Best Internet of Things - Industry Applications Companies in Tokyo, Japan
The 92 best Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies in Tokyo, Japan in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: WHILL.
Our analysis of 184 Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies
$13.9b in tracked funding; 91% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies in Tokyo
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WHILL Developer of wheelchairs for orthopedic support | $62M | 24 mo ago | Series D | 300 | Satoshi Sugie Co-Founder & CEO | WordPress Block EditorCart FunctionalityWooCommerce+46 | 103 patents Advanced electric wheelchair chassis and control systems for personal mobility | — |
| 2 | Photosynth Provider of cloud-based access control systems | $53M | 59 mo ago | Public | 176 | Kawase Kodai CEO | STUDIOFirebaseNode.js+12 | — | — |
| 3 | Midokura Open source edge platform providing network virtualization solution | $45M | 120 mo ago | Acquired | 80 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+27 | — | 1 partnership |
| 4 | EdgeCortix Developer of energy-efficient AI processors, accelerators, modules, cards, and systems | $28M | 2 mo ago | Series B | 37 | Sakya Dasgupta Founder & CEO | HubSpot CMS HubHubSpotcore-js+16 | 5 patents Hardware acceleration for AI/ML and communications: low‑precision MAC, LDPC decoding, streaming pipelines | — |
| 5 | Idein Provider of edge-computing platform service to enterprises | $24M | 11 mo ago | Series A | 74 | Yasuyuki Yamada Co-Founder & CTO | HubSpot CMS HubAmazon Web Servicescore-js+17 | — | — |
| 6 | I-Grid Provider of GX solutions, energy trading, and renewable energy platforms | $21M | 34 mo ago | Series B | 100 | Tomokazu Akita CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | 12 patents Quantum algorithm design and optimization for hybrid quantum‑classical machine learning | — |
| 7 | Bitkey Provider of blockchain-based smart locks | $20M | 61 mo ago | Series A | 233 | Masanori Hotsuki Co-Founder / Chief Creation Officer | WordPressMySQLPHP+31 | 40 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | 1 launch |
| 8 | TechMagic Developer of AI-based food cooking robots | $17M | 26 mo ago | Series C | 19 | Yuji Shiraki Founder & CEO | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+32 | 72 patents Automated food portioning, ingredient supply, and cooking equipment for commercial kitchens | — |
| 9 | BONX Provider of communication earplugs | $15M | 37 mo ago | Series E | 15 | Takahiro Miyasaka CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+11 | 20 patents Group calling and mobile communication system integration for enhanced multi‑party telecom services | — |
| 10 | Global Mobility Service Connectivity and telematics solution for usage-based auto finance | $10M | 96 mo ago | Series C | 105 | Tokuzo Nakajima CEO | GSAPAmazon Web ServicesCloudflare+18 | 108 patents Electronic vehicle control and remote operation systems for doors, batteries, and onboard devices | — |
| 11 | EDGEMATRIX Developer of edge AI-based video surveillance solutions for smart cities | $9M | 81 mo ago | Series A | 14 | — | NginxAmazon Web Servicescore-js+8 | — | 1 job opening |
| 12 | SmartDrive Analytics platform for transportation | $9M | 110 mo ago | Public | 73 | Retsu Kitagawa CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | 12 patents AI-based acquisition and analysis of vehicle mobility and behavior data | — |
| 13 | Latona Developer of AI-powered edge computing solutions for Internet of Things | $8M | 62 mo ago | Series A | 8 | Asuka Mizuguchi Co-Founder & COO | — | 13 patents Edge computing platforms for sensor data orchestration and automated workflow generation | — |
| 14 | Vegetalia Provider of agricultural IoT solutions and plant disease diagnostic services | $8M | 105 mo ago | Series B | 4 | — | VideoJSGSAPAmazon Web Services+7 | — | — |
| 15 | Telepathy Developed eyeglass-shaped wearable device for sharing what user sees and hears in real-time. | $5M | 154 mo ago | Series A | 11 | — | Facebook LoginGoogle MapsYouTube+8 | 13 patents Adjustable-focus head‑mounted AR/VR displays providing natural field‑of‑view optics | — |
| 16 | Girasol Energy Provider of AI and cloud-based monitoring solutions for photovoltaic plants | $5M | 13 mo ago | Series B | 8 | Li Min CEO | STUDIOFirebaseNode.js+11 | — | — |
| 17 | Desamis IoT-based solution for real-time monitoring of cattle | $4M | 27 mo ago | Series A | 8 | Koji Seike CEO & President | STUDIOFirebaseNode.js+15 | — | — |
| 18 | PGV Provider of wearable brainwave measurement technology and AI-powered brainwave analysis | $4M | 57 mo ago | Series A | 49 | Osamu Oshirasawa CEO & President | HubSpot CMS HubHubSpotcore-js+10 | 2 patents Neurocognitive therapeutic compositions and sensory evaluation systems for itch/pain assessment | — |
