Solabo

What Solabo does

株式会社SoLabo (SoLabo, Inc.) is a Tokyo-headquartered, founder-led Japanese kabushiki kaisha established in December 2015 by CEO Tahara Koichi (田原 宏一), a former TAC lecturer and qualified tax accountant. The company operates a multi-service platform for Japanese small and medium enterprises and their tax advisors, offering financing support, subsidy-application support, company setup, startup support, ongoing tax advisory, outsourced CFO functions, business succession and matchmaking, local-government support, community-management support, and marketing support. SoLabo holds the 経営革新等支援機関 (Management Innovation Support Organization) certification granted on 2018-10-01, and claims Japan's #1 ranking among 認定支援機関 for 事業再構築補助金 (Business Restructuring Subsidy) approvals across five consecutive public-recruitment rounds (4th through 8th), supported by cumulative scale evidence of 8,000+ financing-support cases, 1,300+ subsidy-application cases, and ~10,000+ funding-consultation cases.

The company's core technology is TaxSys, an AI-OCR and data-linkage SaaS for tax-accountant offices that ingests scanned/photographed receipts and invoices, converts them to structured accounting entries, and links them to Yayoi Accounting and Google Drive. TaxSys underpins TAX GROUP, an AI-powered tax-accountant franchise/community launched in September 2025 that surpassed 100 member offices within ~7 months and targets 600/1,500/3,000 offices by end-2026/2027/2028. SoLabo also operates Furatto+, a professional community for tax accountants supported through sponsorship deals with Yayoi, GO Corporation, and MAP Management; the group tax-accountant corporation 税理士法人SoLabo; the QUARTET WORKS share-office brand; and a portfolio of SEO-driven owned-media sites (FUTOKORO, 補助金ガイド, 開業支援ガイド, 創業融資ガイド, 資金調達ノート).

SoLabo monetizes through a mix of professional-services fees (financing and subsidy application engagements, retainer-based tax advisory and CFO outsourcing), recurring subscription/franchise revenue from TAX GROUP member offices, managed-services revenue from QUARTET WORKS share-office rentals, and sponsorship/licensing revenue from Furatto partners such as Yayoi, GO, and MAP Management. Distribution combines free nationwide phone (0120-356-117 / 0120-188-117) and web consultation funnels, owned-media inbound, partner-mediated referrals through the Furatto/TAX GROUP channel, and physical storefronts. The company is privately held with no disclosed revenue, funding rounds (beyond a ¥9M subsidy grant for QUARTET WORKS), or institutional investors.

Name

Solabo

Legal name

株式会社SoLabo (SoLabo Co., Ltd.)

Website

https://so-labo.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Short description

株式会社SoLabo is a Tokyo-based, founder-led Japanese SMB support platform providing financing/subsidy advisory, tax/CFO services, the TaxSys AI-OCR SaaS, and the TAX GROUP franchise for tax-accountant offices, serving Japanese SMEs nationwide and tax professionals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

SME Business Consulting & Tax-Accountant SaaS

NAICS

Offices of Certified Public Accountants (541211), Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services (5412)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

General Ledger & Close (Journal Entries, Month-End Close, Reconciliations) (BPAAAGAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Tax Operations Support (Indirect Tax, Withholding, Compliance Admin) (BPAAAGAI)

Keywords

• SME financing advisory
• Subsidy application support
• AI-OCR tax automation
• Tax accountant community
• CFO outsourcing services

Headquarters

HQ city

Shibuya-ku, Tokyo (Sendagaya)

