# Tenchijin

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

- Industry: Software
- Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan
- Website: www.tenchijin.co.jp
- Total disclosed funding: $7M
- Latest round: Series B (Nov 28, 2025)
- Investors on record: 16

## About

Based in Tokyo, Japan, and founded by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) in 2019, Tenchijin COMPASS also known as Tenchijin Inc. operates as a provider of land evaluation platforms through space big data. In August 2025, Tenchijin Inc. raised JPY 700 million in series B funding co-led by new investors Frontier Innovations and Inclusion Japan, with participation from other new investors Shinkin Capital, NCB Venture Capital, SG Incubate, Iwagin Jigyo Souzou Capital, Hiroshima Venture Capital, Leave a Nest Capital, and Leave a Nest Co., Ltd. Returning investor Development Bank of Japan also participated in this round. The company as of December 2022 is led by its co-founders, Yasuhito Sakuraba (CEO and representative director) and Yasutoshi Hyakusoku (COO).

The industries served by Tenchijin include agricultural production, resource management, energy supply, carbon services, etc. The company through integration of satellite data and geo-data from JAXA, NASA, and ESA, and human knowledge, offers a land evaluation engine. Tenchijin offers Tenchijin Compass to find a location that fit its client’s business needs such as a kiwifruit potential producing area, Increase harvest of rice, etc. The company’s other product Tenchijin Compass API collects data like temperature, rainfall, visual images, CO2, etc, periodically and analyzes them with its algorithms including Machine Learning to discover trends and potentials of unexplored land, for example, research to solve societal issues in the livestock industry.

The company plans to use the August 2025 funding to develop its services, hire engineers, expand globally, create data infrastructures, and invest in marketing.

## Funding rounds

- Series B, Nov 28, 2025, $0.6M — Niigata Venture Capital, Suzuyo Shoji CO.,LTD
- Series B, Aug 28, 2025, $4.7M — Development Bank of Japan, Shinkin Capital, Hiroshima Venture Capital, Inclusion Japan, Iwagin Jigyo Souzou Capital, SG Incubate, Leave a Nest Co., Ltd., Leave a Nest Capital, NCB Venture Capital, Frontier Innovations
- Series A, Jan 31, 2024, $1.7M — Joyo Capital Partners, Development Bank of Japan, Jalux, SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation, Zenrin Future Partners

## Investors

- Joyo Capital Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/joyo-capital-partners) — Series A
- Development Bank of Japan (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/development-bank-of-japan) — Series A, Series B
- Jalux — Series A
- SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation — Series A
- Zenrin Future Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/zenrin-future-partners) — Series A
- Shinkin Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/shinkin-capital) — Series B
- Hiroshima Venture Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/hiroshima-venture-capital) — Series B
- Inclusion Japan (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/inclusion-japan) — Series B
- Iwagin Jigyo Souzou Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/iwagin-jigyo-souzou-capital) — Series B
- SG Incubate (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/sg-incubate) — Series B
- Leave a Nest Co., Ltd. — Series B
- Leave a Nest Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/leave-a-nest-capital) — Series B
- NCB Venture Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/ncb-venture-capital) — Series B
- Frontier Innovations (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/frontier-innovations) — Series B
- Niigata Venture Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/niigata-venture-capital) — Series B
- Suzuyo Shoji CO.,LTD — Series B