Best Enterprise Applications Companies in Japan
The 1018 best Enterprise Applications companies in Japan in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: SmartHR.
Japan's Enterprise Applications market has 1,018 companies on our radar, carrying $3.6B in disclosed funding between them, and the gap between leaders is already wide. Helpfeel tops the list at $188M raised, Mujin sits close behind at $178M, and Rapyuta Robotics has pulled in $81M, all competing inside a global market that IDC pegs at $356B and climbing toward $600B by 2028 at a 9.6% CAGR. Two unicorns have already emerged from this cohort. The most active backers, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, SMBC Venture Capital, and Salesforce Ventures, are betting the cloud migration wave still has years to run.
So what's actually moving this quarter? Across 135 enterprise software apps tracked here, median install growth is running at plus-16% year-on-year, which tells you adoption isn't slowing. Hot themes inside Japan's coverage include drone electronic warfare and audio rendering, niche but fast. As one recent take on simplicity in enterprise software argues, the pressure on vendors is to do more with less complexity, and I think that tension is exactly what's shaping which Japanese startups pull away from the pack. If you're mapping this space, the funding rankings below are where to start.
- SAP, Salesforce, Oracle, Microsoft, Intuit lead enterprise application
Ranked: Best Enterprise Applications companies in Japan
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Market signals (1y) | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SmartHR 🦄 Cloud-based HRMS software solution | $352M | 23 mo ago | Series E | — | Kensuke Naito Founder | ContentfulTurbopackNode.js+27 | 3 signals Funding · IPO | — | — |
| 2 | SmartHR 🦄 Platform that offers HR management solutions | $328M | 23 mo ago | Series E | 238 | Kensuke Naito Founder & Chief Information Officer | microCMSApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+21 | — | — | — |
| 3 | UPSIDER Fintech company offering a corporate card solution for businesses | $215M | 18 mo ago | Acquired | 25 | — | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceTailwind CSS+20 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Helpfeel Offering complaint management platform | $188M | 4 mo ago | Series E | — | Isshu Rakusai Founder & CEO | HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+31 | — | 11 patents Advanced data processing and image analysis software platforms | — |
| 5 | Mujin Provider of intelligent automation solutions for industrial robots | $178M | 6 mo ago | Series D | 300 | Kazuyuki Takino Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | 6 signals ▲100% Funding | 229 patents Advanced robotic warehouse automation: object detection, handling, and transfer mechanisms | 2 awards |
| 6 | Axelspace Developer of microsatellites and earth observation platform providing related services | $107M | 29 mo ago | Public | 130 | — | SalesforceThree.jsGSAP+9 | — | 21 patents AI-driven image analysis for object counting and remote sensing data processing | 1 launch · 1 partnership · 3 expansions |
| 7 | Rapyuta Robotics Developer of automation solutions using autonomous mobile robots and ASRS | $81M | 1 mo ago | Series C | 30 | Arudchelvan Krishnamoorthy Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | — | 44 patents Autonomous warehouse material handling robots and control systems for storage and retrieval | — |
| 8 | Stockmark Developer of AI solutions for text data analysis and utilization | $59M | 19 mo ago | Series D | 54 | Kosuke Arima Co-Founder Cto | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+29 | — | — | — |
| 9 | FLUX Cloud-based No code CMS platform website generation | $39M | 12 mo ago | Series B | 157 | Shinnosuke Hirata Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+22 | — | — | — |
| 10 | POCKETALK Provider of AI-powered translation devices and simultaneous interpretation solutions | $39M | 19 mo ago | Seed | — | Noriyuki Matsuda Founder & CEO | Shogun Page BuilderCart FunctionalityShopify+34 | — | 4 patents AI-powered multilingual speech translation and video generation technologies | — |
| 11 | Sukedachi Platform connecting construction workers and companies for job opportunities | $37M | 20 mo ago | Series C | 127 | Yoichi Wagatsuma CEO & President | TurbopackEmotionNode.js+31 | — | — | — |
| 12 | Solafune Provider of the data science software solution | $33M | 3 mo ago | Series A | 6 | Ren Uechi Founder & CEO | SentryNode.jsMUI+11 | — | — | — |
| 13 | Pathos Logos Provider of ERPsolutions for multiple industries | $24M | 1 mo ago | Series B | 18 | Masayuki Makino CEO | STUDIOApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+17 | — | — | — |
