Tokyo payments startup Japan Bitcoin Industry has placed new shares worth 800,043,580 yen, about 5.1 million dollars, with every yen paid in Bitcoin rather than cash. Payment is scheduled for today, November 2, subject to conditions in the parties’ agreement.
The two investors are Fulgur, the Japanese arm of United States firm Fulgur Ventures, and ANAP Lightning Capital, a subsidiary of Tokyo-listed ANAP Holdings. The company did not disclose how much each investor is putting in.
What the money builds
The proceeds fund aurora, hiring, the routing business, and research. Aurora is a Lightning payment option that merchants add to checkout through an API. Each merchant runs its own node, and Japan Bitcoin Industry never holds the funds.
Alongside the raise, the firm signed a business alliance with ANAP Lightning Capital on Lightning routing. ANAP Lightning Capital will supply Bitcoin from its own holdings to fund the payment channels Japan Bitcoin Industry operates. Together, the two firms aim to build a domestic routing base in Japan. 
Why it matters for merchants
The deal targets Japanese export merchants that sell to overseas customers. With aurora, those merchants can accept Bitcoin payments without relying on international card brands. A share sale that accepts only Bitcoin is unusual for a Japanese issuance, where cash settlement is the default, and it means the incoming capital’s yen value will track the Bitcoin price from the moment it is received.
Japan Bitcoin Industry was founded in November 2024 and is based in Tokyo. It also runs UseBitcoin, an online shop service that uses Lightning, and it presented aurora at the Bitcoin Asia conference in Hong Kong in August. The firm says it has run Lightning nodes and managed liquidity for two years.
ANAP Holdings, the parent of ANAP Lightning Capital, reported a 4.37 billion yen valuation loss on its Bitcoin holdings and a 7.32 billion yen net loss for the year ended August 2026.
Sources
Cryptopolitan and BigGo Finance covered the placement terms.
