Best Image Recognition Companies in Japan
The 33 best Image Recognition companies in Japan in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: ABEJA.
Ranked: Best Image Recognition companies in Japan
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Employees | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayonix Provider of facial biometric systems for identification and access control | — | — | Unfunded | Sadi Vural Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Azira AI based solution to read handwritten documents and forms | — | — | Deadpooled | Daisuke Kimura CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | DataScope (Business/Productivity Software) Developer of detection technology designed to provide state-of-the-art recognition technologies and solutions. | — | — | Private | — | 20 | — | — | — |
| 4 | DDS Provider of fingerprint security solutions | — | — | Public | Kenji Miyoshino Founder & CEO | 65 | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+17 | 39 patents Biometric authentication and skin health image analysis using advanced data processing | — |
| 5 | eDefenders Offering chargeback protection service | — | — | Deadpooled | Toru Minamisawa CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Emosta Provider of AI-enabled facial recognition products and solutions for various industries | — | — | Unfunded | Shuhei Ogawa Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Intelligence Design Provider of an AI-enabled image recognition platform for multiple applications | — | — | Unfunded | — | 30 | WordPressMySQLPHP+17 | — | — |
| 8 | LensLink Computer vision and AI solutions for automatic image and video analysis | — | — | Unfunded | Song Xiangming CEO | — | — | — | — |
Top 12 Image Recognition companies in Japan
#1
Series C · Minato City, Tokyo · founded 2012 · 122 employees$35.9Mraised▾
Provider of AI-powered intelligent document processing solutions. It specializing in the extraction of information from unstructured documents with high accuracy. The proprietary technology, Flax Scanner, enables efficient data extraction and knowledge management for various industries.
- Jun 2022Series C$3.7M
- Apr 2020Conventional Debt—
- Apr 2020Series C$12.1M
- Jan 2019Conventional Debt—
#2
Series B · Minato City, Tokyo · founded 2011 · 46 employees$7.9Mraised▾
Provider of platform protecting marketing from fraud and security risks. It offers solutions for ad fraud protection, fake lead protection, affiliate fraud protection, and website security. The platform detects fraudulent clicks, identifies risky scripts, prevents fake leads, and safeguards affiliate campaigns. It provides tools for digital marketers and website managers to improve performance and maintain control.
- Oct 2021Series B$5M
- Nov 2019Series A$2.9M
#3
Series C · Minato City, Tokyo · founded 2009$15.8Mraised▾
QUADRAC provides payment security solutions for businesses. It offers payment authentication hardware for transaction monitoring. It offers a Q-CORE server for cloud-based digital payments, traffic payments, and authentication.
- Jul 2020Series C$11.2M
- Oct 2018Series B$8.9M
- Jul 2014Series A$6.9M
#4
Series B · Minato City, Tokyo · founded 2016 · 30 employees$13.9Mraised▾
Provider of AI-based chatbot development solutions. It provides systems for optical character recognition, industrial inspection & detection, driving support, chatbots, recommendation, measurement and 3D vision robots. The products utilise NLP and deep learning solutions.
- Jun 2020Series B$4.7M
- Sep 2019Series B$9.2M
- Mar 2018Seed—
#5
Public · Minato City, Tokyo · founded 2012 · 81 employees$45.5Mraised▾
Provider of digital platforms, AI solutions, and DX support services. The company delivers digital platforms that transform core business processes for sustained revenue growth. It offers software for continuous and stable operation of DX processes. The business also provides retail analytics services based on customer behavior data. Additionally, it supports business implementation of large language models and AI ethics consultation.
- Dec 2018Series C—
- Jun 2018Series C$38.5M
- Jul 2016Series B$7M
- Dec 2014Series A—
#6
Deadpooled · Chuo City, Tokyo · founded 2005$2.5Mraised▾
Normy provides mobile-based biometric authentication solutions. The platform provided by the company supports iOS and Android and provides hybrid authentication by extracting veins and palm prints. It does not require any dedicated equipment and authentication can be done by the mobile camera. It can be used in corporations for authentication of individuals, protection against account take over and onboard car navigation login.
- Jun 2020Series A$2.5M
- Feb 2005Seed—
#7
Public · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2011 · 49 employees$5.3Mraised▾
Cacco provides solutions for fraud detection, settlement consulting, and statistical analysis. Products include O-PLUX for remittance fraud detection employing its proprietary system that combines a shared database with its own logic; O-motion for detecting spoof login and payment theft on websites like internet banking; and 2visualize for design planning and services using automation and graph visualization.
- 2016PE$3.4M
- Jun 2015PE$1.9M
#8
Deadpooled · Chiyoda City, Tokyo · founded 2018 · 33 employees$616.6Kraised▾
Sweeep provides automated invoicing software for businesses. It features solutions for AI-based bill accounting and invoice processing. It is available for multiple subscriptions based on the number of invoices.
- Sep 2020Seed$616.6K
#9
Series A · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2012 · 14 employees$4.5Mraised▾
Developer of a dialogue system designed to promote the social implementation of artificial intelligence. The company's system uses natural language processing, can be operated on a computer or tablet and covers the functions required for customer service, enabling businesses to have access to a system that would create different working styles and business opportunities.
- Aug 2017Series A$4.5M
#10
Series A · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2009$1.7Mraised▾
Exvision provides a computer vision platform for vision processing based applications. Its product includes gesture recognition system, high-speed tracking microscope, high-speed document scanning, high-speed inspection system, etc. It is a spin-out startup of Ishikawa-Oku Laboratory at University Of Tokyo. As of March 2017, they are targeting consumer electronics, automotive, bio-medical, and broadcasting industries.
- Jun 2017Series A—
- Jul 2013Series A$1.7M
#11
Public · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2004 · 158 employees$1.5Mraised▾
Provides digital image processing frameworks. The platform provides digital image processing frameworks, which process and express images on multiple platforms such as embedded devices for mobile phones, digital cameras, and others. Its other solutions include an image stabilization technology that uses detection software based on image processing and motion detection and aligning technologies that allow to capture of an image from a lens camera and create a stereoscopic 3D image.
- Feb 2008Series A$1.5M
#12
Seed · Setagaya, Tokyo · founded 2020 · 4 employees—raised▾
Developer of image recognition technology for individual object identification and traceability. The company provides solutions for manufacturing, distribution, retail, brand protection, and marketing. Its technology identifies individual objects using surface patterns, enabling tagless traceability. The company offers products for anomaly detection and planar object recognition. These products support quality control, authentication, and information retrieval.
- Mar 2020Seed—
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