63 indexable AdTech companies headquartered in Japan, ranked by total equity funding and recent funding momentum. Combined disclosed equity funding of $54.6M across 11 funded companies.
| # | Company | Funding | Valuation | Stage | Latest round | Employees | Founded | Momentum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Adgo
AI-enabled social media ad campaign management platform for advertisers |
$10.2M | — | Series B | Series B Aug 2024 | — | 2014 | ↑ Active |
| 2 |
SpiderAF
Provider of platform protecting marketing from fraud and security risks |
$7.9M | — | Series B | Series B Oct 2021 | 46 | 2011 | — |
| 3 |
Flywheel
Provider of enterprise data platforms transforming siloed information into AI-ready assets |
$10.7M | — | Series A | Series A Feb 2020 | 1 | 2018 | — |
| 4 |
Cinemacraft
Interactive video monetization platform |
$6.9M | — | Series A | Series A Mar 2016 | 5 | 2010 | — |
| 5 |
FreakOut
RTB enabled demand side platform |
$6.9M | — | Public | Series B Mar 2013 | 485 | 2010 | — |
| 6 |
Intimate Merger
AI-based ad analytics solutions provider |
$2.5M | — | Public | Series A Dec 2018 | 53 | 2013 | — |
| 7 |
Fringe81
Provides creative optimization service |
$3.5M | — | Public | Seed Feb 2015 | 52 | 2005 | — |
| 8 |
Geniee
Offers SSP and ad exchange |
$2M | — | Public | Series D 2016 | 666 | 2010 | — |
| 9 |
AdMaker
Mobile advertising optimization platform |
$1.7M | — | Deadpooled | Series A Oct 2010 | — | 2009 | — |
| 10 |
App-cm
Mobile video ad compression |
$1.2M | — | Series A | Series A Mar 2016 | 10 | 2015 | — |
| 11 |
GeoLogic
Provides location based advertising platform |
$906.7K | — | Seed | Seed Jun 2018 | 25 | 2014 | — |
| 12 |
HitoBito
Platform offering AI based retargeting solution |
— | — | Series A | Series A Feb 2023 | — | 2015 | — |
| 13 |
BUZZCAST
Advertising and video production management solution |
— | — | Deadpooled | Series A Sep 2016 | 10 | 2015 | — |
| 14 |
AccessiVR
Data analysis tools for VR product management and operational support |
— | — | Unfunded | — | — | 2017 | — |
| 15 |
AdFlow
Creative automation software for eCommerce advertisers |
— | — | Unfunded | — | — | 2011 | — |
| 16 |
Adways
Ad network for digital advertising |
— | — | Public | — | 1,094 | 2001 | — |
| 17 |
all about japan
All About Japan engages in lifestyle information, contents creation and advertisement services. |
— | — | Public | — | 397 | 2000 | — |
| 18 |
Alpha
Provider of digital advertising services |
— | — | Funding Raised | — | 300 | 2016 | — |
| 19 |
AMoAd
Offers behavioural targeting advertising network |
— | — | Unfunded | — | — | 2011 | — |
| 20 |
appbank japan
AppBank provides Internet and smartphone advertisement services. |
— | — | Public | — | 55 | 2012 | — |
| 21 |
AppGuardian
Provides a platform for fraud detection |
— | — | Unfunded | — | — | 2017 | — |
| 22 |
AppVador
In-app video advertising platform |
— | — | Deadpooled | — | — | 2013 | — |
| 23 |
bizpa
Bizpa is an advertising platform for corporate promotion staff. |
— | — | Private | — | 18 | 2018 | — |
| 24 |
CA Reward
Reward-based online ad network |
— | — | Deadpooled | — | — | 2010 | — |
| 25 |
Chameleon
Mobile focused native ad platform |
— | — | Unfunded | — | — | 2014 | — |
| 26 |
Clicks Optimize
Click fraud protection software for businesses |
— | — | Unfunded | — | — | 2011 | — |
| 27 |
cmertv japan
CMer TV is a platform that connects advertisers with newspapers, magazines, and media by video. |
— | — | Acquired | — | 60 | 2011 | — |
| 28 |
CPIBoot
Multi-inventory advertising platform |
— | — | Deadpooled | — | — | 2014 | — |
| 29 | Deech | — | — | Acquired | — | 14 | 2002 | — |
| 30 |
dfplus.io
Platform offering data management software |
— | — | Unfunded | — | — | 2016 | — |
| 31 |
EVERRISE
Cloud based ad server platform |
— | — | Unfunded | — | — | 2006 | — |
| 32 |
Fan Communications
Operates multiple ad networks for desktop and mobile devices |
— | — | Public | — | 517 | 1999 | — |
| 33 |
Fluct
Cross-device supply side platform |
— | — | Unfunded | — | — | 2008 | — |
| 34 | FOCUS (Media and Information Services (B2B)) | — | — | Private | — | 10 | 2017 | — |
| 35 |
glossom
Glossom is an Internet advertising company that grows with its customers, .providing opportunity and value to the world. |
— | — | Acquired | — | 140 | 2007 | — |
| 36 |
gmo tech japan
GMO TECH Japan is a communication, production support, finance, settlement, and remittance company. |
— | — | Public | — | 167 | 2006 | — |
| 37 |
goldspot media
GoldSpot Media provides media, video building and reporting services. |
— | — | Acquired | — | 54 | 2006 | — |
| 38 |
Haards
Platform offering solutions to create advertises |
— | — | Unfunded | — | — | 2024 | — |
| 39 |
Hyper
Ad mediation platform for publishers |
— | — | Deadpooled | — | — | 2016 | — |
| 40 |
i-mobile
Cross-device online advertising network |
— | — | Public | — | 200 | 2007 | — |
| 41 |
interspace
Interspace is an internet advertising business. |
— | — | Public | — | 447 | 1999 | — |
| 42 |
Kanade
Offers demand side platform and data management platform |
— | — | Unfunded | — | — | 2015 | — |
| 43 |
Kauli
RTB enabled supply side platform |
— | — | Acquired | — | 42 | 2009 | — |
| 44 | Live Revolution | — | — | Private | — | 55 | 2000 | — |
| 45 |
logly japan
Logly is a media Technology Business / Ad Technology Business. |
— | — | Public | — | 53 | 2006 | — |
| 46 |
MarketOne
Offers demand side platform |
