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Zero Industries raises ¥470M (Pre-seed)
Space power infrastructure: laser power beaming to satellites (Helios).
- Company
- Zero Industries
- Reported
- 22 Oct 2026 · that week's brief
- Stage
- Pre-seed · 「プレシード」 · Seed
- Amount
- ¥470M1 · as announced: 「300万米ドル（約4.7億円、プレシードラウンド）」
- Breakdown
- Equity ¥470M
- Registry
- Not checked against the registry yet
- Flag
- Not in totals: Scope not confirmed: Zero Industries, PBC is based in San Francisco (Japanese founders; Japan arm Zero Industries Japan); shown but excluded from totals until it is clear the company was founded in Japan
- Notes
- Pre-seed of US$3M (約4.7億円) led by Maezawa Fund, with UntroD Capital Japan, NOW, Midtown and angels, six months after founding. Founders Kai Sugihara (CEO), Yusei Fujii (CTO) and Haya Tani (COO). The company calls it the largest pre-seed announced by a startup in Japan.
- Investors
- Maezawa FundUntroD Capital JapanNOWMidtown Frontier Fund
- Sector
- SpaceDeep tech
- Source
- Release (PR TIMES (company release); no announcement found on the company's own site yet)
1 ≈ ~$3M at the ECB reference rate on 2026-10-22 (¥1 = $0.00633). Yen is the figure of record. Methodology
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