This article showcases our top picks for the best Tokyo based Financial Services companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Financial Services 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 Tokyo Financial Services Startups
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bitbank
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Bitcoin wallet, payment processing, bitcoin reward service and news media
Gojo & Company
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Gojo extends financial inclusion to micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises.
Opn
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Opn offers fintech solutions, consulting, and digital solutions for e-commerce.
Money Forward
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Money Forward provides online personal accounting solutions that enable individuals to better manage their daily expenses.
Freee
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Freee is online accounting software that syncs with bank accounts and automatically categorizes entries to create financial reports.
East Ventures
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East Ventures is an early stage venture fund focusing on SEA and Japan with 4 unicorns in its portfolio.
AlpacaJapan
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Building cutting-edge capital markets AI technology working with number of financial institutions
Liquid Global
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Liquid Global is a developer of a cryptocurrency trading platform designed to provide liquidity to the crypto economy.
Kyash
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Kyash is a FinTech company that offers a full-stack banking technology platform along with mobile banking services for consumers.
WealthPark
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WealthPark is a digital asset management platform that connects investors and managers of real estate.
Wealthnavi
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Wealthnavi is wealth management of world-class on your side.
Origami Japan
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Origami Japan is a leading Japanese mobile payment platform.
DeCurret
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DeCurret provides optimal rate of digital currency, instantly processing a large amount of currency transactions stably.
Telcoin
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The company’s eponymous cryptocurrency, Telcoin, is based on the popular Ethereum blockchain
Nomura
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Nomura is an investment banking and securities firm that serve the needs of individuals, institutions, corporate and governments.
Coiney
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Coiney provides smarphone-based credit card processing services in Japan.
Pring
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Pring is a mobile platform that offers free money transfer & remittance services.
FOLIO
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FOLIO is a financial Instruments Business Operator .
MONEY DESIGN
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MONEY DESIGN offers automated investment management and advisory services.
Global Mobility Service
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Global Mobility Service is a financial service company.
Finatext
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Finatext provides cloud infrastructure and data analysis infrastructure for developing financial services.
Huobi Japan
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Huobi Japan designs a digital asset trading platform that empowers financial service.
Kabu.com Securities
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Kabu.com Securities is a Finance Company in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
PAG
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PAG is one of the Asia-focused investment managers which delivers value to investors and helps them reach their full potential.
Sony Innovation Fund
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Sony Innovation fund is the corporate venture capital arm of Sony that invests and engages in early-stage companies.
One Tap BUY
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One Tap BUY provides my banker, the financial smartphone application.
Toranotec
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Toranotec aims to create a world in which investment is familiar to everyone.
Metaps Inc.
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Metaps is engaged in three businesses: finance business, marketing business and the DX support business.
izumi Finance
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izumi Finance is a platform providing liquidity as a Service (LaaS) with Uniswap V3 .
Global Brain Corporation
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Global Brain Corporation is a venture capital firm that invests in companies from seed/early to pre-IPO startups.
unerry
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Unerry is responsible for new high-tech and financial business consulting and corporate revitalization.
Makuake
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Makuake is a crowdfunding platform that provides support services, product manufacturing supporting, and other services.
Infcurion Group
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Infucurion Group is a business development company that focuses on payment technologies.
Credit Engine
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Credit Engine is a online lending platform enables financial institutions.
Yoshidumi Holdings
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Yoshidumi Holdings operates as a business finance company.
Smart Trade
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Smart Trade is an information technology company that offers full stack software development for investment strategy environment.
ZUU
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ZUU is a Japan-based company that supports financial advisors with related consultancies and manages monetary websites.
Emerada
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Emerada is a bank account aggregation and cashflow analytics platform for SMEs and banks for enhancing lending activity in Japan.
xenodata lab
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xenodata lab is a developing an AI-powered finance data analytics leveraging Natural Language Processing (NLP).
GVE
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GVE develops and operates a legal currency digitization platform.
Cryptact
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Cryptact is a technology company providing solutions and platforms utilizing blockchains, smart contracts and virtual currencies.
Payme Japan
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Payme provides a platform for mobile payments to help users in Japan.
Frich
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Frich is a start-up venture company that develops insurance services.
FRAME00
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FRAME00 is a blockchain technology startup developing a decentralized funding platform.
Kepple Africa Ventures
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Kepple Africa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm.
Smartround
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Smartround is a specialized finance management platform for startups and their investors.
