Meister

What Meister does

Meister Corporation (株式会社マイスター) is a Japanese software company founded in 2000 and headquartered in Hakodate, Hokkaido, with a Tokyo branch office. The company specializes in visualization ("見える化") solutions built almost entirely on the Microsoft Visio and .NET platform, positioning itself as a long-standing Visio development partner in Japan. Its product portfolio spans Visio add-ons for facility management (VEDA), 2D-to-3D floor plan conversion (ViXAM), park and tree management (LandscapeManager), table planning (Floor Planner series), and digital baseball scorekeeping (Visco for Baseball 3, now succeeded by Visco mobile), alongside cloud-based offerings including ViXAM Cloud & Viewer (an xR streaming platform for BIM, point cloud, and 3D city model data) and Spits (a resident-collaboration service for Japanese municipalities), plus IoT sensor gateway solutions and exploratory AI/holographic products.

Meister's revenue model combines one-time software licensing for its Visio add-ons, professional services revenue from custom Visio customization and IoT/xR/FM solution development, and recurring or usage-based cloud revenue from ViXAM Cloud & Viewer, Spits, and score-delivery web services. Go-to-market is primarily direct: products are discovered on the corporate website and dedicated visio.jp portal, with conversion via inquiry forms and telephone-based sales for enterprise and government buyers, supplemented by self-serve cloud access for smaller customers. The customer base spans three primary verticals — Japanese municipalities, sports organizations (including official adoption at national university and youth baseball tournaments), and enterprise Visio users in facility management and spatial planning.

Operationally the company remains small (11-50 employees), privately held with no disclosed institutional ownership or external funding, and is led by President and CEO Hama Hiroyuki (濵 浩幸). Its competitive position rests on deep, multi-decade Visio specialization, long-tenured relationships with Japanese municipal and sports customers, and continuous JIS Q 27001 / ISO/IEC 27001 certification (held since 2006, most recently renewed 2024-07-21). All Visio-dependent products carry structural exposure to Microsoft's platform roadmap, while newer cloud and xR offerings represent the company's primary growth vector beyond its installed base.

Name

Meister

Legal name

株式会社マイスター

Website

https://mster.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Meister Corporation is a Japanese software company founded in 2000 that builds visualization, facility-management, and xR solutions primarily as Microsoft Visio add-ons and cloud services, serving Japanese municipalities, sports organizations, and enterprise Visio users.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Visualization and Spatial Data Software

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computer Systems Design Services (541512)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Software Engineering & Application Modernization (BPAHAEAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

XR/AR/VR/MR Development Frameworks & Toolchains (MPAFAFAF), Building Information Modeling (BIM) & Digital Design Services (BPAHAKAK)

Keywords

• Microsoft Visio add-ons
• Facility management software
• 3D spatial visualization
• Building information modeling
• Extended reality solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Hakodate

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, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Software Product Licensing: Meister generates revenue from selling and licensing its proprietary software products, including Visio add-ons (Visco for Baseball, ViXAM, VEDA, LandscapeManager, Floor Planner series) and mobile applications. These are sold as perpetual licenses requiring Microsoft Visio as a prerequisite.
2. Custom Development & Solutions Services: Meister provides custom solution development, Visio customization, IoT solutions, FM (Facility Management) solutions, xR solutions, web services, map information solutions, and project/process management solutions, generating revenue through professional services and custom development engagements.
3. Cloud & Subscription Services: Meister offers cloud-based services including ViXAM Cloud & Viewer (xR cloud service), Spits (municipal cloud service), and score delivery services, which may operate on a subscription or usage-based model.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Meister develops and sells proprietary Microsoft Visio add-on software (VEDA, ViXAM, Visco, LandscapeManager, Floor Planner series) that extend Visio into facility management, 3D visualization, and digital scorekeeping. The company also operates cloud-based services such as ViXAM Cloud & Viewer (xR visualization for BIM and 3D city models) and Spits (municipal resident collaboration cloud), and provides custom development, IoT, FM, and xR solutions on a professional services basis.

Product overview

Meister (株式会社マイスター) is a Japanese software company specializing in visualization ("見 化"), with a portfolio built around Microsoft Visio as a core platform. The product lineup centers on Visio-based solutions: ViXAM Cloud & Viewer (a cloud xR platform for BIM, point cloud, and 3D city model data), ViXAM (Visio-to-3D conversion), VEDA (Visio-database facility management integration), and Visco for Baseball 3/Visco mobile (digital scorebook solutions). Additional products include LandscapeManager and Floor Planner series (Visio add-ons for facility and table planning), and Spits (a cloud-based resident information sharing service for local governments). The company also offers IoT, FM (facility management), xR, BIM, Map, and Web service solutions under its broader service umbrella.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ViXAM Cloud & Viewer: xR solution for BIM, point cloud data, and 3D city models enabling large-scale data visualization without dependence on device processing capabilities
• Visco mobile
• Spits (スピッツ)
• VEDA
• Floor Planner 3D+
• Visco for Baseball 3

