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Best HealthTech Companies in Shibuya, Japan

The 35 best HealthTech companies in Shibuya, Japan in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: iCARE.

35companies tracked
$51.4Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
18have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · HEALTHTECH × SHIBUYA

Our analysis of 864 HealthTech companies

$73.2b in tracked funding; 89% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

864companies analysed
89%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
57unicorns
2018median founding year

Ranked: Best HealthTech companies in Shibuya

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFoundedFounderTech stackRecent signals
13karte
AI and cloud-based medical record management tool for healthcare professionals
——Unfunded2019Tsuyoshi Miyazaki
CEO
——
2Biodata Bank
Provider of a smart device to warn individuals of heat risks
——Unfunded2018Takeshi Anzai
CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+12—
3Boot Home
Provider of expert-led personalized fitness training programs
——Unfunded2020Toshimitsu Miyachi
CEO
——
4CancerWith
Online platform offering consultation services for cancer patients
——Unfunded2020Atsushi Nitasaka
CEO
BootstrapStripeAmazon Web Services+17—
5CLINE
Provider of patient engagement and communication solutions
——Unfunded2022Takizawa
CEO
VercelCloudflareUnpkg+14—
6Earth smilE
App-based platform offering online learning resources for visually impaired kids
——Unfunded2018Noriko Mazda
CEO
——
7Elixinol
Provides CBD nutritional supplements for multiple ailments
——Unfunded2016Makoto Matsumaru
CEO & President
RubyPlyrRuby on Rails+10—
8I-Med
Provider of a web platform and app for hospital search and reservation
——Unfunded2017Aikawa Yasuyuki
CEO
PHPFacebook LoginLaravel+15—

Top 12 HealthTech companies in Shibuya

#1
Series C · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2017 · 35 employees
$20Mraised
▾

Online platform providing plastic and cosmetic surgery information. It is an online platform for users to find and receive information on double burial, bear treatment, rhinoplasty, jaw bone cutting, liposuction, breast augmentation, and other surgical procedures.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2024Series C$11.3M
  • Feb 2022Series B$8.7M
Investors
Minerva Growth Partners, Nissay Capital, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, Hakuhodo DY Ventures, KDDI Open Innovation Fund, W inc
Tech stack
AdjustAmazon Web ServicesBrazeCore-JsDatadogFacebook Pixel
#2
Seed · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2019 · 6 employees
$1.5Mraised
▾

Precal provides online prescription management software. It provides input data that is difficult to implement with existing OCR and QR codes and that does not require correction by human input. The scanned data can be checked all at once on the management tablet, and by selecting the prescription to be commissioned from among them, the online clerk can request input.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2024Seed$1.5M
Investors
Saga Bank, DBJ Capital, United, Mizuho Capital, Open Network Lab, NextBlue
Tech stack
BootstrapGoogle AnalyticsGoogle CloudGoogle Cloud CdnGoogle Tag ManagerGoogle Workspace
#3
Series E · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2011 · 154 employees
$21.3Mraised
▾

Provider of corporate health management solutions. They focus on changing the norms of company health care to protect and promote the well-being of employees.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2022Series E$16.5M
  • Feb 2022Conventional Debt—
  • Jun 2019Series A$4.8M
Founders & team
Yota YamadaCEO
Investors
Global Brain, SMBC Venture Capital, Mizuho Capital, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Venture Capital, Incubate Fund, Beyond Next Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesApolloApple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementEnvoy
#4
Seed · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2023
$286Kraised
▾

AI based platform offering solutions for early detection and prevention of cardiovascular disease. It merges transit data sources to reveal ridership and performance, with a focus on making heart diseases preventable through the use of AI in clinical services. Its product is Korbato Scan, which uses AI to analyze normal electrocardiograms and detect hidden heart diseases such as heart failure, myocardial ischemia, arrhythmias, atrial septal defect, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and more.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2024Seed$286K
Founders & team
Ryuichiro YagiCEO
Investors
Keio Innovation Initiative, Spring Star Capital
#5
Series A · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2019 · 14 employees
$5Mraised
▾

LEAN BODY is a provider of mobile app for online fitness training videos. It provides an online platform for fitness enthusiasts and allows users to get more fitness videos. The platform is subscriptions-based.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2021Series A$5M
Investors
i-nest capital, DBJ Capital, AG Capital, YJ Capital, Z Venture Capital
#6
Seed · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2017
$2.2Mraised
▾

Antaa provides a second opinion platform for doctors. Doctors can suggest other doctors who had the same problem. The app stores all the discussions with doctors.

