osapiens Partners with Japan Cloud to Establish osapiens Japan K.K. and Accelerate Growth in Japan
MANNHEIM, Germany, November 12, 2026 - osapiens, the leading AI platform for compliance and supplier intelligence, today announced its expansion into the Japanese market with the establishment of osapiens Japan K.K., its Japanese subsidiary, through a strategic partnership with Japan Cloud.
Through this partnership, osapiens will combine the osapiens HUB with Japan Cloud’s local go-to-market expertise and its track record of launching global enterprise software companies in Japan. Together, the two companies will help Japanese enterprise navigate growing regulatory complexity, from deforestation and forced labor to supplier due diligence and product passports, while also managing supplier risk and resilience across climate, geopolitical risk, sanctions, and financial exposure. Enterprises using osapiens see their compliance costs come down significantly, gain better market access, reduce risk, and build more resilient supplier bases, all while staying ahead of regulatory change – driven by a single AI platform, the osapiens HUB.
Japan is home to many of the world’s leading enterprises, with global operations spanning Europe and around the globe. Their global supply chains are facing a rising wave of regulation, a constantly growing demand for transparency across stakeholders, products, and operations, as well as an increasing risk of supply chain disruption as companies are lacking a single view on (multi-tier) supplier risk and resilience dimensions. Existing and upcoming regulatory requirements such as the Japan SSBJ, the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), or the Digital Product Passport (DPP) are only some of many examples that companies need to comply with. For companies, meeting these compliance requirements with spreadsheets and disconnected point solutions is becoming almost impossible.
With the osapiens HUB, companies can verify their products, know their suppliers, trace their goods, own their footprint, and report with confidence. It combines more than 25 solutions across Product Compliance, Supplier Intelligence, Carbon Management, and Disclosures & Reporting, which enable companies to centrally manage and automate their supplier relationships and compliance requirements – all on a single AI platform where data can be collected once and reused across the solution suites.
Founded in 2018 in Mannheim, Germany, osapiens serves more than 2,500 customers - including many Fortune 500 companies - across over 60 countries and 20 industries. In January 2026, the company announced a US$100 million Series C round led by Decarbonization Partners, a joint venture between BlackRock and Temasek, and reached unicorn status.
“With more than 2,500 customers already trusting their most critical compliance and supplier intelligence processes to the osapiens HUB, we are now entering one of the largest and most important enterprise software markets in the world, and are very excited to bring that same platform to Japanese customers” said Matthias Jungblut, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of osapiens.
“With Japan Cloud’s local expertise and proven track record, we are making a long-term commitment to help Japanese enterprises turn global compliance requirements and supplier intelligence into resilience and competitive advantage.” said Stephan de Barse, President of osapiens.
“Global supply chain transparency and regulatory compliance have become boardroom priorities for Japanese enterprises competing globally,” said Aruna Basnayake, CEO of Japan Cloud. “osapiens has earned the trust of thousands of companies worldwide by bringing these requirements together on one platform. We are excited to partner with osapiens to help Japanese companies meet rising expectations and strengthen their global competitiveness.”
From left to right: Stephan de Barse (osapiens),Matthias Jungblut (osapiens), Yasutaka Fukuda (Japan Cloud), Aruna Basnayake (Japan Cloud).
About osapiens
osapiens is an AI platform for compliance and supplier intelligence that enables companies to manage risk and become more resilient. With osapiens’ solutions, companies can verify their products, know their suppliers, trace their goods, own their footprint, and report with confidence, all on a single AI platform. The osapiens HUB, a multi-tenant platform designed to enable cross-company collaboration and AI automation, combines more than 25 solutions into seven product suites. These solutions enable companies to centrally manage and automate their supplier relationships and compliance requirements, as well as optimize their maintenance, service, and distribution processes to improve operational performance and maximize global competitiveness. Today, more than 2,500 customers worldwide entrust their most critical business processes to osapiens, from SMEs to global enterprises across industries. Headquartered in Mannheim, Germany, with offices across Europe and the United States, the company works with an international team of over 550 employees. Visit us at osapiens.com
About Japan Cloud
Japan Cloud partners with growth-stage enterprise software companies to launch and scale their business in Japan. Since 2000, it has helped build the Japan operations of 19 industry-leading companies, including Salesforce, Marketo, Concur, Braze, Coupa, New Relic, PagerDuty, and Kong. Japan Cloud invests directly in each Japan entity and supports its growth through a network of Japanese executives, talent acquisition and leadership development programs, and a collaborative community of portfolio companies. For more information, visit japancloud.jp/en.
Media Contacts
osapiens: Jonas Klimke, Global PR Lead, press@osapiens.com
Japan Cloud: Tomoko Hashimoto, info@japancloud.co.jp