LayerX Inc.は、TCVを引受先とする総額150億円のシリーズB資金調達を実施したことを発表いたします。他の投資家は、MUFG銀行、三菱UFJイノベーション・パートナーズ、コアラインベンチャーズ、ジャフコグループ(JAFCO)、キーロック・キャピタル・マネジメント、JPインベストメントなどです。
TCVは、Netflix、Spotify、ByteDance、Revolut、Toastなど、世界有数の成長企業に投資してきたグロースエクイティ投資家です。日本の新興企業への投資は今回が初めて。
今回の資金調達により、エンジニアを中心とした人材採用を強化するなど、更なる事業拡大を図る予定。特に人材については、AIを活用した生産性向上により、将来的にはグローバルに競争力のある報酬体系を構築することを目指しています。
こちらもお読みください: シノベイト・ジャパン、スタンフォード大学PASCLと提携
レイヤーエックス is an AI startup with the mission of “digitizing all economic activity,” and is engaged in a range of businesses including AI SaaS, Fintech, and AI/LLM.
The AI SaaS “Bakuraku” business is an AI cloud service that simplifies and streamlines corporate back-office operations such as approval requests, expense reimbursements, invoice receipt and issuance, and corporate cards through automatic judgment and input assistance by AI agents. It has been adopted by a total of 15,000 companies, from startups to large corporations, and in 2024 it is expanding into the human resources field, including attendance management services.
In the Fintech business, Mitsui & Co. Digital Asset Management, a joint venture with Mitsui & Co., Ltd., provides “Alterna,” an asset management service for individuals that utilizes digital securities. The company has established a total of 17 digital securities funds, the most in Japan, and the cumulative investment amount for “Alterna” has exceeded 25 billion yen.
In the AI/LLM business, we have developed the generative AI platform “Ai Workforce,” which is steadily being adopted by large companies such as Mitsui & Co. and Mitsubishi UFJ Bank.
The funds raised this time will be used to hire talented personnel including engineers, expand the sales organization, build a competitive compensation system that realizes an AI-first work style, and improve work productivity through the use of AI. Through these efforts, we will work to create an environment where it is easier for employees to continue working for us for a longer period of time. Under our code of conduct, “Bet AI,” which was updated in April 2025, the entire company will work together to accelerate the social implementation of AI.
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