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ElevationSpace Inc., a company developing space-to-Earth transportation services centered on Japan’s world-renowned small satellite re-entry technology, has raised a total of 1.1 billion yen in its pre-series B round through a third-party allotment of new shares to eight companies, including existing investors, as well as loans from financial institutions. This brings the total amount raised since the company’s founding in February 2021 to 3.7 billion yen.
エレベーションスペース is working to realize a new transportation service from space to Earth, with the vision of “building a transportation network connecting people and goods in orbit.” Currently, they are working to commercialize the space environment utilization and retrieval platform “ELS-R” and the high-frequency material retrieval service “ELS-RS” from manned bases. As a first step, they plan to launch Japan’s first privately-led re-entry satellite, “Aoba,” in or after the second half of 2026.
シリーズAの資金調達以降、当社は組織を50名以上に拡大し、開発体制を大幅に強化しました。アオバエンジニアリングモデル（EM）の完成や各種環境試験、福島工場をはじめとする開発環境の整備、豊田自動織機との大気圏再突入システム用耐熱材料の共同開発など、技術面でも組織面でも着実に前進しています。さらに、当社が参画するNeSTRA社が提唱する火星着陸船開発と地球低軌道からの大気圏再突入実証プロジェクトが宇宙戦略基金プログラムに採択されるなど、意欲的な取り組みに着手しています。
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With this latest funding, we will significantly strengthen our ongoing business and development structure for the “ELS-R” and “ELS-RS,” and accelerate the full-scale development and commercialization of the “ELS-RS,” including the production of the “Aoba” flight model (FM) and the acquisition of the Space Strategy Fund. Through these efforts, we will steadily move forward toward establishing a new transportation infrastructure from space to Earth.
今回のラウンドを契機に、東北・九州・山陰を中心とした国内の地域企業や銀行と連携し、新産業の育成や未来志向の成長を加速させていきます。また、海外サービスや開発体制の構築も進めてまいります。
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