Robot Fund
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Robot Fund is a provider of RPA (Robotic Process Automation) solutions for asset management businesses.
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.
OsidOri
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OsidOri is a financial app company will provide this mechanism with the new FinTech service.
ANRI
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ANRI is a Japanese venture capital firm that mainly invests in seed and early-stage startups.
MFS
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MFS is the next generation retail finance with the power of technology.
SHE Japan
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SHE Japan is a financial services company that specializes in the fields of asset management, financial services, and accounting.
Crezit
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Crezit offers wide range of financial products and services in a single click.
iYell
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iYell Mortgage Platform consists of three pillars, Media that can be used for marketing, Technology to make the procedure more efficient.
Minsetsu
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Minsetsu is a Financial Service based company is to creating a bond between investors and companies.
SoftBank Capital
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SoftBank Group is a holding company focused on artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.
Authlete
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Authlete provides a set of Web APIs with which developers implement servers supporting OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, Financial-grade API, etc.
efit
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Efit is an investment platform that makes it easy for anyone to make a technical investment automatically.
Sumitomo Corporation
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Sumitomo Corporation is a business services company that works with import, export, trilateral trade, and business investment in Japan.
Bank Invoice
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Bank Invoice is an online platform that helps its users connect with clients and reduce accounting workload.
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
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Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a venture capital firm focusing on life science, ICT and high technology investments.
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
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Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group primarily conducts commercial banking.
Crypto asset market
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Crypto asset market engages in the development of a trading market for settlement of trading value with crypto assets.
Payment Technology Japan
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Payment Technology is a payroll prepayment system company.
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.
Archetype Ventures
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Archetype Ventures is a venture capital firm that does seed and early stage B2B venture investments.
keychain
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Keychain is the decentralized authentication blockchain platform for finance, IoT, and enterprise.
bookee Japan
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bookee is a Financial Service based company.
SBI Group
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SBI Holdings is an economic service commercial enterprise company that offers financial products and associated services information.
BrainCat
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BrainCat is a Japanese company that specializes in developing FinTech platforms.
Crowd Realty
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Crowd Realty is an offering investment type cloud funding services for real estate.
Tranzax
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Tranzax is a financial services company providing primary manufacturers with new cash management solutions for their supply chains.
Headline Asia (formerly Infinity Ventures)
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Headline Asia is a technology-focused VC headquartered in Tokyo, Japan with investment teams deployed in Beijing and Taipei.
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.
Dai-ichi Life
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Dai-ichi Life is a private insurance company that provides life insurance and pension products services.
All Nippon Asset Management
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All Nippon Asset Management supports the diversification and sophistication of regional financial institutions’ operations.
Crisp Holdings
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Crisp Holdings offers online payment, store management systems and CRM solutions.
SMBC Venture Capital
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SMBC Venture Capital is a Japanese finance company that offers banking-centered financial services.
STOCK POINT
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STOCK POINT providing financial information services.
EXIA
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EXIA is providing money lending and asset management services.
MUFG Bank
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MUFG Bank is Japan’s largest bank and one of the world’s largest, with offices throughout Japan and in 40 other countries.
Crowdport, Inc.
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Crowdport operates a P2P platform, connecting individual investors who wish to manage their assets with companies.
LENDY Japan
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Lendy is an operation of online lending service.
Japan Asset Management Infrastructure Group
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Japan Asset Management is a financial industry, undergoing a major transformation, with restructuring and new businesses emerging.
Music Securities
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Operating Investment(type of fund) Crowd-Funding service “Securite” for Private Investors.
Mizuho Capital
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Mizuho Capital is a venture capital firm that focuses on information technology and biotechnology investments.
SMART IDEA Japan
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SMART IDEA is a financial technology company.
Money Design
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Money Design is a financial planning and real estate leasing company.
PeaceTecLab
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PeaceTecLab is into development and operation of sharing platform for lending and borrowing.
NestEgg Japan
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Nestegg is a Planning, development and operation of savings and settlement services.
JAFCO
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JAFCO Japan is a venture capital, incubator, and private equity firm.
Loadstar Capital
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Loadstar Capital is a real estate finance service provider that operates OwnersBook, a real estate crowdfunding platform.
Nomad
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Nomad is a co-working space that also engages in investment and support for start-up companies.
Zuu Online
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ZUU online is a Tokyo-based financial media company
Binary.com
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Binary.com is a trading platform for binary options on financial markets.