Hexabase
Tokyo, JP · Founded 2016 · 12 employees on LinkedIn · 4 known investors
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Hexabase provides a cloud-native, multi-tenant development platform that consolidates backend functions such as databases, workflows, and user management as a service, letting system developers focus on UX and modern cloud technologies. It targets Japanese enterprise system development firms and end-user companies pursuing digital transformation, and emphasizes AI-driven development.
Also known as Beee Technology · Hexabase Inc. · 株式会社Hexabase
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Hexabase Inc. is a Tokyo-headquartered software company whose core product, Hexabase BaaS, is a backend-as-a-service platform providing scalable backend APIs together with IaaS and PaaS capabilities. The platform bundles functions commonly needed behind enterprise systems — login and authentication, user and group management, access control, database, storage, API gateway and extensible server-side code (FaaS) — so that development teams can concentrate on front-end, UX and cloud-integration work. Its data layer combines multiple NoSQL databases (document, graph, in-memory and relational engines) behind a single RDBMS-like data store, exposed through JSON APIs with parent-child relationships and GraphQL support, and supports transactions across multiple tables, per-row authorization, change logs and status-based workflow. The datastore runs on a proprietary microservices framework on Kubernetes.
Alongside the BaaS platform, the company markets AI and infrastructure products: Captain.AI, an execution platform for AI agents that connects to business systems for tasks such as report generation and data analysis; Compass, a secure, spec-driven development guide intended to let non-engineers build enterprise-grade applications by generating data models, UI and workflows; and Kubo, a Kubernetes-based container platform operable via prompt or UI. Service lines include AI-driven development seminars, hands-on AI seminars, accompanied new-business development using the Hexabase platform, and outsourced development and operations support.
Enterprise features include an organization tree for role-based access rights, workflow/business process management built from record statuses and actions, application templates for backup, restore and migration between workspaces, custom domain names and source-IP restriction. Operations emphasize container orchestration, CI/CD, 24/365 monitoring, WAF, RBAC, encryption and multiple daily backups, running on major public clouds (AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI); the company states its RBAC-based API data protection is patented (Patent 6978216) and that it has passed the AWS Foundational Technical Review.
Founding story
Founder CEO Hidetoshi Iwasaki began his career in 2000 as a contract systems development engineer, later implementing and customizing corporate accounting and HR software packages, and in the 2010s built an IaaS/SaaS business from scratch, commercializing it as a cloud service focused on large corporations. He founded the company in January 2016 to address the gap between rapidly advancing cloud technology and lagging corporate systems, and is a graduate of Waseda University's School of Social Sciences.
Business model
Hexabase sells a cloud-hosted backend platform and related AI and container products to corporate customers, complemented by professional services: paid seminars and training in AI-driven development, accompanied new-business development engagements in which Hexabase assigns project members, and ongoing technical support covering development and operations/maintenance. Public sources do not specify pricing tiers.
Traction
The product site reports roughly 100 API types available, average availability above 99.99%, average API response times under 100 ms for major search APIs, about 650 active Kubernetes pods and about 3,600 datastores in operation, with a public status page. The company also cites AWS Foundational Technical Review clearance and AWS Partner software designation.
Latest developments
Current positioning emphasizes AI: the company describes itself as an AI-native business and markets Captain.AI as an AI-agent execution platform acting as a "digital employee," Compass as a spec-driven development guide enabling non-engineers to build enterprise-grade applications, and Kubo as an "AI Ready" Kubernetes platform operable by prompt or UI. Service offerings now center on AI-driven development seminars, hands-on AI seminars, new-business development support and outsourced AI-driven development with operations and maintenance.
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Market position
Hexabase positions itself as a Japan-originated, cloud-native backend service aimed at closing the gap between modern cloud technology and legacy corporate systems, arguing that enterprise systems are dated, hard to use and costly compared with consumer software. The company frames itself as an AI-native firm modernizing IT and describes Hexabase as a tool for the DX/UX era.
Differentiators cited by the company include a single RDBMS-like data store built over multiple NoSQL engines that preserves conventional relational design know-how while avoiding database bottlenecks, patented row-level RBAC that automatically filters API return values by user, group and role, transaction security across tables, enterprise features such as organization trees, status-driven workflow and reusable application templates, and multi-cloud deployment with AWS Foundational Technical Review certification.
Technology
The platform is built on Docker containers orchestrated by Kubernetes, with infrastructure managed via ArgoCD, Terraform, OpenTofu and TerraGrunt; CI/CD uses CircleCI, ArgoCD, Spinnaker and Kiali, and monitoring uses Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog and Sonarqube, with Cloudflare for WAF and load balancing. The data layer integrates several NoSQL engines into an RDBMS-like relational object data store with transaction security, row-level authorization filtered by user, group and role, change history, workflow state transitions and GraphQL support. Additional services cover file storage with permissioned upload/download and full-text search across Office documents and PDFs, JavaScript/Node.js Functions triggered on record create or update plus webhooks to external APIs, and Pub/Sub-based notifications for real-time features such as chat. Security controls include RBAC (patented, Patent 6978216), SSL/HTTPS, WAF, MFA and expiring tokens, namespace-level isolation per cluster, encrypted backups taken at least three times daily in three forms, and 24/365 monitoring with incident reporting. Deployments can span multiple clouds including AWS, GCP, Azure and OCI.
Go-to-market
The company reaches customers directly through its own websites and product pages with a self-serve "Get Started" entry point, and through service-led motions: AI-driven development and hands-on seminars, accompanied new-business development projects, and technical support contracts. It also publishes case studies, news and columns, and solicits product feedback from CTOs and technical leaders.
System development companies that must adapt to technological change and end-user corporations executing digital transformation, including CTOs, technical leaders and information systems departments. Published case studies span manufacturing reservation management, complex quotation processes previously handled in Excel, matching, auction and diet-management apps, and internal systems for invoicing, inventory ordering, document management and construction cost control.
Geography
Headquartered at 12KANDA, 2-3-12 Kanda Suda-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0041, Japan, with an English-language site and a distributed, fully remote/flexible team that includes staff of multiple nationalities; recruiting is aimed at building a worldwide organizational structure.
History
The company was founded in January 2016 and was formerly known as Beee Technology, a venture developing in-house IT services for corporations, before operating under the Hexabase name. Its offering has expanded from the Hexabase backend-as-a-service platform for enterprise system development to include container infrastructure (Kubo) and AI products (Captain.AI, Compass) alongside AI-driven development seminars and accompanied development services. Paid-in capital, including capital reserve and other capital surplus, stands at 690 million yen.
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Timeline · 3
launches, deals, and filingsHexabase states its service passed the AWS Foundational Technical Review (FTR) and received AWS Partner software certification.
The company states that its fine-grained role-based access control applied to API data operations is patented as Patent 6978216.
Hidetoshi Iwasaki founded the company in January 2016 to address the gap between advancing cloud technology and lagging corporate systems.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Hexabase do?
- Tokyo-based Hexabase offers a cloud-native backend-as-a-service platform plus AI-driven development products and services.
- Who are Hexabase's investors?
- Hexabase's investors include ANOBAKA, Dnx Ventures, NOW Japan, Shizuoka Capital.
- Where is Hexabase headquartered?
- Hexabase is headquartered in Tokyo, JP.