Best Home Healthcare Companies in Japan
The 38 best Home Healthcare companies in Japan in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Welmo.
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Ranked: Best Home Healthcare companies in Japan
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welmo Providers of nursing services | $18M | 6 mo ago | Series C | Yusuke Kanno CEO | 2013 | WordPressMySQLPHP+16 | — | — |
| 2 | Ichirou Provider of diversified home healthcare services | $3M | 12 mo ago | Series B | Yuki Mizuno CEO | 2019 | WordPressMySQLPHP+26 | — | — |
| 3 | AgeWellJapan Provider of long-term care and support for the aging population with customized programs based on individual… | $1M | 16 mo ago | Seed | Madoka Akagi CEO | 2020 | WordPressMySQLPHP+13 | — | — |
| 4 | LINK Provider of home nursing care services | $620K | 70 mo ago | Seed | Yuki Mizuno Founder | 2017 | — | 73 patents Ultrasonic composite material joining systems and state‑monitoring inspection technologies | — |
| 5 | Polaris Provider of long term care services at home | $176K | 115 mo ago | Late Stage | — | 2002 | RubyBootstrapRuby on Rails+13 | 9 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 6 | Menopeer Provider of mental health teleconsultation services | — | 25 mo ago | Seed | Kotoko Kimura Founder & CEO | 2022 | WixSentryEnvoy+12 | — | — |
| 7 | AP TECH Provider of diversified nursing care services at home | — | 55 mo ago | Seed | — | 2019 | — | 4,457 patents Automotive seating systems focusing on adjustable, safety‑enhanced vehicle seats | — |
| 8 | FastDOCTOR Provider of diversified healthcare services | — | 60 mo ago | Seed | Kikuchi Ryo Founder & CEO | 2016 | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceNode.js+27 | — | — |
Top 11 Home Healthcare companies in Japan
#1
Series C · Chiyoda City, Tokyo · founded 2013 · 152 employees$18Mraised▾
Welmo offers nursing services. The company provides nurses for home care of patients. Their services include searching, registration and management functions for social resource information to the in-home nursing care support office or region based support center for providing necessary services to users.
- Mar 2026Series C—
- Dec 2021Series C$18M
#2
Series B · Nagoya, Aichi · founded 2019$3.2Mraised▾
Provider of diversified home healthcare services
- Sep 2025Series B$7.7M
- Mar 2023Series A$1.6M
- Nov 2021Seed$926.2K
- Sep 2020Seed$614.4K
#3
Seed · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2020$1Mraised▾
AgeWellJapan is a company that provides long-term care and support for the aging population by drawing out the latent needs of each individual. They aim to create a new super-aging society by creating a space for discovery and challenge as a partner for the senior generation.
- May 2025Seed$2.2M
- Dec 2023Seed$445.2K
- Aug 2021Seed$595.6K
#4
Seed · Nagoya, Aichi · founded 2017$619.8Kraised▾
Provider of home nursing care services
- Oct 2020Seed$619.8K
#5
Late Stage · Takarazuka, Hyogo · founded 2002 · 519 employees$176.4Kraised▾
Provider of long term care services at home
- Feb 2017PE$176.4K
#6
Seed · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2022—raised▾
Provider of mental health teleconsultation services
- Jul 2024Seed—
#7
Seed · Morioka, Iwate · founded 2019 · 6 employees—raised▾
Developer of monitoring technology intended to focus on remote medical care. The company develops technologies related to data transmission and reception and provides DX consulting and remote monitoring, enabling users to access remote medical care and services.
- Jan 2022Seed—
#8
Seed · Japan · founded 2016 · 229 employees—raised▾
Provider of medical consultation services intended to offer emergency visit support services by doctors during non-working hours. The company's services help patients to access night and holiday emergency care such as triage, medical examination, prescription, and settlement at home, enabling patients to avail prompt emergency medical services and reducing the burden on the ambulance and emergency care system.
- Aug 2021Seed—
- Jul 2019Seed—
#9
Seed · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2020—raised▾
Provider of a hormone test service intended to provide access to hormone and medical care. The company's product can be mailed to the home to self-check the physical condition for pregnancy and how hormones affect the physical condition, whether the symptoms are related to menopause or other factors, and provides personalized results commented on by physicians, enabling users to get test results from home.
- Feb 2021Seed—
#10
Seed · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2018—raised▾
Provider of diversified home nursing care services
- Apr 2020Seed—
#11
Seed · Osaka, Osaka · founded 2003 · 1479 employees—raised▾
Provider of in-home nursing care services across Japan. The company offers comprehensive psychiatric, rehabilitation care, medication support and nursing services for people who are suffering from mental illness and disability.
- 2010Seed—
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Home Healthcare coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Wearable Health Tech is moving in Japan
A read on the academic research around Wearable Health Tech — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 361 Japan-affiliated papers.
- The University of Tokyo27
- Kobe University20
- Jikei University School of Medicine20
- Tokushima University19
- University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan18
- Continuous glucose monitoring8→13
- Diabetes mellitus3→8
- Diabetes mellitus23→47
- Continuous glucose monitoring29→45
- Glycemic27→39
- Type 1 diabetes1→12
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus1→10
- Diabetes mellitus10→26
- Continuous glucose monitoring8→23
- Glycemic10→16
- Hypoglycemia3→8
- Type 1 diabetes4→8
Where wearable 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.
Who's filing wearable health patents in Japan
Japan wearable health patent filing is cooling — 137 filings from 17 assignees (2016–2025), led by SONY America, SONY, Nippon Telegraph & Telephone; annual filings 17→11.
- SONY America62
- SONY58
- Nippon Telegraph & Telephone26
- Otsuka Pharma16
- Hitachi14
- NTT6
- Kikkoman5
- SONY Group4
Common questions
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