PAX TOPOLOGY
Category: AI in Supply Chain / Logistics
Japanese B2B circular-economy startup applying AI to discover, visualize, and circulate corporate idle assets (遊休資産) to cut procurement, disposal, and inventory-management costs. PAX TOPOLOGY was founded in 2025. The company is led by 奥村拳 (Ken Okumura). Based in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Team size: 1-10. Latest round: Grant.
- Founded
- 2025
- Headquarters
- Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
- Team size
- 1-10
Value proposition
Turns dormant corporate assets into reusable "active assets" via an end-to-end platform (discovery/BPO inventory, asset-management cloud, and marketplace) powered by AI image recognition and economic break-even analysis, reducing procurement/disposal costs and GHG (Scope3) emissions.
Products and solutions
遊休マーケット (Idle Asset Market) platform with 3 business areas: (1) asset discovery/BPO inventory service (on-site surveys + AI image analysis), (2) subscription asset-management cloud with decision tools, (3) marketplace for internal redeployment or external sale. Also GHG (Scope3 Cat.1/5) reduction impact reporting.
Unique value
AI-driven end-to-end idle-asset circulation ("遊休マーケット"): AI image recognition auto-catalogs assets, and a machine-learned break-even engine decides whether redeploying, selling, or disposing each item is economically rational — intervening where the manual effort of managing idle assets exceeds their value. Targets the cross-category "corporate Mercari" gap in Japan.
Target customer
Multi-site enterprises in logistics/railway transport, construction/general contractors, building maintenance, and commercial facilities that hold large volumes of distributed equipment and supplies.
Industries served
Logistics & transport (incl. railway), construction, building maintenance, commercial facilities/retail, general corporate office & warehouse operations.
Technology advantage
AI image recognition for digital asset cataloging; machine-learned per-item break-even analysis that automates redeploy-vs-sell-vs-dispose decisions; automatic GHG/Scope3 reduction calculation based on Ministry of Environment emission factors; proprietary asset-valuation engine and search algorithm that estimates what assets lie dormant in which company/department. Future roadmap: AI-agent-based inter-company asset trading exchange.
How they differentiate
Unlike US players (Rheaply, Liquidity Services) and Japan's niche single-category reuse vendors, PAX TOPOLOGY is building a cross-category, AI-driven "corporate Mercari" for Japan — handling discovery, cataloging, and circulation end-to-end so enterprises don't bear the manual burden that previously made idle-asset management uneconomical.
Main competitors
Rheaply (US, asset-management + marketplace), Liquidity Services (NASDAQ-listed US surplus-asset B2B e-commerce), domestic niche office-furniture / corporate IT-device reuse vendors.
Key partnerships
Tokyo Yaesu (ヤエチカ) pilot with 八重洲サービス (Yaesu Service) and 東京プラーザ・サービス (Tokyo Plaza Service), Tokyo Metropolitan Government programs (ASAC pre-seed, 社会実装化事業 with 5 Tokyo companies, NEXs Tokyo, TiB STUDIO), Tokyo Bay eSG Partner, Minato City accelerator, METI "チームもったいない".
Notable customers
八重洲サービス (Yaesu Service, Yaesu underground mall security), 東京プラーザ・サービス (Tokyo Plaza Service, cleaning), plus 5 Tokyo-area business/logistics companies in the 社会実装化事業 demonstration.
Major milestones
Founded Oct/Nov 2025, Dec 2025 selected for Tokyo ASAC 2nd pre-seed program, May 2026 launched Yaesu (ヤエチカ) pilot and became Tokyo Bay eSG Partner, Jun 2026 selected for Minato City program and Tokyo ASAC Seed, Jul 2026 exhibited at IVS2026, Aug 2026 selected for Tokyo 社会実装化事業 (circular-economy social implementation subsidy, 5-company demo through Feb 2027), Sep 2026 selected for Tokyo 創業助成事業 (令和8年度第1回; grant up to ¥4M), Sep 2026 BRIDGE Monthly Pitch interview published.
Growth metrics
Registered capital ¥5M; ~4 employees (core team); estimated cost savings ~¥10,000/employee/year (¥10M/yr for 1,000-person firm, ¥100M/yr for 10,000-person firm); targets ¥1.2T domestic idle-asset market.
Market positioning
Early-stage Japanese startup targeting the estimated ¥1.2 trillion domestic idle-asset market, positioning itself as the cross-category "corporate Mercari" infrastructure for asset circulation — a gap not yet filled by domestic single-category reuse players.
Geographic focus
Japan (domestic market focus; US players Rheapy and Liquidity Services cited as reference models)
About 奥村拳 (Ken Okumura)
Ex-JR Central (JR東海) management (Tokaido Shinkansen "Nozomi 12-train" timetable, Tokyo 2020 Olympics project, COVID-era management); Ex-Amazon Japan supply chain manager leading EC BigSale. University of Tokyo (B.Eng + M.Eng). PMP certified.
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Official website: https://pax-topology.com/
