Name

TERA Tech

Legal name

株式会社TERA Tech Inc.

Website

https://corp.tt-inc.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. 楽寺務 (RAKUJIMU) - Temple Management Subscription: Modular subscription service for temple administration support. Temples select desired functions (台帳管理, おたより・発送, 行事管理, 広報・対話, 決済・集金, 会計・収支) and receive a dedicated '寺務長' plus AI-powered automation. Revenue is recurring based on selected modules and support level.
2. MIHOTOKE - Temple-Exclusive Handcraft Products: Temple-exclusive handcraft brand selling products like 仏茶 (Buccha) green tea and 仏朱 (Busshu) hand-made washi paper goshuin stamps. Products are only available at participating temples, creating a unique distribution model. Revenue from product sales with partial returns to creators and producing regions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

TERA Tech provides a modular temple management subscription (楽寺務 / RAKUJIMU) for Japanese Buddhist temples that bundles a dedicated human 寺務長 (temple affairs manager) with AI-powered automation for temple ledger management, member notifications, event administration, PR/dialogue, accounting, and collections. The offering is built on the patented Terateku-cho member management system and is sold via free LINE consultation with custom modular pricing.

Product overview

TERA Tech offers a dual-product portfolio: (1) 楽寺務（RAKUJIMU）is the core temple management service combining human administrative secretaries (担当寺務長) with AI-powered automation (AI事務局) built on the patented テラテク帳 temple ledger system; and (2) MIHOTOKE is a temple-exclusive handmade crafts brand featuring 仏茶（Buccha）sustainable green tea and 仏朱（Busshu）handmade washi paper goshuin. The 楽寺務 system provides modular services including ledger digitization, announcements/mailing, event management, PR/dialogue, payments/collection, and accounting—all coordinated through the dedicated 担当寺務長.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• 楽寺務 (RAKUJIMU): 寺院運営の総合支援サービス - Comprehensive temple management support service including temple member management, temple communications, accounting, and DX solutions.
• MIHOTOKE

Products and services

• RAKUJIMU (楽寺務) Comprehensive temple operations support subscription for Japanese Buddhist temples, providing a dedicated 寺務長 (temple affairs manager) as single-window contact combined with AI Secretariat automation across ledger management, communications, accounting, and payment collection through modular service layers.
• Terateku-cho (テラテク帳) Patented temple member (檀家) ledger management system with automatic donor-successor designation function (Patent No. 7705103). Digitizes handwritten historical records and paper registries into future-proof digital assets and serves as the foundation system underlying all RAKUJIMU services.
• MIHOTOKE Temple-exclusive handcraft brand connecting regional artisans with Buddhist temples for cultural preservation. Sold only at participating temples, with a portion of proceeds returning to the makers and producing regions.
• Buccha (仏茶) Temple-exclusive sustainable green tea beverage made from organic JAS-certified tea leaves from the 400-year Seitoen farm in Fujieda, Shizuoka. Features tea-field preservation, satoyama conservation, and CO2 reduction tracking, sold only at participating temples.
• Busshu (仏朱) Temple-exclusive goshuin (御朱印) stamp printed on handmade washi paper from Mino, Gifu, hand-made by papermaker Terada Sachiyo. Features gold and red foil designs and is sold only at participating temples as a commemorative item for temple visitors.

Quantifiable outcome

• 86.2% reduction in temple administrative time
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and key.

• 青透園 (Seitoen) - Organic Tea GardencoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2025Partnership with 400+ year old organic tea garden in Fujieda, Shizuoka Prefecture for the 仏茶 (Buccha) sustainable green tea product. 青透園 provides organic JAS certified tea leaves and participates in environmental impact tracking. TERA Tech develops and markets the product exclusively through temples.
• 寺田 幸代 (Terada Sachiyo) - Washi Paper CraftsmancoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Collaboration with traditional washi paper craftsman in Mino City, Gifu Prefecture. 寺田幸代 hand-makes washi paper used for the 仏朱 (Busshu) temple goshuin stamps. Her workshop is among fewer than 400 remaining handmade washi producers in Japan (down from 68,000 a century ago).
• 全日本仏教会 (All Japan Buddhist Council) - Supporting MemberkeyStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2022TERA Tech is a supporting (賛助) member of the All Japan Buddhist Council, engaging in corporate activities alongside the Buddhist community. This membership provides legitimacy and network access within the temple community.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• freee: Japanese SaaS leader providing cloud accounting and HR/payroll software for SMBs. TERA Tech's accounting and 法人 compliance modules compete for the same priest 'back-office' budget; comparable in its vertical SaaS-+-AI style automation of Japanese SMB compliance workflows.
• Cybozu: Long-standing Japanese SaaS vendor with kintone, Garoon, and MailWise serving SMBs and teams. Cybozu's kintone no-code platform often serves temples, schools, and NPOs, overlapping with TERA Tech's collaborative administration workflow use cases.
• Money Forward: Established Japanese SaaS platform spanning accounting, payroll, and finance for SMBs and consumers. TERA Tech's accounting and financial workflow automation for temples is a niche vertical analog of Money Forward's broader SMB finance stack, with overlap in religious 法人 accounting needs.
• Chatwork: Japanese SMB-focused business communication SaaS. While not directly competing with temple management, Chatwork is a comparable Japanese SMB SaaS targeting traditional/relationship-driven businesses, similar to TERA Tech's priest-led clientele.
• Sansan: Leading Japanese B2B SaaS company offering digital business card capture, contract management, and CRM. Sansan represents a comparable Japanese SaaS business model (vertical platform play, strong data network effects) at much larger scale and is a useful benchmark for TERA Tech's path to scale.
• Kamakura Shinsho: Listed Japanese company serving end-of-life and funeral services, including temple-related information platforms. Operates in the same broader religious/ecclesiastical ecosystem as TERA Tech, with overlap on temple-side digitization opportunities (memorial services, family registries).

Emerging players

• LITALICO: Japanese social-purpose SaaS and services company addressing education, welfare, and human-services verticals. Comparable to TERA Tech in its mission-driven vertical SaaS approach addressing underserved stakeholder groups in Japan.
• STORES: Japanese SMB SaaS suite covering e-commerce, payments, and reservations. Comparable to TERA Tech's MIHOTOKE commerce layer and overall SMB SaaS-plus-distribution model targeting small, traditional Japanese businesses.
• Obo-san (お坊さん) delivery services: Japanese online platform connecting Buddhist monks with families for funeral and memorial services. Operates in the same Japanese Buddhist ecosystem as TERA Tech, with potential overlap on digital tooling for priests and parish management.
• Vivola: Japanese SaaS platform digitizing operations for traditional Japanese industries (salons, restaurants, etc.). Vivola is comparable to TERA Tech in its vertical SaaS approach to culturally-rooted SMBs in Japan, with a similar go-to-market style of replacing paper-based workflows.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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