Company
Idein develops the software technology and platform that move the physical world, and puts them to work in society. Our aim is to make the realities of the field something software can handle.
Four principles that guide the decisions we make every day.
Before we think about how to solve it, we ask what actually needs solving.
The problems truly worth solving live in the reality of the field.
Solving them is what delivers real value.
Great value never comes from one person’s expertise alone.
Customers, partners and colleagues each bring a different context.
We treat being understood as our own responsibility, and both sides meet in the middle.
Respecting each other’s background, we connect different knowledge and experience to create new value.
The physical world keeps changing, so we keep learning.
We form hypotheses and test them,
and stay humble enough to change course when we are proven wrong.
We start by trusting our colleagues.
On that foundation, we build trust with customers and partners through results.
We do not put our own convenience first; we choose what earns trust over the long term.
The trust we build makes the next challenge possible.
VC / CVC funds: Global Brain Corporation, DG Lab Fund 1, KDDI Open Innovation Fund 3, Canon Marketing Japan Future Investment Fund, DG Resona Ventures Fund 1, HAKUHODO DY FUTURE DESIGN FUNDIn no particular order; partial list
- ISMSISO/IEC 27001We are certified under the international standard for information security management systems.
- J-StartupMinistry of Economy, Trade and IndustrySelected for the startup support programme run by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
- KeidanrenJapan Business FederationWe are a member company of Keidanren (Japan Business Federation).
Founded Idein after leaving the doctoral programme in Computer Science at the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo. His research focused on optimising compiler technology for high-performance computing. In 2018 he became the first Japanese engineer named an ARM Innovator. Since July 2024, Specially Appointed (Visiting) Professor at the Center for Co-Creation Strategy, Tohoku University.
Master’s degree in Computer and Systems Engineering, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University, where he researched super-resolution technology. Joined Idein after working at a major electronics manufacturer, a bioinformatics startup, and as a freelance engineer.
Master’s degree from the Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies, Kobe University. At Daiwa Securities SMBC (now Daiwa Securities) he worked in the investment banking division on capital markets and corporate finance, leading numerous IPO, PO and M&A deals. In his current role since April 2023.
Master’s degree from the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo. Joined Preferred Infrastructure and served as CTO. Founded Treasure Data, Inc. in Silicon Valley in 2011 and drove its growth as CTO. Currently CEO of Treasure Data, Inc.
After roles at CSK (now SCSK) and Digital Design, he joined Global Brain in 2006, where he works on forming and running CVC funds and on investing in and supporting the growth of startups. Investment Group General Partner, Global Brain Corporation.
Graduated from the Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University. After Daiwa Securities SMBC Co. Ltd. (now Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.) and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, she was appointed Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Idein in 2019.
Runs the Ryusuke Muraoka Certified Tax Accountant Office. Appointed Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Idein in September 2018.
Completed training at the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court and registered as an attorney in 2005. Admitted to the New York State Bar in June 2012. Partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune since January 2014.
Deputy Head of the DX Consulting Division and General Manager of the DX Consulting Department at ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation. Appointed advisor to Idein in September 2025.