Far Beyond

What Far Beyond does

Far Beyond (合同会社ファービヨンド) is a privately held Japanese limited liability company founded in October 2010 and headquartered in Shinjuku, Tokyo, operating with approximately 10 employees including contractors and part-time staff. The company's core product is a suite of user-participatory map applications covering restrooms, hot springs, smoking areas, fishing spots, historical landmarks, disaster prevention facilities, hospitals, bicycle/motorcycle parking, vending machines, and job locations. These are distributed on iOS, Android, and via the share-map.net web platform, with monetization through in-app advertising and optional ad-free subscriptions priced at ¥150/month on Android and ¥300/month on iOS.

Far Beyond monetizes through a diversified set of revenue streams: digital advertising agency services across Google Ads, Yahoo, Facebook Ads, TikTok Ads, and DSP platforms; SaaS-style tools including Area Boost (local area marketing) and SNS Auto Poster (AI-assisted multi-platform social media automation); a Location Information API that licenses crowdsourced venue data to third parties; a fee-based IT recruitment service operated via the group company Beyond Inc. and focused on Japanese-speaking Indian engineers; and internet reputation management services. The company is also developing an AI Vibe Coding System for accelerated web and app development using generative AI.

The customer base spans general consumers (free and ¥150–¥300/month map app users), local small and medium businesses (Area Boost), corporate advertisers (agency services), and Japanese IT-hiring firms (recruitment placements). Distribution relies heavily on earned media — features by Hikakin TV, NHK BS Premium, NTV, Softbank official, and NTT Docomo dApp & Review — supplemented by app store optimization and organic social on X and Facebook. The company holds a Type II Telecommunications Operator Registration, a fee-based employment placement permit (via Beyond Inc.), and a used goods dealer permit, and maintains no disclosed external investors.

Name

Far Beyond

Legal name

合同会社ファービヨンド

Website

https://far-beyond.biz

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Far Beyond (合同会社ファービヨンド) is a Tokyo-based Japanese LLC that develops and operates a suite of user-generated map applications for restrooms, hot springs, fishing spots, and other locations, alongside AI-driven marketing SaaS, digital advertising services, a location data API, and IT recruitment via group company Beyond Inc.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Location-based mobile applications

NAICS

Advertising Agencies (541810), Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services (519290), Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services (51929)

SIC

Services-Advertising Agencies (7311), Services-Advertising (7310), Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Local & City Guide Content Aggregators (MPACAKAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Local Search & Business Directories (BPAMAAAE)

Keywords

• Location-based mobile apps
• Crowdsourced map data
• Digital advertising agency
• AI social media automation
• IT engineer recruitment

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Advertising Agency Services: Handles digital advertising campaigns including banner ads, search-based ads, behavioral targeting, and DSP advertising for major portal sites and social platforms.
2. Map App Advertising: Free map applications with optional ad-free subscription (150 yen/month on Android, 300 yen/month on iOS). Revenue from in-app advertising and premium subscriptions.
3. Media Production and Operation: Creation and operation of internet media and mass media content, producing creative media that appeals to user senses.
4. AI Development Tools (Area Boost, SNS Auto Poster): Web apps for local business marketing support and social media automation, offered to businesses.
5. Fee-based Employment Placement (有料職業紹介): Recruitment service connecting companies with IT engineers (primarily Japanese-speaking Indian professionals), with success-based fees upon employment.
6. Location Information API: API providing real-time location data for smoking areas, restrooms, fishing spots, hot springs for content enhancement.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Far Beyond develops and operates a suite of user-participatory crowdsourced map applications covering restrooms, hot springs, smoking areas, fishing spots, hospitals, parking, and other location-based categories, distributed on iOS, Android, and the web. The company also provides digital advertising agency services across Google, Yahoo!, Facebook, TikTok, and DSP platforms, sells AI-powered marketing tools (Area Boost and SNS Auto Poster), licenses a real-time Location Information API, and operates a fee-based IT engineer recruitment service through group company Beyond Inc.