| 14 | SORABITO Online rental platform for the construction equipment and machinery | $17M | 13 mo ago | Series A | 13 | Kazuaki Hakata CEO & President | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | — | — | — |
| 15 | RevComm AI-based sales analytics solutions for businesses | $17M | 22 mo ago | Series A | 220 | Takeshi Aida Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+20 | — | 16 patents Speech recognition and audio signal processing technologies for communication devices | 3 launchs |
| 16 | Lexx Pluss Developer of autonomous mobile robots and systems for material transport | $15M | 4 mo ago | Series A | 53 | Masaya Aso Founder & CEO | WordPress Site EditorWordPressMySQL+22 | — | — | 1 partnership · 1 award |
| 17 | M & A Cloud Online platform for M&A deals management | $14M | 13 mo ago | Series D | 39 | Atsushi Oikawa CEO | SentryApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+25 | — | — | — |
| 18 | Findy AI-based job matching platform for engineering | $14M | 12 mo ago | Series D | 51 | Yuichiro Yamada CEO | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+24 | — | 11 patents Enterprise data processing platforms for e‑commerce and business transaction management | — |
| 19 | Xenodata Lab Online platform for financial data and analytics | $13M | 20 mo ago | Series C | 7 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Kotoba Technologies Platform that provides translation and speech-to-text solutions | $12M | 11 mo ago | Seed | — | Noriyuki Kojima CO-Founder & CEO | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+15 | — | — | 3 job openings · 2 partnerships |
| 21 | KAKEAI Provider of tools, training, and consulting for one-on-one meetings | $11M | 20 mo ago | Series A | 8 | Hideki Honda Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+40 | — | 33 patents Personalized communication matchmaking and relationship optimization systems for two-party interactions | — |
| 22 | SpeakBUDDY AI-based English language learning solutions | $11M | 6 mo ago | Seed | — | Tsuyoshi Tateishi Founder & CEO | Node.jsThree.jsTailwind CSS+12 | — | — | — |
| 23 | Notta AI-powered transcription and meeting notetaker platform | $10M | 6 mo ago | Series B | 7 | James Jason Founder & CEO | SentryUnbounceApple Sign-in+34 | 3 signals Funding | — | — |
| 24 | Spectee Provider of emergency incident management platform for public safety | $10M | 2 mo ago | Series E | 12 | Kenjiro Murakami Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+28 | — | — | — |
| 25 | Leaner Technologies Provider of cloud-enabled procurement management solutions | $10M | 4 mo ago | Series B | 50 | Ohira Yusuke Founder & CEO | STUDIOApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+14 | — | — | — |
| 26 | Alumnote Provider of data base construction and business efficiency support services | $8M | 10 mo ago | Series A | — | Toga Nakazawa CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+17 | — | — | — |
| 27 | Miletos Provider of workflow automation solutions for businesses | $7M | 11 mo ago | Series A | — | Yasufumi Takahashi CEO | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+12 | — | 3 patents Financial expense management and transaction processing software solutions | — |
| 28 | Galderia Metal recovery from mines using extremophile algae | $6M | 15 mo ago | Series A | — | Hajime Tanimoto CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+14 | — | — | — |
| 29 | HiBot Robotic solutions for inspection and maintenance | $6M | 5 mo ago | Series A | 25 | — | — | — | 47 patents Robotic winding and pipe‑inspection systems with ultrasonic thickness measurement | 1 launch |
| 30 | x-bit Store shift management solution | $6M | 16 mo ago | Acquired | 11 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Fact Base Provider of factory data management software for businesses | $6M | 6 mo ago | Series C | — | Masataka Takeuchi Founder & CEO | STUDIOFirebaseNode.js+12 | 3 signals Funding · Announcements | — | — |
| 32 | Yuimedi Provider of medical data analysis platform to enhance the healthcare system | $6M | 3 mo ago | Seed | 11 | Emily Grimes CEO | — | — | 5 patents Data conversion, generation, and medical analytics platforms for healthcare information processing | — |
| 33 | MUSVI Developer of telepresence systems enabling remote interaction | $5M | 14 mo ago | Series A | — | Yusuke Sakai Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+20 | — | — | — |
| 34 | Miive Cloud-based employee welfare platform for enterprises | $5M | 7 mo ago | Series B | 6 | Ren Kurita Founder | STUDIOFirebaseNode.js+16 | — | — | — |
