Top Tech Startups in Japan in 2024

We provide cloud-based software via subscription that enables any company in any industry to successfully launch, manage, and transform into a subscription business. Our vision is simple. We call it “The World Subscribed.” It’s the idea that one day every company will be a part of the Subscription Economy. Our mission is to enable all companies to be successful in the Subscription Economy. Architected specifically for dynamic, recurring subscription business models, our solution functions as an intelligent subscription management hub that automates and orchestrates the entire subscription order-to-cash process, including billing and revenue recognition. Our cloud-based software solution is the system of record for subscription businesses. Learn more here: zuora.com/resource/zuora-product-overview

Crunchyroll connects anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories with the content they love. Best known as a top streaming service delivering AVOD and SVOD content, Crunchyroll also provides experiences to deepen fan engagement through content distribution, social, events, games, consumer products, and manga publishing. Fans have access to the largest collection of licensed anime through Crunchyroll, Anime Digital Network (in partnership with Citel, a subsidiary of Média-Participations), and Anime on Demand video streaming services, translated in multiple languages for viewers worldwide. Viewers can also access simulcasts — top series available immediately after Japanese broadcast. Crunchyroll's services also extend to licensing of theatrical, TV, home video, and consumer product rights. Fans engage further with events (including owned events Crunchyroll Expo, Anime Awards, Crunchyroll Movie Nights, KAZÉ Movie Nights), consumer products through eCommerce and retail partners (Crunchyroll, KAZÉ, AV Visionen), Crunchyroll Games, KAZÉ Games, and manga (KAZÉ Manga, Crunchyroll Manga app, Crunchyroll Manga Store). Crunchyroll was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in Los Angeles, Tokyo, Paris, Lausanne, Berlin (AV Visionen) and Chisinau. VRV (U.S.) and Eye See Movies (Germany) are also Crunchyroll brands.

Hopper is the smart way to book travel on your phone. Combining massive amounts of data and advanced machine learning algorithms, Hopper predicts and analyzes airfare and accommodation to save users money and enable them to travel more often. Since its launch in 2015, Hopper has become one of the fastest growing travel apps ever with over 25 million installs to date. It is now the most downloaded flights booking app in North America and travelers have booked hundreds of millions of dollars in flights and hotels around the world using Hopper. The app has received accolades such as Fast Company’s Most Innovative Company in Travel 2018, the Google Play Award for Standout Startup of 2016, and Apple’s App Store Best of 2015. But this is just the beginning. Learn more: hopper.com

Pinterest is the world's first visual discovery engine. People use Pinterest to discover ideas to try in their daily lives. More than 300 million people around the world use Pinterest to dream, plan and prepare for things they want to do in life. We always start by asking: whose problem are we solving? Is it significant? Are we making Pinners lives better? If products don't work for people they don't work for us. The success of Pinterest depends on the ownership of every Pinployee. We all own Pinterest and work to achieve results that benefit everyone, not just specific teams or individuals.

SimilarWeb is the pioneer of digital market intelligence, and the standard for understanding the digital world. Our platform provides customers with granular insights about every website and mobile app enabling visibility into digital behavior and letting businesses see what is actually happening with their competitors, their industry and throughout the digital world. We have thousands of paying customers worldwide and millions of users using our free platform every month. Our customers are some of the largest global brands in the world and including Walmart, AirBnb, adidas, DHL and eBay. SimilarWeb raised over $112 million and has over 400 employees in 8 offices around the world in NY, SF, London, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, Kiev, Paris, San Paulo. With the insights and the data we provide businesses, agencies, marketers and analysts can benchmark performance against competitors, reveal competitors online strategy, discover new opportunities, identify emerging trends and understand consumer

Cognite is a global industrial Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company enabling the full-scale digital transformation of heavy-asset industries. Our core software product, Cognite Data Fusion (CDF), powers companies with contextualized OT/IT data to develop and scale solutions that increase safety, sustainability, efficiency, and drive revenue. Headquartered in Oslo, Norway, Cognite has garnered the attention and partnership of some of the world's top industrial and tech companies, and the company’s success has been profiled in publications like Boston Consulting Group, Bloomberg, Digital Energy Journal, and Houston Chronicle. Google awarded Cognite Google Cloud Technology Partner of the Year 2019 for Manufacturing and Austin Business Journal named Cognite 2020 Best Places to Work.

Datadog is a monitoring and analytics platform for large-scale application infrastructure and applications. Combining metrics, traces, and logs from servers, databases, and applications, Datadog delivers sophisticated, actionable alerts, and provides real-time visibility of your entire stack. Datadog includes 350+ vendor-supported, pre-built integrations, and monitors hundreds of thousands of hosts. datadog.com

We launched Riot Games in 2006 to develop, publish, and support games made by players, for players. In 2009, we released our debut title, League of Legends. League has gone on to be the most-played PC game in the world and a key driver of the explosive growth of esports. Players are the foundation of our community and it’s for them that we continue to evolve the League experience both in and out of game. Founded by Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill, and currently under the leadership of CEO Nicolo Laurent, we're headquartered in Los Angeles, California, and have 2,500+ Rioters in 20+ offices worldwide.

disguise is THE platform to imagine, create and deliver world class immersive and visual experiences Everyone around the world has SEEN and FELT disguise in action, in : - Film & TV Production Sets (Netflix, Amazon & Apple TV) - Theatre Sets (inc. frozen, Back to the Future) - Live Broadcast (inc. Eurosport, MTV News) - Music Concerts (inc. Guns & Roses, Beyonce) - Landmark Projections (inc. Burj Khalifa & Sydney Opera House) - Corporate Visuals (inc. TikTok & Siemens) disguise provide their customers with everything they need make experiences come to life (from their mind-blowing software, as well as hardware inc. the physical elements such as staging and lights) see showreel below.

Veeva builds enterprise cloud technology that powers the biggest names in the pharmaceutical, biotech, consumer goods, chemical & cosmetics industries. Our customers make vaccines, life-saving medicines, and life-enhancing products that make a difference in everyday lives. Our technology has transformed these industries; enabling them to get critical products and services to market faster. Our core values, Do the Right Thing, Customer Success, Employee Success, and Speed, guide us as we make our customers more efficient and effective in everything they do.