Best Fashion Tech Companies in Tokyo, Japan
The 55 best Fashion Tech companies in Tokyo, Japan in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: SNKRDUNK.
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 Tokyo
| # | Company | Last round | Disclosed funding | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | SEO maturity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4meee Aggregated content platform for fashion, lifestyle and trends for women | — | — | Arisa Sakanashi CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+18 | Top 50k | rich | — | — |
| 2 | Alive Form Bio Manufacturer of 3D-printed footwear | — | — | Shun Pek Founder | Cart FunctionalityShopifyBootstrap+18 | Top 10M | rich | — | — |
| 3 | Buyma Online platform to buy fashion products curated by personal shoppers | — | — | Sadato Tanaka Founder & ex-CEO | Cart FunctionalityJavaVarnish+28 | Top 10k | rich | — | — |
| 4 | Ceno Online retail platform offering multi-category fashion products | — | — | Ryo Ishikawa Owner | Cart FunctionalityShopifySwym Wishlist Plus+21 | Top 5M | rich | — | — |
| 5 | defactostandard Defactostandard engages in the sales of brands, watches, apparel, and accessories. | — | — | — | Amazon Web Servicescore-jsjQuery+7 | Top 5M | basic | — | — |
| 6 | ELLE SHOP Online retailer of multi-category fashion products | — | — | Duncan Edwards President & CEO | Cart FunctionalityJavaWorldShopping+30 | Top 100k | rich | — | — |
| 7 | FASBEE Online store selling fashion apparel and accessories | — | — | Yoshihide Saito CEO & President | Cart FunctionalityShopifyReact+27 | Top 500k | rich | — | — |
| 8 | Flicfit Internet first brand offering foot scanner device | — | — | Hirohito Hirohashi Founder & CEO | STUDIOFirebaseNode.js+13 | Top 50M | basic | 6 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
Top 12 Fashion Tech companies in Tokyo
#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
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
#3
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
#4
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
#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
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
#7
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
#8
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
#9
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
#10
Deadpooled · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2011$1.5Mraised▾
Zoolook is a fashion photo sharing community app for users to take photos of fashion, add filters, tag them, prepare a personal lookbook, share the photos on other social networks and participate in fashion contests. Zoolook became the official app of Japan Fashion Week for 2 years and organized fashion events in Apple retail stores. Zoolook later converted into Minipopup, a social commerce platform, and finally shut down in January 2015.
- Aug 2011Seed$1.5M
#11
Seed · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2011$1.1Mraised▾
Online retailer offering handmade fast fashion jewelry. The product catalog includes earrings, bracelets, necklaces, rings, etc. The mobile application is available for iOS users.
- Sep 2017Seed$1.1M
#12
Acquired · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2015$906.2Kraised▾
Online retailer offering multi-category fashion products for women. The product catalog includes footwear, tops, jackets, pants, joggers, leggings, swimwear, jewelry, hats, socks, dresses, bags, coats, skirts, shorts, and more. The platform also provides information about beauty care and lifestyle products.
- Mar 2019Series A$906.2K
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Fashion Tech coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Textiles & Wearable Materials is moving in Japan
A read on the academic research around Textiles & Wearable Materials — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 48 Japan-affiliated papers.
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology7
- Nagoya University7
- Shinshu University5
- The University of Tokyo5
- Gunma University3
- Composite material4
- Clothing3
- Wearable computer3
- Elastomer2
- Wireless2
- Composite material10
- Electrical conductor7
- Wearable computer5
- Yarn3
- SIGNAL (programming language)3
- Spirometer1
- Context (archaeology)1
- Spirometry1
- Wearable computer1
- Adaptability1
Where textiles tech is researched across Japan
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Who's filing textiles tech patents in Japan
Japan textiles tech patent filing is steady — 5 filings from 19 assignees (2017–2025), led by Daikin IND, Earth Chemical, Nicca Chemical; annual filings 1→1.
- Daikin IND6
- Earth Chemical4
- Nicca Chemical4
- ZOZO3
- Teijin Fibers3
- Teijin Nestex3
- Nishikawa Makoto2
- Yoshino GOU2
Common questions
Sweetie watches where the money and the users are piling in. She covers sector wealth and momentum — the install curves and revenue pools that show which corners of the market are quietly on fire.