# PocketSign

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

- Industry: Software
- Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan
- Website: https://pocketsign.co.jp
- Total disclosed funding: $7.5M
- Latest round: Series B (Oct 31, 2025)
- Investors on record: 8

## About

Based in Tokyo, Japan, and founded in 2022, PocketSign Inc. operates as a company that specializes in digital ID solutions, leveraging public personal authentication and My Number cards. In October 2025, PocketSign Inc. raised JPY 120 million ?in?series B funding ?from new investors AGS Consulting, Resona Capital, MUFG Bank, Resona Bank and Shizuoka Bank, with participation from returning investors JAFCO Group, Nissay Capital, Cygames Capital, Hope Inc and YMFG Capital(Yamaguchi Capital). The round was part of a larger JPY 820 million series B and debt funding.

PocketSign Inc. offers the Pocket Sign application, a digital ID platform that enables users to register their My Number cards and access a wide range of services, from local shops to financial institutions, all while maintaining control over their personal information. The application also supports electronic signatures for tasks requiring identity verification, such as opening bank accounts or signing documents. The company plans to utilize the April 2025 funding to accelerate business growth, expand municipal deployment, enhance identity verification services, and strengthen partnerships for regional digital infrastructure.

The company plans to use the October 2025 funding to enhance its solutions for governmental and local authorities, as well as to completely penetrate the private sector.

## Funding rounds

- Series B, Oct 31, 2025, $0.8M — JAFCO Group, Nissay Capital, Hope Inc, Resona Capital, YMFG Capital, AGS Consulting, Cygames Capital
- Series B, Apr 22, 2025, $4.1M — JAFCO Group, Hope Inc, YMFG Capital, Cygames Capital
- Series A, Feb 20, 2024, $2.7M — JAFCO Group, Nissay Capital, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.

## Investors

- JAFCO Group (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/jafco-group) — Series A, Series B
- Nissay Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/nissay-capital) — Series A, Series B
- Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc. — Series A
- Hope Inc — Series B
- YMFG Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/ymfg-capital) — Series B
- Cygames Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/cygames-capital) — Series B
- Resona Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/resona-capital) — Series B
- AGS Consulting (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/ags-consulting) — Series B