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Ryoga Okunishi
Founder & CEO · IVRy
- Country
- Japan
- City
- Tokyo
- Industry
- AI / communications
- Stage
- series-a
- Region
- Asia-Pacific
- Rising rank
- Not ranked
01 / The founder
Biography
Founder and CEO of IVRy (formerly Peoplytics), a Tokyo-based conversational voice AI SaaS company for business phone automation, founded in 2019.
02 / Editorial
Why we're watching
Raised a Series D (¥4B) plus mega-bank debt financing, bringing total funding to over ¥15B, with growing enterprise adoption of its AI phone platform.
03 / The company
IVRy
AI / communications · Japan · series-a
04 / Verification
What we verified
Confirmed founder/CEO; company has raised through Series D, a later stage than typical 'rising' early-stage profile, applying moderate penalty for scale already achieved.
05 / References