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional services (financing & subsidy application support): Fee-based consulting and application support for SME financing (創業融資, 資金調達) and subsidy applications (事業再構築/新事業進出補助金, 小規模事業者持続化補助金, IT導入補助金, ものづくり補助金). Backed by 8,000+ financing support cases as marketing evidence.
2. Company setup, tax advisory & CFO services: Recurring/retainer services including 会社設立支援, 創業支援, 税務顧問, and 財務支援（CFO代行） for SME clients.
3. TAX GROUP franchise/community fees: Recurring franchise or membership fees from tax accountant offices joining the TAX GROUP AI-powered tax support service (TaxSys, CRM, community). 100+ member offices in 7 months; targets 600 (end 2026), 1,500 (end 2027), 3,000 (end 2028).
4. Co-working / share office (Quartet Works): Rental revenue from share-office space 'QUARTET WORKS' operated inside Kanagawa University Minato Mirai Campus (launched 2021-09-01) and the 松戸スタートアップオフィス.
5. Strategic / sponsorship partnerships: Revenue from sponsorship agreements (e.g., GO Corporation, Yayoi Corporation, MAP Management) attaching to the Furatto community and other media assets, plus joint data-utilization and product collaboration with peer tax corporations such as Rewrite Tax Corporation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

SoLabo provides professional consulting and SaaS-based support for Japanese small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and tax accountant offices. Its core offerings include financing support (8,000+ cases), government subsidy application support (1,300+ cases), company setup, startup support, tax advisory, CFO outsourcing, and a proprietary AI-OCR SaaS platform called TaxSys that automates bookkeeping and links to accounting software, packaged within the TAX GROUP franchise community for tax offices.

Product overview

SoLabo offers a multi-product platform for SMEs and tax/accounting professionals in Japan, combining a core AI-enabled product (TaxSys) with a franchise/community layer (TAX GROUP) and a professional community (Furatto / Furatto+), all backed by a group of consulting services (financing, subsidies, company setup, tax advisor, CFO outsourcing, etc.), a tax accountant corporation (税理士法人SoLabo), a share office business (QUARTET WORKS), and a portfolio of owned-media sites (補助金ガイド, 開業支援ガイド, 創業融資ガイド, 資金調達ノート, FUTOKORO). TaxSys is the technical core that powers AI-OCR and data linkage across the TAX GROUP member network, while TAX GROUP packages TaxSys with CRM tools and community knowledge sharing for tax offices. Furatto+ sits on top of this as the community/learning layer for accounting and tax professionals, and the broader SoLabo consulting services and owned-media assets generate leads and SMB client relationships that feed the broader SoLabo ecosystem.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TAX GROUP: AI-powered tax support service / franchise network for tax accountant offices providing AI-OCR automation, TaxSys data management, CRM tools, and community platform.
• Quartet works
• ふらっと＋ (Furatto)
• TaxSys
• FUTOKORO
• 開業支援ガイド
• 補助金ガイド
• 創業融資ガイド (jfc-guide.com)
• 資金調達ノート (start-note.com)

Products and services

• SoLabo Financing Support (融資支援) Fee-based consulting and application support service for Japanese SMBs to secure bank financing (創業融資 etc.). Backed by 8,000+ cumulative financing-support cases. For SMB founders and growth-stage operators.
• SoLabo Subsidy Application Support (補助金申請支援) Fee-based application support for Japanese government subsidy programs covering equipment investment, sales-channel expansion, and operational efficiency. For SMB founders and growth-stage operators.
• SoLabo Company Setup Support (会社設立支援) Service guiding Japanese SMBs through company formation procedures and registration. For pre-founders and recently founded SMBs.
• SoLabo Startup Support (創業支援) Hands-on advisory support for Japanese SMB founders during the early post-founding phase (within two fiscal periods). For startup-stage operators.
• SoLabo Tax Advisor Service (税務顧問) Ongoing retainer-based tax advisory service for SME clients, provided through the SoLabo group in conjunction with 税理士法人SoLabo. For SMB clients needing recurring tax counsel.
• SoLabo Financial Support / CFO Outsourcing (財務支援・CFO代行) Outsourced CFO function for Japanese SMEs covering financial planning, cash-flow management, and CFO代行 services. For SMBs lacking in-house finance leadership.
• SoLabo Business Succession & Business Matching Support (事業承継・ビジネスマッチング支援) Advisory service supporting Japanese SMBs with business succession planning and partner/counterparty introductions. For maturing SMB owners.
• SoLabo Municipal Support (自治体支援) Service applying SoLabo's SME support know-how to Japanese municipal economic-development and entrepreneur-support programs. For local government clients.
• SoLabo Community Management Support (コミュニティ運営支援) Service supporting the planning and operation of professional communities, leveraging SoLabo's own experience building Furatto+. For organizations that want to launch or grow a professional community.
• SoLabo Marketing Support (マーケティング支援) Service providing web production, operation/management, and web marketing for Japanese SMB clients. For SMBs needing digital marketing support.
• TaxSys (AI-OCR & data linkage SaaS) Cloud-native AI-OCR and data linkage tool for tax accountant offices. Automatically digitizes scanned/photographed receipts and invoices and links the extracted data to accounting systems such as Yayoi Accounting. Delivered as part of TAX GROUP membership. For Japanese tax accountant offices.
• TAX GROUP (AI-powered tax support franchise) AI-powered tax support franchise/community network launched September 2025, bundling TaxSys AI-OCR automation, CRM tools, and a tax-office community platform. Generates recurring franchise/membership revenue. For Japanese tax accountant offices.
• SoLabo Tax Accountant Corporation (税理士法人SoLabo) Group tax-accountant corporation providing professional tax advisory and filing services, and serving as a real-world implementation site for AI/data-driven tax tools. For SMB clients needing tax filing and advisory.
• QUARTET WORKS (Share Office) Share-office / co-working space brand operated by SoLabo, including a location inside Kanagawa University's Minato Mirai campus. Generates rental revenue. For founders and SMB operators seeking workspace.