| 35 | UPBOND Cloud based platform offering CRM software | $4M | 14 mo ago | Seed | 13 | Gin Mizuoka Co-Founder | SentryTypeScriptGraphQL+14 | — | — | — |
| 36 | xID Online platform for digital ID management | $4M | 1 mo ago | Series A | 18 | Nagasawa grass Co-Founder | SentryNode.jsTailwind CSS+13 | — | — | — |
| 37 | Utoniq Manufacturer of smart cards for art sharing | $4M | 13 mo ago | Series A | — | Shuntaro Tsuneta Co-Founder & CEO | SentryApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+15 | — | — | — |
| 38 | Todokale Cloud based mail management tool for enterprises | $3M | 12 mo ago | Series A | 3 | Tsuyoshi Nojima Founder & CEO | STUDIOFirebaseNode.js+20 | — | — | — |
| 39 | Colorful Casting Developer of a platform connecting organizations with freelance artists and influencers | $3M | 8 mo ago | Seed | — | Toyoki Matsumoto CEO | SkolengoMariaDBFirebase+18 | — | — | — |
| 40 | UPWARD Field sales program management software | $3M | 7 mo ago | Series C | 100 | Ryusuke Kanagi Founder & CEO | WordPressWebflowApple iCloud Mail+29 | 3 signals Funding | — | — |
| 41 | Marsdy Provider of automated numerical data management and updating solutions for businesses | $2M | 12 mo ago | Series A | — | Daki Muto Founder & CEO | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+10 | — | — | — |
| 42 | OPTEMO Web tool sales teams to engage with website visitors | $2M | 11 mo ago | Series A | — | Momotaro Koike CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | — | — | — |
| 43 | Coco corporation Offers customer feedback and review collection services for organisations | $2M | 7 mo ago | Series A | 7 | Hashihashi Shunsuke CEO | STUDIOFirebaseNode.js+14 | — | 5 patents Orthopedic surgical bone‑cutting guide positioning and instrument holding devices | — |
| 44 | Cuebus A logistic company that provides the three-dimensional robot warehouse system using linear motors | $2M | 3 mo ago | Series B | — | Katsuhiro Okubo CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 45 | Bizibl Platform offering organizing and management solutions for online webinars | $1M | 9 mo ago | Seed | — | Rinpei Hanatani CEO | STUDIOFirebaseNode.js+18 | — | — | — |
| 46 | Valuenex Provider of data analysis and consulting services for business innovation | $1M | 6 mo ago | Public | — | Tatsuo Nakamura Founder & CEO | Squarespace CommerceSquarespaceTypeScript+19 | — | — | — |
| 47 | Smart Craft Provider of cloud platform for digitalizing and managing manufacturing processes | $1M | 3 mo ago | Seed | 2 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+13 | — | — | — |
| 48 | Kyalikon.com Developer of a platform for condition care consultation in medical fields | $785K | 7 mo ago | Seed | — | Mitsuaki Shimodaira CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 49 | DDR Provider of a platform for online dispute resolution and mediation | $678K | 4 mo ago | Seed | — | Matoba Reimon CEO & President | YouTubeBootstrapApache HTTP Server+5 | — | — | — |
| 50 | Voyt Provider of software & mobile application development services | $639K | 7 mo ago | Series A | — | Yasutaka Nagatomi CEO | — | — | — | — |
Top 12 Enterprise Applications companies in Japan
#1
Series C · Koto, Tokyo-to · founded 2014 · 30 employees$81Mraised▾
Developer of automation solutions using autonomous mobile robots and ASRS. The company provides systems for automating tasks within warehouse and logistics operations. Their offerings include autonomous mobile robots, automated storage and retrieval systems, and related software. The company focuses on creating flexible and scalable automation for various industries.
- May 2026Conventional Debt—
- Mar 2024Series C—
- Apr 2022Series C$51M
- Jul 2020Series A—
#2
Series E · Kyoto, Kyoto · founded 2007$187.5Mraised▾
Offering complaint management platform. The system helps to answer all customer questions and reduces the burden on customer service staff and call centers. It is a FAQ system that can handle ambiguous expressions that differ slightly from person to person, sensory expressions, and spelling mistakes.
- Jan 2026Series E$18.8M
- Aug 2025Series E$17.6M
- Dec 2023Series D$13.8M
- Sep 2022Series C$86.5M
#3
Series D · Koto, Tokyo-to · founded 2011 · 300 employees$178Mraised▾
Provider of intelligent automation solutions for industrial robots. It develops a universal intelligent robot controller that automates tasks in logistics and manufacturing. This technology addresses challenges in robot implementation by offering advanced control of perception, movement, and gripping. The solutions are applicable to various industrial robots, eliminating the need for robot-specific programming and manual teaching. The company's focus is on enabling efficient and cost-effective automation across diverse industrial settings.
