Amela
FundMatch Inc. — Platform Development Story
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Funding matching,In-house from scratch.

FundMatch is a matching platform connecting businesses with grants, subsidies, and funding. Just enter industry, size, region, and purpose to diagnose the best programs — and complete everything through to booking expert consultations on a single platform.

Condition matching, expert consultation, program management, approval workflow — a new-platform launch story of building the functions needed for funding support in-house from scratch in 8 months, as three interfaces for businesses, experts, and operations.

Funding Diagnosis
In minutes
Enter conditions → automatic matching
No. of programs
1,000+
Grants and loans updated continuously
Expert Consultation
Online
Through to booking meetings
Match score
Score display
In order of condition match
FundMatch
Programs that fit you
ManufacturingTokyoCapital Investment
Monozukuri Subsidy
Up to ¥10M · 1/2 subsidy rate
92%
Business Restructuring Subsidy
Up to ¥15M · 2/3 subsidy rate
78%
Book a consultation with an expert
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CLIENT
About the Client

FundMatch — one of Japan's leading players driving funding support.

Under the mission "Make funding more accessible," FundMatch runs a matching business connecting SMEs and small businesses with grants, subsidies, and loans. It links businesses nationwide with experts such as licensed professionals and financial institutions.

To solve the problems of too many programs being hard to find and complex applications, we launched from scratch a platform that runs end to end — from condition-based diagnosis to expert consultation.

Registered businesses
24,000+
Partner experts
620+
Listed programs
1,000+
BUSINESS FLOW — From Diagnosis to Consultation
STEP 1 · Input
Enter conditions
Industry, region, size, purpose
STEP 2 · Diagnosis
Match programs
Presented with match scores
STEP 3 · Review
Review program details
Cap, subsidy rate, requirements
STEP 4 · Consultation
Consult an expert
Book meetings online
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CHALLENGE
Design challenges to solve

The four structural requirements demanded of funding support.

None of these were mere program listings; they were business requirements tied directly to how easily businesses could raise funds, their connection to experts, and the freshness of program information. Building it new from scratch required a design that made all of them hold true at once.

Enable businesses to find programs that fit them
There are many programs,Hard to search on your own
Enable quick consultations with experts
Applications are complex,Find the right professionalit takes time.
Keep program information up to date
Because guidelines change frequently,Information freshnessis important.
Run consultations and meetings efficiently
When scheduling is done manually,Expert workloadincreases.
03
ARCHITECTURE
The architecture we built together

Turning funding support into an "unstoppable platform" across four domains.

We built all four domains — condition matching, expert consultation, program management, and approval workflow — in-house from scratch, combining a Laravel API, three interfaces, and scheduling. It's the launch of a new funding-support platform connecting businesses, experts, and operations online.

Amela
EXECUTION
8 months
Duration
44person-months
Total effort
Domain ①
Condition Matching
Challenge
Need to present the best programs based on attributes
Solution
Diagnose by attribute conditions and present match scores
Find candidates in minutes
Domain ②
Expert Consultation
Challenge
Need to connect with experts quickly
Solution
Book online meetings with licensed professionals and financial institutions
Cut scheduling effort
Domain ③
Program Management
Challenge
Need to keep program information current
Solution
Edit and update programs and guidelines in the CMS
Always provide fresh information
Domain ④
Approval workflow
Challenge
Need to review content before publishing
Solution
Draft → Approve → Publish management flow
Operations ensures quality
Frontend
ReactAnt DesignUmiJS
Backend
LaravelPHPMySQL
Auth & Cloud
Passport (OAuth)RedisAWS
04
IMPACT
The value the platform creates

FundMatch's power to connect funding, accelerated.

This platform continuously delivers business outcomes — not technical metrics — such as how easily businesses raise funds, matching with experts, and the freshness of program information.

Diagnosis that leads straight to the right program
Just enter your conditions to find the programs that fit your business.
A path to connect with experts instantly
Book a meeting directly from the diagnosis results.
Program info kept fresh
Always publish the latest information with a CMS and approval flow.
Easy-to-run consultation operations
Meeting scheduling is completed entirely online.
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STAKEHOLDER
Business
Unsure which programs are available
At FundMatch,
See candidates and match scores in a few minutes' diagnosis
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Never miss a funding opportunity
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STAKEHOLDER
Experts (Legal)
Acquiring and coordinating new consultations is hard
At FundMatch,
Manage consultation requests and meetings on one screen
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Consultation productivity improves
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STAKEHOLDER
Financial institutions
Hard to meet businesses with financing needs
At FundMatch,
Offer loans to businesses that meet the conditions
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Win high-quality financing opportunities
STAKEHOLDER
Operations
Managing programs and users is cumbersome
At FundMatch,
Centrally manage programs, approvals, and users in the CMS
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Scale while maintaining quality
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DEMO
Three scenarios

Experience FundMatch with a live, working demo.