# KOU

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

- Industry: Internet
- Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan
- Website: https://about.kou.by
- Total disclosed funding: $0.3M
- Latest round: Seed (Sep 4, 2023)
- Investors on record: 1

## About

Based in Tokyo, Japan, and founded in 2018, KOU Inc. operates as an internet-based company offering tools to solve 1on1 operation issues faced by managers and leaders in organizations. In September 2023, the firm raised JPY 50 million in seed funding, led by investor CyberAgent Capital. As of February 2023, the firm is led by its representative director and CEO, Masahiro Nakamura.

The company develops and operates an online artificial intelligence (AI)-based dialogue support tool called Emochan. Emochan creates a play in the work environment that allows managers and subordinates in the field to conduct 1on1 conversations by accompanying the dialogue between two people in real-time through generated AI.

The company plans to utilize September 2023 funding to create a product that is simple for people in the field to use.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Sep 4, 2023, $0.3M — CyberAgent Capital

## Investors

- CyberAgent Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/cyberagent-capital) — Seed