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ugo raises ¥1B (Debt)
Japanese AI robots for security patrols and facility inspection (ugo mini) and the semi-humanoid ugo Nova.
- Company
- ugo
- Reported
- 21 Oct 2026 · that week's brief
- Stage
- Debt · 「デットファイナンス」 · Debt
- Amount
- ¥1B1 · as announced: 「総額10億円（デットファイナンス）」
- Breakdown
- Equity ¥0M · Debt ¥1B
- Registry
- Not checked against the registry yet
- Notes
- Founded 2018 (Tokyo). Debt financing of 10億円 from Mizuho Bank, Bank of Yokohama and Japan Finance Corporation, for physical-AI models and mass production of ugo Nova. Cumulative funding about 50億円.
- Investors
- Not listed in our summary; see source
- Lenders
- Mizuho BankBank of YokohamaJapan Finance Corporation (loans; not counted as equity)
- Sector
- RoboticsDeep tech
- Source
- Release (PR TIMES (company release); no announcement found on the company's own site yet)
1 ≈ ~$6.3M at the ECB reference rate on 2026-10-21 (¥1 = $0.00633). Yen is the figure of record. Methodology
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