Best Auto Tech Companies in Tokyo, Japan
The 62 best Auto Tech companies in Tokyo, Japan in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Tier4 Robotics.
Our analysis of 223 Auto Tech companies
$72.2b in tracked funding; 88% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Auto Tech companies in Tokyo
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tier4 Robotics Autonomous driving platforms and intelligent vehicle systems | $279M | 24 mo ago | Series B | Akimichi Degawa Co-Founder And Representative Director | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+23 | Top 5M | — | 2 job openings · 1 launch |
| 2 | Dynamic Map Platform Mapping solutions for autonomous vehicles | $195M | 88 mo ago | Public | Tsutomu Nakajima CEO & President | WordPressMySQLPHP+11 | Top 5M | 14 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | 1 launch |
| 3 | SkyDrive Developer of electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft for urban mobility | $117M | 11 mo ago | Series C | Tomohiro Fukuzawa Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+27 | Top 5M | 5 patents Foldable multi‑rotor UAVs with rotor‑folding mechanisms and onboard health monitoring | — |
| 4 | Luup App-based platform form electric kick scooters | $88M | 20 mo ago | Series C | Ryotaro Makita Chief Product Officer / Chief Operating Officer / Co-founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+22 | Top 500k | 4 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 5 | JapanTaxi App-based on-demand taxi-hailing service | $87M | 93 mo ago | Deadpooled | Kazuro Kawage CEO | — | — | 10 patents Real-time demand forecasting display interfaces for taxi dispatch and fleet management. | — |
| 6 | Nealle SaaS-based provider of parking management solutions | $43M | 22 mo ago | Series B | Yota Sato Founder & CEO | SentryZendeskApple iCloud Mail+20 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 7 | Turing Generative AI-based automated driving | $29M | 7 mo ago | Series A | Shunsuke Aoki Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+16 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 8 | Terra Motors Manufacturer of multiple categories of electric vehicles | $28M | 35 mo ago | Series C | Toru Tokushige Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 9 | Aerial Lab Industries Developer of mobility solutions including robotics, AI, and drone technologies | $21M | 78 mo ago | Deadpooled | Shohei Komatsu CEO & CTO | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | PLUGO Cloud-based EV charging solutions | $14M | 22 mo ago | Seed | Naoki Okawa Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+20 | Top 5M | 4 patents Electric vehicle charging network management, reservation, and payment prediction platform | — |
| 11 | Ascent Robotics AI software for robotics and autonomous vehicles | $11M | 99 mo ago | Series A | — | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+14 | Top 50M | 7 patents Robotic digital twin simulation and AI-driven perception/anomaly detection for automation | — |
| 12 | nearMe App-based carpooling solution | $11M | 21 mo ago | Series C | Koichiro Takahara Ceo | WordPressMySQLPHP+39 | Top 1M | 11 patents Location-based services and dynamic regional operation planning for mobile network applications. | — |
| 13 | Global Mobility Service Connectivity and telematics solution for usage-based auto finance | $10M | 96 mo ago | Series C | Tokuzo Nakajima CEO | GSAPAmazon Web ServicesCloudflare+18 | Top 5M | 108 patents Electronic vehicle control and remote operation systems for doors, batteries, and onboard devices | — |
| 14 | SmartDrive Analytics platform for transportation | $9M | 110 mo ago | Public | Retsu Kitagawa CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | Top 1M | 12 patents AI-based vehicle behavior monitoring and data analytics for autonomous mobility systems | — |
| 15 | Azoop Provider of the commercial vehicle auction platform | $8M | 52 mo ago | Series B | Kwisong Park Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+14 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 16 | Tetra Aviation Developer of e-VTOL aircraft | $5M | 48 mo ago | Series A | Kei Nakai CEO | Cart FunctionalityStrikinglyNginx+16 | Top 50M | 6 patents Design and integration of aircraft rotor blade modules and airframe structures | — |
| 17 | Striemo Manufacturer of electric kick scooters | $3M | 18 mo ago | Series A | Yotaro Mori Co-Founder & CEO | STUDIOFirebaseNode.js+16 | Top 10M | 17 patents Stability and chassis design for three‑wheeled electric scooters and light vehicles | — |
| 18 | Ancar P2P used car buying and selling platform | $2M | 116 mo ago | Seed | Shiroichi Hiroshi CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+10 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 19 | LOMBY Provider of last-mile delivery robots | $2M | 20 mo ago | Seed | Tomoharu Uchiyama CEO | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+16 | Top 50M | 3 patents Automated package handling and delivery robotics for home and transport logistics | — |
| 20 | Smart Ryde Online platform offering taxi-hailing services for airport transfers | $2M | 56 mo ago | Series A | — | PHPGoogle MapsBootstrap+16 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 21 | busket Tech-enabled platform offering operations management solutions | $1M | 24 mo ago | Seed | Hidekazu Nishikido CEO | SentryNode.jsFirebase+13 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 22 | Ficha Provides object recognition platform | $879K | 123 mo ago | Public | Kenichiro Waki President & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+9 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 23 | ZMP Robotics, autonomous vehicles and connected car | $842K | 136 mo ago | Series A | — | — | — | 27 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 24 | AirKamuy VTOL aircraft developers | $702K | 14 mo ago | Seed | Takumi Yamaguchi Co-Founder & CEO | WordPress Block EditorWordPressApple iCloud Mail+20 | Top 5M | — | — |
Top 12 Auto Tech companies in Tokyo
#1
Series A · Shinagawa, Tokyo · founded 2021$28.7Mraised▾
Generative AI-based automated driving. The platforms technology provides end cars perform driving operations to end driving instructions directly from camera images. It leverages sensors or precision maps to provide instructions.