- Dec 2025Series D$133M
- Dec 2025Conventional Debt$100M
- Dec 2023Series C$18M
- Sep 2023Series C$85M
#4
Series B · Shinagawa, Tokyo · founded 2020 · 18 employees$23.6Mraised▾
Provider of ERP solutions for multiple industries. The company offers ERP solutions like human resources, accounting, and the provision of a marketplace managing big data with denormalized data retention and providing a core platform for the back office of companies.
- Apr 2026Series B$10M
- Jul 2024Series A—
- Aug 2023Series A$13.3M
- Oct 2022Seed$2.1M
#5
Series A · Okinawa, Okinawa · founded 2020 · 6 employees$33Mraised▾
Provider of the data science software solution. It provides a satellite data analysis contest platform that offers a place for space development, publishes valuable satellite data, evaluates & publishes an analysis of results in real-time, etc. It also provides various types of data related to events & situations of land, air and sea in the world obtained by satellites. Industries using the solutions are transportation, energy, disaster prevention, finance, logistics, etc.
- Mar 2026Conventional Debt—
- Mar 2026Series A$31.6M
- Dec 2022Seed$1.5M
#6
Series E · Chiyoda City, Tokyo · founded 2015 · 12 employees$10Mraised▾
Provider of emergency incident management platform for public safety. Platform collect data from various sources, such as social media, live cameras, weather data, and earthquake information. It generates text from social media posts and analyzes images and videos, providing the ability to visually check the situation on-site. Platform sent alerts based on specific regions or events, and important information is sent via email or smartphone app.
- Mar 2026Conventional Debt—
- Mar 2026Venture Debt—
- Mar 2026Series E$10M
- Jul 2016Series A—
#7
Series A · Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture · founded 2020 · 53 employees$15.3Mraised▾
Developer of autonomous mobile robots and systems for material transport. The company provides autonomous mobile robots designed for internal material flow optimization. Their offerings include fleet management software, IoT connectivity solutions, and support services. The company's products facilitate integration with existing industrial equipment and automation of general-purpose carts.
- Jan 2026Series A—
- Sep 2024Series A$4.5M
- Mar 2023Series A$10.8M
- Nov 2021Seed—
#8
Series A · Chiyoda City, Tokyo · founded 2012 · 18 employees$4Mraised▾
Online platform for digital ID management. Its products are XID app which helps to create a smart card, XID API for online identity verification and electronic contracts with API, E-Sign offers electronic contract solutions.
- May 2026Series A—
- Dec 2024Series A$4M
#9
Series B · Meguro City, Tokyo · founded 2019 · 50 employees$9.9Mraised▾
Provider of cloud-enabled procurement management solutions. It is a cloud service provider that develops and offers a platform for procurement and purchasing departments. They aim to provide procurement and support for expense management in various companies.
- Feb 2026Conventional Debt$4.5M
- Oct 2024Series B$9.9M
- Jun 2022Seed—
#10
Seed · Minato City, Tokyo · founded 2020 · 11 employees$5.7Mraised▾
Provider of medical data analysis platform to enhance the healthcare system. It offers a platform to support analytical research using medical data and prescription decisions by doctors and provides consulting on medical data, and operation services. It specialize in data cleansing and standardization using the OMOP Common Data Model, enabling the comparison and integration of medical data across systems and institutions.
- Feb 2026Seed$2.6M
- Jul 2024Seed$2.5M
- Jul 2024Venture Debt—
- Nov 2022Seed$3.2M
#11
Acquired · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2018 · 25 employees$214.8Mraised▾
Fintech company offering a corporate card solution for businesses. The platform provides corporate cards which allowing businesses to manage the finances with features such as cloud accounting, bookkeeping, invoice system, slack integration, card lock function, and more.
- Nov 2024Series D$35.6M
- Nov 2024Conventional Debt$64.2M
- Jul 2022Series C—
- May 2022Series C$115M
#12
SmartHR 🦄Series E · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2013 · 238 employees$328.2Mraised▾
Platform that offers HR management solutions. It is a company focused on providing technology solutions for human resources and labor management. The platform features in smart HR that includes solutions such as recruitment management, personnel evluation, layout simulation, employee surveys and more.
- Jun 2024Series E$140M
- Jun 2021Series D$114.3M
- Apr 2019Series C$54.9M
- Jan 2018Series B$13.3M
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