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Best Logistics Tech Companies in Tokyo, Japan

The 36 best Logistics Tech companies in Tokyo, Japan in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: TradeWaltz.

36companies tracked
$91.9Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
19have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · LOGISTICS TECH × TOKYO

Our analysis of 150 Logistics Tech companies

$21.5b in tracked funding; 93% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2022.

150companies analysed
93%cloud-native stacks
2022funding peak (by rounds)
15unicorns
2017median founding year

Ranked: Best Logistics Tech companies in Tokyo

#CompanyLast roundDisclosed fundingStageFounderEmployeesTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1AssistPlus
Provider of IoT-based location tracking solutions
——UnfundedTiby Kuruvila
Founder & CEO
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2Benly
Online platform for proxy address based package forwarding
——UnfundedHiroyuki Nakase
CEO
—NginxAmazon Web ServicesGoogle Font API+4——
3BuyandShip
Cross border shipping platform for eCommerce packages
——UnfundedSheldon Li
Co-Founder & Director
—WordPressMySQLPHP+29——
4Chinoh.Ai
Provider of automated intralogistics solutions for warehouse operations
——UnfundedSean GuoCo
Founder
————
5DigitAddress
Address encryption service
——DeadpooledWei Wang
Co-Founder & CEO
——2 patents
Digital address code management and secure credit‑card payment transaction processing systems
—
6Ichimana
AI, blockchain & web-enabled delivery management solution
——UnfundedRyuichi Matsumoto
CEO & Director
————
7KURANDO
Offers SaaS-based warehouse management solutions
——UnfundedKazuhiro Okazawa
CEO
—BootstrapVue.jsNginx+5——
8LOGILESS
SaaS-based end-to-end solution for warehouse, inventory and shipping management
——Funding RaisedNishikawa Mao
CEO
5———

Top 12 Logistics Tech companies in Tokyo

#1
Series C · Minato, Tokyo · founded 2015 · 50 employees
$24.4Mraised
▾

Provider of web-enabled solutions for transportation management. The company has developed 'Movo', a cloud-based fleet management system integrated with real-time booking functionalities for local freight transportation. The system consists of a GPS tracking device, web-based software, and a mobile app.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 384 LinkedIn followers — 5.7% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • May 2025Series C$4.8M
  • Jul 2023Conventional Debt$2.1M
  • May 2023Series C$10.6M
  • May 2023Conventional Debt—
Founders & team
Taro SasakiFounder & CEO
Investors
Emellience Partners, Mitsubishi Logistics Corporation, Idaten Ventures, Archetype Ventures, Sony Innovation Fund, Logistics Innovation Fund
Tech stack
All In One SeoAmazon Web ServicesApolloApple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#2
Series C · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2016 · 45 employees
$9.7Mraised
▾

Shippio is a provider of tech-enabled multi-modal freight forwarding services. It includes management of billing, exports, and imports, trade operations, document storage, sea and air freight, doorstep courier services, warehousing, trucking and fulfillment, international and multi-modal shipping, quotations, and estimates. Its clients include Mobby Ride and Yamashiro.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2025Conventional Debt$9M
  • Oct 2025Series C$12.3M
  • Sep 2022Series A—
  • Nov 2019Series A$9.7M
Investors
Sony Innovation Fund, Anchor Ship Partners, Delight Ventures, Energy & Environment Investment, YJ Capital, DBJ Capital
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFacebook PixelFirebaseFont Awesome
#3
Series B · Chiyoda City, Tokyo · founded 2015
$1.5Mraised
▾

A logistic company that provides the three-dimensional robot warehouse system using linear motors. The unit structure allows for expansion from large to small scale. It features automated distribution base, inventory management, analysis and warehouse automation sytems.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2026Conventional Debt—
  • Feb 2024Series B$1.5M
Founders & team
Katsuhiro OkuboCEO
Investors
Abies Ventures, Toyota Boshoku Corporation, JFC
#4
Seed · Minato City, Tokyo · founded 2017 · 13 employees
$1.3Mraised
▾

Provides digital trade management services

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 506 LinkedIn followers — 7.5% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Business Development Consultant
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. DeCurret DCP and Shoko Chukin Bank) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2026Seed$1.3M
Investors
Shoko Chukin Bank, Adlib Tech Ventures
Tech stack
CdnjsCloudflareCore-JsFacebook PixelGoogle AdsGoogle Ads Conversion Tracking
#5
Series A · Minato, Tokyo · founded 2022
$393.5Kraised
▾

