Bitkey Japan

Bitkey Inc. is a Japanese technology company founded in 2018 by Yuki Ejiri, Masanori Hotsuki, and Masaki Fukuzawa. The company develops and provides a digital identity and access control platform that connects physical devices with software solutions. Since its founding, Bitkey has raised a total of over $51.5 million in funding from investors including Global Brain, 31VENTURES, and Goldman Sachs.

Bitkey's core offering is the "bitkey platform," an ID authentication and authorization infrastructure that enables secure and seamless access across various environments. This platform underpins the company's main business segments: homehub, workhub, and experiencehub. The "homehub" provides smart lock solutions for residential properties, allowing residents to use their smartphones for keyless entry and to grant temporary access to services like deliveries and housekeeping. This has been adopted by major real estate companies, with one integration covering 440,000 residential units. The "workhub" is an all-in-one platform for office spaces, integrating with building systems like elevators and security gates to offer features such as facial recognition access and attendance management, eliminating the need for physical employee IDs.

The company's business model combines hardware sales, such as its "bitlock" smart lock series, with subscription-based SaaS applications. These products can be retrofitted to existing doors without construction. The hardware and software work together to digitize access control for doors, elevators, and other physical points, all managed through a central system. Bitkey also operates a global Bitcoin self-custody wallet solution, which features a 2-of-3 multi-signature system comprising a mobile app, a hardware device, and a server-based key for enhanced security. This service is available in over 90 countries.

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