ELISA LLC.
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Subsidies and software are the pillars. The business is what they hold up.

We start from the business, then combine subsidy applications, software development, funding and operational efficiency to take it from concept to day-to-day operation, as one team.

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Subsidies secured
2.1bn JPY+
Engagements
380+
Regional revitalization and reconstruction programs
1.3bn JPY
Founded
2018

Cumulative from December 2018 to September 2026. The subsidy total (JPY 2.12 billion) counts only amounts confirmed by approval or grant decision notices.

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Where we stand

Tools serve the business. The business serves the society of tomorrow and everyone it touches. To turn a founder's intent into a business that achieves its purpose, we support it end to end: business planning, system design, subsidy approval, sales strategy, e-commerce, customer support and logistics.

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The business is the goal. Subsidies and software are the means.

Because we do every part in-house, we can check subsidy requirements against equipment and software specifications from the planning stage, so a business is far less likely to stall after approval because something can't be bought or built.

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Who we work best with

Our track record shows clearly where we make the biggest difference.

  • Manufacturing, testing and contract service companies planning capital investment

    We rebuild paper-and-fax operations through equipment investment and business systems. The same team secures the subsidy, builds the software and maintains it after launch.

    -73%

    Estimated reduction in processing time per order after a business system rollout at a testing company. The same client received a JPY 10 million Monozukuri Subsidy and over JPY 60 million from a Tokyo capital investment program.

  • Companies building or expanding in the Hamadori region of Fukushima

    We have supported businesses in this region since our first approval there in 2018, working with local companies and government on new factories and commercialization projects.

    JPY 900M

    Approved under a Fukushima business location subsidy (2025). A commercialization R&D project was also approved in 2018.

  • Software vendors looking to widen their sales channels

    Drawing on our own years as a registered IT support provider, we help register IT tools and walk their customers through grant applications and impact reports.

    12

    Customers supported through all three years of impact reporting (FY2023 cohort).

  • Companies, startups and local governments launching something new

    We start by working out what to do, then arrange the funding, build the systems and set up the team that will run it.

    JPY 100M+

    First-year donations for a municipality's hometown tax donation program we helped launch (as reported by the municipality).

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Backing founders, regions, and new ways to work.

We started as a venture ourselves. We put that experience into people starting businesses, small businesses in rural Japan, and work opportunities for people with disabilities.

Venture

Startup support

From cap tables to registering a new share issue, we build financing plans that combine equity, loans and subsidies.

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Regional

Regional revitalization

Factory siting in Fukushima, a municipal hometown tax program, and now a joint sales initiative with small businesses in a rural town.

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Inclusion

Work for people with disabilities

We helped launch a company that brings corporate work to people with disabilities, from concept to incorporation.

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Find out whether a program fits your plan.

In our first meeting we'll tell you which programs fit your investment plan, or whether you're better off without one. Three things are enough:

  • Your latest financial statements
  • A rough idea of what you want to buy or do
  • A rough budget (to the nearest JPY 10 million is fine)
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