Data & Infrastructure Startups

SustainaSeed builds tools to help businesses, individuals, and communities adopt sustainable solutions, starting with a global database of innovative solution providers. Its product VerityBase was announced for soft launch at an event in Tokyo.

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Morgenrot provides computing power infrastructure for the generative AI era, developing products that optimize and virtualize GPU server resources in AI data centers and high-performance computing (HPC) environments. It offers on-demand public GPU cloud access and management tools to businesses across IT, manufacturing, construction, medical, and academic research sectors.

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Randeft provides infrastructure and services to eliminate inefficiencies in research and development workflows, helping scientists and researchers focus on core research tasks. The company addresses the data management challenges in R&D by modernizing how research groups organize, manage, and utilize the diverse information generated across projects, moving beyond spreadsheet-based systems.

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Risk Monster provides credit management and anti-social-forces (compliance) screening services for Japanese businesses, covering rule design, operational setup, and ongoing monitoring of corporate trading partners. It offers a proprietary RM credit rating, corporate database, alerts on rating/management/litigation changes, and enterprise data services such as data cleansing, name matching, and API integration.

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REI Frontier combines location data with AI to analyze behavioral/movement data and help non-technical companies adopt and internalize AI, supporting them from diagnosis through PoC to operational rollout. Founded in 2008, it has applied its behavior-estimation technology across smart cities, mobility, tourism, healthcare, financial institutions, and public transit, mainly serving large enterprises in Japan.

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Works ID promotes a business philosophy centered on "designing work," combining digital transformation (DX) with human creativity to solve client challenges and improve how people and companies work. The page presents the company's corporate mission and values around freeing people from routine tasks and driving operational improvement for businesses.

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Donson is a Chinese marketing technology company that provides AI-driven marketing products and services to enterprises globally, leveraging media traffic, scenario tokens, and marketing data infrastructure.

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DataCanvas is an Asia-leading AI infrastructure and intelligent computing cloud provider that offers high-performance computing, intelligent cloud services, and professional model services for AI training and inference. The company operates platforms including Alaya NeW Cloud and Alaya NeW OS to serve global enterprises undergoing intelligent transformation.

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A financial service platform that aggregates interbank market quotations and provides semantic analysis of pricing data for institutional banking operations in China. The platform structures quotation information and enables intelligent matching of supply and demand in interbank deposits.

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A Japanese company that provides business system solutions built on conceptual modeling, centered on its "TEAplatform" business system infrastructure product and master data management. It offers services and products for enterprise business systems.

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Mininglamp Technology builds big-data and AI software products and services, including proprietary vertical large models and an Agent collaboration network, to help enterprises extract commercial value in marketing, sales, and service scenarios. It serves retail, consumer goods, automotive, and 3C industries, with clients including Fortune Global 500 companies and brand customers.

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Jiqizhixin (Machine Heart) offers a data service that provides direct access to datasets as an alternative to scraping data.

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Toyokeizai Online is a Japanese business and economics news platform that provides diverse perspectives and information to help people make informed decisions. The site delivers economic journalism and data-driven content to support readers in making ethical and responsible choices.

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Unerry leverages location data and AI to provide insights for urban planning, retail optimization, and disaster resilience. The company serves government agencies, retailers, and enterprises across Japan.

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aiQ provides alternative data and alternative-data analysis support for investment and financial use, including products built on mobile location data, POS data, and big-data analytics. The company, spun out with support from the University of Tokyo's Matsuo Lab and Nomura Group, serves financial institutions and corporations in Japan.

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AVILEN develops AI implementation solutions that apply advanced AI technologies to business processes and organizational challenges across industries. The company combines cutting-edge AI research with deep practical domain expertise to create AI tools that replace workflows, enhance analysis and forecasting, and extend organizational creativity.

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DSF Pro offers FIC, a decision-support platform for professional football clubs that centralizes information, analysis, and insights in one place. It supports sporting departments across workflows including squad status, match reporting, player acquisition, player sales, and manager selection.

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HULIX is an Osaka University spinout building 3D spatial AI that uses LiDAR, SLAM, 3D point cloud analysis, and digital twin technology to convert real-world spaces into AI-usable data. Its platform supports the operation, safety, and maintenance decisions of social infrastructure such as airports, stations, commercial facilities, and parking lots.

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Nexadata uses AI and data analytics to solve structural challenges in the construction industry. The company serves construction firms and heavy equipment manufacturers through technology-driven solutions that modernize construction operations.

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OZ1 develops software solutions focused on implementing smart cities in Japan that prioritize human welfare over business interests. The company aims to address social challenges such as income inequality, demographic decline, and educational gaps through technology-driven urban infrastructure and data sovereignty.

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SENRI provides data and technology solutions to help companies in frontier markets build trust with customers and employees by offering visibility into business relationships and employee activities.

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A Japanese data analytics company that helps consumer goods manufacturers, retailers, and marketers leverage POS and ID-POS purchase data for product development, marketing strategy, and area-based store planning.

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WACUL is a Japanese marketing consultancy that uses accumulated site data and research to support companies from strategy planning through execution, improvement, and in-house capability building. Its research arm publishes studies on digital marketing topics such as landing pages, SEO, and BtoB purchasing behavior.

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XAION DATA develops services using open data based on patented data collection and structuring technology, and provides AI/data solutions. The company also operates in job placement and recruitment information services.

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