Startup
KKyash
株式会社Kyash
#26 in the Japan Top 100 Startups
| Founded / HQ | 2015 · Tokyo |
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| Equity raised to date | ≥ ¥15B “累計調達額150億円超” Company-stated cumulative · as of 10 Jun 2026 · Kyash |
| Last round | 10 Jun 2026 · Strategic (giftee) · Undisclosed undisclosed |
| Latest public valuation | Not publicly disclosed (we do not estimate) |
| Key investors | giftee |
| Unicorn | No |
| Website | www.kyash.co |
From Japanese sources
Findings from Japanese-language filings, government records, trade press, interviews and job posts, with our English analysis. Items tagged Japanese-only had no English coverage when we checked quickly. Most insightful first.
| 2026-05-22 | Regulatory filingJapanese-onlygiftee's TSE filing discloses Kyash's financials: FY2025 revenue ¥1.67B, net loss ¥707M, net assets ¥526M 株式会社Kyashとの資本業務提携に関するお知らせ（ギフティ適時開示） Listed giftee's filing for its stake in Kyash gives three years of Kyash's numbers, which Kyash itself never publishes. Revenue grew from ¥1.36B to ¥1.67B, operating losses shrank from ¥1.77B to ¥1.08B, and net assets fell from ¥2.73B to ¥0.53B. CEO Shinichi Takatori holds 30.3%. The strategic money arrived as the equity cushion was nearly gone. Source: TSE timely disclosure by giftee (4449) |
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Overview
Kyash offers a digital wallet app linked to its own Visa prepaid card, letting users pay, send money and track spending. It was founded in 2015 by Shinichi Takatori. The company has raised money through a series of rounds, including Series B in 2019, Series C in 2020 and a ¥4.9B Series D in 2022 that brought the cumulative total to about ¥12.8B. It said in June 2026 that cumulative funding exceeded ¥15B.
Built from: Series D release
Company timeline
Founded
| Date | 2015-01-23· Kyash |
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| Founders | Shinichi Takatori |
Funding
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead / key investors | Source |
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| 2019-07-03 | Series B | ≈¥1.5B 約15億円 | Company release | |
| 2020-03-31 | Series C | ≈¥4.7B 約47億円 | Company release | |
| 2022-03-17 | Series D | ¥4.9B; cumulative ≈¥12.8B 49億円 | Company release |
Key hires & board
| 2025-08-27 | HireKyash appoints executive officers· Kyash |
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Milestones
| 2025-09-01 | TractionKyash adopts Helpfeel AI FAQ system· Kyash |
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| 2025-10-24 | TractionKyash corporate remittances pass 1.3M transfers and ¥20B· Kyash |
| 2026-03-13 | PartnershipKyash partners with Loyalty Lab on corporate remittances· Kyash |
| 2026-06-15 | PartnershipKyash signs capital and business alliance with giftee· Kyash |
News
| 2026-10-13 | Kyash supports passkey authentication 2026 年 10 月 7 日 デジタルウォレットアプリ「Kyash」、パスキー認証に対応· Kyash |
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| 2026-07-13 | Kyash adds deposits via linked Seven Bank accounts 2026 年 7 月 13 日 「セブン銀行ATM」に加えてセブン銀行の口座連携による入金に対応· Kyash |
| 2026-06-15 | Kyash signs capital and business alliance with giftee 2026 年 6 月 10 日 Kyash、ギフティと資本業務提携契約を締結· Kyash |
| 2026-04-14 | Kyash supports Visa touch payments via Samsung Pay 2026 年 4 月 14 日 Kyash、Samsung Pay によるVisaのタッチ決済に対応開始· Kyash |
| 2026-03-13 | Kyash partners with Loyalty Lab on corporate remittances 2026 年 3 月 12 日 Kyash、ロイヤリティラボと業務提携契約を締結〜法人送金と決済領域でソリューションを展開、報酬支払・返金の自動化を実現〜· Kyash |
| 2025-12-03 | Kyash Card redesigned as numberless card 2025 年 12 月 3 日 「Kyash Card」が新デザインにリニューアル 〜ナンバーレスでセキュリティ強化へ〜· Kyash |
| 2025-10-24 | Kyash corporate remittances pass 1.3M transfers and ¥20B 2025 年 10 月 15 日 Kyash法人送金サービス、法人のコスト削減と振込業務DXを支援、送金件数130万件、送金額200億円を突破· Kyash |
| 2025-09-01 | Kyash adopts Helpfeel AI FAQ system 2025 年 8 月 28 日 株式会社Kyash、AI活用型FAQシステム「Helpfeel」を導入し 顧客サポートを強化· Kyash |
| 2025-08-27 | Kyash appoints executive officers 2025 年 8 月 22 日 株式会社Kyash、執行役員就任の· Kyash |
| 2025-07-29 | Kyash gift codes on UseBitcoin 2025 年 7 月 18 日 ビットコイン決済専用ECサイト「UseBitcoin」でKyashギフトコードの購入が可能に· Kyash |
| 2025-07-01 | Kyash supports Visa touch payments via Google Pay 2025 年 6 月 5 日 Kyash、 Google Pay によるVisaのタッチ決済に対応開始· Kyash |
| 2025-06-03 | Kyash supports Visa touch payments via Apple Pay 2025 年 6 月 3 日 Kyash、Apple PayによるVisaのタッチ決済に対応開始～iPhoneおよびApple Watchユーザーに、よりスピーディーで安全・安心な決済体験を提供～· Kyash |
| 2022-03-17 | Series D: ¥4.9B; cumulative ≈¥12.8B· Company release |
| 2020-03-31 | Series C: ≈¥4.7B· Company release |
| 2019-07-03 | Series B: ≈¥1.5B· Company release |
Founder profiles: Shinichi Takatori
Funding rounds in 2026
No 2026 rounds in our database yet. Earlier funding is summarised above from the cited source.