Michibiku
Cloud platform for board meeting management and governance.
| Date | Investors | Amount | Round |
|---|---|---|---|
| investor investor investor | €0.0 | round | |
* | JPY350m | Seed | |
| Total Funding | 000k | ||
Michibiku Inc., founded in April 2021 by CEO Ryuto Nakamura and COO Takashi Watanabe, is a Japanese startup specializing in corporate governance technology. The company's mission is to "guide management to its ideal state" by updating a sector that has been largely bypassed by digital transformation.
CEO Ryuto Nakamura's background as a certified public accountant at PwC Arata, where he audited major publicly listed companies, provided him with firsthand insight into the inefficiencies of board operations. COO Takashi Watanabe brings experience in accounting, corporate planning, and M&A from his time at a major food and beverage company.
The firm's core offering is 'michibiku', a cloud-based platform for digitizing and managing crucial meetings like those of the Board of Directors. Launched in August 2022, the service provides a comprehensive solution for the entire meeting lifecycle. This includes creating and sending convocation notices, sharing materials, preparing and circulating minutes, managing electronic signatures, and archiving documents. The platform aims to improve operational efficiency, enhance decision-making quality, and strengthen corporate governance. Key features include paperless operations, one-click board pack creation, and a centralized, secure repository for all board-related documents. A feature named 'Michibiku Visualization' uses AI to transcribe meeting audio, automatically summarize discussions, and analyze meeting data, such as time spent on specific topics, to enable a PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) cycle for meeting improvement.
Michibiku serves publicly listed companies, enterprise clients, and, increasingly, educational institutions like Hosei University, which are facing new governance requirements. The business model appears to be subscription-based access to the SaaS platform. The company has secured funding from investors including Global Brain, DIMENSION, and FUKOKU -THE MUTUAL for Next 100 Fund.
Keywords: Corporate Governance Tech, board portal, board management software, meeting management, digital transformation (DX), minutes creation, electronic signature, document management, corporate governance, board of directors, meeting efficiency, decision-making support, governance platform, AI transcription, meeting analytics, Japanese Companies Act, compliance, paperless meetings, board operations, governance solutions