2022
Foreign companies attracted to Tokyo in fiscal year 2022 are as follows.
*Company information will be uploaded when publication becomes possible.
1. Foreign Companies related to the Fourth Industrial Revolution
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Eureka Robotics
- Type
- R&D center
- Location
- Within the Special Zone for Asian Headquarters
- Scheduled Date of Establishment
- Dec, 2022 (Scheduled)
- Business Description
- Eureka Robotics develops robotics technologies and products to automate the processes that require both high accuracy and high agility. Its AI based solution which uses Computer Vision and Robotic Manipulation can automate very delicate processes such as loading, unloading, and inspection of optical lenses with small quantity and high variety. And other applications like quality inspection for defects and missing parts, depalletization of mixed bags, gear assembly/disassembly, packing & unpacking, etc - which require parts localization, inspection and robotic manipulation in manufacturing and logistics. Eureka Robotics plans to develop robotic solutions for potential Japanese customers and build strategic partnerships with potential Japanese partners.
- URL
- https://eurekarobotics.com/
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SigTuple Technologies Private Limited
- Type
- R&D center
- Location
- Area around Tokyo Station
- Scheduled Date of Establishment
- Nov, 2023 (Scheduled)
- Business Description
- SigTuple provides hardware and software for AI automated microscopy that replaces manual microscopy performed by pathologists and technologists in blood andurine tests. Sigtuple's devices automatically analyze and report on the size and shape of WBC and RBC in a blood or urine specimen by placing slides on the device, thereby contribute to the streamlining of the testing process.
- URL
- https://sigtuple.com/
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MOPIC Co., Ltd.
- Type
- R&D center
- Location
- Central Tokyo
- Scheduled Date of Establishment
- Mar, 2024 (scheduled)
- Business Description
- Spun out of Samsung Electronics with its investment and team, MOPIC per Austria's StartUp Insights is a global leader in light field 3D display technologies, recognized by CES for innovation and more than 16 patents granted worldwide.
- URL
- http://www.mopiclabs.com/
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Ommo Technologies, Inc.
- Type
- R&D center
- Location
- Within the Special Zone for Asian Headquarters
- Scheduled Date of Establishment
- Jan, 2024 (scheduled)
- Business Description
- Ommo Technologies, Inc. provides the world's first permanent magnet-based precision tracking system (both hardware and software). Ommo's tracking system could be used for medical purpose such as surgical navigation systems, and entertainment/industrial purposes, such as XR gaming/training, CG productions, tracking of industrial machines/robots, etc.
- URL
- https://www.ommo.co/
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Smart Ship Hub Digital Pte Ltd
- Type
- R&D center
- Location
- Within the Special Zone for Asian Headquarters
- Scheduled Date of Establishment
- Sep, 2023 (scheduled)
- Business Description
- Smart Ship Hub (SSH) is one of the fastest growing Maritime digital transformation platform that enables "single source of truth" for the entire value chain of Ship Owners, Operators, Charter Parties, Insurers, Ports, Brokers and Agents. SSH is working with some of the world's largest maritime companies in the areas of: Remote vessel and fleet management / Fuel performance and optimization / Decarbonization (along with CII advisory and rating) / Condition and Health monitoring of onboard machinery (along with predictive diagnostics) / Voyage performance management (including weather routing, charter party compliance, shorebased operator KPI's and ETA management).
- URL
- https://smartshiphub.com/
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Kayrros SAS
- Type
- R&D center
- Location
- Within the Special Zone for Asian Headquarters
- Scheduled Date of Establishment
- Jan, 2024 (scheduled)
- Business Description
- Kayrros is the leader in global environmental intelligence and asset observation technology. Applying AI and cutting-edge geoanalytics to satellite imagery and ground-truth data, Kayrros is trusted to deliver critical intelligence on energy, climate and sustainability. Kayrros insights on reducing greenhouse gases, protecting people and assets and managing the energy transition enable businesses and organizations make faster, smarter decisions across green finance, commodity and carbon trading, insurance and natural risk, energy, regulatory and net-zero data ecosystems.
