Best Continued Learning Companies in Japan
The 90 best Continued Learning companies in Japan in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Dely.
Ranking the best Continued Learning companies in Japan by disclosed equity funding puts 90 tracked players under the microscope, with $123M in total disclosed capital and not a single unicorn in sight yet. That gap between ambition and scale is the story right now. Dely leads the pack at $62M raised, with Schoo at $20M and SpeakBUDDY at $11M showing where investor appetite clusters: language tools and structured online programs. Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, CyberAgent Capital, and East Ventures are the names showing up repeatedly on cap tables, which tells you something about the institutional conviction forming around this space.
The global continued learning market was roughly $2.0B in 2020 and is forecast to hit $5.0B by 2025 at a 20% CAGR, driven hard by digital adoption and the demand for web-based courses. Play Store data across 1,823 learning apps clocks median install growth at +13% YoY, so user behavior is moving even if new funding rounds are quieter. I'd watch how the distance education and online-program themes accelerate here, because Japan's regulatory environment around credentialed learning still shapes which models scale and which stall. Writers tracking the human side of this shift, like this recent piece on sustained personal learning, capture the demand signal that the funding numbers confirm.
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Ranked: Best Continued Learning companies in Japan
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founded | Founder | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1AK Online platform offering solutions for learning dance | — | — | — | 2021 | Tetsuya Oyama Co-Founder & Co-CEO | — | — |
| 2 | 2nd Community Operator of a music learning platform intended to make music sessions more accessible. | — | — | 85 | 2008 | — | — | — |
| 3 | AI Academy Online platform offering prograaming learning resources | — | — | 10 | 2016 | — | PHPVue.jsNginx+13 | — |
| 4 | AIIA Educational platform utilizing AI technology and blockchain offering learning solutions | — | — | — | 2022 | Sergio Hirakawa Co-Founder & CFO | — | — |
| 5 | Beyond Academy Online platform providing learning program discovery solutions | — | — | 38 | 2005 | — | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+36 | — |
| 6 | CodeCamp 1:1 coding tutoring platform | — | — | — | 2013 | Pete Neill Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalityRubyRuby on Rails+29 | — |
| 7 | Coori English language learning | — | — | 17 | 2015 | Arnar Jensson Co-Founder & CEO | SentryZohostyled-components+19 | — |
| 8 | Cyberdine Provider of online courses for professionals | — | — | — | 2023 | Dev Mukharjee CEO | — | — |
Top 12 Continued Learning companies in Japan
#1
Seed · Chuo, Tokyo · founded 2013$10.7Mraised▾
AI-based English language learning solutions. It provides English coaching classes and Q&A-based learning solutions. The app is available for iOS users.
- Dec 2025Seed—
- Feb 2024Seed—
- Dec 2023Seed—
#2
Public · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2011 · 200 employees$20.4Mraised▾
Schoo is a Tokyo-based providing livestreamed lectures on the internet. It is a marketplace where teachers can register and teach. Also provides options for video tutoring if a child wants to understand some topic in greater details. Has paid courses.
- Feb 2024Series E—
- Feb 2023Series E$16M
- Feb 2015Series A$2.9M
- Jul 2013Seed$1.5M
#3
Seed · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2017 · 2 employees$1.8Mraised▾
A metaverse platform for English language learning. It offers immersive virtual spaces where users can practice conversational English with other learners worldwide using 3D avatars. The platform also provides services for educational institutions, assisting them in establishing metaverse campuses and integrating its technology into their programs. Features include AI-powered conversation practice and partnerships with various educational organizations to enhance the learning experience. The platform aims to create a comfortable and engaging environment for English language acquisition.
- Nov 2024Conventional Debt—
- Nov 2024Seed—
- Jul 2022Seed$1.2M
#4
Series A · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2014 · 6 employees$292Kraised▾
Polyglots provides educational apps for English and Japanese language learning. The apps offered are Polyglots, Mondo, and Bigo. Mondo allows Japanese learning by creating an individualized reading program based on users interests and reading level. Bigo offers English learning for business, finance, and accounting professionals. Polygots provides news in the English language covering various topics. Operated on a freemium model. Available for iOS and Android platform.
- May 2025Series A$1.5M
- Dec 2016Series A—
- Dec 2015Seed—
- Mar 2015Seed$292K
#5
Public · Shinagawa, Tokyo · founded 2014 · 89 employees$61.8Mraised▾
Dely is a mobile-based recipe video discovery platform. It offers recipes for various dishes such as lunch box, side dishes, sugar-restricted dishes, healthy recipes, and more. Its app is available on Android and iOS platforms.
- Jan 2018Series B$30.2M
- Mar 2017Series B$27.2M
- Nov 2016Series A$4.4M
- Sep 2014Seed—
#6
Seed · Chiyoda City, Tokyo · founded 2018$11.5Mraised▾
Provider of programming learning platform. It enables users to learn Ruby, PHP, Python, and more. It offers online courses and learning materials.
- Jun 2022Seed$11.1M
- Sep 2019Seed$366.3K
#7
Seed · Hamada, Shimane · founded 2021$700Kraised▾
Online community empowering refugees through digital skills training. It provides community support, bridging the digital workforce gap. It provides group learning.
- Jun 2024Seed$700K
#8
Seed · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2016 · 10 employees$1.3Mraised▾
App-based language learning platform. It allows users to practice the language by conversing in multiple scenarios. It provides an AI-based conversation engine and many roleplaying scenarios, like booking a hotel, going on a date, and more. The App is available for Android.
- Apr 2023Seed—
- Feb 2016Seed$1.3M
#9
Seed · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2014 · 30 employees$2.6Mraised▾
Provider of a special learning platform for people with disabilities. It provides a community-based platform where users can communicate with people having the same problems. The platform offers online learning and training services for multiple health disorders.
- Mar 2022Seed$2.6M
#10
Series A · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2012 · 27 employees$3.8Mraised▾
Street Academy provides a marketplace for offline courses across various topics such as IT, business, photography, arts, yoga, cooking etc. Experts can create their profiles. Courses can be searched based on schedule, locality, interests, etc. Claim to have facilitated 7.8K+ courses as of August 2016. Charges 15% of the fee as commission
- Nov 2018Series A$3.4M
- Jun 2013Seed$420K
#11
Public · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2007$3.5Mraised▾
RareJob is an online English learning platform that pairs learners with native English speakers for one-on-one teaching. The company has hired native speakers, who mainly are students from universities in the Philippines, as English conversation teachers who instruct students over Skype. Offers two trial lessons for free. Provides its own set of learning materials that a teacher can use. Charges on monthly subscription basis. Listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE).
- Jun 2013Series A$3.3M
- Apr 2008Seed$198K
#12
Series A · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2014 · 3 employees$880Kraised▾
Online platform to learn programming. Offers courses on HTML, CSS, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, PHP, Javascript, Java, Swift, Git, and more. Offers intuitive slides and certification upon completion of the training. Accessible on Android and iOS platforms.
- Feb 2020Series A$2.7M
- Feb 2020Conventional Debt$910.8K
- Feb 2017Seed$880K
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Continued Learning coverage by sub-theme.
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Funding & growth over time
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