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Adways

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Affiliate services and automated marketing platforms for smartphones, with a focus on the Asia region

Tokyo, JapanFounded 2001Marketing
Valuation $10–25M Last recorded · Aug/2026
Revenue $50–100M Latest reported FY
Headcount 100–500 Current team size
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At a glance

Founded
2001
Headquarters
Tokyo, Japan
Sector
Marketing
Power Law
Colt$25–100M revenue

Investors

8 investors on the cap table

From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.

Seed8 investors entered at this stage

  • Inflection Capital
  • Watertower Ventures
  • DCM
  • Itochu Technology Ventures
  • Upfront Ventures
  • Mizuho Capital
  • ORIX Capital Corporation
  • Revel Ventures
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Global footprint

Workforce and web traffic by country
Workforce by country
🇯🇵 Japan · Tokyo HQ
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Web traffic by country
22K monthly visits
across markets
🇯🇵 Japan65%
🏳️ Korea14.1%
🏳️ Republic of7.3%
🇮🇳 India4.5%
🇹🇭 Thailand4.5%
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Investments and acquisitions

Disclosed deals where Adways was the backer or acquirer, 2013–2019. Toggle between venture rounds, M&A, or both. The map below is grouped by the target company's sector — the colored pill on each chip is the round type.

Portfolio analysis

19 deals across Adways's capital deployment.

Where the deals concentrate by sector, stage, and decade.

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        19 of 19 deals

        Market sentiment

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