- URL
- https://www.kayrros.com/
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SoundEye Pte Ltd.
- Type
- R&D center
- Location
- Within the Special Zone for Asian Headquarters
- Scheduled Date of Establishment
- Jan, 2024 (scheduled)
- Business Description
- SoundEye provides elderly monitoring system that can detect bed leaving and fall detection without using a camera by utilizing sensor and audio event classification technology. It is possible to passively monitor growling, coughing, etc., using audio event classification technology that utilizes a unique algorithm. The audio event classification technology can be used not only for elderly monitoring, but also for security measures of buildings or infrastructures.
- URL
- https://sound-eye.com/
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Accredify Pte. Ltd.
- Type
- R&D center
- Location
- Within the Special Zone for Asian Headquarters
- Scheduled Date of Establishment
- Jan, 2024 (scheduled)
- Business Description
- Accredify provides a platform for issuing, storing, and verifying digital credentials using blockchain technology. Various information such as high school and university graduation certificates, qualification cards, corona vaccination certificates, employee ID cards, personnel evaluations, etc. are stored in a form that cannot be falsified on the blockchain, and the accuracy of the information can be verified online. It can be easily introduced to customers by supporting API etc.
- URL
- https://accredify.io/
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SkyCell AG
- Type
- R&D center
- Location
- Within the Special Zone for Asian Headquarters
- Scheduled Date of Establishment
- Mar, 2024 (scheduled)
- Business Description
- SkyCell is a purpose-led technology company transforming the pharmaceutical supply chain through a combination of proprietary software, hardware, and big data. It is the leading manufacturer of hybrid temperature-controlled door-to-door container solutions. These allow pharma companies to optimize their supply chain by reducing, and even predicting, the risks associated with delivering sensitive drugs by air. Its SaaS solution, SkyCell SECURE, combines simulation data with operational data (S+O data), enabling pharma companies to have real-time, end-to-end oversight of every shipment around the world. Its automated approval capability reduces quality approval time from an average of days to just hours, getting life-changing drugs to consumers faster.
- URL
- https://www.skycell.ch/
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Rider Dome
- Type
- R&D center
- Location
- Within the Special Zone for Asian Headquarters
- Scheduled Date of Establishment
- Jan, 2024 (scheduled)
- Business Description
- Rider Dome is a cutting-edge technology company that provides a holistic safety solution tailored for motorcyclists and fleets. Our proprietary technology harnesses the power of vision AI and machine learning to generate real-time alerts, enabling riders to anticipate and prevent potential accidents on the road. With Rider Dome's Fleet Monitoring Platform (FMP), fleet managers can aggregate and access real-time data to monitor, track, and measure the safety of their motorcycle fleet, enhancing their ability to proactively manage risks and improve operational efficiencies.
- URL
- https://www.riderdome.com/
2. Foreign Financial Companies
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ARCHIMED SAS
- Type of office
- Sales and research base
- Office location area
- Central Tokyo (Special Zone for Asia Headquarters)
- Office setup timing
- October 2023
- Business Overview
- ARCHIMED is a leading investment firm focused exclusively on the healthcare industries and manages approximately €6 billion in healthcare assets across its various funds. As a strategic and financial partner for SMEs in Europe and North America, ARCHIMED supports the internationalization of investees' products and services, business acquisitions, and business expansion. ARCHIMED's focus areas are biopharmaceutical products and services, life science tools, MedTech, in vitro diagnostics, healthcare technology and consumer health.
Headquartered in France, ARCHIMED plans to establish a sales and research base in Tokyo for the investment in Japanese healthcare companies, acquisition of investors, and expansion of portfolio companies' business in Japan.
- CompanyURL
- https://www.archimed.group/
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Altive Limited.
- Type of office
- Sales base
- Office location area
- Central Tokyo (Special Zone for Asia Headquarters)
- Business Overview
- Altive is a FinTech company that offers a digital platform for High-Net-Worth Individuals and institutional investors to access alternative investments such as unicorns/ventures, private equity, private credit, and non-listed REIT.
