LiLz

What LiLz does

LiLz is a Japanese IoT and AI company founded in 2017 in Okinawa, Japan, that develops fully wireless IoT cameras combined with a proprietary AI cloud platform for industrial remote inspection automation. The company operates a vertically integrated stack: it designs and manufactures the LC series of battery-powered LTE-equipped IoT cameras (LC-10 single-function, LC-20 compact expandable, LC-EX10 explosion-proof, and LC-T10 thermography), and pairs them with the LiLz Cloud AI software suite — LiLz Gauge for analog meter reading OCR (circular, counter, bar-type, 7-segment displays), LiLz Guard for image-change-based anomaly detection, and LiLz Insight (pilot April 2026) for natural-language inspection report generation. The cloud layer runs on Microsoft Azure with ISO/IEC 27001 certification and supports integrations with Taisei LCMC, Cybozu kintone, Asteria Gravio, SIMtops i-Reporter, and MENTENA.

LiLz monetizes through a hybrid model: one-time hardware sales of LC cameras plus a recurring cloud/LTE subscription bundled as a single all-in-one fee per camera license. Distribution combines direct enterprise field sales with a deep partner network including device/cloud resellers (NBK Marketing, Sanyo Sanso, TMES), capital-and-business partners (JR East Startup, 114 Bank's investment arm, RIX Corporation, Tsurishima JFE Aqua Solution), and technology integration platforms. Its end customers are predominantly Japanese industrial and infrastructure operators — including JAXA, JR East, ENEOS, Daikin, Murata Manufacturing, Yakult, and Sanyo Sanso — operating plants, railways, bridges, water/wastewater facilities, semiconductor fabs, gas distribution depots, and biofuel plants; a Houston-based US oil & gas initiative was launched in 2026. By end-2025 LiLz reported 10,000+ active camera deployments across Japan, growing from approximately 2,700 in mid-2022.

The company is privately held, headquartered in Ginowan City, Okinawa, with a Houston office for North American expansion. LiLz has raised approximately JPY 680M+ across disclosed funding rounds including a 2021 Series A (~$2.4M), a 2023 round (~$4.1M from Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, JIC Venture Growth Investments, Tokyo Century and others), and a July 2025 round of approximately JPY 430M (~$2.9M). Reported headcount of 1–10 in firmographic data appears to understate the operational organization given the company's product breadth, partner network, and international expansion activity.

Name

LiLz

Legal name

LiLz株式会社

Website

https://lilz.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

LiLz builds fully wireless IoT cameras and AI cloud software (LiLz Gauge, Guard, Insight) that automate remote inspection of analog meters and equipment at Japanese industrial plants, infrastructure, and energy sites; over 10,000 cameras deployed across customers including JAXA, JR East, and Murata.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial IoT Remote Inspection Solutions

NAICS

Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (334519), Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (33451), Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals (334515)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Instruments For Meas & Testing Of Electricity & Elec Signals (3825), Optical Instruments & Lenses (3827), Computer Communications Equipment (3576)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Vision & Quality Inspection (HDAAAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial Connectivity & Networks (5G/LPWAN/TSN/Industrial Ethernet) (IMAIAMAH), Condition Monitoring Sensors & IoT (online/offline monitoring, edge devices) (EUADAJAD), Industrial IoT/Edge Electronics Manufacturing (Gateways, Edge Controllers) (IMAGAGAC), Physical Security IoT & Smart Building Security Integration (Sensors, BMS tie-ins) (BPAKAGAL)

Keywords

• Wireless IoT cameras
• Remote inspection AI
• Industrial meter reading
• Anomaly detection software
• Explosion-proof sensors

Headquarters

HQ city

Ginowan

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hardware Sales (LC Series IoT Cameras): LiLz sells IoT camera hardware (LC-20, LC-10, LC-EX10, LC-T10 series) as a one-time hardware purchase. Pricing is open/not publicly disclosed, with sales through direct enterprise sales and channel partners.
2. Subscription (LiLz Cloud SaaS): Cloud subscription fee covering LTE communication and cloud usage, bundled as a simple all-in-one subscription. Billing is monthly or annual, with cloud and LTE usage included in the subscription price. 1 camera = 1 license; additional accounts for multi-user access are free.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

LiLz designs, manufactures, and sells fully wireless (battery-powered, LTE-equipped) IoT cameras paired with a proprietary AI cloud software platform for remote industrial inspection. Hardware line includes LC-10, LC-20, LC-EX10 (explosion-proof), and LC-T10 (thermography) cameras, while the cloud offers LiLz Gauge (analog meter reading AI), LiLz Guard (anomaly detection AI), LiLz Insight (AI report generation), and LiLz Cloud (workflow platform). The integrated solution eliminates power and network wiring so customers can deploy inspection cameras in minutes, with AI automating meter reading, anomaly detection, and report generation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• LiLz Gauge（リルズゲージ）: Remote inspection specialized AI cloud software for automatic meter reading - converts images of analog meters to digital data automatically.
• LiLz Guard（リルズガード）
• LiLz Insight（リルズインサイト）
• LC Series
• LiLz Cloud（リルズクラウド）

Products and services

• LC-10 Series (Single-function IoT Camera) Battery-powered, LTE-equipped, fully wireless IoT camera for basic remote inspection of meters and equipment; suitable for industrial sites where power and network wiring is impractical. IP65 waterproof, ~3-year battery life at 3 shots/day.
• LC-20 Series (Compact Expandable IoT Camera) Compact, multi-device fully wireless IoT camera with external trigger input and sensor output capabilities, supporting leak detection and integration with external sensors for expanded inspection scenarios.
• LC-EX10 Series (Explosion-Proof IoT Camera) Intrinsically safe explosion-proof wireless IoT camera certified for Zone 2/22 explosive gas and dust environments; enables remote inspection in refineries, chemical plants, and energy facilities without electrical installation work.

