"Lost and Found Cloud find" Raises Funds from "CCBI," Jointly Funded by Cool Japan Fund Inc. and Major Taiwanese VC CDIB Capital Group

find Inc., provider of "Lost and Found Cloud find," has raised funds through a third-party allotment of shares to CCBI, a cross-border innovation fund jointly established by Cool Japan Fund and Taiwan's CDIB Capital Group. The funding will be used to accelerate find's global expansion, starting with the Taiwanese market, by localizing its product, hiring global talent, and conducting marketing activities.
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find Inc. (Location: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director & CEO: Akira Takashima; hereinafter "find"), provider of the "Lost and Found Cloud find," has carried out a third-party allotment of new shares to the "CDIB Cross Border Innovation Fund II, LP (hereinafter "CCBI")," which is jointly funded by the Cool Japan Fund Inc. (Location: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director, President, CEO & COO: Kenichi Kawasaki; hereinafter "Cool Japan Fund") and CDIB Capital Innovation Advisors Corporation under the Taiwanese CDIB Capital Group (Japan Branch Location: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; General Manager: Ryan Kuo).

With this procurement, find will fully launch its global expansion, aiming to systematize Japan's unique "culture of lost items returning" through technology and elevate it to world-standard infrastructure.

 

(*1) CDIB Cross Border Innovation Fund II, LP (CCBI): Formed by CDIB Capital Innovation Advisors Corporation under the Taiwanese CDIB Capital Group, this is a cross-border investment fund jointly funded by Japan's "Cool Japan Fund" and Taiwan's "CDIB Capital Group," primarily targeting Japanese and Taiwanese startups. The scale is expected to be up to $82 million USD, investing in growth areas such as AI, DX, lifestyle, and lifestyle-related technologies, and supporting mutual entry and international expansion for both countries.

◆ Background of the Funding

　find has positioned the Taiwanese market, which is culturally and geographically highly compatible with Japan and has a foundation for recovering lost items, as the most important base for overseas expansion. With this funding, we will welcome CCBI, which has a strong network, as a partner, and promote introduction to local transportation systems such as railways, buses, and airports, as well as large facilities such as department stores, stadiums, theme parks, and universities.

The funds raised in this round will be allocated to product development for overseas expansion, hiring global talent, and local marketing activities, solidifying the foundation for global expansion. Currently, specific business negotiations with major local railway companies are already underway, and we aim to secure an informal agreement for the first Proof of Concept (PoC) within 2026.

In addition, in line with the progress of the business, we will begin establishing a local base starting with the utilization of shared offices, with a view to establishing a local subsidiary in the future.

Furthermore, through cooperation with CCBI, we will explore expansion into a wide range of global markets, including Asia, Europe, and the United States, not limited to Taiwan, taking a major step toward realizing a society where people around the world can be confident in a "world where lost items are always found."

◆ Comment from CCBI Managing Director, Ryan Kuo

　

I am truly delighted to be involved in the investment in find.

When I previously lost something in Tokyo, even though I had half given up, I safely got it back, strongly feeling the wonder of the lost-and-found culture rooted in Japan. Similarly to Japan, Taiwan also has a culture deeply rooted in society where lost items are returned to their owners; however, the reality is that the process from inquiry to receipt remains complicated, causing anxiety and burden for both the facility side and the owners.

We believe that find's service is a solution that directly leads to an improvement in user satisfaction by digitizing this series of processes, significantly reducing the workload on facility staff, and alleviating the impatience and anxiety felt by owners.

We feel great potential for find's solution in Taiwan, not just within Japan.

Together with Cool Japan Fund, which co-invests in the fund, we will fully support find's overseas expansion, starting with Japan and Taiwan.

◆ Comment from find Representative Director & CEO, Akira Takashima

　Japan has a world-class culture of "lost items returning," but in fact, there are industries and areas around the world where lost items are similarly found.

We are starting test marketing by first exploring expansion from transportation systems centered on airlines and railways, and regions where a "culture of finding lost items" has taken root, such as Taiwan. We will expand the "Japanese de facto standard" to the world, and literally change it to a "world where lost items are always found." Envisioning such a grand dream, we will accelerate our progress taking the opportunity of this funding.

