Best Internet of Things Infrastructure Companies in Japan
The 49 best Internet of Things Infrastructure companies in Japan in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Idein.
Our analysis of 50 Internet of Things Infrastructure companies
$10.3b in tracked funding; 83% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Internet of Things Infrastructure companies in Japan
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Idein Provider of edge-computing platform service to enterprises | $24M | 12 mo ago | Series A | Yasuyuki Yamada Co-Founder & CTO | 2015 | HubSpot CMS HubAmazon Web Servicescore-js+17 | — | — |
| 2 | Soracom Provider of IoT connectivity solutions and platform services for device management | $11M | 28 mo ago | Public | Ken Tamagawa Founder & CEO | 2014 | Cart FunctionalityWooCommerceWordPress+49 | 141 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
| 3 | IndyGo Provider of IoT based asset tracking and monitoring solutions | $4M | 92 mo ago | Acquired | Kumar Rajesh CEO | 2014 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Z Works Offer IoT based products and consulting services | $4M | 10 mo ago | Series B | Makoto Ogawa Co-Founder & Co-CEO | 2015 | — | 57 patents Computer vision and biometric monitoring systems for health and industrial automation | — |
| 5 | Sonas Developer of mesh-based wireless communication solutions for IoT applications | $3M | 64 mo ago | Series B | Sotaro Ohara Co-Founder & CEO | 2015 | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | 22 patents Indoor positioning and multi‑hop wireless communication for IoT networks | — |
| 6 | NanoBridge Semiconductor Developer of semiconductor technology delivering information and communication technology applications | $2M | 48 mo ago | Series A | Tadahiko Sugibayashi Co-Founder & CEO | 2019 | WordPressMySQLPHP+14 | — | — |
| 7 | LTE X LTE tunneling technology based industrial IoT communication platform | $544K | 113 mo ago | Deadpooled | Takehiro Ikeda CEO | 2016 | — | — | — |
| 8 | Saltystar Developer of IoT middleware and embedded systems | — | 29 mo ago | Seed | Shoichi Iwai CEO | 2008 | — | — | — |
Top 12 Internet of Things Infrastructure companies in Japan
#1
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
#2
Series B · Shinjuku, kanto · founded 2015 · 11 employees$3.6Mraised▾
Z Works offers a cloud IoT platform based on Z-wave wireless called Z-Works Life Engine. Data collected from devices like a gateway, door sensors, and other sensors can be browsed and analyzed remotely on AWS-powered cloud and by using customized and LiveConnect app on smartphones.
- Oct 2025Series B$4.7M
- Oct 2025Venture Debt—
- Jun 2017Series A$3.6M
#3
Public · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2014 · 5 employees$11.4Mraised▾
Provider of IoT connectivity solutions and platform services for device management. It offers tools for data transmission, security, and remote device access. The platform supports various network services, including private networks and gateways. It provides resources such as documentation, webinars, and guides for developers.
- Mar 2024Post IPO—
- Jun 2021Series B—
- Jun 2016Series B$5.7M
- Jun 2015Series A$5.7M
#4
Series A · Tsukuba, Ibaraki · founded 2019$2.2Mraised▾
Developer of semiconductor technology delivering information and communication technology applications. The company focuses on creating solutions for widespread information and communication technology accessibility. It offers technology through its semiconductor products. The company aims to provide solutions for various applications. It maintains policies and regulations for its operations. The company publishes information regarding its technology.
- Jul 2022Series A$940.8K
- Dec 2020Series A$1.2M
#5
Series B · Bunkyo, Tokyo · founded 2015$3.1Mraised▾
Developer of mesh-based wireless communication solutions for IoT applications. It has developed a proprietary wireless communication platform that combines simultaneous transmission flooding with fine-grain scheduling to build high-performance, power-saving multihop networks. The company claims that the technology realizes time synchronization in microsecond order thereby enabling analysis of phenomenon to be performed easily and is robust to fluctuations in radio wave environments because all links can be used at the same time. The company has also developed an acceleration sensor that comprises the proprietary wireless technology developed by the company having applications in the civil engineering and construction industry.
