ispace、三井住友信託銀行から14億円の資金調達を実施

株式会社ispaceは、2025年3月31日開催の取締役会において、三井住友信託銀行株式会社に対する短期借入金の返済及び長期借入金の借入れ（借換）を決議したと発表しました。これによりispaceは、着陸機・探査機の開発・運用に必要な運転資金（その他関連費用を含む）として総額14億円の資金調達を継続します。

ispaceは、既存の短期借入金を長期借入金にリファイナンスすることで、流動性と財務基盤の安定性をさらに高め、機動的な経営判断を可能とし、宇宙開発技術の品質向上と急拡大する市場需要の取り込みのサイクルをさらに加速させることを目指します。.

A space startup company working on lunar resource development with the vision of “Expand our planet. Expand our future. ~ Expand the human habitat into space and create a sustainable world ~”. It operates in three locations: Japan, Luxembourg, and the United States, and currently has about 300 staff members. Founded in 2010, it operated “HAKUTO,” one of the five teams that made it to the final round of the Google Lunar XPRIZE race. It developed a small lander (lunar lander) with the aim of providing high-frequency, low-cost transportation services to the moon, and a rover (lunar rover) for lunar exploration. It also launched a lunar data business concept to support entry into the lunar market, aiming to become a gateway for private companies to do business on the moon. On December 11, 2022, it completed the launch of its first lander for Mission 1 using SpaceX’s Falcon 9. The following Mission 2 will be launched on January 15, 2025, and the company plans to attempt a lunar landing again on June 6, 2025 at the earliest. Mission 3 is scheduled to launch in 2026, and Mission 4 (formerly Mission 6) is scheduled to launch in 2027.

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The purpose of Mission 1 is to verify the design and technology of the lander, and to verify and strengthen the business model of providing lunar transportation services and lunar data services. Of the 10 milestones of Mission 1, the company was successful up to Success 8, and even during Success 9, it was successful in obtaining valuable data and know-how for realizing the lunar landing mission, including data from the landing sequence. The data and know-how obtained in Mission 1 will be fed back to the subsequent Mission 2. Furthermore, in Mission 3, the company plans to contribute to NASA’s “Artemis Project” by providing more accurate lunar transportation services.

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