VALANCE, a Tokyo-based AI-driven headless supply chain management provider, has raised ¥270 million in a Seed round, bringing its total funding to ¥310 million.
Investors
The round was led by Delight Ventures, with participation from SMBC Edge and Mitsubishi UFJ Capital.
Delight Ventures is an independent venture capital firm founded in 2019. Based in Tokyo, the firm focuses on seed and early-stage startups with the mission of dismantling traditional hurdles in the Japanese ecosystem, such as the stigma of failure and the pressure for premature IPOs. Beyond traditional investment, Delight Ventures operates a Venture Builder studio to help aspiring founders launch businesses from scratch and runs programs like DelightX, which bridges Japanese talent with Silicon Valley.
VALANCE Use of Funds
The funds will be used to enhance VALANCE’s AI capabilities in the SCM domain and expand its product development team.
About VALANCE
Founded by Shun Watanabe and Kimihiro Yamaguchi, VALANCE is a technology company that develops an AI-driven headless supply chain management (SCM) platform for small and medium-sized enterprises. Its flagship platform, VALANCE, automatically builds company-specific SCM infrastructures using uploaded documents and data, enabling real-time visualization and easy access via chat. Headquartered in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, VALANCE targets dormant assets within companies, such as analog business records and legacy data, and uses AI to automate workflows and optimize capital efficiency.
Funding Details
Company: VALANCE Inc.
Raised: ¥270.0M
Round: Seed
Funding Date: February 2026
Lead Investor: Delight Ventures
Additional Investors: SMBC Edge, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
Company Website: https://valance.co.jp/
Software Category: AI / Supply Chain Management / Enterprise Software
Source: https://valance.co.jp/news/2026-02-02-fundraising