- Apr 2021Series B$4.1M
- Apr 2021Conventional Debt—
- Oct 2018Series A$3.1M
- 2017Seed—
#6
Acquired · Fukuoka, Fukuoka · founded 2014$4.4Mraised▾
IndyGo provides IoT-based asset tracking and monitoring solutions. Uses BLE beacons, BLE mesh network, and sensors to monitor and analyze data such as downtime, temperature, humidity & more. Claims that the data detected by sensors can be used to detect faults in advance and to notify when a certain time interval or a set threshold value is exceeded. Also provides solutions to monitor workers on the shop floor. Has use cases in factories, convenience store, brewing equipment, and frozen, refrigerated, constant temperature warehouse, among others.
- Nov 2018Seed$4.4M
#7
Deadpooled · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2016$544.2Kraised▾
LTE X offers LTE tunneling technology-based industrial IoT communication platform. Claims to offer secure, high-speed / large-capacity solutions in the unlicensed band spectrum. Features offered include device security by dynamic session authentication, transport security by encryption of wireless data, network security, and others. Solution and device partners include NEC, Hatapro, Ranger Systems, iLand6, and others.
- Feb 2017Seed$15.9K
- Nov 2016Seed$528.3K
#8
Seed · Shiojiri, Nagano · founded 2008—raised▾
Developer of IoT middleware and embedded systems. It offers software solutions for real-time data collection, analysis, and system integration, primarily serving the manufacturing sector. Its products facilitate efficient system building, monitoring, and control, enabling enhanced production processes, quality improvements, and cost reductions. The company also provides development and runtime licenses for its software, along with support services. Additionally, it develops and offers solutions leveraging RFID technology for improved traceability and inventory management in manufacturing environments.
- Mar 2024Seed—
#9
Seed · Minato City, Tokyo · founded 2006 · 233 employees—raised▾
Provider of cloud and edge data solutions and professional and partner services. The company offers data linking services beyond cloud and physical spaces. It delivers services in business development, data cloud, digital marketing, and creative areas. The company also provides various service models through collaborative partnerships.
- Nov 2022Seed—
- Dec 2020Seed—
- Apr 2020Seed—
- Aug 2018Seed—
#10
Seed · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2006—raised▾
Developer of virtual human agents and autonomous technology-based product solutions. The company focuses on IoT sensing, blockchain connecting, and AI processing. It integrates IoT to capture real-time data through various sensors. Blockchain is used as a reliable foundation for data transmission. AI analyzes information to enable decision-making. Robotics executes actions, extending to mobility solutions.
- Jan 2020Seed—
#11
Seed · Kobe, Hyogo · founded 2016 · 8 employees—raised▾
Momo is a provider of hardware and software solutions for developing Internet of Things enabled applications without technical know-how. Its offerings include a series of removable sensors (comes with the capabilities of measuring multiple parameters such as temperature, humidity, distance, brightness, among others) and a transmitting wireless board. These sensors come with a range of up to 1.5 km and can be used for P2P communication to form a mesh network of up to 30 nodes (the maximum number of nodes is subject to change). The companion application comes with a drag-and-drop based interface enabling users to draw lines between sensors on the input side (8 types) and the output actions (3 types) and the logic that controls them. Some of the solutions developed can be for transportation, security and building maintenance, healthcare, food and distribution, among others.
- Oct 2018Seed—
#12
Seed · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2017 · 2 employees—raised▾
PSYGIG offers a cloud-based platform for understanding mobility IoT such as humanoid robots and connected cars by allowing engineers to send data from machines to the cloud. It also allows data processing from multiple machine units at scale and comes with a functionality to manage permission access, thereby enabling benchmarking between different models and revisions of the hardware. Additionally, it allows engineers to see the stack trace and understand the performance implications of their changes.
- 2018Seed—
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Internet of Things Infrastructure coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Internet of Things is moving in Japan
A read on the academic research around Internet of Things — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 760 Japan-affiliated papers.
- Asia University47
- Korea University40
- The University of Tokyo35
- Tohoku University30
- Keio University29
- Wireless sensor network14→56
- Wireless2→41
- Computer network5→35
- Computer security2→29
- Scalability2→24
- Wireless2→44
- Wireless sensor network9→47
- Embedded system1→23
- Computer security3→24
- Computer network6→21
- Computer security1→9
- Smart city1→7
- World Wide Web1→5
- Wireless3→4
Where iot 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 iot patents in Japan
Japan iot patent filing is cooling — 62,262 filings from 8,000 assignees (2016–2025), led by SONY, NEC, NTT Docomo; annual filings 5918→4965.
- SONY9988
- NEC9149
- NTT Docomo8379
- Fujitsu6174
- Canon KK5769
- Toyota3960
- Sharp KK3912
- Kyocera3238
Common questions
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