Quantifiable outcome

• ~50% reduction in bookkeeping workload and 25–35% improvement in overall operational efficiency at SoNiC Accounting Office after TaxSys deployment
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability7 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered moderate — local-government partnership enables joint sme support programs in nara., moderate — adds another consulting partner to the furatto sponsorship roster., strategic — joint offering targeting the real-estate entrepreneur segment., strategic — sponsorship agreement opening b2b distribution for go business via furatto members., flagship — co-development of ai/big-data tools for the tax industry, with rewrite featured as a taxsys case study (¥1.7m cost reduction)., strategic — flagship sponsorship of furatto community plus deep product integration (yayoi accounting × taxsys import). and strategic — combined 認定支援機関 + listed company partnership handling 10,000+ subsidy-application engagements..

• Tenri City (奈良県天理市)moderate — local-government partnership enables joint sme support programs in nara.Strategic or Co-development Partner · 5 June 2026Comprehensive cooperation agreement (包括連携協定) between SoLabo and Nara Prefecture Tenri City, applying SoLabo's SME support know-how (financing, subsidies, accounting, business succession) to municipal economic-development initiatives.
• MAP Management (株式会社ＭＡＰ経営)moderate — adds another consulting partner to the furatto sponsorship roster.GTM or Marketing Partner · 20 May 2026Furatto sponsorship agreement with MAP Management Co., Ltd. announced 2026-05-20, extending the Furatto community's sponsor partner lineup.
• Maruishi Tax Corporation (丸石税理士法人)strategic — joint offering targeting the real-estate entrepreneur segment.Strategic or Co-development Partner · 31 March 2026Partnership to provide comprehensive support for entrepreneurs starting a real-estate business in Japan, covering tax, financing, web customer attraction, and startup procedures. The collaboration positions both firms to address the entrepreneur journey from launch to business stability.
• GO Corporation (GO株式会社)strategic — sponsorship agreement opening b2b distribution for go business via furatto members.GTM or Marketing Partner · 15 March 2026Sponsorship agreement under which GO Corporation (operator of Japan's leading taxi app 'GO' and B2B billing service 'GO BUSINESS') partners with the Furatto accounting professional community. Tax accountants and certified tax accountants will recommend GO BUSINESS as a DX solution to corporate clients, expanding GO's B2B reach. Furatto members receive knowledge and resources on corporate taxi operations and expense-management digitalization.
• Rewrite Tax Corporation (税理士法人リライト)flagship — co-development of ai/big-data tools for the tax industry, with rewrite featured as a taxsys case study (¥1.7m cost reduction).Strategic or Co-development Partner · 2 March 2026Strategic partnership combining both firms' positions as tax accountant corporations with AI and big-data technology capabilities. Aims to develop practical on-site AI tools that accumulate data from actual tax/accounting work, moving AI use from theory to field-implementable solutions through product collaboration, joint data utilization, and information dissemination.
• Yayoi Corporation (弥生株式会社)strategic — flagship sponsorship of furatto community plus deep product integration (yayoi accounting × taxsys import).GTM or Marketing Partner · 1 March 2026Sponsorship agreement for the Furatto accounting/tax community addressing aging workforce, skill gaps among young professionals, and digitalization. Combines Yayoi Series know-how with SoLabo's professional community; SoLabo introduces partner companies to members for business matching. The TaxSys × 弥生会計 integration (covered) is the technical counterpart of this alliance.
• Writeup Inc. (株式会社ライトアップ)strategic — combined 認定支援機関 + listed company partnership handling 10,000+ subsidy-application engagements.Implementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2022Partnership with listed consulting firm Writeup Inc. to jointly support 事業再構築補助金 applicants; Writeup contributes 10,000+ subsidy application cases as scale evidence while SoLabo provides 認定支援機関 review and content media reach.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Yayoi Co., Ltd. Yayoi is the dominant legacy accounting-software vendor in Japan (\u5f25\u751f\u4f1a\u8a08 series) and a SoLabo sponsor/integration partner. It is both a collaboration partner (TaxSys \u00d7 Yayoi import) and a broad incumbent whose bundled offerings overlap with SoLabo's SaaS ambitions.
• OBIC Business Consultants (OBC): OBC provides \u5949\u884c cloud accounting, payroll and tax SaaS to Japanese SMBs and tax-accountant firms, overlapping with SoLabo's TaxSys and CFO services as a broader incumbent with deeper enterprise distribution.
• Funai Soken (Funai Consulting): Funai Soken is a large Japanese management-consulting firm targeting SMBs across management, accounting and DX, comparable in customer segment to SoLabo's CFO outsourcing and business-succession advisory lines.