| 19 | Tamecco IOT based personalization solution for retailers | $4M | 126 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | Koichiro Tsujino Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 20 | Grace imaging Wearable device for tracking muscle metabolism | $4M | 35 mo ago | Series A | 8 | — | — | 4 patents Medical imaging and bioanalysis sensors with integrated data processing algorithms | — |
| 21 | Xenoma Garment with embedded sensors | $4M | 72 mo ago | Seed | 15 | — | PHPNginxcore-js+8 | 21 patents Flexible textile-integrated ECG monitoring devices and stretchable conductive wire technologies. | — |
| 22 | Visban Developer of RF-on-glass technology integrated with AI for millimeter wave connections | $3M | 3 mo ago | Series A | — | S Cha Co-Founder & CEO | — | 6 patents RF beamforming hardware—phase shifters, radios, and transceivers for wireless communications. | — |
| 23 | LiveSmart Developer of connected hubs for residential buildings | $3M | 58 mo ago | Seed | 18 | Roy Asch CEO | STUDIOFirebaseNode.js+14 | — | — |
| 24 | H2L Developer of smart bands to track hand gestures | $2M | 111 mo ago | Seed | 5 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+15 | 21 patents Wearable haptic feedback and bio‑sensing systems for medical/rehabilitation applications | — |
| 25 | SenSprout Provider of cloud-based soil moisture sensor systems | $1M | 93 mo ago | Series A | — | Kazuhiro Nishioka Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+15 | — | — |
| 26 | Novars Provider of IoT based business consulting and services | $1M | 117 mo ago | Series A | — | Okabe Yoshihiro CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | 43 patents Battery management and wireless monitoring systems for portable power supply devices | — |
| 27 | PLANTIO Developer of smart indoor planting system | $1M | 73 mo ago | Seed | — | Takashi Serizawa Co-Founder & CEO | — | 10 patents Digital control systems and recycling kits for hydroponic plant growth media | — |
| 28 | Inupathy Wearable device to monitor heart rate variability for dogs | $923K | 83 mo ago | Seed | 3 | Joji Yamaguchi CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | 2 patents Acoustic-based animal emotion detection for livestock welfare monitoring | — |
| 29 | Susmed An app which takes user data, puts it through an algorithm, and then provides advice for fixing patient's… | $880K | 112 mo ago | Public | 34 | Taro Ueno CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+16 | 26 patents Digital therapeutic platforms for mental health and sleep disorder management | — |
| 30 | exiii Provider of gloves with haptic feedback | $750K | 98 mo ago | Seed | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Quantum Core Provider of reservoir computing solutions for time-series data analysis | $353K | 83 mo ago | Series A | 5 | Akiyoshi Shingo CEO | TypeScriptZone.jsAngular+12 | — | — |
Top 12 Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies in Tokyo
#1
Series B · Chuo, Tokyo · founded 2019 · 37 employees$28Mraised▾
Developer of energy-efficient AI processors, accelerators, modules, cards, and systems. The company offers a software platform facilitating AI inference across heterogeneous systems. Its technology includes a reconfigurable, highly-parallelized architecture. The company's products handle vision tasks and large language models in low-power environments.
- Apr 2026Series B—
- Nov 2025Series B$110M
- Aug 2025Series B—
- Jun 2025Grant (prize money)$21M
#2
Series A · Chiyoda City, Tokyo · founded 2015 · 74 employees$23.6Mraised▾
Idein is a technology company that designs and develops machine learning models, applications, inference speed acceleration solutions, among others. Its chief offering is an IoT platform, also known as Atcast, which links events and data in the physical world to the web with deep learning inference on the edge devices. Partners include AJIS, DNP, TechShare, Oton Glass, Data Strategy, among others.
- Jul 2025Series A—
- Aug 2019Series A$7.8M
- Jul 2017Series A$15.8M
#3
Series A · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2022$3.1Mraised▾
Developer of RF-on-glass technology integrated with AI for millimeter wave connections. This technology aims to provide fast, uninterrupted millimeter wave connections. It addresses challenges associated with millimeter wave networks, such as coverage gaps. The technology distributes millimeter wave signals, enhancing network reliability.
- Feb 2026Series A—
- Sep 2024Series A$3.1M
#4
Series B · Bunkyo, Tokyo · founded 2017 · 8 employees$4.6Mraised▾
Provider of AI and cloud-based monitoring solutions for photovoltaic plants. It provides a PPLC sensor that collects data from panels and a PPLC gateway that communicates with the PPLC cloud. The PPLC cloud automatically located abnormal behavior using an AI engine.
