# Wayfarer K.K.

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/wayfarer-k-k

- Industry: Travel & Leisure
- Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan
- Website: www.wayfarer-hotels.com
- Total disclosed funding: $1M
- Latest round: Series A (Sep 29, 2026)
- Investors on record: 4

## About

Based in Tokyo, Japan, and founded in 2019 by Winston Chu (CEO), Wayfarer K.K. operates as a travel and leisure company that creates a travel brand that reinvents hotels for everyday travelers, assisting them in discovering experiences. In september 2026, Wayfarer K.K. raised an undisclosed amount in?series A funding led by Global Brain.

Wayfarer Co., Ltd. is a company that has created a cloud-based hotel operations management platform in order to revolutionize the hospitality experience for modern-day travelers. The company offers a complete hospitality solution that includes branded property management and a software suite to simplify operations and ensure seamless services for travelers. This enables hotel managers to improve customer service by utilizing automated operations and service technology. Wayfarer K.K. generates revenue from hotel operations, hotel management, and subscriptions to its hotel AI software platform, Materia Connect.

The company plans to use the September 2026 funding to scale its hotel portfolio, enhance and expand its hotel AI platform Materia Connect, recruit key personnel, and prepare for future overseas growth.

## Funding rounds

- Series A, Sep 29, 2026 — Global Brain
- Seed, Apr 19, 2022, $1M — Persistence Capital Partners, Arculli & Associates, Jyuban Ltd

## Investors

- Persistence Capital Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/persistence-capital-partners) — Seed
- Arculli & Associates — Seed
- Jyuban Ltd — Seed
- Global Brain (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/global-brain) — Series A