Best Transportation and Logistics Tech Companies in Tokyo, Japan
The 60 best Transportation and Logistics Tech companies in Tokyo, Japan in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Dynamic Map Platform.
Our analysis of 233 Transportation and Logistics Tech companies
$68.0b in tracked funding; 94% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Transportation and Logistics Tech companies in Tokyo
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dynamic Map Platform Mapping solutions for autonomous vehicles | $195M | 88 mo ago | Public | Tsutomu Nakajima CEO & President | WordPressMySQLPHP+11 | Top 5M | 14 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | 1 launch |
| 2 | Luup App-based platform form electric kick scooters | $88M | 20 mo ago | Series C | Ryotaro Makita Chief Product Officer / Chief Operating Officer / Co-founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+22 | Top 500k | 4 patents Industrial operation assistance and decision-support user interface systems | — |
| 3 | JapanTaxi App-based on-demand taxi-hailing service | $87M | 94 mo ago | Deadpooled | Kazuro Kawage CEO | — | — | 10 patents Real-time demand forecasting display for taxi dispatch and ride‑hailing platforms | — |
| 4 | Nealle SaaS-based provider of parking management solutions | $43M | 23 mo ago | Series B | Yota Sato Founder & CEO | SentryZendeskApple iCloud Mail+20 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 5 | TradeWaltz Provider of trade data management platform | $31M | 37 mo ago | Series A | Hirohisa Kojima CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+28 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 6 | Hacobu Provider of web-enabled solutions for transportation management | $24M | 13 mo ago | Series C | Taro Sasaki Founder & CEO | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+30 | Top 5M | — | 1 launch |
| 7 | nearMe App-based carpooling solution | $11M | 21 mo ago | Series C | Koichiro Takahara Ceo | WordPressMySQLPHP+39 | Top 1M | 11 patents Location-based services and dynamic regional operation planning for mobile network applications. | — |
| 8 | Shippio Provider of tech-enabled multi-modal freight forwarding services | $10M | 8 mo ago | Series C | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 9 | SmartDrive Analytics platform for transportation | $9M | 110 mo ago | Public | Retsu Kitagawa CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | Top 1M | 12 patents AI-based acquisition and analysis of vehicle mobility and behavior data | — |
| 10 | ZABoooN Provider of software solutions for shipping management | $4M | 23 mo ago | Series A | Katsuya Todaka CEO | STUDIOFirebaseNode.js+9 | Top 50M | 2 patents Enterprise data processing platforms for business transaction management | — |
| 11 | Souco Online marketplace for on-demand warehousing | $4M | 84 mo ago | Series A | Minoru Kuriyama Co-Founder | HugoGoogle MapsVercel+26 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 12 | Yper Developer of a package tracking and redelivery management app | $3M | 86 mo ago | Series A | Akira Shimazoe Co-Founder & CTO | WordPressMySQLPHP+9 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 13 | NABLA Mobility Provider of AI-enabled electronic flight bag solutions for the aviation industry | $3M | 14 mo ago | Series A | Shinji Tanaka Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | 9 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | 1 partnership |
| 14 | LOMBY Provider of last-mile delivery robots | $2M | 21 mo ago | Seed | Tomoharu Uchiyama CEO | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+16 | Top 50M | 3 patents Automated package handling and delivery robotics for home and transport logistics | — |
| 15 | Emotion Fleet Provider of commercial electric vehicle solutions, including fleet and energy management | $2M | 12 mo ago | Series A | Dennis Ilic Co-Founder & CTO | Framer SitesApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+12 | Top 50M | — | 3 partnerships · 1 award |
| 16 | Smart Ryde Online platform offering taxi-hailing services for airport transfers | $2M | 57 mo ago | Series A | — | PHPGoogle MapsBootstrap+16 | Top 10M | — | 1 partnership |
| 17 | Cuebus A logistic company that provides the three-dimensional robot warehouse system using linear motors | $2M | 4 mo ago | Series B | Katsuhiro Okubo CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | STANDAGE Provides digital trade management services | $1M | 4 mo ago | Seed | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+22 | Top 1M | 2 patents Digital payment transaction processing and electronic money transfer systems | 1 job opening · 1 partnership |
| 19 | busket Tech-enabled platform offering operations management solutions | $1M | 24 mo ago | Seed | Hidekazu Nishikido CEO | SentryNode.jsFirebase+13 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 20 | Route-D Transportation management software | $393K | 5 mo ago | Series A | Ryota Tono Co-Founder | Google CloudAmazon Web ServicesGoogle Ads+16 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 21 | Lokiar Provider of web-enabled logistics management solutions | $357K | 27 mo ago | Seed | Kenta Ito CEO | STUDIOFirebaseNode.js+11 | Top 50M | — | — |
Top 12 Transportation and Logistics Tech companies in Tokyo
#1
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.
