Shift, a Japan-based software testing service company, has raised Y472m ($6m) from a consortium including NTT Investment Partners, a corporate venturing unit of local phone operator Nippon Telegraph & Telephone.
Alongside NTT in the round are financial services conglomerate Mitsui and venture capital firm DFJ JAIC.
In addition to software testing, Shift operates Mintesu, a test marketing site for social games.