Funding rounds
  • May 2020Seed$2.2M
Founders & team
Shun NakayamaCEO
Investors
XTech Ventures, Nissay Capital, SMBC Venture Capital, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Venture Capital
#7
Seed · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2022
$271.1Kraised
▾

Provider of consultation and information platform for families and parents. The company offers "Famicare" which provide information that helps families raising children with illnesses or disabilities and "Famikea" a childcare consultation community application.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2023Seed$271.1K
Founders & team
Seiko SuzukiCEO
#8
Seed · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2020
$867Kraised
▾

Provider of application offering personal fitness training along with diet tracking. The application offers personal training sessions along with diet tracking. The users can also consult with the trainers and receive guidance.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2022Seed$867K
Founders & team
Kanichi TaniguchiCEO
Investors
Chiba Dojo, Delight Ventures
#9
Series A · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2022
—raised
▾

Fitness tracking application with gamified features. The app involves NFTs and features like "Move to Earn" and "Sleep to Earn" to incentivize health-related activities such as moving, sleeping, and eating, and offers a token as a reward. Its app is available for Android and iOS users.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2026Series A—
Founders & team
Shinya YamamotoCEO & Representative Director
Investors
Toranomon Impact Capital, Japan Post
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFacebook PixelFirebaseGoogle Analytics
#10
Series A · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2019
—raised
▾

AI-powered schedule management software for home-visit nursing. The company offers cloud-based software for nursing care, which supports time reduction in scheduling tasks and improves staff mobility efficiency.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2025Series A—
Founders & team
Masatoshi YamamuraCEO
Investors
CyberAgent Capital, XTech Ventures, Station AI
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAnt DesignGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api
#11
Seed · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2015
—raised
▾

FamiOne is provider of an online doctor consultation platform for women's health. It allows users to communicate with doctors for pregnancy-related problems. It also provides individual support such as seminars held by experts, consultation on pregnancy and balance support for users.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2024Seed—
Founders & team
Yusuke IshikawaFounder
Investors
Sumisei Innovation Fund, Asuka Innovation Fund, Open Network Lab, Aflac Innovation Partners
Tech stack
A8.NetAddtoanyAddtoany Share ButtonsAmazon Web ServicesApache Http ServerCentos
#12
Seed · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2021
—raised
▾

Provider of avatar counseling services in the metaverse for mental health. It focuses on preventing mental health issues among corporate employees by providing avatar counseling services in the metaverse space. It aim to promote mental well being and health management through the services.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2024Seed—
Founders & team
Kohei IinoFounder & CEO
Investors
Open Network Lab

Funding & investor landscape

$51.4Mtotal disclosed funding
8companies funded
10disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Open Network Lab5 rounds
Global Brain3 rounds
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital3 rounds
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Venture Capital3 rounds
Aflac Innovation Partners2 rounds
Beyond Next Ventures2 rounds
DBJ Capital2 rounds
Incubate Fund2 rounds
KDDI Open Innovation Fund2 rounds
Mizuho Capital2 rounds

Notable founders

Yota Yamada
CEO · iCARE
Ryuichiro Yagi
CEO · Korbato Health
Shun Nakayama
CEO · Antaa
Seiko Suzuki
CEO · NEWSTA
Kanichi Taniguchi
CEO · WITH Fitness
Shinya Yamamoto
CEO & Representative Director · HEALTHREE
Masatoshi Yamamura
CEO · CareMaker
Yusuke Ishikawa
Founder · FamiOne
Kohei Iino
Founder & CEO · MentaRest
Yusho Hirota
CEO · 9lione
Kei Omura
CEO · mairu tech
Yukari Tsunoda
CEO · Vivola
Prism market signals · Japan · country-scoped Prism corpus, 2,006,590 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of HealthTech coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Japan

