• Sinumy

  Participated · Series A · Aug 2026

  Sinumy develops fully hands-free authentication technology that leverages smartphones' Bluetooth to identify people and automatically perform authentication for gates, payments, and access control. The company reports it has improved positioning accuracy from roughly 1.5 meters to about 10 centimeters, aiming to provide fast and spoof-resistant authentication even in crowded environments. In March it conducted a hands-free authentication gate demonstration at Shirokanedai Station in collaboration with Tokyo Metro and Toshiba. Following the recent financing, Sinumy plans productization and mass production preparation for smart gates and smart spots and intends to expand joint development and PoCs in gate, access control, and payment areas. The company also plans to hire development and business development personnel and strengthen its organization, and has appointed Tomoya Yonaga as Director and COO and Shunji Yamanaka as a UI/UX advisor.

• Piazza

  Participated · Series B · Feb 2026

  Founded in 2015, Tokyo-based PIAZZA began with a neighborhood SNS app that visualizes local connections and has since evolved into an “area empowerment” company that combines digital platforms with on-the-ground operations. The firm now participates in more than ten major redevelopment projects in the Tokyo metropolitan area and will take over management of a Nakano Ward cultural facility in April 2026. Its core offering is a data-driven, community-centric platform that turns individual residents’ activities and personalities into urban assets, helping municipalities and real-estate developers raise long-term area value. Beyond software, PIAZZA provides consulting, physical facility operations and revenue-generation schemes to support end-to-end city making and management. The company’s mission is to “create towns where people support one another,” and it positions itself as an area management partner from construction through ongoing operation. Proceeds from the latest financing will reinforce its data infrastructure, fund a product overhaul, accelerate expansion into additional metropolitan and regional cities, and support hiring of urban-production talent.

• Interstellar Technologies

  Participated · Series E · Aug 2024

  Interstellar Technologies is a Japanese launch-vehicle company focused on building Zero, a two-stage, methane/liquid oxygen rocket designed to place up to 1,000 kg into low Earth orbit. The firm targets Zero’s maiden flight in 2027 and has already signed eight payload customers from Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and the United States for that launch. Prior to Zero, Interstellar flew the Momo suborbital rocket seven times between 2017 and 2021, achieving three successful flights. Beyond launch, the company is advancing a formation-flying satellite system meant to create a phased-array antenna for direct-to-device communications. Financially, Interstellar has now raised a total of ¥44.6 billion after closing a ¥20.1 billion Series F round in January. The new capital will fund continued Zero development, scale up manufacturing, and support the communications satellite initiative.

• Pinpin Kirari

  Participated · Series A · Jul 2024

  ぴんぴんきらり operates "きらりライフサポート" (formerly 東京かあさん), a home-visit household support service whose workers provide flexible housework and babysitting beyond standard care. The service’s worker base averages 66 years old and totals about 2,200 registered "きらりさん," with over 80% of users being child-rearing households. Services currently cover Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, and Chiba with plans to expand geographically. The company is pursuing senior-focused business expansion, including new programs for senior male employment and the recent acquisition of a house-cleaning business. Using the new capital it plans to strengthen hiring (including CXO and customer-success roles), accelerate system development, and pursue OEM and regional franchise rollouts as well as corporate-welfare partnerships. Financially, the company has raised a cumulative total of about ¥400M to date, including the latest round.

• TechMagic

  Participated · Series C · Mar 2024

  Tech Magic develops cooking and business-operation robots that tightly integrate hardware and AI-driven software to automate kitchen workflows and food-factory tasks while preserving taste and service quality. Its products target restaurant kitchens, central kitchens and food factories, automating cooking steps, dish sorting, portioning, processing and transport. The company positions its robots as partner devices that augment human capability rather than merely replacing workers. Founded in February 2018 and headquartered in Tokyo, Tech Magic announced a ¥2.54 billion Series C that increases cumulative third‑party allotment funding to ¥4.4 billion. Proceeds are earmarked for strengthening hardware and software R&D, creating new food-experience businesses, preparing for mass production and maintenance of cooking robots, and ramping hiring across development, production and sales. Strategic investors and industry partners named in the announcement are expected to support commercialization and broader deployment across the food industry.

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