Akira Kurabayashi

Board Observer at ROMS, Inc

📍 Japan, Japan🔄 Updated September 2026💼 81 investments📅 21 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2026
VC🌍 Japan50+ investmentsInvested this year
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Board Member
Jan 2026
// What Makes Us Tick Emium is a dental-tech startup based in Tokyo to help dentists and dental technicians make the lab process digital and communicate smoothly. Some stats show that 80% of dental technicians in Japan quit the job by age 26 due to working long hours and low wages etc, which would cause a collapse of supply and demand balance in dental health care service. In addition, SMB labs that want to invest in digital cant afford the equipment such as CAD/CAM software and milling machine because its expensive. With cutting-edge technologies developed in the manufacturing industry, our platform is designed to support those people to reshape the lab process, spark collaboration and deliver business-changing outcomes. // Our Mission — Wake Your Best Self We’re thoroughly dedicated to elevate people’s consciousness about health and societal issues, for future where everyone can smile to the fullest.
late stageMedical Device
Board Member
Apr 2023
・温室効果ガス排出量算定・可視化クラウドサービス「zeroboard」の開発・提供 ・脱炭素に関するコンサルティング
Board Member
Sep 2022
アルプは「あらゆる企業に、フルスイングを」というミッションの達成を目指しています。 アルプの提供する「Scalebase」は、サブスクリプションビジネスやSaaSビジネスなどの継続収益ビジネス向けの販売・請求管理SaaSです。 プライシング設計・商品管理・顧客管理・契約管理・請求管理・指標分析・前受金管理・仕訳作成など、業務オペレーションが一元管理できることで業務負荷を低減し、継続収益ビジネスの自由度をあげ、収益成長を支援します。 ■バリューについて 私たちは「真摯」を大切にしています。 顧客やチームのメンバー、そして自分自身に対しても、真摯であることを常に心がけています。 <真摯であるための3つの行動指針> ①オーバーコミュニケーション ②顧客から導く ③クイックチャレンジ
Board Member
Sep 2022
We are a technology company working on digitalizing international trading, and the first digital forwarding company in Japan (aiming to become No. 1 in Asia). - Forwarding Service We provide full-service export and import solutions for your international transportation needs. All shipping arrangements are done through Shippio. - User Friendly Dashboard We provide a special dashboard designated for import and export business with features like: following up for your shipment, cost analysis, and invoice management. - No More Documentation Works Documentation works for exports and imports are very time consuming and painful. Shippo will support your documentation works and save your time.
Board Member
Feb 2021
We are a tech company based in Tokyo, Japan. Focused on BtoB / Saas service.
Board Member
Dec 2020
ROMS was founded in 2019 to “create next-gen retail CX by digital & automation.” It develops and provides NFCs (Nano Fulfillment Center), which are automated warehouses that can be built into / adjacent to stores for next-generation online supermarkets, and RCSs (Robotics Convenience Store) which are staff-less nano stores.
Board Member
Dec 2020
FLUX's mission is to make technology easy and maximize economic value. We provide services that bring the costs and burdens associated with technology to as close to zero as possible. Specifically, solutions for publishers such as "FLUX AutoStream", a service that maximizes online sales, We provide multiple services such as automatic optimization solutions for programmatic advertising using AI.
Board Observer
Sep 2020
Commune is a Customer Success Community SaaS product that scales customer success. - integrate all interaction with users. no hustle to use 10< tools anymore. Say goodbye to confusing integrations - no code - data driven customer experience (automated) optimization History - funded in May 2018 - fundraised $24M so far - Forbes CLOUD top 20 Japan selected - Japanese top 100 startups listed - HIRING ALL POSITIONS in JPN and USA
Board Member
Jun 2020
TableCheck empowers worldwide hospitality. Our restaurant booking and guest experience platform helps restaurants and hospitality operators drive long-term success for their businesses. Today, we are proudly serving more than 7,600+ clients in over 25 countries including 219+ Michelin-starred restaurants. Founded in 2011, our company has now become the standard solution for restaurants and hospitality businesses around the world to drive guest loyalty and revenue. Our roster of global clients include: Hilton Hotels & Resorts, Intercontinental Hotels & Resorts, Hyatt, Andaz, Fogo, Pizza 4P's, Tony Roma's, Bills and more than 180+ Michelin restaurants. Whether it is a large-scale hotel, an enterprise, or a small-scale restaurant, we have all the right tools to help bring their business to the next level. Email: info@tablecheck.com
Board Member
Apr 2020
Creadits is the creative production platform for performance marketers. We build advertising creatives that resonate, and perform. Everywhere. Our software will improve your teams’ productivity, reduce creative costs and time-to-market. Do you want to? Scale up ideation and production Localise to markets around the world Edit and re-render videos quickly Manage workflows and teams Build, organise and store digital assets We are one of the largest producers of CGI for ads in the world. With our robust ideation and production processes, automagical new tools like Tune™ and Huddle™, your production dollar will go further with Creadits. This is Creative ROI™.