How research on Digital Health is moving in Japan

A read on the academic research around Digital Health — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 528 Japan-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
202220242026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and steady — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 41% → 42% across 2022–2026.
top research entities
  • The University of Tokyo32
  • Korea University29
  • Kyoto University25
  • Keio University20
  • Asia University17
leading researchers
Zilu Liang · Meaney, Peter Andrew · Hokororo, Adolfine · Masenge, Theopista · Mwanga, Joseph · Kalabamu, Florence Salvatory · Forhad Hossain · Rafiqul Islam
▲ Breakthroughs74 · 14%
▲ 0%→14% share
0 median citations95% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (0%→14% of field), led by Remote patient monitoring.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Remote patient monitoring1→8
Newly emergingWearable computer 0→11 · Health care 0→10 · Health informatics 0→8
Landmark Development of a targeted client communication intervention to women using an electronic maternal and child health regis · 238 cites
◆ Advancements183 · 35%
▲ 0%→35% share
0 median citations93% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are rising (0%→35% of field), led by Health informatics.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Health informatics6→32
  • Public health2→17
  • Mental health1→10
  • Health administration3→11
  • Informatics1→8
Newly emergingHealth care 0→23 · Remote patient monitoring 0→16 · Wearable computer 0→14
Landmark Machine Learning for Catalysis Informatics: Recent Applications and Prospects · 578 cites
▼ Concerns182 · 34%
▲ 0%→34% share
0 median citations93% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are rising (0%→34% of field), led by Health care.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Health care1→55
  • Public health3→47
  • Health informatics6→46
  • Health administration2→38
  • Nursing research3→27
Newly emergingPsychological intervention 0→23 · Health services research 0→17 · Telemedicine 0→12
Landmark Consumers’ Perceptions About and Use of the Internet for Personal Health Records and Health Information Exchange: Analys · 139 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Japan

Where digital health 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.

Tokyo71 · +0.22
Hot · Health informaticsAdvancing · Remote patient monitoringOpportunity · InterpretabilityConcern · Nursing research
Kyoto37 · +0.28
Hot · Wearable computerAdvancing · Health careOpportunity · Health informaticsConcern · Health administration
Osaka19 · +0.33
Hot · Nursing researchOpportunity · Health informaticsConcern · Health care
Fukuoka17 · +0.24
Hot · Health careOpportunity · Health administrationConcern · Health informatics
Nagoya16 · +0.41
Advancing · Health informaticsOpportunity · Health care
Sendai15 · +0.23
Hot · Health careAdvancing · Health informaticsOpportunity · Health administration
Sapporo14 · +0.03
Hot · Materials informaticsOpportunity · Health careConcern · Public health
Tsukuba7 · +0.14
Hot · NanotechnologyOpportunity · Data science
Kobe6 · +0.33
Opportunity · Staffing
PATENT SIGNAL · Japan

Who's filing medical devices patents in Japan

Japan medical devices patent filing is cooling — 122,211 filings from 8,000 assignees (2016–2025), led by Olympus, Fujifilm, Terumo; annual filings 12396→9767.

122,211 filings8,000 assigneespeak 13906/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
  • Olympus19954
  • Fujifilm12453
  • Terumo11191
  • Olympus Medical Systems8682
  • Canon KK7504
  • Unicharm6999
  • UNI Charm6041
  • Toshiba KK4178

Common questions

How many HealthTech companies are there in Shibuya, Japan?
Radar tracks 35 indexable HealthTech companies headquartered in Shibuya, Japan that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by HealthTech companies in Shibuya, Japan?
The HealthTech companies in Shibuya, Japan on this list have raised a combined $51.4M in disclosed equity funding across 8 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded HealthTech company in Shibuya, Japan?
iCARE is the highest-funded HealthTech company in Shibuya, Japan, with $21.3M in disclosed equity funding.
How many HealthTech companies in Shibuya, Japan are funded?
8 of the 35 HealthTech companies in Shibuya, Japan on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many HealthTech unicorns are there in Shibuya, Japan?
None of the HealthTech companies in Shibuya, Japan on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Shibuya, Japan HealthTech companies?
The most active investors in Shibuya, Japan HealthTech companies on this list include Open Network Lab, Global Brain, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Venture Capital, Aflac Innovation Partners.
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