Their innovative solution aims to eliminate barriers to entry, allowing even individual investors to start small and invest big in private markets.
Altive is headquartered in Hong Kong and plans to expand to Tokyo in 2024, providing Japanese investors with access to overseas alternative assets through funds managed on their platform.
- CompanyURL
- https://www.altive.com/en
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Chocolate Pte. Ltd.
- Type of office
- Sales base
- Office location area
- Central Tokyo (Special Zone for Asia Headquarters)
- Office setup timing
- January 2024
- Business Overview
- Chocolate Pte. is a FinTech company specialized in asset management who provides discretionary investment business to individual investors through the mobile investment trading application.
Individual investors will be able to invest, starting from a small amount on the company's mobile investment trading application and they will be provided discretionary investment business service which is easy to use and efficient.
Headquartered in Singapore, Chocolate Pte. is attracted to the scale of cash savings in Japan and the Japanese government's policy of aiming to manage personal assets from savings. Chocolate Pte. plans to establish a sales base in Tokyo to expand business, obtain individual investors.
- CompanyURL
- https://www.chocolatefinance.com/
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CRIF S.p.A.
- Type of office
- Sales and customer/business support base
- Office location area
- Central Tokyo (Special Zone for Asia Headquarters)
- Office setup timing
- October 2022
- Business Overview
- CRIF is a FinTech company specializing in credit reports and business information systems, analytics, outsourcing and data processing services, as well as cutting-edge digital solutions for business development and open banking. Headquartered in Italy, but with offices in over 35 countries, CRIF is currently the leading provider of credit and business information and other financial services in Europe and has been investing and expanding its business in Asia for many years, positioning the region as a strategically important region and expanding its business in 13 countries and regions in Asia.
In Japan, CRIF plans to provide digital solutions especially for financial institutions, including corporate and personal financial management applications, open banking, and ESG scoring platforms, in addition to business information reports.
- CompanyURL
- https://www.crif.com/
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Descartes Underwriting SAS
- Type of office
- Sales base
- Office location area
- Central Tokyo (Special Zone for Asia Headquarters)
- Office setup timing
- May 2023
- Business Overview
- Descartes Underwriting is an Insurtech company that provides parametric insurance* products against natural catastrophes, weather and emerging risk exposures and underwrites risks on behalf of a panel of (re)insurers and Insurance-Linked Securities funds. Descartes underwrites fully transparent policies customized to the client's needs and provides swift claims payment, applying proprietary algorithms to unlock risk insights. The company collaborates with brokers around the world to protect corporate and public-sector clients against increasing climate-related risks.
While Japan has many natural disasters - including earthquakes, tsunamis, and tropical cyclones - the available cover within the traditional market remains insufficient for these risks. Descartes Underwriting brings a new generation of parametric protection by providing innovative risk assessments based on geoscience, meteorology, and data science expertise that meet the evolving challenges corporates and governments face regarding climate-related risks.
Headquartered in Paris, France, Descartes Underwriting has more than 300 clients in over 70 countries, with hubs in Singapore, Sydney, London, New York, Madrid, Frankfurt and Hong Kong, with plans to establish an office in Tokyo to further expand their operations in Japan.
*Parametric insurance: A form of insurance in which an insurance policy is applied in the event of an observed excess of a predetermined index, such as wind speed, seismic intensity, etc., and claims are paid based on a pre-agreed payment structure.
- CompanyURL
- https://descartesunderwriting.com/
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FINBOURNE Technology Limited
- Type of office
- Sales base
- Office location area
- Central Tokyo (Special Zone for Asia Headquarters)
- Business Overview
- FINBOURNE Technology was founded in 2016 with a mission to reduce the cost of investing and increase transparency and trust in capital markets. We have operations in Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific. FINBOURNE is trusted by some of the world's leading financial services firms, including Fidelity International, London Stock Exchange Group and Baillie Gifford.
