Announcement of JPY1.2 billion Series B funding
Atomis Inc. (Headquarters: Kyoto, CEO: Daisuke Asari) has raised a total of 1.2 billion JPY in series B round through a third-party allotment of new shares from a total of six companies, with the “Mirai Creation Fund II” managed by Sparks Group Inc. (Head office: Tokyo; CEO: Shuhei Abe), as the lead investor. In addition, we will start working on strategic business alliances with four companies.
<Series B Funding Investers>
・Mirai Creation Fund II (*1)
・Kubota Corporation
・Mitsui Kinzoku-SBI Material Innovation Fund (*2)
・Nagase & Co., Ltd.
・MOL PLUS Co., Ltd. (*3)
・Kyogin Shining Future Support Fund (*4)
(*1) Mirai Creation Fund is managed by Sparx Group, Inc. with investments from Toyota Motor Corporation, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, and many other companies.
(*2) Mitsui Kinzoku-SBI Material Innovation Fund is a private fund jointly established by Mitsui Kinzoku Mining Co.
(*3) MOL PLUS is a CVC that is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.
(*4) This fund was jointly established by The Bank of Kyoto, Ltd. and Kyogin Lease Capital Co.
Atomis will use this funding to build a new R&D base and pilot plant toward mass production of porous coordination polymer PCP/MOF, as well as to accelerate the development of the environmental field and the energy field (next-generation high-pressure gas cylinder CubiTan®), and will continue to contribute to the realization of a sustainable society through “technology to freely manipulate gases”.