Best Fashion Tech Companies in Japan
The 101 best Fashion Tech companies in Japan in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Spiber.
Japan's Fashion Tech scene has real money behind it: 101 companies tracked, $607M in total disclosed funding, and one unicorn already in the mix. Spiber alone accounts for $489M of that capital, which tells you where the structural bets are landing. Snkrdunk has pulled in $54M, and Synflux and Recustomer are building credible positions at $5M and $6M respectively. The global market these companies are racing into sat at $24.7B in 2021, and the demand curve hasn't softened. Across 266 fashion and retail apparel apps tracked on the Play Store, median installs grew roughly 17% YoY, a signal I find genuinely hard to ignore. That's not a blip.
So what's the prize here, and who's positioned to capture it? Gen Z is now the largest consumer cohort in fashion globally, and their expectations around digital experience, personalization, and sustainable production are reshaping the entire stack. Investors like CyberAgent Capital, Coral Capital, and D4V are clearly reading that same thesis, given their active presence across this directory. Recent momentum in fashion tech confirms the sector is drawing serious builder attention beyond Japan too. The funding here is concentrated but the breadth of 101 tracked companies shows the ecosystem's got real depth forming underneath the headline numbers.
Our analysis of 219 Fashion Tech companies
$16.5b in tracked funding; 94% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2022.
Ranked: Best Fashion Tech companies in Japan
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4meee Aggregated content platform for fashion, lifestyle and trends for women | — | — | Acquired | Arisa Sakanashi CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+18 | Top 50k | — | — |
| 2 | Alive Form Bio Manufacturer of 3D-printed footwear | — | — | Unfunded | Shun Pek Founder | Cart FunctionalityShopifyBootstrap+18 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 3 | Alphabet Pastel Manufacturer of women's fashion apparel based in Sapporo, Japan. | — | — | Acquired | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+7 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 4 | artsea Internet first brand of handmade jewellery | — | — | Funding Raised | Yuka Nakamura CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Bellabeat Internet first brand offering smart jewelry | — | — | Deadpooled | Urska Srsen Co-Founder & CCO | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Brista Provider of a point-based monthly fashion rental service designed to enhance apparel choices. | — | — | Private | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Buyma Online platform to buy fashion products curated by personal shoppers | — | — | Unfunded | Sadato Tanaka Founder & ex-CEO | Cart FunctionalityJavaVarnish+28 | Top 10k | — | — |
| 8 | Ceno Online retail platform offering multi-category fashion products | — | — | Funding Raised | Ryo Ishikawa Owner | Cart FunctionalityShopifySwym Wishlist Plus+21 | Top 5M | — | — |
Top 12 Fashion Tech companies in Japan
#1
Seed · Chuo, Tokyo · founded 2019$4.6Mraised▾
Company developing sustainable fashion with the help of digital technology. The company has proprietary software that uses machine-learning algorithm to create fashion patterns. It also digitizes traditional production techniques to make ethical fashion products.
- Jan 2026Seed$1.7M
- Oct 2025Seed$1.7M
- Jan 2023Seed—
- Dec 2022Seed$1.2M
#2
Spiber 🦄Series E · Tsuruoka, Yamagata · founded 2007 · 334 employees$489.4Mraised▾
Provider of sustainable fabric materials. It develops microbially fermented brewed protein-based yarns. It uses plant-derived biomass and a fermentation process including sugar and microbes to develop its products. It has applications in the textile industry.
- Apr 2024Series E$65.3M
- Sep 2021Series E$312.6M
- Dec 2018Series D$44.1M
- Sep 2015Series D$25.1M
#3
Series A · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2021$6.3Mraised▾
Provider of platform optimizing post-purchase customer experience for e-commerce businesses. It offers tools for returns, cancellations, trial purchases, and delivery tracking. The platform aims to improve customer lifetime value, prevent cart abandonment, and reduce customer service costs. It automates returns and exchanges, facilitates try-before-you-buy options, and provides delivery updates.
- Sep 2024Series A$3.5M
- Nov 2022Seed$1.4M
- Sep 2021Seed$1.4M
#4
Seed · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2022$923.2Kraised▾
Online marketplace offering second-hand fashion products. The product catalog includes shirts, jackets, hoodies, sweatshirts, leggings, shorts, footwear, headwear, and more.
- Apr 2025Seed$1.5M
- Apr 2024Seed$923.2K
#5
Series B · Chuo, Tokyo · founded 2020$3.5Mraised▾
Operator of platforms for luxury goods appraisal, shopping, and CRM. The business provides services including valuation, online retail, and a marketplace application. Additionally, the company offers customer relationship management tools for businesses dealing in the resale market.
- Apr 2024Series B$3.5M
#6
Series D · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2016$54Mraised▾
Online marketplace offering second hand sneakers. The product catalog includes various brands of sneakers for men and women. It also includes products like jackets, flip flops, etc.
- Dec 2021Series D—
- Jul 2021Series C$54M
#7
Seed · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2018 · 3 employees$3.1Mraised▾
Online retailer offering multi-category fashion products for men & women. The product offering includes apparel, footwear, belts, sunglasses, jewelry, socks, scarves, masks, raincoats, handbags, and more of different colors, styles, and brands.
- Feb 2024Seed$3.1M
#8
Series C · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2010$21Mraised▾
Locondo is an online retailer of fashion products. The product catalog includes shoes, bags, wallets, accessories, and apparels. A few of the brands associated with the company include Diana, Relax, Carry, UGG AG and more.
- Oct 2014Series C$4.6M
- Jun 2013Series B$6.2M
- Oct 2011Series A$9.2M
- Oct 2010Seed$941.4K
#9
Public · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2014 · 113 employees$9.2Mraised▾
Online rental platform for women apparel. The products are curated by professional stylists based on the users' preferences of color, style and usage. Products are rented and exchanged, based on periodic subscription plans.
- Jan 2016Series B$8.4M
- Apr 2015Seed$832K
- Aug 2014Seed$43K
#10
Series A · Chiba, Chiba · founded 2014$4Mraised▾
TopLog is a Japan-based fashion media company that operates a fashion and beauty app. The app contains latest developments in fashion, new products, style guides and also offers the capability to save and buy interesting products from the app. The company was founded in 2014, while the apps were launched in 2016.
- Feb 2016Series A$1.7M
- Nov 2015Series A$2M
- Oct 2014Seed$2M
#11
Series B · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2008 · 30 employees$4.6Mraised▾
Vasily is a fashion discovery platform. They created iQON, a fashion discovery app and website that allows users to discover and purchase fashion products curated by the community. The users are redirected to the online store for purchase of products. Monetizes through affiliate and lead generation. It also runs a style trend guide and offers fashion consultation service. Caters only to women users.
- Oct 2014Series B—
- Feb 2013Series B$3.2M
- May 2011Series A$1.4M
#12
Public · Hiroshima, Hiroshima · founded 2006$2.5Mraised▾
Laxus offers a mobile app for renting handbags on demand or on subscription basis. Using the app users can select any bag for rent. Once a user is done using a particular bag, they can place an order for another bag. Return shipping is free. Laxus stores more than 5000 designer bags in its inventory. For 6500 yuan users can rent unlimited number of designer bags. ES Corporation is the holding company of Laxus.
- Oct 2015Series A$2.5M
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