What Kaminashi does

Kaminashi, Inc. (株式会社カミナシ) is a Tokyo-based, venture-backed private SaaS company that builds a mobile-first, no-code field-digitization platform for Japan's 39 million non-desk (deskless) workers. Founded in December 2016 by Hiroto Morooka (originally as Ulysses Inc., renamed to Kaminashi in February 2019), the company has evolved from a single no-code electronic-forms product launched in June 2020 into a four-product suite: Kaminashi Report (no-code field forms, digital inspection records, and quality data aggregation), Kaminashi Employee (multilingual communication and document exchange with foreign and part-time workers, supporting 18 languages plus Japan-first "Easy Japanese" rendering), Kaminashi Training (video manuals, training history, and AI-driven step-format manual generation), and Kaminashi Equipment Maintenance (a CMMS module for factory-equipment failure history and preventive maintenance). The platform is built around a no-code application builder, real-time data capture on smartphones/tablets, multi-language localization (initially via Wovn Technologies SDK integration), and integrated IoT/CMMS modules, with stack signals including Expo (React Native), Firebase, Sentry, Datadog, and HubSpot.

Kaminashi serves field-intensive industries across Japan — primarily food manufacturing (FSSC 22000 / HACCP), auto parts, printing/packaging, food service/hospitality, logistics, retail, and building maintenance — with documented case studies including JR East (railway), Echigo Seika (rice crackers), Delica Wing (convenience-store food), Daiwa Denka (auto parts), and Naniwa (sweet bean paste). Customer scale has grown to 17,000+ field sites for Kaminashi Report alone, with the full platform adopted by 150+ companies across manufacturing, food, hospitality, retail, and logistics. Pricing is quote-based (subscription recurring), with a historical public reference of ¥60,000/month (tax excl.) per 10 accounts for Kaminashi Report; Kaminashi Employee, Training, and CMMS are also monthly subscriptions, often bundled.

The company monetizes through a sales-led motion with dedicated direct-sales and customer-success teams (Tokyo-based VP of Sales, CRO), supplemented since 2025–2026 by a growing channel-partner network (Ijigen Group for Kyushu, Duck Engineering for printing/packaging, Kanaden for industrial-electrical distribution, Skill Dish for HR domain expertise) and an event-driven demand-generation engine that includes FOOMA JAPAN, FOODEX JAPAN, FABEX, and other major food/manufacturing trade shows. Revenue is supplemented by heavy content marketing via note.com, a podcast ("Kaminashi SaaS FM"), an engineer blog, and earned media in major Japanese business publications. Kaminashi has raised third-party allotments from 500 Startups, BEENEXT, ALL STAR SAAS FUND, and Coral Capital (the latter's James Riney serving on the board), acquired and absorbed AI startup StatHack in 2023–2024, and added an experienced CFO (Yoshida Jumpei, ex-Nomura Securities) in 2024 — signals consistent with preparation for an eventual public listing.

Name

Kaminashi

Legal name

株式会社カミナシ

Website

https://corp.kaminashi.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Kaminashi is a Tokyo-based SaaS company that builds a mobile-first, no-code field-digitization platform (electronic forms, multilingual communication, training, and CMMS) for Japan's 39 million non-desk workers across manufacturing, food, hospitality, logistics, and other field-intensive industries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Field Workforce Management Software

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Other Business Service Centers (including Copy Shops) (561439)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Independent Contractor Compliance & Classification (IC vs Employee) (BPACAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Onboarding, KYC & Account Verification Support (BPAAABAG), Personnel Records, Document Management & Compliance (BPAAAIAD), Software/Application Support (SaaS, Enterprise Apps) (BPAAACAC)

Keywords

• Field workforce software
• No-code form builder
• Multilingual workplace communication
• Employee training platform
• Equipment maintenance software

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. 『カミナシ レポート』 Subscription: Monthly subscription SaaS, originally disclosed as ¥60,000/month (tax excl.) per 10 accounts (食品開発展2022 release). Pricing later shown as quote-based / not publicly listed on the corporate site.
2. 『カミナシ 教育』 Subscription: Monthly subscription pricing (月額課金制) for the video/manual training product; AI manual creation is offered within this subscription.
3. 『カミナシ 従業員』 Subscription: Monthly subscription pricing (月額課金制) for the employee communication / multilingual chat product (formerly 'My カミナシ').
4. 『カミナシ 設備保全』 Subscription (CMMS): Subscription for equipment maintenance module, typically sold as an add-on or bundled with カミナシ レポート accounts (Daiwa Denka case study).
5. Multi-language translation add-on: Translation feature was previously positioned as a Premium plan add-on with custom-quote pricing (per WOVN.app integration launch, Jan 2021). Now part of bundled subscription.
6. Discontinued: 『カミナシ CountAI』 AI counting product: AI-based product inherited from StatHack M&A (Sept 2023 subsidiary, June 2024 absorption merger); new applications closed Dec 31, 2024.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion5 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Kaminashi develops and sells a horizontal SaaS platform that helps companies digitize paper-based, on-site work for non-desk (deskless) workers. The platform centers on a no-code electronic forms/reporting system that lets supervisors build inspection checklists, daily reports, and quality-control apps for smartphones and tablets, and surrounds that core with employee communication (multilingual chat), video/manual training, and equipment-maintenance modules. It is sold primarily to Japanese manufacturers, food producers, restaurant/hotel chains, logistics, retail, and facility-maintenance operators to standardize procedures, capture inspection data in real time, support FSSC 22000/HACCP/ISO audits, and onboard multilingual workforces.

