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CEO Message
We commit to leverage our customer's productivity with the state-of-the-art AI(machine learning NLP) and try to boost human's evolution.With the network of 10,000 machine learning engineers "Team AI",we build and sell our machine translation software "Kiara" to the global market.
Founder & CEO Daisuke Ishii
Company History
Aug 2011
Started as a self-employement
Jun 2013
Started cross-border E-Commerce consulting to Enigmo
Nov 2014
Established Jenio Inc. in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Apr 2015
Got accepted by One Traction (Silicon Valley startup bootcamp)
Jan 2017
Raised 13 million JPY ($130,000) through third-party allotment at Seed Stage to Shigeki Taguchi and Probizmo Inc.
Jun 2017
Graduated from TECH LAB PAAK, Recruit Holdings' entrepreneurship training program (Batch 8)
Feb 2018
Raised 30 million JPY ($300,000) through third-party allotment to Shigeki Taguchi
Aug 2018
Got accepted by Y Combinator Startup School(startup bootcamp)
Aug 2018
Raised 30 million JPY ($300,000) through a third-party allotment of new shares to En Japan and angel investors.
Dec 2018
Graduated from 500Startups Kobe program (startup bootcamp, batch3)
Went to Y Combinator final interview in MoutainView, the U.S.(but did not make it)
Aug 2019
Launched Kiara Translator in Slack app store and joined Slack global conference in San Francisco
Aug 2019
Raised 20 million JPY ($200,000) through third-party allotment to angel investors.
Mar 2020
Raised 10 million JPY ($100,000) through a third-party allotment to Shigeki Taguchi.
Jul 2020
Raised 30 million JPY ($300,000) through a third-party allotment to Kingdom Inc., and angel investors. (→ News)
Sep 2020
Changed the company name from Jenio Inc. to Kiara Inc.
Got accepted by 500Startups Singapore(startup bootcamp, batch2) via Tokyo gov
Ex-Amazon Japan Vice President Ken Kasegawa joined as a Strategic Advisor
Jan 2021
Ranked #2 in the global category in the Slack App Store（→ Blog）
Contributed to an interview with Minister Audrey Tan for ASCII Web
Selected for Google Cloud for Startup Program
Tadachiyo Osada, former senior managing director of Bank of Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. joins Kiara as a strategic advisor.（→ Blog）
Started open research on AI translation for Burmese (Myanmar)
Sep 2021
Started DX (AI & App development) contract business（→ Blog）
Company Profile
Corporate Name
Kiara Inc. （株式会社キアラ）
Former name of the company before Sep 2020 was Jenio Inc.（株式会社ジェニオ）
CEO
Daisuke Ishii （石井 大輔）
Capital
120 million JPY（$1,200,000）including capital reserve
Founded
11/4/2014
Shareholders
Daisuke Ishii, Taguchi Office, Kingdom, Inc., Angel Investors
Description of Business
AI Software Research and Development AI (Artificial Intelligence) research community operation
Client List
Softbank, DeNA, Recruit Holdings, Fujitsu, Fuji Xerox, LINE, AI startups and 150 other companies
Awards and Successes
500Startups Kobe(U.S.), Y Combinator Startup School(U.S.), One Traction(U.S.), Recruit Tech Lab Paak, Tokyo Innovation Plan, Tokyo Accelerator DKC Award
Correspondent Banks
Mitsubishi Tokyo UFJ Bank, Ebisu Branch, Seibu Shinkin Bank, Shibuya Higashi Branch