- Nov 2025Conventional Debt$35.6M
- Nov 2025Series A$63.2M
- Dec 2024Conventional Debt$1.3M
- Dec 2024Seed$5.2M
#2
Series C · Shinjuku City, Tokyo · founded 2018$117.5Mraised▾
Developer of electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft for urban mobility. The company focuses on creating quiet, lightweight, and low-emission aircraft suitable for use in urban environments. Its aircraft require no runway and allow vertical takeoff and landing in small spaces. The company is working toward receiving type certification for its aircraft.
- Jul 2025Series C$57.4M
- Aug 2024Series C—
- Jan 2024Series C—
- Oct 2023Grant (prize money)—
#3
Series C · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2018 · 37 employees$87.9Mraised▾
App-based platform for electric kick scooters. Through the app, users can find and book electric kick scooters. Also, they can navigate to the nearby bike stations to get the scooters. Users can unlock the scooters by scanning the QR code. It offers station-based service users have to leave the scooter at the nearby docks at the end of the ride.
- Oct 2024Conventional Debt$20M
- Apr 2023Conventional Debt$5.2M
- Apr 2023Series C$28.3M
- Apr 2022Series B—
#4
Series B · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2015 · 124 employees$279.4Mraised▾
Autonomous driving platforms and intelligent vehicle systems. It focuses on creating scalable technologies for self-driving cars using open-source software and hardware integration. The company supports mobility and logistics applications by offering platforms that enable automated vehicle control and deployment.
- Jun 2024Series B$54M
- Apr 2024Series B—
- Jul 2022Series B$88M
- Aug 2019Series A$9M
#5
Series B · Chuo City, Tokyo · founded 2013 · 140 employees$43Mraised▾
SaaS-based provider of parking management solutions. The platform offers solutions like the collection of monthly usage fees after the contract, remittance, customer management, and more. Customers can search parking lots, book them, cancel them, renew them, and more.
- Aug 2024Series B$31.1M
- Aug 2023Series A$11.9M
- Apr 2022Seed—
#6
Series C · Chiyoda City, Tokyo · founded 2017 · 7 employees$11Mraised▾
App-based carpooling solution. The app matches passengers and car drivers who are traveling in the same direction to share a ride or commute. The app also devises the shared route and calculated each pooler's expenditure. Its mobile app is available for iOS and Android devices.
- Sep 2024Series C—
- Jun 2024Series C$3.1M
- Mar 2023Series B—
- Dec 2022Series B$5.1M
#7
Seed · Shinagawa, Tokyo · founded 2018 · 13 employees$14.1Mraised▾
Cloud-based EV charging solutions. It offers an EV charging station and charging products for electric vehicles.
- Aug 2024Seed$14.1M
#8
Series A · Fuchu, Tokyo · founded 2012 · 6 employees$3.3Mraised▾
Manufacturer of electric kick scooters. The company develops electric kick-scooters with features like lithium-ion batteries, and more for personal transportation which can be used for short-distance travel.
- Nov 2024Series A$3.3M
- Nov 2022Seed—
- 2022Seed—
#9
Seed · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2022$702.2Kraised▾
VTOL aircraft developers. It designs and manufactures electric aircraft with vertical take off and landing capabilities for applications such as logistics, search, and surveillance. It features wings that can fold mid-flight.
- Apr 2025Seed$702.2K
- Apr 2024Conventional Debt—
#10
Seed · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2021$1.9Mraised▾
Provider of last-mile delivery robots. It offers automatic delivery robots, labor-saving solutions, loading solutions, and more.
- Oct 2024Seed$1.9M
#11
Series C · Chiyoda City, Tokyo · founded 2010 · 200 employees$28Mraised▾
Manufacturer of multiple categories of electric vehicles. The company develops vehicles with features that includes lithium-ion batteries, LCD display, and more.
- Jun 2023Series C$28M
- Feb 2023Series C—
#12
Seed · Meguro City, Tokyo · founded 2016$1.3Mraised▾
Tech-enabled platform offering operations management solutions. The company offers dispatch and operations management solutions. It offers features like collective management for document management, itinerary management, price estimation solutions, etc.
- Jun 2024Seed$1.3M
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How research on Autonomous Vehicles in Tokyo is moving
A read on the academic research around Autonomous Vehicles in Tokyo — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 97 papers.
- The University of Tokyo59
- Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology11
- Tokyo University of Science10
- Tokyo Institute of Technology9
- Tokyo Metropolitan University3
- Perception6
- Human–computer interaction6
- Reinforcement learning4
- Attribution3
- Social psychology3
- Computer vision1→5
- Robot1→3
- Simulation1→3
- Transport engineering2
- Human–computer interaction2
- Reinforcement learning2
- Acinetobacter baumannii2
- Oral hygiene2
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