Best Security & Surveillance Technology Companies in Tokyo, Japan
The 60 best Security & Surveillance Technology companies in Tokyo, Japan in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Photosynth.
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$4.8b in tracked funding; 91% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Security & Surveillance Technology companies in Tokyo
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founded | Founder | App-install YoY | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al Viewlife Video surveillance solution | — | — | — | 2017 | Toru Yasukawa CEO | — | 12 patents Medical imaging and diagnostic information-processing devices and related software | — |
| 2 | Ayonix Provider of facial biometric systems for identification and access control | — | — | — | 2007 | Sadi Vural Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 3 | Azira AI based solution to read handwritten documents and forms | — | — | — | 2015 | Daisuke Kimura CEO | — | — | — |
| 4 | Challenge Manufacturer of earthquake early warning devices and emergency notification systems | — | — | — | 2009 | Kazuo Sasaki CEO | — | 2 patents Honeycomb sandwich structure fabrication and compression molding manufacturing technologies | — |
| 5 | Cmapper App to create and share thematic maps | — | — | — | 2013 | Jack Yi Xie Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 6 | Coconey Provider of AR-based navigation solution | — | — | — | 2020 | Yoshihiro Nozaki CEO | — | — | — |
| 7 | eDefenders Offering chargeback protection service | — | — | — | 2013 | Toru Minamisawa CEO | — | — | — |
| 8 | Emosta Provider of AI-enabled facial recognition products and solutions for various industries | — | — | — | 2017 | Shuhei Ogawa Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
Top 12 Security & Surveillance Technology companies in Tokyo
#1
Series D · Machida, Tokyo$2Mraised▾
Provider of AI-based software solutions for video surveillance analytics. It provides users with behavior recognition AI technology is used for various applications, including joint research on osteoporosis. It also provides users with AI surveillance software and analyzing human behavior from security camera footage.
#2
Series D · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2015 · 104 employees$20.5Mraised▾
Developer of cloud software for automated video production and distribution. The platform enables users to create, edit, and distribute video content through automated tools. The technology facilitates the conversion of text and images into video formats for communication purposes. It provides an application programming interface for generating videos at scale.
- Jan 2024Series D$674.6K
- Jan 2021Series B—
- Jan 2021Conventional Debt—
- Sep 2018Series A$13.3M
#3
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
#4
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—
#5
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—
#6
Series B · Shinagawa, Tokyo · founded 2012 · 19 employees$8.6Mraised▾
Adacotech is a manufacturer of a video surveillance system. The product offered by the company is Lineup which built-in axis camera and provides a solution such as visual inspection, abnormal behavior detection, and multi-channel correlation monitoring. It also offers an automatic recognition system.
- Apr 2022Series B$8.6M
#7
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
#8
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
#9
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—
#10
Deadpooled · Chiyoda City, Tokyo · founded 2015$1.9Mraised▾
Provider of VR and AR platforms for multiple applications. It offers a VR platform to create virtual spaces and AR solutions for navigation and shopping. Its VR platform lets users visualize products and spaces virtually while the AR platform helps users to find locations, and engage in in-app activities while doing so.
- Jul 2022Seed$1.9M
- Seed—
#11
Series A · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2019 · 14 employees$9Mraised▾
Developer of edge AI-based video surveillance solutions for smart cities. Its features include an edge AI box for use in outdoor environments and an integrable platform for the collection and monitoring of data from the cameras. It has applications in elderly monitoring in nursing homes, counting the number of users in commercial spaces, as well as detection of entry to construction sites, and traffic measurement.
- Sep 2019Series A$9M
#12
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
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Security & Surveillance Technology coverage by sub-theme.
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Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
What Tokyo researches in cybersecurity
The University of Tokyo and peers lead Tokyo's optimistic cybersecurity research, focusing dominantly on network security, intrusion detection, and malware detection, with breakthroughs outpacing concerns.
- The University of Tokyo16
- Tokyo University of Science5
- Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology4
- Tokyo Institute of Technology3
- Institute of Science Tokyo3
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