- Oct 2025Conventional Debt$9M
- Oct 2025Series C$12.3M
- Sep 2022Series A—
- Nov 2019Series A$9.7M
#2
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.
- May 2025Series C$4.8M
- Jul 2023Conventional Debt$2.1M
- May 2023Series C$10.6M
- May 2023Conventional Debt—
#3
Series C · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2018 · 37 employees$87.9Mraised▾
App-based platform for electric kick scooters. Through the app, users can find and book electric kick scooters. Also, they can navigate to the nearby bike stations to get the scooters. Users can unlock the scooters by scanning the QR code. It offers station-based service users have to leave the scooter at the nearby docks at the end of the ride.
- Oct 2024Conventional Debt$20M
- Apr 2023Conventional Debt$5.2M
- Apr 2023Series C$28.3M
- Apr 2022Series B—
#4
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.
- Feb 2026Conventional Debt—
- Feb 2024Series B$1.5M
#5
Seed · Minato City, Tokyo · founded 2017 · 13 employees$1.3Mraised▾
Provides digital trade management services
- Mar 2026Seed$1.3M
#6
Series B · Chuo City, Tokyo · founded 2013 · 140 employees$43Mraised▾
SaaS-based provider of parking management solutions. The platform offers solutions like the collection of monthly usage fees after the contract, remittance, customer management, and more. Customers can search parking lots, book them, cancel them, renew them, and more.
- Aug 2024Series B$31.1M
- Aug 2023Series A$11.9M
- Apr 2022Seed—
#7
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.
- Jan 2026Series A$2.1M
- Oct 2024Seed$393.5K
#8
Series C · Chiyoda City, Tokyo · founded 2017 · 7 employees$11Mraised▾
App-based carpooling solution. The app matches passengers and car drivers who are traveling in the same direction to share a ride or commute. The app also devises the shared route and calculated each pooler's expenditure. Its mobile app is available for iOS and Android devices.
- Sep 2024Series C—
- Jun 2024Series C$3.1M
- Mar 2023Series B—
- Dec 2022Series B$5.1M
#9
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.
- Jun 2025Series A$1.7M
#10
Series A · Chiyoda City, Tokyo · founded 2021 · 9 employees$2.8Mraised▾
Provider of AI-enabled electronic flight bag solutions for the aviation industry. The company offers solutions for managing aviation processes, fuel efficiency, decarbonization, in-flight decisions, and more.
- May 2025Series A$2.8M
#11
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.
- Aug 2024Series A$2.6M
- Feb 2023Seed$1.2M
#12
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.
- Oct 2024Seed$1.9M
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Transportation and Logistics Tech coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
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.
- Hitachi6
- Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology5
- Hiroshima University3
- National Institute of Technology3
- Japan Transport Research Institute2
- Fleet management4
- Transport engineering2
- Automotive engineering2
- Order processing2
- Order (exchange)2
- Supply chain optimization2→4
- Fleet management2
- Propulsion1
- Automation1
- Production (economics)1
- Electric vehicle1
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.
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.
- Rokko Engineering9
- Hitachi Construction MACH8
- Rokko ENG6
- Toyota6
- Toshiba TEC KK5
- Fujitsu4
- UNYU Chusho Kigyo Kuiki Henkaku 3
- HINO Motors3
Common questions
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