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Town development startup NEWLOCAL Inc. is pleased to announce that it has raised 400 million yen in Series A funding through a third-party allotment of new shares, with Samurai Incubate Inc. as the lead investor, and with West Japan Railway Company, JR East Start-Up Inc., KDDI Corporation’s “KDDI Regional Initiatives Fund No. 1”, Agribusiness Investment & Consultation Inc., and others as underwriters. The total amount raised since the company’s founding, including loans, is now 1 billion yen.
今回の資金調達により、人材採用、新エリア開拓、事業展開を推進し、地域特性を活かした持続可能なまちづくりモデルの確立を加速させ、日本全国への展開を進めてまいります。
ニューローカル aims to establish a sustainable regional model in a society with a declining population, with the mission of “creating a happy scenario from the region together,” and is developing urban development projects centered on real estate development throughout Japan. By establishing a joint venture (JV) as a co-founder of leaders who will lead the future of the region, and building a system that circulates “people, money, and wisdom,” we will create and expand independent businesses rooted in the region.
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創業からわずか3年で、5つの地域に事業を拡大：長野県野沢温泉村・御代田町、秋田県男鹿市、京都府丹後市、石川県小松市。現在までに、宿泊施設やレストランなど12施設を開発・運営中。各地域での事業拡大のために総額10億円の資金を調達し、50人以上の雇用を創出（うち約半数は地域外からの転勤者）するなど、地域経済に具体的かつ永続的な影響を与えています。
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