Anyflow
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Japanese iPaaS startup providing API integration and workflow automation between SaaS systems; acquired by Asuene in 2025.
Also known as Anyflow Inc. · Anyflow株式会社
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Anyflow Inc. (Anyflow株式会社) is a Tokyo-based software company operating in the iPaaS (Integration Platform as a Service) segment, providing automation solutions for API integration between SaaS platforms. The company states a goal of enabling instant connections between any systems worldwide and describes itself as building multiple products addressing API-related problems.
Its product line includes Anyflow Embed, positioned as an "API version of Stripe" that allows companies to implement API integrations with various systems quickly without full scratch development. The company's integration work has particular strength in financial and HR data. In January 2025 Anyflow became a wholly owned subsidiary of Asuene Inc., a climate-tech company whose carbon accounting platform uses Anyflow's API integration technology to automate collection of activity data for Scope 1-3 CO2 emissions calculations.
Founding story
The company was founded in February 2016 by Ren Sakamoto, who serves as CEO. Born in 1992 in Yamanashi Prefecture, Sakamoto began programming in junior high school and was a prize winner in the U-20/U-22 Programming Contest organized by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, as well as being selected for KDDI's ∞Labo program. The company was established primarily by engineers who had previously worked at CyberAgent.
Business model
Anyflow operates a SaaS/iPaaS business, supplying API integration and workflow automation capability to corporate customers, including an embeddable integration product (Anyflow Embed) intended for software companies that need to offer integrations with third-party systems without building them from scratch.
Traction
The company had approximately 15 members according to its recruiting profile and had raised roughly 340 million yen cumulatively from Japanese venture capital firms prior to its acquisition. Its CTO has publicly described achieving product-market fit for a new product developed by a fully remote team.
Latest developments
In January 2025 Anyflow was acquired outright by Asuene Inc. and continues as a group company, with its API integration technology being applied to automate CO2 emissions data collection and integration within Asuene's carbon accounting platform alongside continued development of its existing iPaaS business.
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Market position
Asuene describes Anyflow as a leading company in Japan specializing in automation solutions for API integration between SaaS platforms in the iPaaS business.
The company emphasizes an engineer-driven, product-centric organization and positions Anyflow Embed as removing the need for full scratch development of API integrations. Its stated strength in financial and HR data integration was cited by its acquirer as a differentiating capability.
Technology
The company builds API integration and automation infrastructure that connects SaaS applications and enterprise systems, transferring data between them. Anyflow Embed provides pre-built integration capability that software vendors can incorporate into their own products rather than developing each connection in-house. The company describes particular capability in integrating financial and HR data sources.
Go-to-market
Japanese companies that need to connect multiple SaaS applications and enterprise systems, including software vendors embedding integrations into their own products, and — through the Asuene relationship — large enterprises with complex ERP and SaaS estates that must collect activity data for CO2 emissions disclosure.
Geography
Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, at KDX Toranomon 1-chome Building, WeWork 4F, 1-10-5 Toranomon, Minato-ku, within the offices of Asuene Inc. The company's activity described in sources is focused on the Japanese market.
History
Founded in February 2016, Anyflow gained early visibility on the Japanese startup circuit, winning the overall championship along with a sponsor award and a judges' award at Incubate Camp 12th, and winning the Pitch Arena competition at B Dash Camp 2019 Fall in Fukuoka. In December 2022 it announced a funding round that included participation from listed cloud POS company Smaregi, Inc. By the time of its acquisition it had raised approximately 340 million yen in total from Japanese venture capital firms. On January 6, 2025, Asuene Inc. announced it had completed a 100% acquisition of Anyflow's shares, making it a wholly owned group company, with CEO Ren Sakamoto and the management team continuing.
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Key figures
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Timeline · 4
launches, deals, and filingsAsuene Inc., a carbon accounting and ESG software provider, announced completion of a 100% share acquisition of Anyflow Inc., making it a wholly owned group company. The stated rationale was to use Anyflow's API integration technology to automate collection of activity data for CO2 emissions calculation in the ASUENE platform. Anyflow CEO Ren Sakamoto and the management team continue with the group.
Anyflow Inc. announced it received funding in a round on December 8, 2022, with participation from Japanese cloud POS company Smaregi, Inc. The amount was not disclosed.
Anyflow won the overall championship, a sponsor award and a judges' award at Incubate Camp 12th, the entrepreneur-investor camp run by Incubate Fund.
Anyflow won the Pitch Arena competition at B Dash Camp 2019 Fall in Fukuoka, hosted by B Dash Ventures, selected from 16 startups that passed document screening.
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In the news
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primary sources listed
- Anyflow Inc. announced that it has received funding from Smaregi, Inc. | MarketScreenermarketscreener.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Anyflow do?
- Japanese iPaaS startup providing API integration and workflow automation between SaaS systems; acquired by Asuene in 2025.
- Who are Anyflow's investors?
- Anyflow's investors include Global Brain, Globis Capital Partners.