This article showcases our top picks for the best Japanese based Finance companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Finance industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
Top Japanese Finance Startups
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CAMPFIRE
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Campfire engages in the planning, development, and operation of a crowd funding platform.
Money Forward
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Money Forward provides online personal accounting solutions that enable individuals to better manage their daily expenses.
Paidy
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Paidy is a platform that enables consumers to buy online without a credit card or pre-registration.
Freee
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Freee is online accounting software that syncs with bank accounts and automatically categorizes entries to create financial reports.
Makuake
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Makuake is a crowdfunding platform that provides support services, product manufacturing supporting, and other services.
Gojo & Company
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Gojo extends financial inclusion to micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises.
Uzabase
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Uzabase provides information infrastructure supporting decision-making in business activities.
Moneytree
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Moneytree is a financial data aggregation platform that provides a personal finance app and a cloud-based accounting service.
Wealthnavi
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Wealthnavi is wealth management of world-class on your side.
CrowdWorks
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CrowdWorks provides Internet services operations centered on Japanese crowdsourcing platform.
Kepple Africa Ventures
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Kepple Africa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm.
Finatext
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Finatext provides cloud infrastructure and data analysis infrastructure for developing financial services.
VALU
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VALU is providing services related to online recruitment and human resources support.
MONEY DESIGN
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MONEY DESIGN offers automated investment management and advisory services.
KDDI
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KDDI is providing telecommunication services for finance, energy, entertainment, and education sectors.
ITOCHU Corporation
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ITOCHU is a general trading company based in Japan.
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
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Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group primarily conducts commercial banking.
Nomura
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Nomura is an investment banking and securities firm that serve the needs of individuals, institutions, corporate and governments.
Net Protections
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Net Protections is a Operation of “NP postpay” payment for BtoC mail order.
Payme Japan
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Payme provides a platform for mobile payments to help users in Japan.
Metaps Inc.
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Metaps is engaged in three businesses: finance business, marketing business and the DX support business.
Money Tap
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Money Tap is a planning, development, operation and consulting for various Fintech solutions using blockchain.
MFS
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MFS is the next generation retail finance with the power of technology.
Cryptact
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Cryptact is a technology company providing solutions and platforms utilizing blockchains, smart contracts and virtual currencies.
Kanmu CLO
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Kanmu CLO is a credit card-linked coupon, providing a variety of offers, depending on users’ information and purchasing history of the card.
OLTA
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OLTA is a cloud factoring can be used by individuals and corporations, and there is no upper or lower limit on the purchase price.
Japan Cloud Capital
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Japan Cloud Capital is a financial services company that supports the growth of venture companies and develops the Japanese economy.
ABCash Technologies
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ABCash Technologies provides advice on financial products such as insurance, mortgages, and investment products.
xenodata lab
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xenodata lab is a developing an AI-powered finance data analytics leveraging Natural Language Processing (NLP).
Bitcoin.com
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Bitcoin.com is the premier source for everything Bitcoin related.
TORANOTEC
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TORANOTEC aims to create a world in which investment is familiar to everyone.
pring
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pring is a mobile platform offering free money transfer & remittance services.
Mitsui & Co
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Mitsui & Co., is a general trading and investment company with interests in Iron and Steel products.
ZUU
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ZUU is a Japan-based company that supports financial advisors with related consultancies and manages monetary websites.
IB
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IB is an insurance book app that allows users to manage insurance.
Smartround
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Smartround is a specialized finance management platform for startups and their investors.
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
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Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation offers a broad range of financial services centered on banking.
SPARX Group
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SPARX Group invests through a number of innovative strategies on behalf of a wide cross-section of investors around the globe.
Nanameue
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Nanameue is a holdings company based in Tokyo, Japan.
Linkers
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Linkers is a management of manufacturing matching service
Mikatus
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Mikatus supports good tax accountants and contribute to the growth of enthusiastic SMEs.
Huobi Japan
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Huobi Japan designs a digital asset trading platform that empowers financial service.
NSE
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NSE develops business software for financial institutions.
Mitsubishi Corporation
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Mitsubishi Corporation is Japan’s largest trading company and a member of the Mitsubishi keiretsu.
SBI Group
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SBI Holdings is an economic service commercial enterprise company that offers financial products and associated services information.
