How to Use Grantline

Grantline is a Japan-focused financing intelligence platform that helps startups and SMEs discover public funding opportunities — grants (補助金), subsidies (助成金), and loans (融資) — and manage applications end-to-end.

The platform is bilingual (Japanese / English) and combines automated data collection, AI-assisted drafting, eligibility matching, and advisor workflows into a single workspace.

The Grants page is your central hub for discovering Japanese public funding opportunities. New programs are automatically added via our scraper pipeline.

Searching

Type keywords into the search bar to find grants by name or description. Results update as you type. Both Japanese and English terms work.

Filtering

• Type — Grant (補助金), Subsidy (助成金), Loan (融資)
• Industry — Manufacturing, IT, Agriculture, etc.
• Region — National, prefectural, or municipal programs
• Amount — Filter by minimum/maximum funding range
• Deadline — Open now, closing soon, or all

Grant Detail Page

Click on any grant card to view its full detail — description, eligibility criteria, funding amounts, subsidy rates, deadlines, and application requirements. If you have an organization profile, the page shows your eligibility match score.

Organization setup is essential for accurate eligibility matching. The more complete your profile, the better the platform can recommend relevant grants.

Company Profile

Enter your official company name (Japanese and English), corporate number, address, founding date, employee count, and annual revenue. You can also look up your company via the corporate number registry.

Document Library

Upload key documents like your articles of incorporation (定款), tax returns, and financial statements. These documents are referenced when building applications.

The application module lets you draft, edit, and submit grant applications with structured sections that match the target program's requirements.

Creating an Application

Start from a grant detail page by clicking 'Apply'. This creates a new application pre-populated with sections matching the grant's template (e.g., Project Overview, Budget Plan, Innovation Description).

Section Editor

Each section has a rich text editor with character count tracking. Write your content directly, or use the AI assistant buttons to generate a draft, improve existing text, shorten to fit limits, or formalize the tone.

Submission

Once all sections are complete and validated, submit the application. The platform generates a submission package with all required documents formatted to specification.

Grantline integrates AI assistance throughout the application process. All AI features use Claude and are optimized for Japanese grant writing conventions.

The advisor workspace is for professional grant consultants (中小企業診断士, 行政書士, etc.) who manage multiple client applications.

Pipeline View

See all assigned organizations and their applications in a kanban-style pipeline. Track status, deadlines, and completion rates across your portfolio.

Review & Approval

Review AI-generated drafts, leave comments, approve or flag sections, and manage version history. Each section tracks who edited it and when.

The admin dashboard provides platform-wide management tools. Access requires platform admin privileges.

• Analytics — Application counts, status breakdown, user activity metrics
• Process Log — Track all system events (scraper runs, AI calls, submissions)
• Advisor Assignments — Assign advisors to organizations
• Scraper Health — Monitor data pipeline status and last run times
• Instruments — Manage grants, create rounds, AI-assisted data entry
• User Management — Create, edit, and manage platform users and roles