GVE

What GVE does

GVE Ltd. (株式会社GVE) is a privately held Japanese digital transformation company founded in Tokyo on 10 November 2017 by Koji Fusa (CEO), Yu Kusakabe (COO), Keita Takamatsu (CTO), and Susumu Kusakabe (Adviser). The company develops three core product lines anchored on a shared cryptography foundation: a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) platform designed as an instant-settlement system for all legal tender (built on the IMF's "Casting Light on Central Bank Digital Currency" Staff Discussion Note and targeting digitizing the 97.4% of M2 Broad Money outside central bank-issued digital currency); a Healthcare Platform that uses passport authentication to give travelers access to immunization and medical records across borders; and a Next-Generation Secure Platform that combines Pre-Shared Key (PSK) authentication with hybrid Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC), Hardware Security Module (HSM) key custody with self-destruct capability, and secret-sharing to deliver sub-0.5-second cashless payments and instant consent-based medical record retrieval.

The technical backbone is differentiated rather than AI-driven: the platform separates authentication (PSK with offline-distributed keys inside HSMs) from data transfer (hybrid PQC plus current-standard encryption), targets "Harvest Now, Decrypt Later" resilience, and is designed against ISO/IEC 24643 and Japan's JC-STAR IoT security certification. GVE's intellectual property estate consists of three foundational patent families — 3Way Layered Patents, Market Intervention by Issuer, and Basic Key Authority Technology — granted across Japan, the United States, and Singapore, with protection extending through December 2040.

Commercially, GVE operates with a four-person team, stated capital of approximately 100,000,000 JPY (~$670K USD) as of October 2022, and no disclosed external funding. Revenue is intended to come from technology and patent licensing (royalties) and platform transaction fees, with the explicit aspiration of capturing 1% of the $3 trillion global payments market through direct sales to central banks and financial institutions supplemented by a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model tailored for developing-country governments. CEO-led go-to-market relies on participation in high-level forums — Saudi-Japan Ministerial Investment Forum, Cabinet Office of Japan meetings on Digital Industry Globalization, UNIDO's Green Industrial Recovery project for Ukraine, and SAJ international seminars — to build relationships with sovereign buyers and international development partners.

Name

GVE

Legal name

GVE Ltd.

Website

https://gve.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

GVE Ltd. is a Tokyo-based digital transformation company that develops a CBDC instant-settlement platform, a passport-authenticated healthcare data system, and a post-quantum cryptography secure platform, targeting central banks, financial institutions, and developing-country governments via technology licensing and PPP arrangements.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Infrastructure

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities (522320)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Asset Custody & Key Management (MPC, HSM, Wallet Infra) (FSAGAMAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Decentralized Identity & Verifiable Credentials for Finance (DID/KYC Reuse) (FSAGAMAE), Authentication (MFA/Passwordless/Biometrics) Platforms (BPAMAEAE), Verifiable Credentials & Attestations (VC issuance/verification, credential registries) (FSAPACAH)

Keywords

• Central bank digital currency
• Post-quantum cryptography
• Digital payment platform
• Secure transaction infrastructure
• Quantum-resistant security

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Technology and Patent Licensing: GVE licenses its patented security technology and CBDC platform to financial institutions, governments, and technology companies. The company has been granted broad patents across Japan, US, and Singapore with three main themes (basic patents) essential for financial system transformation.
2. Platform Transaction Fees: Revenue from facilitating digital transactions on the CBDC platform, targeting 1% of the $3 trillion global payments market through PPP arrangements in developing countries.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

GVE develops and licenses a Next-Generation Secure Platform built on Post-Quantum Cryptography and Pre-Shared Key authentication, delivered as a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) instant settlement system, a healthcare passport-verification platform, and quantum-resistant security infrastructure. The platform enables sub-0.5-second cashless payments, instant nationwide electronic health record access, and password-free authentication via My Number Card, with critical keys managed in Hardware Security Modules under secret sharing. It is sold to central banks, financial institutions, and governments through technology and patent licensing plus platform transaction fees.