Product overview

Far Beyond operates a suite of user-generated content (UGC) map applications under the shared マップくん/マップ品牌, covering restroom locations, hot spring/spa facilities, smoking areas, fishing spots, historical landmarks, disaster prevention facilities, hospitals, parking, vending machines, and job searches. The flagship is a series of standalone iOS/Android apps unified under the Information Sharing Map platform. An integrated web version (情報共有マップくん ウェブサイト版, share-map.net) consolidates all map categories into a single browser-accessible service. Supporting the map ecosystem are two AI-powered tools: Area Boost for local-area customer acquisition and SNS Auto Poster for AI-driven social media automation. The company also provides a Location Information API for third-party data access, manages advertising campaigns across major platforms, operates a fee-based employment placement service (via group company), and offers internet reputation management services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Restroom Information Sharing Map (トイレ情報共有マップくん)

Quantifiable outcome

• Multiple map apps featured in major Japanese media including Hikakin TV, Japanese TV networks, Softbank official, NTT Docomo

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability3 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• 株式会社ビヨンド (Beyond Inc.)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRelated company handling the fee-based employment placement (有料職業紹介) business. Beyond Inc. provides the recruitment service connecting companies with IT engineers, primarily Japanese-speaking Indian professionals, to address Japan's IT talent shortage.
• Apple Inc.coreTechnology or IntegrationiOS App Store distribution partner for map applications. Apps available on iOS platform with dedicated App Store listings.
• Google Inc.coreTechnology or IntegrationAndroid app distribution partner (Google Play) and advertising platform partner (Google Ads, Google Analytics). Enables app distribution and ad campaign management.
• 株式会社サイバーエージェント (CyberAgent)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAdvertising and media business partner for ad distribution.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Waze: Community-driven, user-contributed map and navigation app. Closely comparable to Far Beyond's Information Sharing Map concept, where users contribute and benefit from crowdsourced location information across specialized categories.
• NAVITIME JAPAN: Leading Japanese provider of navigation, map, and location-based information services. Directly comparable as a Japan-focused map/navigation platform with multiple specialized location categories and consumer-facing apps.
• Buffer: SaaS social media management platform with multi-network scheduling. Directly comparable to Far Beyond's SNS Auto Poster, which schedules posts across X, LinkedIn, Facebook, Bluesky, Threads, and blogs.
• Indeed (Recruit Holdings): Global job search platform with map-based job discovery. Directly comparable to Far Beyond's DaijobMap product, which lets users find jobs via location-based map interfaces.

Broad incumbents

• Recruit Holdings: Japan's largest HR, recruitment, and information services conglomerate. Comparable to Far Beyond's fee-based employment placement service (via Beyond Inc.), operating at vastly larger scale.
• CyberAgent: Major Japanese internet advertising and media company. Directly comparable to Far Beyond's advertising agency services, operating at much larger scale across digital ad platforms.
• Yahoo! JAPAN (LY Corporation): Major Japanese web portal and advertising platform. Comparable to Far Beyond's local search/directory functionality and its digital advertising agency services across Yahoo! Japan ads.
• Dentsu Digital: Large Japanese digital advertising and marketing agency. Comparable to Far Beyond's digital ad agency offering (Google Ads, Yahoo!, Facebook, TikTok, DSP), operating at significantly greater scale.
• Google Maps (Alphabet): The dominant global maps and local-search platform. Competes broadly with Far Beyond's map apps on every location category (restrooms, hospitals, parking, etc.) and dwarfs them in user reach and data depth.

Emerging players

• Mapbox: Developer-focused map and location data platform with APIs and SDKs. Comparable to Far Beyond's Location Information API product line and to its web/map development services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/FarBeyond_LLC
• Facebookfacebook.com/FarBeyondcorp
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/far-beyondllc

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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