— | — | Unfunded | — | — | 2009 | — |
| 47 |
Medi8
Ad yield optimization platform |
— | — | Unfunded | — | — | 2014 | — |
| 48 |
MicorAd
Automatically purchase ad spaces from multiple ad networks through a real-time bidding |
— | — | Public | — | 195 | 2007 | — |
| 49 |
Ogive
Provider of AI based bid management solutions |
— | — | Unfunded | — | — | 2017 | — |
| 50 |
plan-b
PLAN-B is a marketing company |
— | — | Acquired | — | 192 | 2003 | — |
AI-enabled social media ad campaign management platform for advertisers. The platform enables merchants of online platforms to create & run advertising campaigns across social media channels, helps in measuring outcomes of campaigns, to increase sales, and increase revenue. Clients include Spartan Race, Moneytree, and Golftec, among others.
Provider of platform protecting marketing from fraud and security risks. It offers solutions for ad fraud protection, fake lead protection, affiliate fraud protection, and website security. The platform detects fraudulent clicks, identifies risky scripts, prevents fake leads, and safeguards affiliate campaigns. It provides tools for digital marketers and website managers to improve performance and maintain control.
Provider of enterprise data platforms transforming siloed information into AI-ready assets. The company offers a data utilization platform that connects fragmented, structured and unstructured data across internal and external systems, converting it into formats suitable for analytics and machine learning. Its solutions build AI-ready data foundations, visualizing relationships between datasets and supporting applica
Cinemacraft is an interactive media monetization platform. Private label solution enables brands and publishers to deliver context driven engagement on videos and photos. Cinemacraft provides ‘dynamic’ embeds which display a selection of segments from a video rather than a single frame. Enables brands to convert promotional videos into a videogram and served into ad networks. Brands and agencies can create displa
FreakOut is Japan's first RTB enabled Demand-side platform. Offers multiple targeting criteria such as search targeting, site retargeting, demography, device, interest, placement targeting etc. Provides Data Management platform which collects audience behavior, demographic, interest data. Also, offers native ad platform called Hike, marketing automation tool called Mary. Has inventory supply partnership with DoubleCl
AI-based ad analytics solutions provider. The product offered by the company is a data platform that solves client's data utilization issues. The features include landing page optimization, affiliated internet research, and survey, advertising cost management, branding ad rating, etc.
Fringe81(formerly known as RSS Ads, Inc) provides creative optimization service. Ziogous is an auto-generated advertising delivery platform that improves the CTR of banner ads by accumulating enormous amount of data such as catch copies and main visuals. It enables data analysis of banner ads that has been relied on experience and intuition. In addition Fringe81 also provides RSS advertising business, Twitterbanner b
Geniee's RTB platform allows advertisers to target specific demographics or geographical locations. Geniee offer DSP, SSP, AdExchange, DMP for targeted advertising. Geniee automatically analyzes the keyword on the site content in the URL unit, with its own development technology to deliver AdSense to the policy 'Safe GAURL'. Geniee had partnered with Mediamath and officially certified in the 'Google certified partner
NOBOT provides a smartphone ad-optimization SDK called AdMaker that enables to display the best set from multiple ad networks for the iPhone/Android users. AdMaker enables the mobile app developers to switch between Ad-Networks. Nobot has cooperation with Ad-Networks in various countries, Mojiva (US), Zestadz (US), buzzcity (Asia), and Medialets (Rich Ads/US) along with Japanese domestic Ad-Networks.
App-CM has developed a video format based on VP9, an open-source video compression codec by Google. Corresponding to in-stream video ads protocol VAST, the new format enables compression of up to one-tenth to one-twentieth in data volume compared to typical formats. A video viewing plug-in compatible to the App-CM format should be installed on a viewer’s mobile web browser to support playing the ads.
Provider of location advertising and marketing services intended to promote small and medium enterprises. The company's services offer location-based advertising that aims to target users with position information data, targeted ads based on wealth and family composition as well as the targeting of ads for application developers and advertising vendors, enabling businesses to increase their brand recognition, establi
Platform offering AI based retargeting solution. It targets the users that visit the website. The AI performs push delivery communication with conversations personalized for each user.
YJ Capital
Z Venture Capital
Adways Ventures
B Dash Ventures
Daiwa Corporate Investment
Globis Capital Partners
ITV
Incubate Fund
Jungle Ventures
Ntt Docomo Ventures
500 Global
ABC Dream Ventures
Rankings are computed by Radar (Fliar BI) from the Radar company master and are updated periodically. Funding and momentum scores use disclosed equity-funding data only. Figures may lag private rounds. Last updated 2026-06-25.