Product overview

GVE Ltd. offers a unified digital transformation platform with three core products: the CBDC Platform for central bank digital currency instant settlement, the Healthcare Platform for secure medical record access, and the Next-Generation Secure Platform providing quantum-resistant authentication and encryption. These products share a common security foundation built on Post-Quantum Cryptography, HSM key management, and secret sharing technology, targeting financial institutions and healthcare providers seeking future-proof digital infrastructure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Platform Instant settlement system for all legal tender, designed to digitize the 97.4% of M2 Broad Money currency supply that exists outside central bank digital currencies. Built per IMF Staff Discussion Note guidance for central banks worldwide seeking CBDC issuance and instant settlement infrastructure.
• Healthcare Platform System enabling travelers to securely check immunization and medical records using their passport at airports, facilitating pandemic-resilient cross-border travel without cumbersome smartphone apps or paperwork, targeted at healthcare providers, public health authorities, and travel industry stakeholders.
• Next-Generation Secure Platform Quantum-resistant security platform using PSK authentication and Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) for fast, secure communications, designed to counter quantum computer threats and Harvest Now, Decrypt Later attacks while enabling sub-0.5-second cashless payments, instant medical data access, and password-free authentication via My Number Card.

Quantifiable outcome

• Payment processing in less than 0.5 seconds
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 February 2026UNIDO signed grant agreements with 47 Japanese companies including GVE for feasibility studies to test innovative technologies and business models with Ukrainian partners as part of a Green Industrial Recovery project for Ukraine. The initiative is funded by the Government of Japan and aims to introduce advanced technologies across sectors including ICT, energy, healthcare, and demining. Over 30,000 people are expected to gain new skills through this program. This partnership provides GVE with funding and a testing ground to validate its healthcare data management and secure transaction technologies in a real-world international development context.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• R3: R3's Corda platform is purpose-built for regulated financial institutions and has been deployed in central-bank and interbank settlement contexts. Directly comparable to GVE as both target financial institutions with permissioned DLT infrastructure.
• Anchorage Digital: Anchorage is a federally chartered digital asset bank providing institutional custody and key management for crypto assets. Comparable to GVE in the institutional-grade custody and key-management stack, with overlap on security architecture.
• Digital Asset Holdings: Digital Asset builds the Daml smart-contract language and enterprise DLT platform with deep financial-services adoption, including central-bank engagements. Directly comparable as both sell permissioned distributed-ledger infrastructure to financial institutions and central banks.
• Fireblocks: Fireblocks provides MPC-based digital asset custody, key management, and secure transfer infrastructure for institutions. Directly comparable to GVE in the HSM/key management and secure-transaction layer, though Fireblocks is crypto-asset focused rather than CBDC.
• ConsenSys: ConsenSys builds enterprise Ethereum infrastructure and has been engaged in multiple central-bank CBDC pilots globally. Comparable to GVE as both offer permissioned blockchain stacks and smart-contract tooling for digital currency issuance.
• Ripple: Ripple provides enterprise blockchain infrastructure for cross-border payments and has expanded into CBDC-adjacent services with its RippleCBDC platform. Directly comparable to GVE as both target central banks and financial institutions for digital currency settlement infrastructure.

Emerging players

• Quantum Dice: Quantum Dice develops quantum-random-number-generation and post-quantum cryptographic primitives for secure communications. Comparable to GVE as an emerging player in the post-quantum security stack for sensitive institutional use cases.

Broad incumbents

• Cloudflare: Cloudflare provides web security, authentication, and zero-trust networking at scale, including post-quantum cryptography initiatives. Comparable to GVE on the secure-communication and authentication layer for sensitive enterprise traffic.
• Hyperledger (Linux Foundation): Hyperledger is an open-source consortium of DLT frameworks (Fabric, Besu, Iroha) widely used in CBDC and enterprise blockchain deployments. Comparable to GVE as an underlying technology stack many central-bank CBDC implementations are built upon.
• IDEMIA: IDEMIA is a global leader in identity, biometric authentication, and secure credential issuance, with deep central-bank and government relationships. Comparable to GVE on the identity/authentication and government-issued credential layer of the digital currency stack.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• GitHubgithub.com/GVELtd
• Facebookfacebook.com/GVELtd

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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