The Japan Founder Institute, the local chapter of the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator, is proud to announce the newest Alumni from the Japan Fall 2025 program.
After meticulous selection process and intense four months of aggressive business-building sprints, constant evaluation, and feedback from investors and mentors, just 13 companies were able to make it through.
Each of these Founders have demonstrated a high level of perseverance and creativity, and their businesses have been thoroughly vetted and supported by a panel of Japan's top startup experts and investors.
And now, without further ado, we present the Alumni of the Japan program:
- KEVOES — AI-powered onsite printing machines that instantly turn photos or avatars into one-of-a-kind personalized keepsakes.
- Chit — Private community for solo-preneurs to swap thousands of dollars worth of fast, expert outcomes with a few clicks.
- Mishkan — Web application helping entertainment companies effectively promote artists and content overseas with data.
- Miriel AI — Nutritional intelligence at parents' pockets to ensure proper growth of their children.
- Flixfluent — Enables beginners to learn a language while watching TV shows.
- FamLink — Personal service helping people find others based on shared family values and emotional compatibility for genuine, long-term friendships.
- Atolla Ocean — Mobile app for recreational scuba divers to automatically identify marine life and turn dive media into clear, shareable stories.
- Unwind Minds (elephAi) — Predictive and preventive emotional companion that detects early distress in mothers, babies, and families before emotional overload becomes crisis.
- InsightMatches — SaaS platform to automate and accelerate global research proposals.
- Zenya — Building the first scalable wellness consumption network for fitness locations through smart beverage infrastructure and recurring ingredient supply.
- Luminari (Siminari) — Gamified cybersecurity training platform that changes employee behavior through immersive, story-driven attack simulations.
- Sales Done Right (SABI) — AI companion helping creatives understand their strengths, practice real sales situations, and communicate their value with confidence.
- Bodhikara Ventures (Bodhiscopes) — Buddhist tarot app transforming fortune telling into a daily practice for mindfulness and mental health.
The Japan Fall 2025 program would not have been possible without help, because it truly takes a city to raise a startup.
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Japan Local Directors
We would first like to thank the Local Directors of the Japan Founder Institute: Erdinc Ekinci (Co-founder, CEO , Co-capital), Japan Admin, YuLi Shein (Co-founder, COO, Openfor.co, inc). Our Local Leaders play an incredibly important role in building the local Founder Institute program, and creating an environment and network in Japan that is conducive to building to great companies.
In addition, the Japan Fall 2025 program was supported by some of Japan's top technology organizations, including:
Some of Japan’s top startup mentors helped our founders in the program, including:
In the Founder Institute's pre-seed accelerator program, early-stage entrepreneurs and teams build their business alongside a critical support network of local startup experts that share equity in their success, and through a structured and challenging business-building process that has helped alumni raise over 2BN.
After Graduation, the new Japan Founder Institute Portfolio Companies now have a fast-growing company that has been fully validated by experienced startup founders, with access to the Founder Institute's global network and post-graduate support programs to continue building their business.
Leaders of the world’s fastest-growing startups have used the Founder Institute to raise funding, building a co-founding team, get into seed-accelerators, generate traction, recruit a team, build a product, transition from employee to entrepreneur, and more. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200+ cities and 100+ countries, the Founder Institute’s mission is to Globalize Silicon Valley and empower talented and motivated entrepreneurs to build companies that will create one million new jobs.
The next Japan Founder Institute program is being planned now. If you are interested in being notified when applications open, visit FI.co/apply/japan.
Alumni of the Founder Institute are creating some of the world's fastest growing startups, having raised over 2BN in funding, and building products people love across over 200 cities worldwide.
See the most recent news from our Grads at FI.co/news, or learn more about their stories at FI.co/graduates.
