What TENET does

TENET (株式会社TENET) is a Tokyo-based medical technology company founded in March 2020 that operates a vertically integrated healthcare ecosystem targeting Japanese clinics and hospitals. Its core proposition addresses the so-called 'medical trilemma' of access, cost, and quality by combining AI, online consultation, digital transformation, and comprehensive primary care delivery under a single platform. The company's technology stack spans a telemedicine platform enabling nationwide remote consultations, clinic and hospital DX/AX services for operational digitalization, AI-supported general practice clinic production, a medical media channel, hospital succession and revitalization programs, a micro specialty insurance product, and pharmaceutical planning and medical device development derived from clinical data.

TENET serves B2B customers exclusively, working directly with medical institutions (clinics and hospitals) through an enterprise field-sales motion. The target segments are small-to-medium clinics facing operational deficits and regional hospitals at risk of closure due to successor shortages, a context where the company cites approximately 86% of Japanese hospitals operating at deficit and medical expenses rising by ¥8 trillion over four years. Revenue is generated through subscription-style recurring engagements for DX/AX services and comprehensive clinic production support, supplemented by media, insurance, and pharmaceutical/medical device revenue streams. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed.

As of January 2026 the company employs approximately 20 people and is led by founder-CEO Hanafusa Hiroya, with a senior team recruited from Kameda General Hospital (CMdO), SMBC Nikko Securities (CFO), Benesse Holdings (CS/SC Head), KLab (Operations Head), and Nitori/Fast Retailing (advisors). The company is venture-backed by a syndicate including JAFCO, East Ventures, CyberAgent, SMBC Venture Capital, Mizuho Capital, Mitsui Sumitomo Trust Bank, and regional VCs from Shizuoka and Hiroshima. TENET is privately held with no IPO announced.

Name

TENET

Legal name

株式会社TENET

Website

https://tenet.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

TENET is a Tokyo-based healthcare technology company founded in 2020 that operates an integrated ecosystem of online consultation, clinic digital transformation, hospital revitalization, insurance, and pharmaceutical/medical device services for Japanese clinics and hospitals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Technology Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Primary Care & General Medicine Virtual Care (HLALAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Healthcare On‑Demand Platforms (Telehealth, Home Care, Nursing) (BPAMAHAH), Revenue Cycle, Coding & Telehealth Compliance Platforms (for provider orgs) (HLALABAM)

Keywords

• Healthcare digital transformation
• Online medical services
• Telemedicine platform
• Clinic DX support
• Medical institution services

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Medical Institution DX Services: TENET generates revenue by providing digital transformation services, technology solutions, and operational support to medical institutions (clinics and hospitals). Services include online medical consultation platform operation support, clinic management digitalization, and technology-enabled comprehensive primary care clinic production.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

TENET operates an integrated seven-business healthcare ecosystem targeting medical institutions (clinics and hospitals) across Japan. Its services span online medical consultations, medical media, hospital succession/revitalization, clinic and hospital DX/AX digitalization, micro specialty insurance, AI-driven comprehensive primary care clinic production, and pharmaceutical/medical device development. The portfolio is designed so that information, talent, data, and systems circulate across domains to simultaneously address Japan's healthcare trilemma of Access, Cost, and Quality.

Product overview

TENET operates as a platform-plus-modules healthcare ecosystem comprising seven interconnected business segments. The portfolio includes: online medical consultation services (オンライン診療事業) for nationwide healthcare delivery; a medical media business (医療メディア事業) for health information; hospital revitalization through business succession (事業継承病院再生事業); DX/AX solutions for clinics and hospitals; micro specialty insurance (少額専門保険事業); AI and DX-powered general practice clinic production (総合診療クリニックプロデュース事業); and pharmaceutical/medical device development (医薬品企画製造・医療機器開発事業). These seven segments form a circular ecosystem where information, talent, data, and infrastructure circulate across domains to redesign healthcare infrastructure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Online Medical Consultation Service (オンライン診療事業)

Quantifiable outcome

• Medical expenses increased by 8 trillion yen in just 4 years, with approximately 86% of hospitals operating at deficit

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature4 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• One Medical (Amazon): Tech-enabled primary-care platform combining in-person clinics with virtual care — highly comparable to TENET's 'comprehensive primary-care clinic production + online consultation' thesis, and a useful benchmark for integrated primary-care economics.
• Teladoc Health: Global telehealth incumbent offering virtual primary care, specialty consults, and provider enablement — comparable in online medical consultation and integrated virtual primary care, though at vastly larger scale and global footprint.
• M3, Inc. Large Japanese healthcare platform spanning physician networks, medical information sites, and digital health services — broad incumbent with overlapping capabilities in physician engagement, online medical information, and clinic-facing services.

Emerging players

• CureApp: Japanese digital therapeutics company deploying software-based treatments through hospitals and clinics — comparable as a Japan digital-health company selling tech-enabled healthcare products into provider channels.
• Praktice: Asia-focused digital-health company providing AI triage, online consultation infrastructure, and clinic management software — overlaps with TENET's online consultation and clinic DX offerings, especially for emerging Asia markets.
• Ubie: AI-native Japanese health-tech company providing AI symptom triage and clinic workflow tools to medical institutions — comparable in DX/AI-for-clinics angle and Japanese healthcare focus, though narrower product surface.
• AI Medical Service: Japan-based developer of AI-driven endoscopic and clinical decision-support tools for hospitals — overlapping in applying AI/DX to Japanese provider workflows and competing for the same hospital-IT budgets.

Direct peers

• MICIN: Japan-headquartered telehealth and online medical-consultation platform provider serving hospitals, clinics, and patients — closest direct competitor in TENET's online-consultation and provider-side virtual care business.
• Medley: Japanese digital-health company operating job-board, online consultation, and clinic DX businesses serving medical institutions — directly comparable in B2B healthcare technology, target customers (clinics/hospitals), and Japanese-market focus.

Regional players

• Doctor Anywhere: Southeast Asia-based telehealth and digital-health platform offering online consultation and corporate health benefits — analogous business model in primary-care virtual care and employer/insurer partnerships, but geographically focused on SEA rather than Japan.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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