Cascade
Techstars '25Shibuya, JP · Founded 2022 · Oregon LLC · 3 employees on LinkedIn · 4 known investors
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Cascade develops an AI-powered marketing software tool and provides digital marketing consulting services to help companies execute data-driven marketing strategies. The company serves global enterprises seeking to democratize marketing capabilities across their organizations.
Also known as Cascade Inc · カスケード
Founders & leadership
Investors · 4
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Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$6.8M disclosed across 1 of 3 rounds · 2023–2026
▶$6.8MraisedApr 2025 · 32 investors · OtherRule 506(b)
- - 44NORTH VENTURES, LLCExecutive Officer
- Amount sold
- $6.8M
- Minimum investment
- $200K
- First sale
- May 2023
- Incorporated
- Limited Liability Company, Oregon, 2022
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Cascade (カスケード) operates an AI agent platform focused on digital advertising operations. The product consolidates work that is normally split across individual ad platforms into a single environment, covering AI-driven budget allocation, keyword suggestions, creative production, publishing campaigns to media platforms, performance measurement and report generation.
The platform is organized around four capabilities: ad optimization, in which AI analyzes advertising data daily and proposes improvements to budget allocation, keywords and creative; an AI agent that users converse with to identify issues, plan and execute changes to budget, bidding, delivery and creative, with the user confirming or approving actions before they run; cross-channel attribution analysis showing which ads and channels contributed to conversions, including touchpoint paths, cost per acquisition and ROAS; and automated analysis and report generation across advertising and web analytics data. The company positions the division of labor as analysis by AI and final judgment by the human operator, and states that AI proposals are not executed without approval. Alongside the software, the site lists an advertising operations outsourcing service (広告運用代行).
Cascade describes security measures including encryption of data, layered protections, per-user access controls with Google authentication as well as ID/password login, access log collection and retention, vulnerability response and code review, and a policy of using customer data only within Cascade without third-party provision or use beyond the stated purpose.
Business model
Software-as-a-service style ad operations platform sold to advertisers, with published pricing plans, downloadable materials and free demos as entry points, plus a managed advertising operations service offering.
The site lists pricing plans (料金プラン) for the platform and a separate advertising operations outsourcing offering, indicating paid subscription-style software and service revenue.
Traction
A published case study features 株式会社ニューポート (Newport), where the Dermalogica business ended agency dependence and ran ad operations in-house with a two-person team, handling image generation through delivery and analysis in a single screen; the site indicates use across cosmetics, EC/D2C and B2B SaaS sectors.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography
Market position
Positioned as an advertising-specific AI agent platform for teams moving ad operations in-house and away from agency dependence.
Consolidates optimization, creative generation, media delivery, attribution and reporting for multiple ad platforms in one interface, and keeps humans in the loop by requiring approval before the agent executes changes.
Technology
AI agent architecture applied to advertising data: automated daily analysis of campaign data, generative creative/image production, keyword and budget recommendations, conversational question answering on performance changes such as declines in CTR, cross-media attribution modeling, and automated report generation. Integrations publish campaigns to multiple ad media platforms. Access control supports Google authentication and ID/password authentication; data is handled in encrypted form.
Go-to-market
Inbound self-serve motion via the company website: downloadable product materials, free demo requests, published pricing, blog and news content, and customer case studies.
Advertisers running campaigns in-house, including small teams without dedicated ad specialists; cited industries include cosmetics/beauty, e-commerce and D2C retail, and B2B SaaS.
Geography
Website and materials are in Japanese, with customers and case studies in Japan.
Compiled by commissioned research from 1 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
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primary sources listed
- Cascadecascaded.ai · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Cascade do?
- Cascade is a Japanese AI-agent platform that consolidates digital advertising optimization, creative production and reporting.
- Who are Cascade's investors?
- Cascade's investors include Techstars, A16Z Speedrun, Ada Ventures, Y Combinator.
- How much funding has Cascade raised?
- Cascade has disclosed $6.8M raised across 1 of its 3 known rounds.
- Where is Cascade headquartered?
- Cascade is headquartered in Shibuya, JP.


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