MILIZE
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MILIZE is a development and operation of a web platform that integrates financial engineering, AI research, development, and operation.
DIGGLE
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DIGGLE is a service that provides fundamental management accounting management on the cloud called fraud management.
Timebank
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Time Bank is an application that allows you to experience a great deal with a little clearance time.
Tranzax
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Tranzax is a Financial Services to provide primary manufacturers with new cash management solutions for their supply chains.
Mizuho Bank
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Mizuho Bank offers corporate and investment banking services to major corporations, financial institutions, and public sector entities.
Yoshidumi Holdings
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Yoshidumi Holdings operates as a business finance company.
Polaris
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Polaris offers IT solutions for energy, manufacturing, finance, and logistics fields.
Theoria Japan
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Theoria Japan is a specialized Q & A service.
Siiibo
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Siiibo is a Startup to collect a small number of investors and issue bond based on its own web information platform.
OsidOri
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OsidOri is a financial app company will provide this mechanism with the new FinTech service.
ACES Japan
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ACES is providing image recognition algorithms such as object recognition and face and expression recognition
TECOTEC
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TECOTEC is a Financial system introduction consulting business
NestEgg Japan
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Nestegg is a Planning, development and operation of savings and settlement services.
Handii Japan
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Handii is a Development and operation of corporate payment services.
STOCK POINT
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STOCK POINT providing financial information services.
Minsetsu
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Minsetsu is a Financial Service based company is to creating a bond between investors and companies.
WhatzMoney
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WhatzMoney is to realize the best choice of money for everyone from his previous work experience in banking.
DIRIGIO
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DIRIGIO is an Operation and development of mobile order & pay platform.
Sasuke Financial Lab
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Sasuke Financial Lab is a provider of construction and operation of financial planning platform using the Internet.
Japan Platform of Industrial Transformation
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Japan Platform of Industrial Transformation is providing equity investment and business management services for affiliated group companies.
Zuu Online
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ZUU online is a Tokyo-based financial media company
JAFCO Japan
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JAFCO Japan is a venture capital, incubator, and private equity firm.
Global Trust Networks
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Global Trust Networks is a company that helps foreigners to live in Japan
Mirai Chokin
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Mirai Chokin is a start-up,with the philosophy of contributing to the creation of living assets.
All Nippon Asset Management
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All Nippon Asset Management supports the diversification and sophistication of regional financial institutions’ operations.
Nomad
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Nomad is a co-working space that also engages in investment and support for start-up companies.
SMART IDEA Japan
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SMART IDEA is a financial technology company.
400F
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400F develops services to solve problems related to people’s lives and assets.
StockFormer
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StockFormer is a completely new real estate investment information platform.
IT Realize
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IT Realize is a financial application service business.
BrainCat
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BrainCat is a Japanese company that specializes in developing FinTech platforms.
Indetail
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INDETAIL is a quickly growing company with mainly Japanese employees and an international Blockchain team.
Taryff
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Taryff is a privacy-focused loyalty scheme allowing business owners to reward loyal customers and increase repeat business.
SmartApp Japan
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Smart Apps is a developer of a blockchain services application designed for smartphones.
GO-NET
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GO-NET is a new platform that leverages blockchain technology and Akamai’s Intelligent Edge Platform.
Cogicogi Inc.
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Cogicogi Inc. enables its customers to rent and share cycles and bicycles.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
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Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, is a Japanese bank holding / financial services company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.
Omron Ventures
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Omron Ventures is a corporate venture capital firm that invests and drives the growth of invested start-ups.
Bank Invoice
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Bank Invoice is an online platform that helps its users connect with clients and reduce accounting workload.
Communitio
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Community tail, is a service that can issue the original in-house currency wearing a company-specific name.
Binary.com
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Binary.com is a trading platform for binary options on financial markets.
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank
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Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank is an asset management firm and bank in Japan.
Smart Solution Technology Japan
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Smart Solution Technology is a License sales of smart sound touch technology
ST-Life
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ST-Life is a Personal Financial Database Platform business.
Future Venture Capital
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Future Venture Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investment.
Gochiso
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Gochiso was born as a platform to address social and environmental issues in a sustainable and practical way.
Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings
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Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings operates and manages group companies and seeks to enhance their value by promoting its regional.
Monex Group
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Monex Group is a financial services to individual investors as an integrated online financial services broker.