SPARX Group Co., Ltd., via its subsidiary SPARX Asset Management Co., Ltd. (SAM), operates the Space Frontiers Fund. This fund invests in startups with innovative technologies and business models within the space industry, aiming to foster globally competitive Japanese space companies and support technological advancements. SPARX's Space Frontiers Fund partners with various entities, including Toyota Motor Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, to promote these technologies across different sectors. Associated keywords: investment fund, space startups, technology development, Japanese space industry.
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ElevationSpace’s Series B investors included SPARX Asset Management and Beyond Next Ventures.
SPARX Asset Management and Beyond Next Ventures also invested in ElevationSpace’s Series A.
SPARX Asset Management invested in Spaceflux through its Space Frontiers Fund II as the only new investor disclosed in the extension.
Space Frontiers Fund II is managed by SPARX Asset Management.
The funding round completed with a strategic investment from the NATO Innovation Fund and investments from the British Business Bank, Space Frontiers Fund II (with SPARX Asset Management Co. Ltd. as the Fund Manager), and Presto Tech Horizons.
The Series F round is led by Woven by Toyota and includes investors SBI Group, Nomura Real Estate Development, B Dash Ventures, SMBC Edge, Space Frontier Fund II operated by SPARX Asset Management, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Japanet Holdings, and other existing shareholders.
The Series C round was led by Japan Growth Capital Investment Corporation managed by Nomura SPARX Investment, Inc.
The Space Frontier Fund managed by Sparx Innovation for Future Co. provided funding to Axelspace’s Series C round alongside venture capital firms and investment funds managed by Global Brain Corp., Japan Post Investment Corp., Kyocera Corp., Mitsubishi UFJ Capital Co. Ltd., Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd., and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Investment Co. Ltd.
ALE Co., Ltd. allocated new shares to third parties underwritten by the Space Frontier Fund operated by SPARX Innovation for Future Co., Ltd., Horizons Ventures, THVP No.2 Investment Limited Partnership operated by Tohoku University Venture Partners Co., Ltd., and private investors.