Product overview

Kaminashi operates a multi-product 'field DX platform' portfolio rather than a single unified product. The original offering, the no-code field-forms platform 『カミナシ』 (released 2020-06-28), was rebranded in 2024-08-26 into 『カミナシ レポート』 (Kaminashi Report) — the core electronic-forms/quality-management product that lets field staff build and use no-code business apps to digitize paper checklists. Around this core, Kaminashi has layered three additional modules: 『カミナシ 従業員』 (Kaminashi Employee) for field-staff communication and document distribution with multilingual translation; 『カミナシ 教育』 (Kaminashi Training) for video manuals and employee training (with the AI Manual Creation feature); and 『カミナシ 設備保全』 (Kaminashi CMMS) for equipment maintenance digital records. The AI product 『カミナシ CountAI』 (inherited from the 2024-06 StatHack merger) was offered as a Kaminashi product but discontinued new sign-ups on 2024-12-31. All products share a horizontal-SaaS, industry-agnostic positioning targeting Japanese non-desk workers in manufacturing, food service, hospitality, logistics, retail, and facility management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• カミナシ レポート (Kaminashi Report): On-site form system that lets field staff build business apps with no-code to digitize paper forms, data aggregation, and reporting. Launched as the original Kaminashi product on 2020-06-28 and renamed to Kaminashi Report on 2024-08-26.
• カミナシ 従業員 (Kaminahi Employee)
• カミナシ 教育 (Kaminashi Training)
• カミナシ 設備保全 (Kaminashi Equipment Maintenance)
• カミナシ CountAI

Products and services

• Kaminashi Report (カミナシ レポート) No-code on-site forms and quality-management system that lets field staff build digital inspection checklists, daily reports, and QA apps on smartphones/tablets; centralizes data capture, aggregation, reporting, deviation alerts, and traceability. Used by manufacturers, food producers, hospitality, logistics, retail, and facility operators.
• Kaminashi Employee (カミナシ 従業員) Employee communication and document-exchange app that consolidates instructions, notices, and document distribution between managers/HR and field workers (including foreign and part-time staff) in a single mobile app, with 18+ language auto-translation and Plain Japanese rendering.
• Kaminashi Training (カミナシ 教育) Video-manual and training system that consolidates training-plan design, video/manual creation and distribution, and attendance-history tracking. Includes AI-driven step-format manual generation (added 2026-06-02) and multilingual translation.
• Kaminashi Equipment Maintenance (カミナシ 設備保全) Computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) that digitizes factory-equipment failure history and preventive-maintenance plans as a 'digital chart', enabling smartphone-based work records, anomaly reporting, failure/repair analytics, and knowledge capture from veteran technicians.

Quantifiable outcome

• Manager inspection confirmation time reduced from ~30 min to ~5 min (Daiwa Denka case, June 2026).
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability13 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered flagship case study, co-host, regional flagship, co-marketing, vertical flagship, research vendor, distribution flagship, strategic, flagship m&a and flagship.

