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Mitsui & Co., Ltd. acquired a minority stake in BlackSky Global in 2018.
Mitsui & Co., Ltd. acquired Spaceflight, Inc., a U.S. satellite rideshare service provider, in 2020.
Mitsui & Co., Ltd. will support ATLAS Space Operations’ growth in collaboration with Mitsui’s space business portfolio and by utilizing Mitsui’s industrial network.
ATLAS Space Operations received $26,000,000 in Series B funding led by Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
ispace has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance, a Tokyo-based firm that began working with ispace in 2019, to insure its first attempt to send a lander to the moon.
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd. was established in 1918 and merged with Sumitomo Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. in 2001 to form Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd.
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance evolved into a holding company in 2008 and integrated management with Aioi Insurance Co., Ltd. and Nissay Dowa General Insurance Co., Ltd. in 2010 to create the MS&AD Insurance Group.
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance and ispace signed a Memorandum of Understanding to finalize insurance terms during 2022 for coverage of ispace Mission 1.
Investors in the funding round include Mitsui & Co., Ltd., SBI Investment Co., Ltd., Tokyu Land Corporation, Kyushu Electric Power T&D, and Seika Corporation.
Spaceflight is based in Seattle, has successfully launched hundreds of satellites, and operates as part of the Mitsui & Co., Ltd. portfolio.
ispace signed loan agreements totaling $17,900,000 (USD) with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, MUFG Bank, Ltd., Resona Bank, Limited, and Japan Finance Corporation on 2021-06-08 in Tokyo, Japan.
Mitsui Fudosan supported Axelspace’s office relocation and expansion in 2015.
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.
Mitsui Fudosan participated as a lead investor in Axelspace’s Series B financing completed in 2018.
Mitsui loaned Spaceflight Industries $26,000,000 in October.
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States completed a national security review of the Mitsui acquisition on 2020-04-22.
Spaceflight Industries completed the sale of its satellite rideshare business, Spaceflight Inc., to Mitsui & Co. and Yamasa Co. on 2020-06-12.
Once Mitsui completes its purchase of Spaceflight Industries’ launch business, Spaceflight will use the sale proceeds to repay the $26,000,000 loan and use any additional proceeds to pay down an undisclosed amount of overdue payments to LeoStella.
In February Mitsui announced it was buying Spaceflight Industries’ launch rideshare business with Yamasa Co., Ltd., which will own the business in a 50/50 joint venture with Mitsui.
Mitsui & Co. loaned Spaceflight Industries $26,000,000 on 2020-10-31.