Quantifiable outcome

• Active camera installations: 10,000+ units in Japan as of December 2025 (up from ~2,700 in mid-2022)
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability9 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Tsurishima JFE Aqua Solution (月島JFEアクアソリューション)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 June 2026Capital and technical partnership for joint development of 'Five-Sense Inspection Solution' combining LiLz's AI image analysis technology and five-sense sensing capabilities with TJAS's water treatment plant engineering and maintenance expertise. The solution will integrate multiple sensors (color image, thermography, smell, acoustic, ultrasonic) into a robot-mounted device for comprehensive facility inspection — claimed as a world first in water infrastructure.
• TMES (株式会社TMES)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTMES supports facility management at Murata Manufacturing's Minato Mirai Innovation Center, where LiLz Gauge is deployed for remote monitoring of hot water tanks and water meters. TMES uses LiLz data in combination with building management systems for energy efficiency and filter replacement analysis.
• NBK Marketing (NBKマーケティング)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNBK Marketing (affiliated with NBK/Nabeya Bi-tech Kaisha) serves as a device and cloud partner for LiLz, introducing LiLz Gauge to the power plant and various plant industries. They provide hands-on support from trial through operational deployment, leveraging their experience in mechanical components distribution.
• Sanyo Sanso (山陰酸素工業)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSanyo Sanso is a device/cloud partner for LiLz Gauge in the San'in region of Japan, using the solution for internal gas tank monitoring and reselling it to other gas companies in the industry. Their partnership was featured in industry publications driving significant inbound interest.
• Taisei Corporation (大成建設)coreTechnology or IntegrationLiLz Gauge was officially adopted as the inspection management function within Taisei Corporation's 'LCMC' (Life Cycle Management Console) — an industry-first subscription-type building lifecycle management service. LiLz Gauge API-integrates with LCMC, allowing meter reading images and values to be displayed within Taisei's platform alongside other sensor data for predictive maintenance.
• Tsurishima Machinery (月島機械)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTsurishima Machinery featured LiLz Gauge in their YouTube channel as part of sewerage/digitalization content, and collaborated on drone and IoT camera combinations for sewer treatment plant digitalization (featured in Kankyo Shimbun newspaper).
• LaunchStarz (Ryukyu Launchpad Program)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLiLz participated in the Ryukyu Launchpad 2025 program organized by LaunchStarz and backed by Japan's Cabinet Office and Okinawa Prefectural Government. The program connected LiLz with international startup ecosystems and resulted in 3 signed MOUs/commercial agreements through the LA Startup House program.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Instrumental: Instrumental uses AI and computer vision for manufacturing inspection and defect detection, directly comparable to LiLz's image-based inspection AI applied to industrial environments.
• Augury: Augury provides AI-driven anomaly detection and asset health monitoring for industrial equipment, directly overlapping with LiLz Guard's AI anomaly detection on equipment and environments, and competes for the same plant maintenance digitization budget.
• Senseye (Schaeffler): Senseye offers AI-based predictive maintenance software that automates condition monitoring of industrial assets, closely comparable to LiLz Gauge/LiLz Guard's vision-based remote inspection and anomaly detection positioning.
• SparkCognition: SparkCognition delivers industrial AI solutions for asset reliability, anomaly detection, and visual inspection across energy, manufacturing, and defense — overlapping with LiLz's AI cloud inspection platform.
• Uptake (IFS): Uptake (now part of IFS) provides industrial AI for asset performance management and predictive maintenance, competing for the same digitization-of-inspection budget that LiLz targets in plants and infrastructure.

Broad incumbents

• COGNEX: COGNEX is a global leader in industrial machine vision and barcode reading, offering broader vision-based inspection capabilities across manufacturing that overlap with LiLz's computer vision inspection use cases.
• Basler AG: Basler manufactures industrial cameras and computer vision components used in factory automation and inspection, comparable as a hardware incumbent in LiLz's industrial camera + vision inspection space.
• Fluke (Fortive): Fluke produces industrial test and measurement instruments including thermal imaging, comparable to LiLz's measurement and inspection product portfolio addressing industrial maintenance technicians.

Regional players

• OPTEX: OPTEX is a Japanese manufacturer of sensors, IoT devices, and security solutions that competes in Japan's industrial sensing and remote monitoring market, making it a regional comparable for LiLz's IoT inspection offerings.

Emerging players

• Tulip Interfaces: Tulip builds frontline operations and quality inspection applications for manufacturers, partially overlapping with LiLz's factory inspection and digital workflow automation use cases.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/LiLz_inc
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@lilzinc.9003
• Facebookfacebook.com/aboutlilz
• LinkedInjp.linkedin.com/company/lilz-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds6 records

Investors17 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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