CBA

What CBA does

CBA Inc. (株式会社CBA) is a Japanese venture-backed software company founded in January 2020 that builds CBA wellfest, a cloud-based waste management digital transformation (DX) platform serving Japanese industrial, general-waste, and valuable-materials-generating enterprises. The platform centralizes end-to-end waste operations — manifest issuance and tracking, contractor and permit management, compliance verification, multi-site organizational coordination, and dashboards for waste discharge analytics — and connects to the government-run JWNET electronic manifest system. Adjacent products include Eco Data Compass, launched October 2024 as a waste assessment and resource circulation diagnostic service, and the Transport-Driven (運びドリブン) module launched June 2025, which extends manifest handling to collection/transport operators. The technology stack runs on AWS infrastructure using Java, Kotlin, PHP, Python, and AWS RDS for SQL, with GitHub for CI/CD and Microsoft Teams for collaboration; a planned integration with NTT DATA's C-Turtle platform (full launch April 2026) will add Scope 3 Category 5 emissions calculation capability.

CBA generates revenue primarily through tiered SaaS subscriptions starting from ¥2,500 per month for SMB customers and enterprise-level annual contracts by consultation for multi-site deployments. Secondary revenue streams include Eco Data Compass professional assessment services and a planned Environmental Credit (環境与信) data product developed with Risk Monster for ESG evaluation, contractor screening, and environmental due diligence. The go-to-market motion combines PLG-style free demos and self-service trial entry points with enterprise field sales via industry exhibitions (エコプロ, NEW環境展), co-hosted seminars with strategic partners, and accelerator-facilitated introductions (Plug and Play Japan). By April 2025, CBA wellfest had surpassed 100 paying enterprise customers spanning chemicals, electronics, automotive, railway, real estate investment trusts, and construction.

The company is led by Representative Director Yoshito Usami (宇佐見良人), a serial enterprise systems professional (Atraxx, Sojitz, JEMS), alongside a Director/COO&CFO. Funding to date totals ¥230M in Series A from JAFCO Group (August 2022), supplemented by undisclosed strategic capital from Terilogy (network security, September 2021), Risk Monster (credit data, November 2021), and Keio Electric Railway (corporate investor, August 2024). CBA is recognized as EY Innovative Startup 2023 (Circular Economy category) and was selected for Plug and Play Japan's Winter/Spring 2024 Batch and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government DX Social Implementation Project. The company remains privately held with 1–10 employees and is actively recruiting across technical and commercial functions.

Name

CBA

Legal name

株式会社CBA

Website

https://cba-japan.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CBA is a Japanese venture-backed SaaS company founded in 2020 that provides CBA wellfest, a cloud-based waste management DX platform serving Japanese industrial and commercial waste-generating enterprises with manifest tracking, compliance tools, contractor management, and circular economy analytics.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Waste Management Software

NAICS

Waste Management and Remediation Services (562), Waste Collection (5621), Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services (56)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Waste Management & Hazardous Waste Compliance (RCRA, Universal Waste, Waste Characterization/Manifests) (EUAHABAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

C&D Waste Collection & Hauling (BPALAJAA)

Keywords

• Waste management software
• Manifest management platform
• Environmental compliance SaaS
• Resource circulation technology
• Industrial waste DX

Headquarters

HQ city

Minami

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. CBA wellfest SaaS Subscription: Cloud-based waste management platform subscription service with tiered pricing starting from ¥2,500 per month. Revenue generated through monthly/annual subscription fees based on organizational scale and feature requirements. Supports enterprise-wide deployment with multi-site management capabilities.
2. Eco Data Compass Assessment Services: One-time assessment and consulting services for waste management problem visualization and resource circulation roadmap development. Provides detailed investigations, compliance verification, and actionable recommendations.
3. Environmental Credit (環境与信) Data Services: Environmental evaluation indicators developed through partnership with Risk Monster, combining CBA's environmental load data with enterprise credit information. Intended for contractor screening, recommendation systems, ESG evaluation, and environmental credit investigation services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CBA operates a cloud-based waste management DX (Digital Transformation) platform called CBA wellfest that centralizes industrial, general, and valuable material waste management for waste-generating enterprises. The platform supports end-to-end manifest operations, contractor and license management, multi-site organizational control, compliance monitoring, waste flow visualization dashboards, and automated reporting for large-quantity waste generators. Adjacent services include Eco Data Compass waste assessment and Environmental Credit (環境与信) data analytics combining waste load data with corporate credit information for ESG evaluation.

Product overview

CBA offers a cloud-based waste management platform centered on CBA wellfest, which manages the complete lifecycle of waste from collection through disposal. The core platform, CBA wellfest, provides centralized manifest operations, permit and contract management, and waste visualization dashboards. Adjacent to it, Eco Data Compass provides waste assessment services for situation surveys and challenge identification. The CBA wellfest platform also includes add-on modules such as the transport-driven manifest functionality (運びドリブン) for the collection and transport stage, and the dashboard function for waste discharge visualization and site-by-site analytics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CBA wellfest A cloud-based waste management DX platform that manages the entire process of industrial and general waste from collection through disposal, providing centralized manifest operations, permit and contract management, waste discharge visualization dashboards, search functionality, and automatic report generation for large-quantity waste generators.
• Eco Data Compass A waste assessment service that conducts waste situation surveys and identifies challenges for waste-generating companies, providing diagnosis, problem visualization, compliance verification, cost optimization analysis, and improvement recommendations for waste reduction and resource recovery.
• CBA wellfest Transport-Driven Service (運びドリブン) A service within CBA wellfest enabling collection/transportation operators to handle manifest operations on behalf of waste-generating companies, providing proxy manifest creation, web calendar scheduling, and contract management capabilities.

