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TakeMe

Smartphone payment and inbound tourist booking services for restaurants and shops in Japan.

🇯🇵 Minato, Tokyo · Founded 2015

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TakeMe Co., Ltd. is a Tokyo fintech company founded in December 2015 and formerly known as Japan Foodie. It works in three areas: smartphone payment services, store digital solutions and inbound tourism services. TakeMe Pay lets merchants accept many payment brands through one QR code, an iOS app or a payment link. TakeMe Inbound lets restaurants sell tourist-only courses with advance payment through overseas travel sites. Its stated mission is to remove information, currency and language barriers between merchants and customers.

Open to

  • Hiring

The careers page lists openings for a software engineer, a product manager, a business development specialist and a business operations manager candidate.

Products and services

Service

TakeMe Inbound

Lets restaurants sell tourist-only courses with online booking on major overseas travel sites.

Who it's for: Restaurants and tourism businesses in Japan that want foreign visitors

  • Advance payment and cancellation handling to prevent no-shows
  • Reservation management tool that can sync with other booking systems
  • Takes bookings from travellers in any country
No fixed monthly fee. Commission on bookings sold.
Product

TakeMe Pay Stand

One QR code that covers smartphone payments and credit cards.

Who it's for: Merchants that want to accept cashless payments

  • Customers pay with their preferred payment method
  • TakeMe Pay supports 100 or more payment brands
Product

TakeMe Pay Link Payment

Creates payment pages that can be shared by email and social media.

Who it's for: Merchants and service businesses taking online payments

  • Online payments for any kind of service
  • A separate store app turns an iOS device into a QR payment terminal

Customers

Restaurants, including high-end dining, retail shops and other merchants in Japan that want cashless payments or bookings from foreign visitors.

Traction

Updated Oct 2026
100+payment brands supported

Funding

Undisclosedtotal raised
  • Series A (as reported)2018$9.2 million
InvestorsNew Economy VenturesLegend PartnersAngel investors

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