• avatarin

  Participated · Series B · Jul 2024

  avatarin develops a world‑common platform that transforms professional skills into AI and connects them to robots, mobility and other devices so people can remotely "avatar in" to assist others. The company is developing multi‑modal AI via a method it calls "remote-to-AI" and is building a communication AI robot named newme to deploy those capabilities. avatarin aims to address labor shortages by linking people who need help with AI‑encoded professional skills and deploying those skills across diverse devices. It plans to accelerate research and development in generative AI, robotics and related technologies to create industry‑specific services where humans and AI coexist. Financially, the company completed a third‑party share issuance raising ¥3.7 billion from six corporate investors and has now raised a cumulative ¥7.7 billion including prior investments. avatarin says it will collaborate with its new investors to commercialize services and expand deployments of newme and avatar core®‑equipped devices.

• Synspective

  Participated · Equity · Jul 2019

  Synspective develops and operates the StriX series of small SAR satellites (100kg-class) and provides SAR-based data analytics to governments and enterprises. Its SAR sensors use microwaves to enable all-weather, day-or-night observation, and the small-satellite approach reduces weight and costs versus traditional SAR platforms. The company offers analytics products including ground deformation monitoring (LDM), flood-damage assessment, and disaster-damage evaluation. Synspective launched its fourth small SAR satellite, StriX-3, on March 13, 2024, with successful orbit insertion, communications, and antenna deployment. It aims to build a 30-satellite constellation in the late 2020s to enable wide-area, high-frequency Earth observation. Financially, Synspective reported a Series C raise of ¥7.0 billion and cumulative funding of about ¥28.19 billion (281.9億円), and plans to use proceeds for satellite development, manufacture, launch and operations, mass-production facility preparation, and global expansion of its data solutions. Synspective is a Japanese startup that provides satellite data solutions using small Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites. Its SAR data and solutions are used by governments and private companies. The company raised $100M in funding. It intends to use the funds to strengthen SAR satellite and solutions development and manufacturing systems. Synspective is led by co-founder and CEO Motoyuki Arai. Its core technology was developed under the ImPACT program led by the Cabinet Office of the Government of Japan, enabling the company to build small SAR satellites and a constellation to allow frequent observation of areas of interest.

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