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Cogent

Cogent Labs is a Tokyo-based AI company that develops artificial intelligence solutions for data extraction and document processing. The company's flagship product, SmartRead, is a next-generation AI-OCR system that converts documents of any format into high-accuracy digital data, featuring automatic document sorting, high-precision character recognition, and seamless integration with downstream systems. Cogent also…

📍 Shibuya, Japan · AI Infrastructure,

Funding snapshot

Last roundSeries D
Amount$36M
Date3 October 2023
Total raised$36M
Team size56

About

Cogent Labs is a Tokyo-based AI company that develops artificial intelligence solutions for data extraction and document processing. The company's flagship product, SmartRead, is a next-generation AI-OCR system that converts documents of any format into high-accuracy digital data, featuring automatic document sorting, high-precision character recognition, and seamless integration with downstream systems. Cogent also offers SmartRead PLUS+, which combines AI with professional operator quality control for fully automated data entry, and digitization services for large-scale paper document projects. The COGENT AI Platform integrates multiple advanced AI services to automate complex workflows and manage underlying information. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Shibuya, Japan, Cogent has raised approximately $35.6 million in Series D funding from investors including Comture, NTT Finance, SBI Investment, TOPPAN Group, Samsung Venture Investment, K2 Investment Partners, and Metaplanet.

Business model

Enterprise Information Management > Enterprise Data Management > Data Quality,

AI Infrastructure > Machine Intelligence Systems > Custom Services

Founders & team highlights

Serial Founder

Team background

College Wise > Columbia University

Institutional investors

Comture NTT Finance SBI Investment TOPPAN Group Samsung Venture Investment koreait.com K2 Investment Partners Ncore Ventures Ventura Capital Wooshin Venture Investment Metaplanet

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