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Where startups in Japan are based
1,290 funded startups in Japan have raised money in rounds we track, $24B between them. 812 of them are placed on the map by their city; Tokyo leads with 339, then Minato with 49.
1,290startups
113cities on the map
$24Braised between them
Tokyoleading city (339)
Each circle is a city, sized by how many startups are based there.
Leading cities
- Tokyo339$5.9B
- Minato49$1.2B
- Shibuya49$486M
- Osaka18$85M
- Fukuoka17$649M
- Chuo City17$180M
- Minato City16$66M
- Chiyoda City16$97M
- Kyoto16$67M
- Chiyoda13$1.6B
- Chuo13$149M
- Setagaya11$153M
- Shibuya City11$51M
- Shinjuku10$74M
- Nagoya9$36M
By state or region
- Tokyo550$9.4B
- Wakayama49$1.2B
- Kanagawa33$209M
- Osaka28$138M
- Fukuoka21$660M
- Kyoto18$81M
- Ehime14$231M
- Aichi11$122M
- Chiba8$106M
- Hyogo8$26M
- Ibaraki7$16M
- Kumamoto7$19M
Best-funded
RapidusJapan · $2.6B
Kyoto FusioneeringJapan · $1.3B
Kokusai Electric CorporationJapan · $945M
MedlinkerJapan · $761M
Lucid SoftwareJapan · $540M
M.SetekJapan · $540M
MetaplanetJapan · $505M
Shizen EnergyJapan · $470M
SmartNewsJapan · $457M
Ispace TechnologiesJapan · $447M
Pure Salmon JapanJapan · $434M
MUJINJapan · $374M
Japan · $2.6BHow this map is made. Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track. Each is placed at the city we hold for it, matched to that city's position in GeoNames (cities of 15,000 people or more; geonames.org, CC BY 4.0); startups without a city on record count in the totals but not on the map. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.
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