Steins

What Steins does

Steins is a privately held, for-profit company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 2015. The company's public-facing tagline — "CREATE EXCITING PRODUCTS WITH OVERWHELMING TEAMWORK" — signals a product-oriented organization built around collaborative team execution, but no specific products, services, target customer segments, pricing models, distribution channels, or revenue mechanics are disclosed in the available data. The company website (steins.co.jp) is currently inaccessible, returning only a verification/loading page rather than substantive company information, which further limits visibility into the operating business.

Daiki Koyama serves as Representative Director, CEO, and Founder, and is the sole identified member of leadership. No additional management, employees, subsidiaries, investors, partners, customers, or geographic markets are documented in the input. The company has no disclosed funding history, no public ticker, no parent company, and no reported revenue, ARR, or headcount. Based on the evidence available, Steins is best characterized as a small, privately held Tokyo-based company whose specific products, market, business model, and scale cannot be determined from public information currently in scope.

Name

Steins

Website

https://steins.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Steins is a privately held Tokyo-based company founded in 2015 by CEO Daiki Koyama, describing itself as a collaborative product-focused organization, though its specific products, customers, and revenue model are not publicly disclosed.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Product Development Services

NAICS

Breweries (31212)

SIC

Malt Beverages (2082)

akta.pro primary industry

Beer Brewing & Craft Brewing (AFAFAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Beer Brewing & Brands (CRADAIAA), Alcoholic Beverage Blending, Bottling & Private Label (Non-Distilling) (AFAFAAAH)

Keywords

• Product development
• Creative products
• Team collaboration
• Product design
• Custom products

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Core offering

Steins is a Tokyo-based private company founded in 2015 whose stated mission is to "create exciting products with overwhelming teamwork." Specific product or service offerings are not described in the source material available; the company's website content is a verification/loading page with no substantive information about its commercial offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Broad incumbents

• Sapporo Holdings: One of Japan's four major brewers and a global beverage incumbent. Comparable as the dominant competitive backdrop in the Japanese beer market, against which any craft peer must compete for shelf and consumer attention.
• Kirin Holdings: Major Japanese brewer and global beverage player. Relevant as both a competitive incumbent and a potential acquirer of successful craft brands in the Japanese market.
• Asahi Group Holdings: Largest Japanese brewer by volume and a global beverages conglomerate. Sets the price/availability baseline that craft brewers like Steins must differentiate against.
• Suntory Beer: Beer division of Suntory Holdings and one of Japan's top brewers (The Premium Malt's). Comparable as the premium-tier incumbent whose pricing and positioning craft producers must navigate.

Direct peers

• Coedo Brewery: Saitama-based Japanese craft brewery specializing in premium beers with distinctive Japanese-inspired branding. Comparable as a domestically focused craft brewery building a premium brand identity.
• Yo-Ho Brewing Company: Japanese craft brewery producing a range of beers for domestic and international markets. Most directly comparable peer — same country, same craft-beer category, similar scale profile, and similar focus on building a distinctive domestic brand.
• Kiuchi Brewery (Hitachino Nest): Long-established Japanese craft brewery known internationally for the Hitachino Nest brand. Comparable to Steins as a Japanese craft producer with both domestic distribution and export presence.
• Sankt Gallen Brewery: Kanagawa-based craft brewery with a single flagship brand and on-premise taproom model. Closely comparable scale and operating model to a small Tokyo-area craft producer.
• Baird Brewing Company: Japanese craft brewery with taproom operations and multi-channel distribution across Japan. Comparable to Steins as a craft producer with on-premise and retail presence.

Emerging players

• Far Yeast Brewing: Tokyo-based craft brewery with a strong export-focused business and contemporary brand identity. Comparable to Steins as a similarly sized Tokyo craft producer, and a useful benchmark for export-led growth in the segment.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights3 records

Customer concentration

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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