Best Social Platforms Companies in Japan
The 80 best Social Platforms companies in Japan in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: ANA NEO.
Ranked: Best Social Platforms companies in Japan
| # | Company | Last round | Disclosed funding | Stage | Founded | Founder | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4kiz App-based platform offering social networking solutions for students | — | — | Unfunded | 2021 | Katsuhiro Motoyama Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 2 | ALIS Online blogging platform focused on business | — | — | Acquired | 2016 | Masahiro Yasu Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 3 | AskDoctors Q&A platform for patients to ask health queries from the doctors | — | — | Unfunded | 2005 | Itaru Tanimura CEO | RubyRuby on RailsVue.js+16 | — |
| 4 | bajji Developer of a social networking service intended to use blockchain and visualize trusting relationships. | — | — | Private | 2019 | — | — | — |
| 5 | BARK (Media and Information Services (B2B) Operator of a networking platform intended to connect next-generation entrepreneurs. | — | — | Deadpooled | 2015 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Basketball 1on1 Social 1 on 1 basketball ranking platform | — | — | Unfunded | 2016 | Takayuki Kamiya CEO | — | — |
| 7 | Bevy Social platforms for readers and writers | — | — | Funding Raised | 2012 | Mie Doji CEO | NginxGoogle Font APISlick+4 | — |
| 8 | Byus Q&A portal on news articles | — | — | Funding Raised | 2013 | Yoshiaki Tsutsumi Founder & CEO | — | — |
Top 12 Social Platforms companies in Japan
#1
Series A · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2022$5.1Mraised▾
Developer of telepresence systems enabling remote interaction. These systems provide high-fidelity audio and video, creating a sense of presence for users in different locations. The technology aims to bridge physical distances, facilitating communication and collaboration as if participants were in the same room. The company develops and provides both the hardware and software components for this solution, focusing on creating a seamless and intuitive user experience. It also offers supporting services to ensure smooth operation and maintenance.
- Apr 2025Conventional Debt—
- Nov 2024Series A$5.1M
#2
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
#3
Funding Raised · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2020$46.4Mraised▾
Developer of a metaverse platform for socializing. It offers a metaverse platform where users can engage in gaming and socializing activities. It caters to consumers and tourism organizations too.
- Oct 2022Venture Debt$8.7M
- Mar 2022Conventional Debt$37.7M
#4
Series B · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2019$13.5Mraised▾
Digital platform offering cryptocurrency social tokens. It offers a platform that enables users to create accounts, purchase tokens for a community, and participate in events and content. Token holders can participate in voting to determine community management policies, events, and goods. Its app is available for Android and iOS users.
- Jul 2023Series B$10.8M
- Mar 2019Series A$2.7M
#5
Seed · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2022 · 3 employees$2Mraised▾
Platform to build web3 cities from wallet activities. It is a web3 world created from ENS & wallet activities, enabling the visualization of on-chain identities. It encourages users to interact with various web3 protocols, which provides a positive feedback loop to the entire crypto ecosystem.
- Feb 2023Seed$2M
#6
Public · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2015 · 235 employees$13.1Mraised▾
C Channel is an online video fashion magazine for women. It allows the user to stream videos from various categories such as hair styling videos, makeup videos, cooking videos, lifestyle, fashion, travel, entertainment, and beauty related videos. Target audience is young women in their teens to thirties. Monetizes through advertisements as well as C Channel-branded content to other companies. The application is available for Android and iOS.
- Sep 2019Series B$9M
- Mar 2018Series A—
- Mar 2016Series A—
- Apr 2015Series A$4.1M
#7
Deadpooled · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2021$3.9Mraised▾
Mobile-based platform providing community-based learning solutions for college students. It enables students of various universities to interact and ask questions & answers, share notices, send push notifications, and more. Its mobile app is available for Android and iOS devices.
- Apr 2022Seed$3.9M
- Apr 2021Seed—
#8
Public · Minato City, Tokyo · founded 2013$4.1Mraised▾
GameWith is a gaming media company based in Japan. The platform provides hints, strategy guides, and tips about games to the community members. The company also provides services such as Streaming and distribution of live and on-demand video content streaming. Also allows game users to interact with each other.
- May 2015Series A$4.1M
- Aug 2013Seed—
#9
Deadpooled · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2011$1.5Mraised▾
Zoolook is a fashion photo sharing community app for users to take photos of fashion, add filters, tag them, prepare a personal lookbook, share the photos on other social networks and participate in fashion contests. Zoolook became the official app of Japan Fashion Week for 2 years and organized fashion events in Apple retail stores. Zoolook later converted into Minipopup, a social commerce platform, and finally shut down in January 2015.
- Aug 2011Seed$1.5M
#10
Series A · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2013$1.1Mraised▾
Compathy provides an online platform & an app for users to share their travel experiences. Users can post their travel experiences, add travel wishlists & can share it with friends. Records the travel in real-time & users can see the travel route on the map. App is available for iOS platform. Also, runs an international travel magazine. A part of Wanderlust Inc.
- Jan 2017Series A$1.1M
- Mar 2014Seed—
#11
Seed · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2022 · 3 employees$168.3Kraised▾
Company offering a Web3 based metaverse. It is creating a future where people can live economically in the world of animation by utilizing 3DCG, which is the core technology of blockchain and metaverse that realizes the era of Web3.
- Jul 2022Seed$168.3K
#12
Series A · Machida, Tokyo · founded 2012$200Kraised▾
Anglers is a community platform for fishing enthusiasts. The platform enables users to post photos of their catches and share them on the platform with it automatically recording location, weather information, etc. Users can also join various fishing groups & hold discussions with other members, participate in various fishing events & tournaments and discover best fishing spots & products. The app is available for download on both Android & iOS devices.
- Apr 2022Series A—
- Dec 2016Seed$200K
- Dec 2015Angel—
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