Transportation management software. It provides digital logistics solutions to streamline the transportation operations. It allows users to calculate the income and expediture of each vehicle. The platform enables users to compare and analyze drivers driving behaviour. It also generates reports on drivers performance.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2026Series A$2.1M
  • Oct 2024Seed$393.5K
Founders & team
Ryota TonoCo-FounderMitsuaki MatsumotoCEO
Investors
DCM Ventures, Coreline, Value Chain Innovation Fund
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon SesAmazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#6
Series A · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2023
$1.7Mraised
▾

Provider of commercial electric vehicle solutions, including fleet and energy management. The company offers services such as planning, deployment, and operational support for electric vehicle fleets. It provides fleet and energy management systems designed to optimize vehicle charging and overall energy usage. The company aims to facilitate the adoption of electric vehicles for commercial purposes.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 563 LinkedIn followers — 8.4% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 3 partnerships · 1 awards (incl. Hacobell Inc.) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2025Series A$1.7M
Founders & team
Dennis IlicCo-Founder & CTOShuji ShirakiCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Incubatefund.jp, Shikoku Electric Power, FFG Venture Business Partners, GxPartners, Warehouse TERRADA
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailFramer SitesGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Tag Manager
#7
Seed · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2021
$1.9Mraised
▾

Provider of last-mile delivery robots. It offers automatic delivery robots, labor-saving solutions, loading solutions, and more.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2024Seed$1.9M
Founders & team
Tomoharu UchiyamaCEO
Investors
United Corporation, Suzuki Global Ventures, Drone Fund
Tech stack
AddtoanyAmazon Web ServicesApache Http ServerAutoptimizeContact Form 7Google Font Api
#8
Series A · Chiyoda City, Tokyo · founded 2020 · 31 employees
$31Mraised
▾

Provider of trade data management platform. The company is offering a trade information platform for linking electronic documents. It has functionalities for exporting documents, information linkage of import and export transactions, document checks, and more.

Funding rounds
  • May 2023Series A$11.7M
  • Feb 2023Series A—
  • Aug 2021Series A$8.2M
  • Oct 2020Seed—
Founders & team
Hirohisa KojimaCEO
Investors
Marubeni, Mitsui-Soko, Nissin, UTEC, NTT DATA, Mitsubishi Corporation
Tech stack
All In One SeoAmazon Web ServicesCdnjsCloudflareContact Form 7Core-Js
#9
Series A · Chuo, Tokyo · founded 2018
$3.8Mraised
▾

Provider of software solutions for shipping management. It provides users with software solutions for maritime solutions and shipping management of maritime companies. Its features include crew labour management, shipping data management, and movement management.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2024Series A$2.6M
  • Feb 2023Seed$1.2M
Founders & team
Katsuya TodakaCEO
Investors
Incubate Fund, SMBC Venture Capital, Yamaguchi Capital, DIMENSION, Iyogin Capital, Chugin Capital Partners
#10
Public · Minato City, Tokyo · founded 2013 · 73 employees
$9Mraised
▾

SmartDrive provides analytical insights by gathering real-time data from the sensors which are used in the vehicle and process those data to provide predictive analytics to enhance the efficiency of transportation. SmartDrive provides analytics on transportation like elderly driving monitoring, driver safety, and vehicle management, sensor data, etc.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 747 LinkedIn followers — 11.1% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2017Series B$9M
  • 2015Series A—
  • Seed—
Founders & team
Retsu KitagawaCEO
Investors
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, INCJ, ANRI, Sony Innovation Fund, Monoful Venture Partners
Tech stack
All In One SeoAmazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#11
Seed · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2023
$356.7Kraised
▾

Provider of web-enabled logistics management solutions. It is a platform that facilitates matching between transportation companies to manage low load and support cost reduction.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2024Seed$356.7K
Founders & team
Kenta ItoCEO
Investors
East Ventures, HAKOBUNE, Welldirection
Tech stack
Core-JsFirebaseGoogle AnalyticsGoogle CloudGoogle Cloud CdnGoogle Font Api
#12
Series A · Chiyoda City, Tokyo · founded 2016 · 20 employees
$3.6Mraised
▾

Souco provides an online marketplace for on-demand warehousing in Japan. The company aggregates services from warehousing providers and enables users to list, search and book services on the platform.