Leveraging SaaS* technology and a secure cloud infrastructure, our products LUSID®, LUSID PMS™ and Luminesce® are designed to liberate, simplify and connect data, for emerging hedge funds, through to established global investment, banking and capital markets institutions. Delivering an interoperable Modern Financial Data Stack**, we offer cutting-edge infrastructure that sits at the heart of global capital markets, reducing operational complexity and total cost of ownership.
FINBOURNE plans to establish a sales base in Tokyo to expand its customer base across financial services clients in Japan.
*Cloud-based software delivery model
** Data utilization infrastructure built by combining specialized SaaS which has data collecting function, formatting function, and data analyzing function from various data sources
- CompanyURL
- https://www.finbourne.com/
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Revelator Ltd.
- Type of office
- Sales base
- Office location area
- Central Tokyo (Special Zone for Asia Headquarters)
- Business Overview
- Revelator is a fintech company that utilizes blockchain technology to provide financial infrastructure functions to support transactions related to digital assets, such as minting and selling NFT, smart contracts, and digital wallets. Enterprises that own the intellectual property (IP) that is the original data of NFT (entertainment business operators, etc.) and enterprises that use the intellectual property (video and music distribution service providers, etc.) are the main clients.
In order to respond to the rapidly growing NFT market, there is an increasing need in the Japanese market for means of issuing digital assets, including NFT, as well as for means of transactions and management and storage of digital assets. Revelator can contribute to the increased number of players in the digital asset market and improvement of the liquidity of digital assets.
Headquartered in Israel, Revelator has operations in Japan and more than 20 countries, including Europe, America and Asia and plans to establish an office in Tokyo to expand their operations in Japan.
- CompanyURL
- https://www.revelator.com/
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Sylvera Ltd.
- Type of office
- Sales base
- Office location area
- Ginza, Tokyo (scheduled)
- Business Overview
- Sylvera is the leading carbon credit* ratings company that helps corporate sustainability leaders, traders and asset managers confidently evaluate and invest in high quality carbon credits. By creating the first carbon intelligence platform in the voluntary market**, Sylvera is raising the bar on project accounting and analysis, and introducing a much needed source of truth for carbon markets. Sylvera is backed by renowned investors like Index Ventures, Insight Partners, LocalGlobe and Salesforce Ventures. Organizations with net zero targets rely on Sylvera's carbon credit ratings to ensure that the offsets*** they invest in are legitimate and impactful.
In recent years, with the progress of Co2 emission regulations and legislation by Japanese Government, companies are accelerating their efforts to realize carbon neutral, and demand for carbon credits in the voluntary market is expected to increase in the future. Sylvera can contribute to the development of the carbon credit market by providing the highly transparent ratings based on deep project analysis.
Headquartered in United Kingdom, Sylvera has operations in 8 countries, including Japan, and plans to establish an office in Tokyo to expand their operations in Japan.
*Carbon credit: Reduction and absorption of greenhouse gases resulting from forest protection and the introduction of energy-saving equipment in a form that can be traded.
**Voluntary market: A private sector led market where individuals and companies can trade carbon credits voluntarily.
***Carbon offset: Efforts to make up for greenhouse gas emissions by investing in activities that reduce and absorb greenhouse gases such as forest protection.
- CompanyURL
- https://www.sylvera.com/
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System 9 Inc
- Type of office
- Sales and operation base
- Office location area
- Central Tokyo (Special Zone for Asia Headquarters)
- Office setup timing
- July 2023
- Business Overview
- System9 is a FinTech company that helps improve the stability and liquidity of transactions by increasing market transparency and contributing to the stability and reliability of asset prices through support for various players in the emerging asset market ecosystem, including the appropriate pricing of crypto assets and other emerging assets.
The proprietary algorithms and strategies attribute it's growth and provide bespoke services to clients.
Headquartered in the U.S. with offices in the U.K. and Singapore, System9 plans to establish a sales and operations base in Tokyo to provide services to asset issuers and exchanges.
- CompanyURL
- https://system9.io/