Products and services

• ViXAM Cloud & Viewer Cloud-based business metaverse solution that lets enterprise and government users view and interact with large-scale 3D data such as BIM models, point cloud data, and Japan's 3D city models in xR (MR/VR/AR) environments without requiring powerful local hardware.
• VEDA (Visio Extension of Database Assist) Facility management (FM) solution that integrates Microsoft Visio facility/equipment drawings with a database so users can move from drawing to database and from database back to drawing.
• ViXAM (ヴィグザム) Software that converts 2D Microsoft Office Visio floor plans into 3D solid data, with output viewable in the free ViXAM Viewer application for office layout and spatial design.
• Visco mobile Smartphone and tablet app that is the next-generation version of Visco for Baseball, enabling digital scorebook entry and management directly on mobile devices.
• Visco for Baseball 3 Microsoft Visio-based application for digitally managing baseball scorebooks, with a screen layout mirroring physical scorebooks, drag-and-drop scoring icons, automatic base runner advancement, real-time score aggregation, and text-file export for custom analysis. Note: development has since ended and it has been replaced by Visco mobile.
• LandscapeManager Microsoft Visio add-on solution that supports management of park facilities and trees for parks, landscaping, and municipal green-space operators.
• Floor Planner Microsoft Visio add-on that significantly accelerates table plan (seating/table layout) creation workflows for event and hospitality planners.
• Floor Planner 3D+ Enhanced successor to Floor Planner that advances table planning into the 3D content domain, building on established table-planning adoption.
• Spits (スピッツ) - Smart Public IT Service Cloud-based Smart Public IT Service that enables resident collaboration and information sharing over the internet for Japanese municipalities and local government bodies.
• Eye's AI AI-related product listed in Meister's catalog; a product pamphlet (PDF) is published on the company website but detailed feature descriptions are not provided in the source materials.
• Holo cooler Product listed in Meister's catalog; a product pamphlet (PDF) is published on the company website but detailed feature descriptions are not provided in the source materials.

Quantifiable outcome

• Visco for Baseball adopted for all score recording across Kinki University Baseball League (I~III Division) 2017 season
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 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.

• Microsoft CorporationcoreTechnology or IntegrationMeister's entire product portfolio is built on and extends Microsoft technology platforms. Products are add-on solutions for Microsoft Visio (requiring Visio 2016 as a prerequisite) and leverage the Microsoft .NET Framework. ViXAM Cloud integrates BIM and 3D city model data compatible with standard industry formats. The partnership is foundational to Meister's product strategy, with all Visio add-on products (Visco, VEDA, LandscapeManager, Floor Planner, ViXAM) being dependent on Microsoft's platforms.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Lucid Software: Maker of Lucidchart and Lucidspark, the primary cloud-native alternative to Microsoft Visio for diagramming and process visualization. Directly comparable because Meister's core add-ons compete for the same diagramming-and-visualization budget in Japanese enterprises.
• iGrafx: Process mapping and business process management software with strong overlap to Meister's facility-management and process-documentation use cases on Visio. Comparable as a niche diagramming/BPM vendor targeting operational use cases similar to Meister's FM customers.

Emerging players

• draw.io (JGraph): Free, open-source diagramming tool widely used as a low-cost Visio alternative. Comparable because it competes for the same entry-level diagramming seat that Meister's Visio add-ons extend upward into FM, BIM, and 3D use cases.

Broad incumbents

• Autodesk: Global leader in CAD and BIM software (AutoCAD, Revit) with adjacent cloud visualization offerings. Relevant as a broad incumbent competing for the same Japanese enterprise and municipal spatial/BIM budgets that Meister addresses through ViXAM and Visio-based FM.
• Bentley Systems: Infrastructure engineering software covering BIM, digital twins, and facility management at city and asset scale. Comparable because it competes for the same Japanese infrastructure and municipal digital-twin opportunities that ViXAM Cloud & Viewer targets.
• Dassault Systèmes: Provider of 3DEXPERIENCE, CATIA, and BIM/3D design platforms. Relevant as a broad incumbent in 3D and BIM where Meister's ViXAM line competes for visualization of large spatial models.
• Esri: Global GIS leader with deep penetration in Japanese municipal and infrastructure customers through Esri Japan. Comparable because Meister's municipal and FM solutions overlap with Esri's spatial-data stack in Japanese local government.
• Hexagon AB: Global provider of measurement, geospatial, and BIM/3D visualization software. Relevant as a broad incumbent competing for Japanese infrastructure and facility-management visualization budgets where Meister's ViXAM and VEDA are positioned.

Regional players

• Pasco Corporation: Japanese spatial data and GIS company serving central and local governments with geospatial information services. Comparable as a Japan-domestic spatial-data and municipal-IT vendor competing for overlapping local government digital budgets.
• KOKUSAI KOGYO: Japanese surveying, geospatial, and infrastructure consulting firm with municipal digital-government offerings. Comparable as a Japan-centric geospatial and municipal-services peer competing with Spits and Visio-based FM in the same local-government accounts.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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