Named customers10 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and strategic.

• 株式会社NTTデータcoreTechnology or Integration · 4 December 2025Platform integration partnership connecting CBA wellfest with NTT Data's C-Turtle GHG emission visualization platform. Enables efficient Scope 3 Category 5 (waste processing) emissions calculation. Joint customer 京王電鉄 validated data linkage for streamlined sustainability reporting. Full service launch planned April 2026.
• Plug and Play Japan株式会社 (through customer introduction)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 11 June 2025Plug and Play Japan introduced CBA to customer 清水建設 through their accelerator network, resulting in CBA wellfest adoption for construction industry waste management.
• 京王電鉄株式会社coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 August 2024Strategic investment and partnership for waste-related business DX support. Keio will use CBA wellfest for waste-related operations and environmental data reporting. Joint initiatives planned for resource circulation promotion along Keio lines, including area-specific circular economy development. Investment aligned with Keio's 'environmentally friendly' materiality focus.
• 株式会社EPGminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 July 2024Business partnership for restaurant waste management and manifest operations. EPG operates restaurant reservation services and advertising; partnership aims to advance DX for food waste issues in restaurant industry.
• 西日本電信電話株式会社strategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 January 2024Selected as co-creation partner in NTT West's Future-Build 2023 program for social issue resolution and future society creation. Advanced to business verification phase (March 2024) in Future-Build For Well-being society program at QUINTBRIDGE facility. Project focus on circular economy business.
• Plug and Play JapanstrategicGTM or Marketing Partner · 5 December 2023Global accelerator and VC selected CBA for Winter/Spring 2024 Batch in Energy category. Platform facilitates connections with large enterprises for innovation and partnership development. Facilitated introduction between CBA and customer 清水建設.
• リスクモンスター株式会社coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 November 2021Capital and business partnership for environmental credit evaluation model development. Combines CBA's waste load data with Risk Monster's enterprise credit information to create environmental credit indicators for contractor screening, recommendation systems, ESG evaluation, and environmental credit investigation services.
• 株式会社テリロジーcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 September 2021Capital and business partnership for DX and network security. Terilogy (TSE JASDAQ) provides cloud security expertise and network infrastructure support for CBA wellfest platform. DX-certified operator supporting CBA's digital transformation initiatives.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Emerging players

• Rubicon Technologies: Rubicon Technologies is a US-based waste and recycling technology company offering a SaaS platform for haulers and waste generators, including compliance, dispatching, and sustainability reporting. It is comparable to CBA in product scope and business model, though operating in a different (US) regulatory environment.

Direct peers

• Koujisha: Koujisha (公事社) provides electronic manifest (e-manifest) and waste management compliance solutions to Japanese waste generators and contractors. It is one of the closest direct competitors to CBA wellfest, addressing the same Japanese industrial waste regulatory workflow with overlapping JWNET connectivity.
• JEMS: JEMS is a Japanese environment and energy management systems provider that introduced compliance systems to ~400 leading Japanese companies. It is the founder Yoshito Usami's previous company and a direct comparable in the environmental management software space where CBA competes.
• Zero Corporation: Zero Corporation provides environmental management systems, including e-manifest and waste compliance SaaS, to Japanese enterprises. It is a direct domestic peer competing for the same waste generator compliance budget with overlapping JWNET-based functionality.

Others

• Terilogy: Terilogy is a TSE JASDAQ-listed network security and cloud infrastructure provider and CBA capital/business alliance partner. They provide cloud security and network support for the CBA wellfest platform and co-market to ESG-focused customers — an infrastructure and channel partner rather than a direct competitor.
• Riskmonster (Risk Monster): Riskmonster is a TSE-listed corporate credit and ESG data company that is also a CBA capital and business alliance partner. They co-develop the 'Environmental Credit' evaluation indicators combining waste load data with corporate credit information, making them an ecosystem partner and adjacent data provider rather than a direct competitor.

Broad incumbents

• TOMRA: TOMRA is a Norway-listed global leader in collection and sorting solutions for recycling, with growing investment in digital/AI-enabled waste data and analytics. It serves as a broad international comparable in the resource circulation technology space where CBA positions its Environmental Credit and resource recovery analytics offerings.
• NTT Data: NTT Data is a major Japanese IT services firm and the operator of the C-Turtle GHG accounting platform that CBA wellfest integrates with. While currently a partner, NTT Data's enterprise reach, ESG software portfolio, and distribution capabilities position it as a broad incumbent that could compete with or acquire CBA's compliance software capability.
• JFE Engineering: JFE Engineering is a major Japanese engineering and waste processing conglomerate offering waste-to-energy plants and recycling services. It overlaps with CBA as a large incumbent in the Japanese waste management ecosystem and could expand into SaaS-enabled waste data services leveraging its operational footprint.
• Dowa Holdings: Dowa Holdings is a Japanese environmental management and metals conglomerate with significant waste recycling, soil remediation, and resource circulation operations. It represents a potential broad incumbent competitor or partner for CBA in digitalizing industrial waste compliance.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/CBAwellfest
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/circular-business-accelerator

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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