Almure, Combining Agentic AI and Confidential Computing Technology, Raises 200 Million Yen in Seed Funding
Almure Inc., a startup developing confidential computing technology for enterprise AI agents, has raised 200 million yen in a seed funding round. The funds will be used to accelerate research and product development aimed at structurally eliminating the high costs and bottlenecks associated with enterprise security compliance. By providing hardware-level isolated execution environments, Almure enables secure AI processing of highly sensitive data across various industries.
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Almure Inc. (Headquarters: Tokyo, Representative Director and CEO: Takanori Momose) has raised a total of 200 million yen in equity in its seed round. Three companies participated in this round: Genesia Ventures, Dual Bridge Capital, and NEX-T Tokai Innovation Fund (co-operated by Prime Partners and Tokai Tokyo Securities). Our company is developing a platform to safely utilize enterprise confidential data for AI Agents using our proprietary Confidential Computing technology. Based on the funds raised, we will strengthen our research and development as well as product development.
▶︎ Business Overview and Background of Funding
In enterprise system development, there is a cumbersome operation known as "security check sheet compliance." This is the task of comprehensively checking countermeasures against cybersecurity risks and explaining their adequacy, which incurs enormous costs. Furthermore, the "security standards" that stipulate the rules for these countermeasures exist for each industry, such as finance, manufacturing, healthcare, and defense, and compliance with them requires the presence of security engineers familiar with individual domains. With the evolution of AI, we are in an era where system development itself can be done in a short time, but even so, implementation in enterprise companies takes months or even years. The biggest bottleneck here is "security compliance."
At Almure, we are advancing the development of our proprietary "Confidential Computing" technology with the aim of structurally eliminating this security compliance cost. This technology makes it possible to execute any advanced AI/Agent processing under the safety of encryption key management level. By replacing traditional "operational" security measures with design-level security, "Security by Design," we promote the safe utilization of AI for enterprise confidential data.
To accelerate the research and development and product development of this technology, Almure has raised a total of 200 million yen in seed funding through equity. Three companies participated in this round: Genesia Ventures, Dual Bridge Capital, and NEX-T Tokai Innovation Fund (co-operated by Prime Partners and Tokai Tokyo Securities).
▶︎ Comments from Each Company
[Genesia Ventures Investment Manager, Takashi Sogabe] Now that AI is evolving into "autonomously acting agents," the biggest wall preventing full-scale adoption by companies is the absence of an environment where AI-generated code can be executed safely. Almure aims to be the first in the world to achieve both "confidentiality and response speed" through a proprietary architecture using confidential computing technology, tackling the fundamental issue of confidentiality protection faced by large enterprises in defense, finance, manufacturing, etc. I feel great potential in their challenge to build an irreversible competitive advantage in the layer of execution infrastructure for the AI agent era.
[Dual Bridge Capital Capitalist, Takashi Zanma] Just as HTTPS, or encryption during communication, became widespread following the Snowden incident, encryption during computation is now also required with the advent of AI agents. I am very honored to have the opportunity to participate this time with Almure, which has some of the leading research achievements and commercial implementation experience in the confidential computing field in Japan.
[Prime Partners Investment Manager, Hideyuki Nakanishi] While the protection of data "storage" and "transfer" is advancing, in an era where AI autonomously infers and executes, security during data "processing and computation (Data-in-Use)" remains the last mile of trust. I expect Almure, where top runners in the confidential computing field including Mr. Momose are gathered, to build the essential infrastructure of trust that supports the AI agent society as a "standard-bearer of standardization" that elevates next-generation confidential computing technology into a form that can be implemented in business.
[Almure Representative Director and CEO, Takanori Momose] Advanced security technology tends to remain at an "incremental" industrial value. By designing from the core technology working backwards from the practical purpose of security compliance, our company transforms its essential significance into true customer value. Based on the funds raised this time and the support of the participating companies, we will accelerate this challenge.
▶︎ Almure's "Confidential Computing" Technology
Confidential computing is a technology that isolates and encrypts the execution environment at the hardware level, processing data in a state where it is inaccessible even to cloud providers and system administrators. While conventional security has been limited to encryption "in transit" and "at rest," confidential computing protects even confidential data "in use." Also known as Confidential Computing / Trusted Execution Environment (TEE), it includes technologies such as Confidential VM / Hardware Enclave.
Historically, computing technology has generally been built bottom-up from a general-purpose infrastructure layer, but with such an approach, the path to meeting application requirements is long, and it has taken a long time for the technology to mature. At Almure, we take a "purpose-built" approach, designing top-down by working backwards from the extremely practical needs of the specifications actually required by security standards in each industry. This makes it possible to achieve both the safety of encryption key management level and the versatility of advanced AI processing, which was difficult with conventional confidential computing technology. Through the new technological approach of "confidential computing specialized for security compliance," we will speedily advance the conversion to customer value and the maturation of the confidential computing market.