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2019Series A$3.6M
Founders & team
Minoru KuriyamaCo-FounderKunehito NakaharaCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, FFG Venture Business Partners, SBI Investment, Asahi Media Lab Ventures, Monoful Venture Partners, RISE
Tech stack
CdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFacebook PixelGoogle Ads

Funding & investor landscape

$91.9Mtotal disclosed funding
14companies funded
26disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital4 rounds
500 Startups Japan3 rounds
Coral Capital3 rounds
JFC3 rounds
Shoko Chukin Bank3 rounds
Sony Innovation Fund3 rounds
Adlib Tech Ventures2 rounds
East Ventures2 rounds
FFG Venture Business Partners2 rounds
Idaten Ventures2 rounds

Notable founders

Taro Sasaki
Founder & CEO · Hacobu
Katsuhiro Okubo
CEO · Cuebus
Ryota Tono
Co-Founder · Route-D
Mitsuaki Matsumoto
CEO · Route-D
Dennis Ilic
Co-Founder & CTO · Emotion Fleet
Shuji Shiraki
Co-Founder & CEO · Emotion Fleet
Tomoharu Uchiyama
CEO · LOMBY
Hirohisa Kojima
CEO · TradeWaltz
Katsuya Todaka
CEO · ZABoooN
Retsu Kitagawa
CEO · SmartDrive
Kenta Ito
CEO · Lokiar
Minoru Kuriyama
Co-Founder · Souco
Prism market signals · Japan · country-scoped Prism corpus, 2,368,528 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Logistics Tech coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Japan

How research on Logistics & Supply Chain Tech is moving in Japan

A read on the academic research around Logistics & Supply Chain Tech — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 43 Japan-affiliated papers.

top research entities
  • Hitachi6
  • Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology5
  • Hiroshima University3
  • National Institute of Technology3
  • Japan Transport Research Institute2
leading researchers
Tatsushi Nishi · Thananut Phiboonbanakit · Van‐Nam Huynh · Teerayut Horanont · Thepchai Supnithi · Andrean Maulana · Febri Zukhruf · Wenhe Yang
▲ Breakthroughs11 · 26%
▲ 0%→20% share
0 median citations91% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (0%→20% of field), led by Fleet management.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Fleet management4
  • Transport engineering2
  • Automotive engineering2
  • Order processing2
  • Order (exchange)2
Landmark Integrated public transport timetable synchronization with vehicle scheduling · 34 cites
◆ Advancements23 · 53%
▲ 0%→70% share
1 median citations52% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are rising (0%→70% of field), led by Supply chain optimization.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Supply chain optimization2→4
Landmark Optimization of Multi-period Bilevel Supply Chains under Demand Uncertainty · 27 cites
▼ Concerns5 · 12%
▲ 0%→10% share
0 median citations80% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are rising (0%→10% of field), led by Fleet management.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Fleet management2
  • Propulsion1
  • Automation1
  • Production (economics)1
  • Electric vehicle1
Landmark Impact of vehicle automation and electric propulsion on production costs for mobility services worldwide · 71 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Japan

Where logistics supply chain 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.

Tokyo12 · +0.48
Opportunity · Global Positioning System
PATENT SIGNAL · Japan

Who's filing logistics supply chain patents in Japan

Japan logistics supply chain patent filing is cooling — 44 filings from 47 assignees (2016–2025), led by Rokko Engineering, Hitachi Construction MACH, Rokko ENG; annual filings 7→2.

44 filings47 assigneespeak 8/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
  • Rokko Engineering9
  • Hitachi Construction MACH8
  • Rokko ENG6
  • Toyota6
  • Toshiba TEC KK5
  • Fujitsu4
  • UNYU Chusho Kigyo Kuiki Henkaku 3
  • HINO Motors3

Common questions

How many Logistics Tech companies are there in Tokyo, Japan?
Radar tracks 36 indexable Logistics Tech companies headquartered in Tokyo, Japan that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Logistics Tech companies in Tokyo, Japan?
The Logistics Tech companies in Tokyo, Japan on this list have raised a combined $91.9M in disclosed equity funding across 14 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Logistics Tech company in Tokyo, Japan?
TradeWaltz is the highest-funded Logistics Tech company in Tokyo, Japan, with $31M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Logistics Tech companies in Tokyo, Japan are funded?
14 of the 36 Logistics Tech companies in Tokyo, Japan on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Logistics Tech unicorns are there in Tokyo, Japan?
None of the Logistics Tech companies in Tokyo, Japan on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Tokyo, Japan Logistics Tech companies?
The most active investors in Tokyo, Japan Logistics Tech companies on this list include Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, 500 Startups Japan, Coral Capital, JFC, Shoko Chukin Bank.
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