• Echigo Seika (越後製菓株式会社)flagship case studyGTM or Marketing Partner · 12 June 2026Co-hosted online seminar '越後製菓がFSSC 22000を取得できた、現場主導DXの舞台裏' (June 26–30, 2026). Echigo Seika is a strategic customer referencing Kaminashi's value in FSSC 22000 certification.
• Building Management Training Center (一般財団法人建築物管理訓練センター, BMTC)co-hostGTM or Marketing Partner · 26 May 2026Co-hosted the 'ビルメンテナンス イノベーションサミット 2026' (May 28, 2026) along with Clean System Science Research Institute, focused on foreign-worker utilization in building maintenance.
• Clean System Science Research Institute (株式会社クリーンシステム科学研究所)co-hostGTM or Marketing Partner · 26 May 2026Co-host of the ビルメンテナンス イノベーションサミット 2026; complements BMTC's role with research / training expertise in the building-maintenance industry.
• Ijigen Group (イジゲングループ株式会社)regional flagshipChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 17 March 2026Signed partner contract on March 17, 2026 to promote カミナシ series for on-site DX at Kyushu-region manufacturers. Ijigen Group (Oita, ¥241.285M capital) brings consulting, UI/UX, and system-development capabilities as a West Japan Financial Holdings subsidiary.
• DFA Robotics (株式会社DFA Robotics)co-marketingGTM or Marketing Partner · 17 March 2026Co-hosted the '本部と店舗の壁をなくす！ 次世代DX戦略' online seminar for food-service / hospitality operators on March 17, 2026. DFA handles restaurant robotics, Kaminashi handles workforce communication/education.
• Duck Engineering (ダックエンジニアリング株式会社)vertical flagshipChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 13 February 2026Partner contract signed Feb 13, 2026. Duck Engineering specializes in image-processing inspection equipment for printing, packaging, and label production. Combines hardware-based visual inspection with カミナシ for end-to-end QA digitization in manufacturing.
• Guidable, Inc. (株式会社Guidable)research vendorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 3 February 2026Research agency that conducted Kaminashi's survey of 273 technical-intern and specified-skilled foreign workers about working conditions in Japan.
• Kanaden (カナデン)distribution flagshipChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 25 December 2025Sales-agency (販売代理店) contract announced Dec 25, 2025 to distribute カミナシ series through Kanaden's industrial-electrical distribution network.
• Skill Dish (スキルディッシュ)strategicChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 4 November 2025Partner contract announced Nov 4, 2025; complements Kaminashi's sales motion with Skill Dish's workforce / HR domain expertise.
• StatHack Co., Ltd. (株式会社StatHack) — acquired and mergedflagship m&aStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 June 2024StatHack (founded 2021, originating from the University of Tokyo Matsuo Lab) became a wholly-owned subsidiary on Sept 14, 2023 and was absorbed via merger on June 16, 2024. Resulting AI product 『カミナシ CountAI』 grew 20x post-merger; new sales ended Dec 31, 2024.
• JR East Startup / East Japan Railway (JR東日本)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 31 October 2021Selected in JR East Startup Program 2021 (Oct 2021) and won the Excellence Award. Pilot began November 2021 at Tokyo General Rolling Stock Center to digitize 600+ maintenance processes ('Rolling Stock Maintenance 3.0'). Co-promotion / co-development vehicle.
• Wovn Technologies (WOVN.app)flagshipTechnology or Integration · 13 January 2021App-multilingualization SDK integration. Originally launched with 9 languages (English, Simplified/Traditional Chinese, Vietnamese, Nepalese, Portuguese, Thai, Tagalog, Indonesian); expanded to 18 languages plus 'やさしい日本語'. Enables workers to enter and read content in their native language.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights8 records

Direct peers

• hacomono: hacomono is a Japanese vertical SaaS for fitness studios, salons, and wellness businesses, offering membership/booking and customer management. Both are Japanese SaaS companies founded around 2016–2017 that grew through horizontal SaaS for non-desk / service-industry operators and share similar Series-stage profiles and investor base.
• SafetyCulture: SafetyCulture (iAuditor) is a global no-code inspection and operations platform for frontline workers in manufacturing, hospitality, logistics, and construction. Closest international analogue to Kaminashi Report on product functionality (digital inspections, checklists, real-time alerts) and target user (field/non-desk workers).

Emerging players

• WalkMe: WalkMe provides digital adoption platforms and no-code workflow builders for enterprise software. Shares the no-code configuration and adoption-layer thesis with Kaminashi's no-code field-form platform, though targeted at office workers rather than field staff.
• Rakuraku Meisai (Misoca / Rakuraku): Rakuraku Meisai and Misoca are Japanese SaaS for expense reimbursement, invoicing, and form digitization. Comparable to Kaminashi Report on the form/electronic-document digitization axis and overlap in the same Japanese mid-market buyer.
• TrackMyTraining: TrackMyTraining and similar LMS/training-record platforms target regulated industries that must document employee training — directly overlapping with Kaminashi Training's compliance-driven positioning in FSSC 22000 / ISO environments.

Broad incumbents

• SmartHR: SmartHR is Japan's leading HR/Labor cloud platform for SMB and mid-market employers, with broad employee-record and HR workflow coverage. While SmartHR focuses on desk-based HR/payroll administration, both companies target Japanese employers and overlap on employee-onboarding and document-management workflows, putting them on converging go-to-market paths.
• freee K.K. freee is a major Japanese cloud SaaS suite covering HR, payroll, and accounting. Comparable to Kaminashi as a flagship Japanese SMB SaaS challenger; overlaps on employee management and could expand into field-worker use cases.
• Fiix (Rockwell Automation): Fiix is a cloud CMMS owned by Rockwell Automation, providing equipment maintenance, work orders, and asset management. Most direct international competitor to Kaminashi Equipment Maintenance (CMMS) for manufacturing customers.
• Cybozu kintone: kintone is a no-code business application platform from Cybozu, widely used in Japan to build internal apps without programming. Directly comparable to Kaminashi Report on the no-code form-building axis; kintone is more general-purpose and desk-worker-oriented, while Kaminashi targets non-desk workers.

Others

• HENNGE: HENNGE is a Japanese SaaS company providing cloud security and SSO services, listed on TSE Growth. Comparable as a Japanese SaaS business of similar maturity/listing path that shares the Japanese enterprise buyer; not a direct product competitor but a relevant capital-markets and go-to-market benchmark.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/kaminashi_inc
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCiQTq-78XPBLOv3GE4Nvw4Q
• Facebookfacebook.com/kaminashi.jp

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors3 records

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M&A1 record

Investments

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