Board Member
Mar 2020
株式会社ナレッジワークは2020年4月に創業したばかりの会社です。 「できる喜びが巡る日々を届ける」をビジョンに、「ナレッジテクノロジーであらゆる人の可能性を解放する」をミッションに、ソフトウェア「ナレッジワーク」の開発・提供をしています。 私たちと一緒に世の中の働き方を変えるプロダクトを作り、届けて下さるメンバーを募集しています。
Investor
Mar 2020
【企業の人・組織・情報にまつわる非効率をなくす】 日本におけるIGAサービス(アイデンティティ・ガバナンス管理)のパイオニアとして、社内に散らばる人事・組織情報、アカウント情報を安全に管理。 SaaS時代のアイデンティティ(ID)の統合管理を実現する、クラウドID統制プラットフォームを提供しています。
Board Observer
Aug 2019
デジタル人材採用を加速する採用管理システム「HERP Hire」とタレントプール管理システム「HERP Nurture」を提供しています。
Board Member
Jun 2019
アダコテックは「モノづくりの進化と革新を支える」をミッションに掲げ、画像解析技術で製造業の検品作業の自動化に取り組んでいるテクノロジースタートアップです。日本最大級の研究所である産総研からスピンアウトして創業した組織で、競争優位性の高い画像解析、機械学習技術を保有しています。 この技術を応用した「AdaInspector Cloud」という画像解析SaaSプロダクトで、製造業の方々がより人間らしく、自由にモノづくりに携われる世界を目指しています。
Board Observer
Apr 2019
私たちスタディストの創業メンバーは、かつて業務改善を専門とするコンサルティング集団に所属していました。そこで目にしていたのが、誰かに何かを伝えることの負荷やムダ。 たとえば、企業には業務手順を伝える「マニュアル」がありますが、制作に膨大な時間がかかる上に、更新も大変。さらには大変な労力をかけて作ったマニュアルが結局使われていなかったり。 そんな「伝えること」に関するロスをなくしたい。そして、生産的でクリエイティブな仕事に集中できるようにしてあげたい。これが私たちスタディストの原点です。 「マニュアル」はあくまで一つのフィールドです。仕事でも日常生活でも、誰かに何かを伝えるという行為が今後もなくなることはありません。伝えるという行為をより簡単に、そして進化させ続けていく。これが私たちスタディストのミッションです。
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2026
Board Member
Jan 2026
// What Makes Us Tick Emium is a dental-tech startup based in Tokyo to help dentists and dental technicians make the lab process digital and communicate smoothly. Some stats show that 80% of dental technicians in Japan quit the job by age 26 due to working long hours and low wages etc, which would cause a collapse of supply and demand balance in dental health care service. In addition, SMB labs that want to invest in digital cant afford the equipment such as CAD/CAM software and milling machine because its expensive. With cutting-edge technologies developed in the manufacturing industry, our platform is designed to support those people to reshape the lab process, spark collaboration and deliver business-changing outcomes. // Our Mission — Wake Your Best Self We’re thoroughly dedicated to elevate people’s consciousness about health and societal issues, for future where everyone can smile to the fullest.
late stageMedical Device
2023
Board Member
Apr 2023
・温室効果ガス排出量算定・可視化クラウドサービス「zeroboard」の開発・提供 ・脱炭素に関するコンサルティング
2022
Board Member
Sep 2022
アルプは「あらゆる企業に、フルスイングを」というミッションの達成を目指しています。 アルプの提供する「Scalebase」は、サブスクリプションビジネスやSaaSビジネスなどの継続収益ビジネス向けの販売・請求管理SaaSです。 プライシング設計・商品管理・顧客管理・契約管理・請求管理・指標分析・前受金管理・仕訳作成など、業務オペレーションが一元管理できることで業務負荷を低減し、継続収益ビジネスの自由度をあげ、収益成長を支援します。 ■バリューについて 私たちは「真摯」を大切にしています。 顧客やチームのメンバー、そして自分自身に対しても、真摯であることを常に心がけています。 <真摯であるための3つの行動指針> ①オーバーコミュニケーション ②顧客から導く ③クイックチャレンジ
Board Member
Sep 2022
We are a technology company working on digitalizing international trading, and the first digital forwarding company in Japan (aiming to become No. 1 in Asia). - Forwarding Service We provide full-service export and import solutions for your international transportation needs. All shipping arrangements are done through Shippio. - User Friendly Dashboard We provide a special dashboard designated for import and export business with features like: following up for your shipment, cost analysis, and invoice management. - No More Documentation Works Documentation works for exports and imports are very time consuming and painful. Shippo will support your documentation works and save your time.
2021
Board Member
Feb 2021
We are a tech company based in Tokyo, Japan. Focused on BtoB / Saas service.
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