Bitkey Inc.
Bitkey Inc. is a Japanese "Connect Tech Company" founded in 2018 that builds connect platforms, apps, SaaS and devices such as smart locks to link people, things, services and spaces.
Last updated September 16, 2026
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Overview
Bitkey Inc. (株式会社ビットキー) is a Japanese startup founded in 2018 whose mission-vision is "Let's connect. People can become freer." It describes itself as a "Connect Tech Company" that develops across apps, SaaS, platforms and devices, using digital technology. Its core infrastructure is the "bitkey platform" for ID linkage, authentication and rights processing, alongside connect platforms "homehub" and "workhub", and hardware products such as smart locks, delivery boxes and lockers. The company states that it develops devices that function in real spaces either on its own or through collaboration with other companies, and that it links a series of products/services from real devices to apps/SaaS and platforms. Its stated aim is to resolve divisions between services and between the real and digital worlds through an open "connect" approach rather than integration, and it frames the future as "PHYGITAL" — a fusion of physical and digital.
History
Bitkey Inc. is a startup founded in 2018, with its mission-vision stated as "Let's connect. People can become freer." The company says it works across apps, SaaS, platforms and device development using digital technology, and describes its team as "challengers who create infrastructure." It explains that the word "key" is included in the company name because it develops important technology for "connecting." Its base is the "bitkey platform," described as special infrastructure for ID linkage, authentication and rights processing, which plays a central technical role across living, working, travel and lessons. Bitkey also develops devices that function in real spaces, such as smart locks, delivery boxes and lockers, either on its own or through collaboration with other companies, and links a series of products/services from real devices to apps/SaaS and platforms. The company positions itself as a "Connect Tech Company" working to jointly establish infrastructure and maximize the value the world inherently has.
Products and positioning
A "Connect Tech Company" building infrastructure to connect people, things, services and spaces, aiming for a safe, convenient and pleasant world through an open "connect" approach rather than integration.
bitkey platform
Special infrastructure for ID linkage, authentication and rights processing.
homehub
Connect platform for the home.
workhub
Connect platform for work spaces.
Smart locks, delivery boxes, lockers
Hardware devices that function in real spaces, developed in-house or through collaboration.
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