops the “Planetary Intelligence OS,” an intelligence platform that integrates satellite data, geospatial information, OSINT and SIGINT through AI. The platform is primarily deployed in defense and intelligence sectors and is also applied to resource management, disaster prevention, agriculture and infrastructure monitoring. Solafune has secured projects with Japan’s Ministry of Defense, the National Police Agency, the Cabinet Office and various local governments, and has collaborated with foreign governments and U.N. agencies in Africa and Southeast Asia. Its satellite data analysis platform is used in over 120 countries and regions worldwide. Following the Series A, the company plans to invest in hiring engineers and product personnel, recruiting security talent, advancing generative AI and multimodal analysis, and upgrading computational and security infrastructure to accelerate international business.

Participated · Series B · Nov 2025

Nexta offers SmartF, a cloud-based core business system that standardizes common manufacturing processes and can be introduced without any customization, targeting the large population of small- and medium-sized manufacturers in Japan. The platform covers all industries and combines deployment support to encourage on-site adoption, avoiding costly scratch builds or heavy customization. The company plans to evolve SmartF into an all-in-one system by adding sales management and SFA functions and will roll out three AI agents this year and a total of twenty manufacturing-specific AI agents within two years. Through a new capital and business alliance, Ricoh Japan will handle nationwide sales, implementation, and post-deployment support using its 341 locations and customer base of more than one million companies. Over roughly the past 2.5 years, Nexta has grown its headcount from 20 to 120 and increased average monthly revenue more than sevenfold. The firm estimates its total addressable market for manufacturing DX at about ¥1.8 trillion. Proceeds from the latest financing will strengthen product development and expand hiring and organizational capabilities.