Emerging players

• TOMA Consultants Group: TOMA is a tax-accountant and consulting group offering CFO outsourcing, business succession and SME advisory in Japan, comparable to SoLabo's \u8ca1\u52d9\u652f\u63f4/\u4e8b\u696d\u6276\u7d99 line and a potential partner or competitor for mid-market SME clients.
• MJS (Miroku Jyoho Service): MJS provides accounting, tax-filing and back-office SaaS (\u30de\u30eb\u5e55, GALAXY) to Japanese tax-accountant firms and SMBs, partially overlapping with TaxSys and SoLabo's tax-advisory services.
• Star Accounting Co., Ltd. Star Accounting operates a tax-accountant network with cloud-bookkeeping tools in Japan, an emerging peer to SoLabo's TAX GROUP franchise and Furatto community for member-accountant distribution and SaaS bundling.

Direct peers

• freee K.K. freee is a leading cloud-accounting and tax SaaS provider for Japanese SMBs and tax offices (freee\u4f1a\u8a08, freee\u4eba\u4e8b\u52e4\u52a9), competing directly with TaxSys on AI-OCR and cloud-bookkeeping workflows targeted at SoLabo's same SME and tax-accountant customer base.
• Money Forward, Inc. Money Forward offers MF\u30af\u30e9\u30a6\u30c9\u4f1a\u8a08 and adjacent HR/payroll SaaS, positioning it as a direct competitor to TaxSys for tax-accountant offices and to SoLabo's broader CFO/back-office services for SMEs in Japan.
• TKC Corporation: TKC operates Japan's largest tax-accountant franchise network (TKC\u5168\u56fd\u4f1a) with thousands of member offices using its integrated accounting/tax SaaS (TKC\u8cec\u8a13\u30b7\u30b9\u30c6\u30e0), making it the closest direct analogue to SoLabo's TAX GROUP franchise + TaxSys SaaS bundle.
• Writeup Inc. Writeup is a listed Japanese consulting firm specializing in subsidy-application support (\u4e8b\u696d\u518d\u69cb\u7bc9\u88dc\u52a9\u91d1 etc.) with 10,000+ cases, making it the most direct head-to-head competitor in SoLabo's core financing/subsidy advisory line.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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