◆ Future Expansion: About Global Strategy

  1. Concentrated Investment in the Taiwanese Market
    We will use Taiwan, which is culturally and geographically close and has extremely high needs for recovering lost items, as our first touchstone. Leveraging CCBI's network, we will strengthen our sales structure to secure a proof-of-concept experiment within the year.

  2. Broad Cooperation with CCBI
    Not limited to Taiwan, we will explore broad overseas expansion including Asia, Europe, and the United States, as a system symbolizing Japanese "hospitality (omotenashi)" and "sincerity." As specific destinations under consideration for expansion, we are eyeing Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, and Hong Kong in the Asian region, and the UK, France, Switzerland, and Finland in the European region.

  3. Global Adaptation of the Product
    We will evolve the platform into one that is easy to use for administrators worldwide by implementing multilingual support and localizing it to match the laws, regulations, and operational customs of each country.

◆ Overview of Funding

  • Underwriter: CDIB Cross Border Innovation Fund II, LP (CCBI)

  • Use of Funds: Product development for overseas expansion, hiring of global talent, marketing activities

◆ About "Lost and Found Cloud find"

The "Lost and Found Cloud find" is a service that uses the power of technology to solve the worries and anxieties of owners, such as "just contacting them is difficult" and "I can't find it even if I search." By constantly incorporating cutting-edge technologies and linking with various services, we are upgrading it to improve convenience. Furthermore, in addition to managing lost items, we provide a mechanism that can be used in a one-stop manner, starting with improving the return rate and streamlining administrators' operations, to communication with users and coordination with police stations.

By supporting the creation of an environment where "lost items," which inevitably occur in places where many people gather, such as railway companies, commercial facilities, and theme parks, can be found quickly and efficiently, and by contributing to the improvement of user satisfaction, we build a relationship of trust between the adopting companies and users, contributing to the construction of a society where people can live their daily lives with peace of mind.
<Lost and Found Cloud find> https://service.finds.co.jp/

◆ find Company Overview

Company Name: find Inc.

Representative: Akira Takashima, Representative Director & CEO

Head Office Location: 11F BIZCORE Nishi-Shimbashi, 3-13-3 Nishi-Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Capital: 10 million yen

Business Description: Development, provision, and operation of "Lost and Found Cloud find" and incidental services

Corporate Website: https://www.finds.co.jp/

 

◆ Overview of CCBI Fund

CDIB Capital Innovation Advisors Corporation is an affiliate of major Taiwanese financial firm KGI Financial Holding, with extensive fund investment and management experience. In March 2023, it launched the "CDIB Tokyo Innovation Hub" in Ichigaya, Tokyo; in August 2024, it established the CDIB Cross Border Innovation Fund II, LP (hereinafter CCBI) through a joint investment with Cool Japan Fund; and further expanded to Tenjin, Fukuoka in June 2025. CCBI is the first venture fund for CDIB Capital to advance into Northeast Asia. Leading Taiwanese companies such as Himax, SYSTEX, and LION TRAVEL also invest in this fund. Through holding diverse events, it supports the global expansion of Japanese and Taiwanese startups.

Investment Areas: Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Blockchain, Digital Transformation (DX) / Green Transformation (GX), Mobile Commerce, Inbound / Outbound Related Businesses, Lifestyle.

 

◆ CCBI Company Overview

Company Name: CDIB Capital Innovation Advisors Corporation

Representative: General Manager Ryan Kuo

Japan Branch Location: NOVEL WORK Ichigaya 7F, 2-3 Ichigayahonmuracho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0845

Business Description: VC (Venture Capital)

Website: https://www.cdibcapitalgroup.com/en/about-us

 

◆ Cool Japan Fund Company Overview

Company Name: Cool Japan Fund Inc.

Representative: Kenichi Kawasaki, Representative Director, President, CEO & COO

Head Office Location: 17F Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Capital: 143.3 billion yen (Government investment: 132.6 billion yen / Private investment: 10.7 billion yen) (As of March 2025)

Business Description: Provision of risk money aimed at cultivating overseas demand for attractive Japanese products and services

 Corporate Website: https://www.cj-fund.co.jp/

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