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㈱Shippio
500 Global '17Plug and Play VenturesTokyo, JP · Founded 2016 · 61 employees on LinkedIn · 22 known investors
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Shippio operates as a digital freight forwarder in Japan, offering cloud software and international logistics (forwarding) operations to shippers and logistics providers. Its platform coordinates cross-border shipping across multiple trade stakeholders and turns trade data into a management tool, using AI and operational automation.
Also known as Shippio · 株式会社Shippio
Founders & leadership
㈱Shippio was founded in 2016 by Takanori Sato, Takashi Tsuchiya, and Tsuyoshi Niwa.
Investors · 22
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Also in the syndicate · 6
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements- Undisclosed amountSeries COct 2025 · 3 sources
DNX Ventures (lead), Aozora Corporate Investment, Delight Ventures, Energy and Environment Investment, Japan Finance Corporation, Mitsubishi UFJ Bank, Mizuho Bank, New Commerce Ventures, Resona Bank, Shoko Chukin Bank, Spiral Innovation Partners, Suzuyo Co., Ltd., YMFG Capital
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Shippio (株式会社Shippio) is a Tokyo-based company that provides cloud services for visualizing and streamlining international trade operations. It describes itself as Japan's first digital forwarder, combining freight forwarding domain expertise with digital technology to modernize processes in international logistics that remain largely manual.
The company's core offering is the Shippio Platform, which spans three areas: a digital forwarding service supporting new trade-operations workflows; a trade management cloud for shippers aimed at supply chain management; and a trade management cloud for international logistics operators intended to reduce fragmented hand-offs of information between parties. Recent product work centers on AI features, including AI-OCR extraction from invoices to track goods in transit at the item level, AI-based cross-checking of multiple trade documents to detect mismatches and omissions, and Shippio Clear, an AI customs clearance cloud product.
Business model
Shippio offers cloud software subscriptions for trade management to shippers and to international logistics operators, alongside its own digital freight forwarding service.
Latest developments
During August 2026 the company launched an AI document cross-checking feature and an invoice AI-OCR feature for in-transit goods visibility, announced adoption of Shippio Clear by Meiko Trans, promoted Sotaro Ii to VP of Product, and saw CEO Takanori Sato appointed representative director of the Japan Trade DX Association.
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Market position
Positions itself as Japan's first digital forwarder and a driver of digital transformation in international logistics; its CEO also serves as representative director of the Japan Trade DX Association.
Technology
The platform applies AI-era digital technology to trade operations, including AI-OCR extraction from invoices to track shipments at the product level, AI cross-checking of multiple trade documents to detect discrepancies and missing data, and AI-supported customs clearance via Shippio Clear.
Go-to-market
Shippers engaged in cross-border trade and international logistics operators such as forwarders and customs brokers; one named customer is Meiko Trans (名港海運).
Geography
Headquartered in Japan, with a Japanese-language product and customer base and a focus on Japanese international trade operations.
History
The company markets itself as Japan's first digital forwarder and has built its trade management cloud on expertise developed in that role, expanding into AI-based automation products for shippers, logistics providers, and customs operations.
Compiled by commissioned research from 3 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
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Timeline · 5
launches, deals, and filingsShippio announced the internal promotion of Sotaro Ii to VP of Product to strengthen its product development organization.
Meiko Trans (名港海運) deployed Shippio Clear, an AI customs clearance cloud product, to reduce reliance on individual tacit knowledge in customs operations; the company states inexperienced staff can become productive in roughly one month.
New feature that uses AI to cross-check multiple trade documents, detecting mismatches and missing items to reduce manual visual verification.
Shippio representative director and CEO Takanori Sato took the role of representative director of the 一般社団法人日本貿易DX協会 (Japan Trade DX Association), an industry body focused on cross-industry cooperation on trade digitalization.
Feature that uses AI-OCR on invoices to automate tracking of goods in transit at the item level, replacing manual Excel entry and duplicate record-keeping.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
In the news
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Frequently asked questions
- What does ㈱Shippio do?
- Japanese digital freight forwarder offering cloud software that digitizes and automates international trade and logistics operations.
- Who founded ㈱Shippio?
- ㈱Shippio was founded by Takanori Sato, Takashi Tsuchiya, Tsuyoshi Niwa in 2016.
- Who are ㈱Shippio's investors?
- ㈱Shippio's investors include 500 Global, Coral Capital, DBJ Capital, Delight Ventures, Dnx Ventures, Energy & Environment Investment, Globis Capital Partners, New Commerce Ventures and 8 more.
- Where is ㈱Shippio headquartered?
- ㈱Shippio is headquartered in Tokyo, JP.