▶︎ Regarding Recruitment
We are looking for core members to take on the challenge of solving fundamental issues together with us. We look forward to hearing from those who empathize with our company's vision.
Almure Recruitment Page
Company Profile
Company Name: Almure Inc.
Representative: Representative Director and CEO Takanori Momose
Location: 8th Floor, MIEUX Shibuya Building, 5-3 Maruyamacho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Established: January 2026
URL: https://almure.io
Business Description: Construction of security infrastructure for enterprise AI Agents, research and development of confidential computing technology
▶︎ Business Overview and Background of Funding
In enterprise system development, there is a cumbersome operation known as "security check sheet compliance." This is the task of comprehensively checking countermeasures against cybersecurity risks and explaining their adequacy, which incurs enormous costs. Furthermore, the "security standards" that stipulate the rules for these countermeasures exist for each industry, such as finance, manufacturing, healthcare, and defense, and compliance with them requires the presence of security engineers familiar with individual domains. With the evolution of AI, we are in an era where system development itself can be done in a short time, but even so, implementation in enterprise companies takes months or even years. The biggest bottleneck here is "security compliance."
At Almure, we are advancing the development of our proprietary "Confidential Computing" technology with the aim of structurally eliminating this security compliance cost. This technology makes it possible to execute any advanced AI/Agent processing under the safety of encryption key management level. By replacing traditional "operational" security measures with design-level security, "Security by Design," we promote the safe utilization of AI for enterprise confidential data.
To accelerate the research and development and product development of this technology, Almure has raised a total of 200 million yen in seed funding through equity. Three companies participated in this round: Genesia Ventures, Dual Bridge Capital, and NEX-T Tokai Innovation Fund (co-operated by Prime Partners and Tokai Tokyo Securities).
▶︎ Comments from Each Company
[Genesia Ventures Investment Manager, Takashi Sogabe] Now that AI is evolving into "autonomously acting agents," the biggest wall preventing full-scale adoption by companies is the absence of an environment where AI-generated code can be executed safely. Almure aims to be the first in the world to achieve both "confidentiality and response speed" through a proprietary architecture using confidential computing technology, tackling the fundamental issue of confidentiality protection faced by large enterprises in defense, finance, manufacturing, etc. I feel great potential in their challenge to build an irreversible competitive advantage in the layer of execution infrastructure for the AI agent era.
[Dual Bridge Capital Capitalist, Takashi Zanma] Just as HTTPS, or encryption during communication, became widespread following the Snowden incident, encryption during computation is now also required with the advent of AI agents. I am very honored to have the opportunity to participate this time with Almure, which has some of the leading research achievements and commercial implementation experience in the confidential computing field in Japan.
[Prime Partners Investment Manager, Hideyuki Nakanishi] While the protection of data "storage" and "transfer" is advancing, in an era where AI autonomously infers and executes, security during data "processing and computation (Data-in-Use)" remains the last mile of trust. I expect Almure, where top runners in the confidential computing field including Mr. Momose are gathered, to build the essential infrastructure of trust that supports the AI agent society as a "standard-bearer of standardization" that elevates next-generation confidential computing technology into a form that can be implemented in business.
[Almure Representative Director and CEO, Takanori Momose] Advanced security technology tends to remain at an "incremental" industrial value. By designing from the core technology working backwards from the practical purpose of security compliance, our company transforms its essential significance into true customer value. Based on the funds raised this time and the support of the participating companies, we will accelerate this challenge.
▶︎ Almure's "Confidential Computing" Technology
Confidential computing is a technology that isolates and encrypts the execution environment at the hardware level, processing data in a state where it is inaccessible even to cloud providers and system administrators. While conventional security has been limited to encryption "in transit" and "at rest," confidential computing protects even confidential data "in use." Also known as Confidential Computing / Trusted Execution Environment (TEE), it includes technologies such as Confidential VM / Hardware Enclave.
Historically, computing technology has generally been built bottom-up from a general-purpose infrastructure layer, but with such an approach, the path to meeting application requirements is long, and it has taken a long time for the technology to mature. At Almure, we take a "purpose-built" approach, designing top-down by working backwards from the extremely practical needs of the specifications actually required by security standards in each industry. This makes it possible to achieve both the safety of encryption key management level and the versatility of advanced AI processing, which was difficult with conventional confidential computing technology. Through the new technological approach of "confidential computing specialized for security compliance," we will speedily advance the conversion to customer value and the maturation of the confidential computing market.
▶︎ Regarding Recruitment
We are looking for core members to take on the challenge of solving fundamental issues together with us. We look forward to hearing from those who empathize with our company's vision.
Almure Recruitment Page
Company Profile
Company Name: Almure Inc.
Representative: Representative Director and CEO Takanori Momose
Location: 8th Floor, MIEUX Shibuya Building, 5-3 Maruyamacho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Established: January 2026
URL: https://almure.io
Business Description: Construction of security infrastructure for enterprise AI Agents, research and development of confidential computing technology