- Apr 2025Series B$9M
- Mar 2024Series B—
- Aug 2021Series A$4.6M
#5
Series D · Shinagawa, Tokyo · founded 2012 · 300 employees$62.5Mraised▾
Developer of wheelchairs for orthopedic support. It has developed personal electric vehicles with innovative design and state-of-the-art technology for personal mobility. It provides a device that is compact in size, has intuitive controls, wheels with Bluetooth controls, and 3G connectivity. The device can be connected to the mobile app remotely and users can access key device information and battery health to ensure the device is operating at its best. Using the device, users can charge their phones and provide voice notification alerts when it encounters operational errors. It has an anti-sway feature that helps keep the device driving in a straight line on side slopes. The device contains electromagnetic brakes that provide a safe stopping on inclines. It has also developed a device that contains a power sliding seat that allows users to pull right up to tables and desks and slide forward to a comfortable position.
- Jun 2024Series D$45M
- May 2022Series C—
- Sep 2018Series C$45M
- Jun 2016Series B$17.5M
#6
Series C · Minato City, Tokyo · founded 2018 · 19 employees$16.8Mraised▾
TechMagic specializes in developing AI-based food cooking robots. Its offerings include AI cooking robot and AI automation robot. The robots have features such as ordering automation, payment automation, cooking automation, automated waiting, and much more.
- Mar 2024Series C$16.8M
- Oct 2019Seed—
#7
Series B · Chiyoda City, Tokyo · founded 2004 · 100 employees$21Mraised▾
Provider of GX solutions, energy trading, and renewable energy platforms. They offer solutions to accelerate decarbonization for regions and businesses. The company provides a platform for circulating renewable energy. It also shares information through its original media regarding carbon neutrality.
- Aug 2023Series B$21M
#8
Public · Minato City, Tokyo · founded 2014 · 176 employees$52.6Mraised▾
Provider of cloud-based access control systems. It develops smart access control and management solutions for residential and commercial buildings. Its chief offering is a retrofit lock that fits over the inside thumb-turn lock of the door, which engages the deadbolt, and is held in place with adhesive. Its business offering comes with compatibility for NFC-embedded cards. This version connects to the internet through a unit installed near the door, which allows sharing of keys via social media platforms like LINE, Facebook, or text/email. These locks integrate with the administration portal, which is a web service that grants users various access privileges, as well allows setting up and control locks remotely.
- Jul 2021Series C$15.8M
- Aug 2020Series C$33M
- May 2018Series A—
- Sep 2015Series A$3.8M
#9
Series E · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2014 · 15 employees$15.2Mraised▾
Provider of communication earplugs. It offers a wearable walkie-talkie designed to help users to communicate during outdoor activities like snowboarding, cycling, speedway, running, climbing, kayaking, and more. It has also built-in dual microphones, a built-in windshield filter, and more. The application is available on both iOS and Android platforms.
- May 2023Series E—
- Sep 2021Series D—
- Jan 2020Series C—
- May 2017Seed$1.8M
#10
Series A · Koto City, Tokyo · founded 2016 · 8 employees$4.2Mraised▾
IoT-based solution for real-time monitoring of cattle. It comprises of a sensor, also known as U Motion, that records activities such as feeding, drinking, drinking, remorse, movement, lying down, and standing up of the cattle. Its data are sent to the cloud where an analysis algorithm is developed to notify users in real-time of information that leads to abnormalities and diseases such as estrus, and parturition, and more.
- Mar 2024Series A$4.2M
#11
Acquired · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2010 · 80 employees$44.5Mraised▾
Midokura provides an edge platform providing network virtualization overlay software solutions. The company's flagship product, MidoNet, is an open-source network virtualization system for OpenStack clouds. It can be used to build arbitrary network topologies on top of an existing IP network without any modification. Supports virtual L2 switches, virtual L3 routing, distributed, stateful source NAT, and distributed stateful L4 TCP load balancing. The company is a contributor to the OpenStack Networking (Neutron) Project and a member of the Open Platform for NFV (OPNFV) Project.
- Jun 2016Series B$20.4M
- 2014Series A—
- Apr 2013Series A$17.3M
- Apr 2011Seed$1.3M
#12
Series A · Chuo City, Tokyo · founded 2018 · 233 employees$20.2Mraised▾
Provider of blockchain-based smart locks. It has developed a smart lock device based on the blockchain, distributed systems and encryption technology. It can be integrated with the smartphone or Apple Watch. It makes use of an NFC card and face recognition based access control, for unlocking and locking remote management. The product can be used in homes, offices, and hotels.
- May 2021Series A—
- Jan 2020Series A—
- Jul 2019Series A$20.2M
- Nov 2018Seed—
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How research on Iot in Tokyo is moving
A read on the academic research around Iot in Tokyo — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 84 papers.
University of Tokyo and peers lead Tokyo's predominantly recent IoT research, focusing optimistically on edge computing, activity recognition, and energy-efficient sensors across 84 papers.
- The University of Tokyo35
- Tokyo Metropolitan University12
- Tokyo University of Science12
- Tokyo City University5
- Tokyo University of Technology5
- Wireless1→7
- Cloud computing1→5
- Wireless sensor network3→6
- Scalability1→3
- Wireless sensor network3→7
- Internet of Things3
- Ubiquitous computing1
- Standardization1
- Context-aware pervasive systems1
- Ubiquitous commerce1
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