# IRIS

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/iris

- Industry: Real Estate Development & Operating Companies
- Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan
- Website: www.iris-lgbt.com
- Total disclosed funding: $0.3M
- Latest round: Series A (Mar 25, 2022)
- Investors on record: 1

## About

Founded in 2016 and based in Tokyo, Japan, IRIS Inc. operates as a real estate agency that offers real estate brokerage services for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities. In March 2022, IRIS Inc. raised JPY 40 million in venture funding from investor KIBOW Foundation. As of February 2023, the company is being led by its CEO, Hiromitsu Sudo. 

The firm offers buying, selling, brokering, mediation, leasing, and management of the real estate in the states of Kanto and Kansai in Japan. The platform offers real estate brokerage services to members of the LGBT community to rent, buy, or sell new or pre-owned, detached, or second-hand apartments for people who live together or alone. Additionally, the firm offers future financial planning, insurance, and life termination services for LGBTs, single parents, freelancers, elderly people, foreign nationals, and people with disabilities and offers all related training, education, and lectures to raise awareness.

The company intends to use the March 2022 funding to expand its market and media scale and improve tools to enhance customer experience.

## Funding rounds

- Series A, Mar 25, 2022, $0.3M — KIBOW Foundation

## Investors

- KIBOW Foundation (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/kibow-foundation) — Series A