Best Music Tech Companies in Japan
The 42 best Music Tech companies in Japan in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Surf Music.
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Ranked: Best Music Tech companies in Japan
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surf Music Provider of platform for music creators to collaborate and sell music | $6M | 5 mo ago | Seed | Kenneth Kobori Founder & CEO | 2019 | DartFirebaseFlutter+19 | — | — |
| 2 | SOUNDRAW Provider of AI enabled music creation software | $5M | 29 mo ago | Series A | Daigo Kusunoki CEO | 2020 | SentryRubyElement UI+26 | — | 1 launch |
| 3 | Utoniq Manufacturer of smart cards for art sharing | $4M | 15 mo ago | Series A | Shuntaro Tsuneta Co-Founder & CEO | 2018 | SentryApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+15 | — | — |
| 4 | Castee Social collaboration platfrom for creators | $3M | 21 mo ago | Series A | Shintaro Otake CEO | 2022 | Node.jsYouTubeTailwind CSS+14 | 3 patents Enterprise resource planning and business data processing software solutions | — |
| 5 | Amadeus Code Artificial intelligence-based collaborative tool for music creation | $2M | 87 mo ago | Series A | Gyo Kitagawa Co-Founder | 2017 | SentryNode.jsFirebase+16 | — | — |
| 6 | Mechu SaaS-based fan engagement platform | $1M | 87 mo ago | Seed | Takugaku Koizumi CEO | 2014 | TypeScriptGraphQLFirebase+14 | — | — |
| 7 | Queri Provider of exclusive videos and messages from celebrities | $133K | 30 mo ago | Seed | Hidehisa Morita Co-Founder & CEO | 2022 | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+14 | — | 2 job openings |
| 8 | Frekul Online music distribution management platform for artists | — | 173 mo ago | Seed | Kentaro Kaiho CEO | 2011 | PHPFacebook LoginChart.js+18 | — | — |
Top 9 Music Tech companies in Japan
#1
Seed · Meguro City, Tokyo · founded 2019$6.3Mraised▾
Provider of platform for music creators to collaborate and sell music. The platform allows users to upload unreleased demos and connect with other talent. It provides tools to package and pitch music for opportunities across the entertainment industry. The platform enables users to discover briefs and expand business into new markets.
- Mar 2026Seed$6.3M
#2
Series A · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2018$3.5Mraised▾
Utoniqoffers digital cards where users can stream all the media by an artist. The card has art like movies, songs, e-magazine, and more. The artists can monetize their art through monthly subscriptions. They can embed YouTube, offer community functions, and more. It can also monetize through sales with digital tokens. Users can access audio, video, e-magazine contents through a unique ID and password provided. Artists can also sell their content offline through CDs and DVS. There will be a QR code on the merch that can be unlocked after buying these products. Users can buy their own website and application when there is an increase in the fan following of the artist.
- May 2025Series A$3.5M
#3
Series A · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2022$2.6Mraised▾
Social collaboration platfrom for creators. It is a digital platform that enables collaboration and communication between creators, influencers, and brands. It also provides content creation tools for users.
- Nov 2024Series A$2.6M
#4
Series A · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2020$5Mraised▾
Provider of AI enabled music creation software. It uses AI for the creation of music for videos. Users have to select a mood for their music, the software generates multiple tracks, users can select the track and customize the structure, length, instruments, key, and BPM. The music can be used for commercial purposes and on platforms like Youtube.
- Mar 2024Series A$3M
- Jul 2022Seed$1.4M
- Mar 2021Seed—
- Jun 2020Seed$605.1K
#5
Series A · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2017 · 4 employees$1.8Mraised▾
Amadeus Code provides an artificial intelligence-based collaborative tool for music creation. The application offered by the company provides a solution to discover new chord, progression, and content, create song sketch. It creates melodies by leveraging its proprietary artificial intelligence engine and created melodies can be exported as audio and MIDI files to a DAW for further creative production. The application offered by the company is available for iOS.
- May 2019Series A$1.8M
#6
Seed · Chuo, Tokyo · founded 2022$133.2Kraised▾
Provider of exclusive videos and messages from celebrities. It allows users to request personalized videos or direct messages from their favorite stars. Available on the iOS devices.
- Feb 2024Seed$133.2K
#7
Seed · Shirokanedai, Tokyo-to · founded 2014$1.2Mraised▾
SaaS-based fan engagement platform. It provides users with a texting space where artists can connect with their fans.
- May 2019Seed$1.2M
#8
Seed · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2011—raised▾
Frekul is a music distribution channel management platform for artists. It provides music distribution management for artists to manage their distribution on multiple platforms. It also provides solutions including fan engagement, event management, ticketing, etc. for artists.
- Mar 2012Seed—
#9
Deadpooled · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2012—raised▾
Godigex is an online music store and streaming platform. It provides an online music store for users to purchase songs on the platform. Users can share and recommend the purchased songs with others. It provides monetary rewards to the users for each shared song sold.
- Jan 2012Seed—
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